TheBreakdown
Full time23 September 1990
Japan
15–25
USA
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, JapanHead-to-head

USA won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Takahiro Hosokawa2–0
  2. –CJapan conversion · Takahiro Hosokawa4–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Takahiro Hosokawa7–0
  4. –TJapan try · Tadashi Goda11–0
  5. –TJapan try · Eiji Kutsuki15–0
  6. –CUSA conversion · Chris O'Brien15–2
  7. –CUSA conversion · Chris O'Brien15–4
  8. –PUSA penalty · Chris O'Brien15–7
  9. –PUSA penalty · Chris O'Brien15–10
  10. –PUSA penalty · Chris O'Brien15–13
  11. –TUSA try · Kevin Higgins15–17
  12. –TUSA try · Barry Daily15–21
  13. –TUSA try · Tony Flay15–25

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Osamu OtaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Masanori TakuraProp
  4. 4Ekeroma LuaiufiSecond row
  5. 5Atsushi OyagiSecond row
  6. 6Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
  7. 7Shuji NakashimaFlanker
  8. 8Sinali LatuNumber 8
  9. 9Masami HorikoshiScrum-half
  10. 10Katsuhiro MatsuoFly-half
  11. 11Yoshihito YoshidaWing
  12. 12Seiji HiraoCentre
  13. 13Eiji KutsukiCentre
  14. 14Tadashi GodaWing
  15. 15Takahiro HosokawaFull-back
  16. 16Eiji HirotsuBench
  17. 17Kazuaki TakahashiBench
  18. 18Hirofumi OuchiBench
  19. 19Wataru MurataBench
  20. 20Susumu FukuokaBench
  21. 21Toshitugu YamamotoBench

USA

  1. 1Chris LippertProp
  2. 2Tony FlayHooker
  3. 3Norm MottramProp
  4. 4Kevin SwordsSecond row
  5. 5Bill LeverseeSecond row
  6. 6Mark SawickiFlanker
  7. 7Shawn LipmanFlanker
  8. 8Rob FarleyNumber 8
  9. 9Barry DailyScrum-half
  10. 10Chris O'BrienFly-half
  11. 11Chris WilliamsWing
  12. 12Joe BurkeCentre
  13. 13Kevin HigginsCentre
  14. 14Eric WhitakerWing
  15. 15Ray NelsonFull-back
  16. 16Butch HorwathBench
  17. 17Sean AllenBench
  18. 18James KellerBench
  19. 19Rory MatherBench
  20. 20Michael de JongBench
  21. 21J FinstuenBench

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Context

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

Japan going in
USA 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.