TheBreakdown
Full time10 May 1980
USA
18–24
Wales
Venue not recorded · Tour 1980Head-to-head

Wales won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CUSA conversion · Dennis Jablonski2–0
  2. –PUSA penalty · Dick Cooke5–0
  3. –PUSA penalty · Dick Cooke8–0
  4. –PUSA penalty · Dick Cooke11–0
  5. –TUSA try · Mike Purcell15–0
  6. –DUSA drop goal · Dick Cooke18–0
  7. –CWales conversion · Gerald Williams18–2
  8. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick18–5
  9. –PWales penalty · Gerald Williams18–8
  10. –TWales try · Dai Burcher18–12
  11. –TWales try · Dai Burcher18–16
  12. –TWales try · Pat Daniels18–20
  13. –TWales try · Gwyn Evans18–24

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Gary WilsonProp
  2. 2Jay HansonHooker
  3. 3Dave BrileyProp
  4. 4Brian SwordsSecond row
  5. 5Tim MoserSecond row
  6. 6Skip NiebauerFlanker
  7. 7John FowlerFlanker
  8. 8Tom SelfridgeNumber 8
  9. 9Dick CookeScrum-half
  10. 10Steve GrayFly-half
  11. 11Mike HallidayWing
  12. 12Mike FanucchiCentre
  13. 13Boyd MorrisonCentre
  14. 14Mike PurcellWing
  15. 15Dennis JablonskiFull-back

Wales

  1. 1Staff JonesProp
  2. 2Billy JamesHooker
  3. 3Mike DowlingProp
  4. 4Bob NorsterSecond row
  5. 5Clive DavisSecond row
  6. 6S EllisFlanker
  7. 7Gareth WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Eddie ButlerNumber 8
  9. 9Gerald WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Gwyn EvansFly-half
  11. 11Pat DanielsWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13Dai BurcherCentre
  14. 14David ThomasWing
  15. 15Chris WebberFull-back
  16. Alun DonovanBench

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Context

All-time, USA 0–8 Wales in 8 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

USA going in
Wales 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.