TheBreakdown
Full time4 May 1991
USA
27–15
Japan
Rockne Stadium, Chicago, United States · Tour 1991Head-to-head

USA won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –CUSA conversion · Mark Williams2–0
  2. –PUSA penalty · Mark Williams5–0
  3. –PUSA penalty · Mark Williams8–0
  4. –PUSA penalty · Mark Williams11–0
  5. –TUSA try · Chris Williams15–0
  6. –TUSA try · Barry Daily19–0
  7. –TUSA try · Kevin Swords23–0
  8. –TUSA try · Tony Ridnell27–0
  9. –CJapan conversion · Tatsuya Madea27–2
  10. –PJapan penalty · Tatsuya Madea27–5
  11. –PJapan penalty · Tatsuya Madea27–8
  12. –PJapan penalty · Tatsuya Madea27–11
  13. –TJapan try · Yoshihito Yoshida27–15

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Lance MangaProp
  2. 2Tony FlayHooker
  3. 3Fred PaoliProp
  4. 4Kevin SwordsSecond row
  5. 5Bill LeverseeSecond row
  6. 6Rob FarleyFlanker
  7. 7Tony RidnellFlanker
  8. 8Brian VizardNumber 8
  9. 9Barry DailyScrum-half
  10. 10Michael de JongFly-half
  11. 11Chris WilliamsWing
  12. 12Joe BurkeCentre
  13. 13Mark WilliamsCentre
  14. 14Kevin HigginsWing
  15. 15Bill HaywardFull-back
  16. Mark SawickiBench

Japan

  1. 1Osamu OtaProp
  2. 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
  3. 3Kazuaki TakahashiProp
  4. 4Atsushi OyagiSecond row
  5. 5Ekeroma LuaiufiSecond row
  6. 6Shuji NakashimaFlanker
  7. 7Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
  8. 8Sinali LatuNumber 8
  9. 9Masami HorikoshiScrum-half
  10. 10Shinobu AokiFly-half
  11. 11Yoshihito YoshidaWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Eiji KutsukiCentre
  14. 14Terunori MasuhoWing
  15. 15Tatsuya MadeaFull-back
  16. 16Masahiro KundaBench
  17. 17Toshiyuki HayashiBench
  18. 18Hirofumi OuchiBench
  19. 19Wataru MurataBench
  20. 20Katsuhiro MatsuoBench
  21. 21Takahiro HosokawaBench

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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.