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Full time31 May 1986
USA
9–9
Japan
El Camino Junior College Murdock Stadium, Torrance, United States · Tour 1986Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –PUSA penalty · Joe Clarkson3–0
  2. –PUSA penalty · Joe Clarkson6–0
  3. –PUSA penalty · Joe Clarkson9–0
  4. –CJapan conversion · Seiji Hirao9–2
  5. –PJapan penalty · Seiji Hirao9–5
  6. –TJapan try · Nofomuli Taumoefolau9–9

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Lance MangaProp
  2. 2John EverettHooker
  3. 3Fred PaoliProp
  4. 4Bob CauseySecond row
  5. 5Ed BurlinghamSecond row
  6. 6Blane WarhurstFlanker
  7. 7Whit EverettFlanker
  8. 8Brian VizardNumber 8
  9. 9Dave DicksonScrum-half
  10. 10Joe ClarksonFly-half
  11. 11Dave JenkinsonWing
  12. 12Kevin HigginsCentre
  13. 13Dennis ShanagherCentre
  14. 14Mike PurcellWing
  15. 15Ray NelsonFull-back

Japan

  1. 1Osamu OtaProp
  2. 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
  3. 3Masaharu AizawaProp
  4. 4Toshiyuki HayashiSecond row
  5. 5Atsushi OyagiSecond row
  6. 6Kinya KonishiFlanker
  7. 7Hopoi TaioneFlanker
  8. 8Michihito ChidaNumber 8
  9. 9Yoshimitsu KonishiScrum-half
  10. 10Katsuhiro MatsuoFly-half
  11. 11Nofomuli TaumoefolauWing
  12. 12Seiji HiraoCentre
  13. 13Eiji KutsukiCentre
  14. 14Shinji OnukiWing
  15. 15Shogo MukaiFull-back

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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.