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Full time25 September 1988
USSR
31–16
USA
Fili Stadium, Moscow, Russian Federation · Socialisticheskaya Industriya 1988Head-to-head

USSR won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CUSSR conversion · Evgeny Zuev2–0
  2. 1’CUSSR conversion · Evgeny Zuev4–0
  3. 1’CUSSR conversion · Evgeny Zuev6–0
  4. 1’CUSSR conversion · Evgeny Zuev8–0
  5. 1’PUSSR penalty · Evgeny Zuev11–0
  6. 1’CUSA conversion · Chris O'Brien11–2
  7. 1’PUSA penalty · Mark Williams11–5
  8. 1’PUSA penalty · Chris O'Brien11–8
  9. 1’TUSA try · Barry Williams11–12
  10. 1’TUSA try · Mark Williams11–16
  11. 17’TUSSR try · Vladislav Vorapaev15–16
  12. 24’TUSSR try · Igor Khohlov19–16
  13. 43’TUSSR try · Alexander Andreev23–16
  14. 66’TUSSR try · Igor Mironov27–16
  15. 78’TUSSR try · Sergey Sergeev31–16

Line-ups

USSR

  1. 1Igor KhohlovProp
  2. 2Rauf 'Roman' MalikovHooker
  3. 3Sergey MolchanovProp
  4. 4Sergey SergeevSecond row
  5. 5Alexander MishakovSecond row
  6. 6Andrey SokolovFlanker
  7. 7Edward ZvaigzneFlanker
  8. 8Alexander TikhonovNumber 8
  9. 9Alexander BychkovScrum-half
  10. 10Igor MironovFly-half
  11. 11Alexander AndreevWing
  12. 12Mihail ParshinCentre
  13. 13Igor NechaevCentre
  14. 14Vladislav VorapaevWing
  15. 15Evgeny ZuevFull-back
  16. Igor FrantsuzovBench
  17. Ramil 'Roman' HairulinBench

USA

  1. 1Terry WhelanProp
  2. 2Pat JohnsonHooker
  3. 3Fred PaoliProp
  4. 4Kevin SwordsSecond row
  5. 5Tony RidnellSecond row
  6. 6Shawn LipmanFlanker
  7. 7Gary LambertFlanker
  8. 8Brian VizardNumber 8
  9. 9Mike SaundersScrum-half
  10. 10Chris O'BrienFly-half
  11. 11Gary HeinWing
  12. 12Mark WilliamsCentre
  13. 13Kevin HigginsCentre
  14. 14Barry WilliamsWing
  15. 15Ray NelsonFull-back
  16. John KnutsonBench

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Context

All-time, USSR 1–0 USA in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

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