TheBreakdown
Full time16 June 1996
Japan
24–18
USA
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Pacific Rim Championship 1996Head-to-head

Japan won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose2–0
  2. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose5–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose8–0
  4. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose11–0
  5. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose14–0
  6. –TJapan try · Tsutomu Matsuda19–0
  7. –TJapan try · Kiyoshi Imaizumi24–0
  8. –CUSA conversion · Andre Bachelet24–2
  9. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander24–5
  10. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander24–8
  11. –TUSA try · Vaea Anitoni24–13
  12. –TUSA try · Vaea Anitoni24–18

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Toshikazu NakamichiProp
  2. 2Masaaki SakataHooker
  3. 3Kazu HamabeProp
  4. 4Kenji SatoSecond row
  5. 5David BickleSecond row
  6. 6Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
  7. 7Bruce FergusonFlanker
  8. 8Takeomi ItoNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Terunori MasuhoWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Hiroki OzekiWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Kiyoshi ImaizumiBench
  17. 17Akira YoshidaBench
  18. 18Yoji NagatomoBench
  19. 19Ko Izawa-NakamuraBench
  20. 20Shuji SimizuBench
  21. 21Kazuyuki MatsunoBench

USA

  1. 1Tim KluempersProp
  2. 2Sean AllenHooker
  3. 3Ray LehnerProp
  4. 4Luke GrossSecond row
  5. 5Alec ParkerSecond row
  6. 6Dan LyleFlanker
  7. 7Jason WalkerFlanker
  8. 8Rob LumkongNumber 8
  9. 9Andre BacheletScrum-half
  10. 10Matt AlexanderFly-half
  11. 11Tomasi TakauWing
  12. 12Mark ScharrenbergCentre
  13. 13Ray GreenCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Maika SikaFull-back
  16. 16Joe RissoneBench
  17. 17Tom BillupsBench
  18. 18Rob RandellBench
  19. 19Kevin DalzellBench
  20. 20Lenny SanftBench
  21. 21Mark WilliamsBench

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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.