TheBreakdown
Full time24 July 2015
USA
23–18
Japan
Papa Murphy's Park, Sacramento, California, United States · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2015Head-to-head

USA won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’PUSA penalty · AJ MacGinty3–0
  2. 20’PUSA penalty · AJ MacGinty6–0
  3. 30’PJapan penalty · Harumichi Tatekawa6–3
  4. 32’PUSA penalty · AJ MacGinty9–3
  5. 38’PJapan penalty · Harumichi Tatekawa9–6
  6. 40’TJapan try · Akihito Yamada9–11
  7. 50’TJapan try · Ryu Koliniasi Holani9–16
  8. 51’CJapan conversion · Harumichi Tatekawa9–18
  9. 57’PUSA penalty · AJ MacGinty12–18
  10. 63’PUSA penalty · AJ MacGinty15–18
  11. 66’PUSA penalty · AJ MacGinty18–18
  12. 69’TUSA try · Andrew Durutalo23–18

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Eric FryProp
  2. 2Zach FenoglioHooker
  3. 3Titi LamositeleProp
  4. 4Hayden SmithSecond row
  5. 5Cam DolanSecond row
  6. 6Scott LaVallaFlanker
  7. 7Andrew DurutaloFlanker
  8. 8Danny BarrettNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PetriScrum-half
  10. 10AJ MacGintyFly-half
  11. 11Takudzwa NgwenyaWing
  12. 12Thretton PalamoCentre
  13. 13Seamus KellyCentre
  14. 14Blaine ScullyWing
  15. 15Chris WylesFull-back
  16. 16Phil ThielBench
  17. 17Nick WallaceBench
  18. 18Chris BaumannBench
  19. 19Louis StanfillBench
  20. 20Al McFarlandBench
  21. 21Shalom SuniulaBench
  22. 22Folau NiuaBench
  23. 23Zack TestBench

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Takeshi KizuHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Luke ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Justin IvesFlanker
  7. 7Michael BroadhurstFlanker
  8. 8Ryu Koliniasi HolaniNumber 8
  9. 9Keisuke UchidaScrum-half
  10. 10Harumichi TatekawaFly-half
  11. 11Akihito YamadaWing
  12. 12Ryohei YamanakaCentre
  13. 13Kotaro MatsushimaCentre
  14. 14Karne HeskethWing
  15. 15Yoshikazu FujitaFull-back
  16. 16Hisateru HirashimaBench
  17. 17Hiroki YuharaBench
  18. 18Shinnosuke KakinagaBench
  19. 19Kazuhiko UsamiBench
  20. 20Tsuyoshi MurataBench
  21. 21Atsushi HiwasaBench
  22. 22Kosei OnoBench
  23. 23Tim BennettsBench

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Context

All-time, USA 13–13 Japan, 1 drawn in 27 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

USA going in
Japan going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.