TheBreakdown
Full time6 July 1996
USA
74–5
Japan
Matthew J. Boxer Stadium, Balboa Park, San Francisco, United StatesHead-to-head

USA won by 69 points.

Scoring

  1. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander2–0
  2. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander4–0
  3. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander6–0
  4. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander8–0
  5. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander10–0
  6. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander12–0
  7. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander14–0
  8. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander16–0
  9. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander19–0
  10. –TUSA try · Maika Sika24–0
  11. –TUSA try · Vaea Anitoni29–0
  12. –TUSA try · Vaea Anitoni34–0
  13. –TUSA try · Vaea Anitoni39–0
  14. –TUSA try · Vaea Anitoni44–0
  15. –TUSA try · Mark Scharrenberg49–0
  16. –TUSA try · Malakai Delai54–0
  17. –TUSA try · Matt Alexander59–0
  18. –TUSA try · Bill LeClerc64–0
  19. –TUSA try · Bill LeClerc69–0
  20. –TUSA try · Dan Lyle74–0
  21. –TJapan try · Tsutomu Matsuda74–5

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Chris LippertProp
  2. 2Tom BillupsHooker
  3. 3Bill LeClercProp
  4. 4Luke GrossSecond row
  5. 5Alec ParkerSecond row
  6. 6Dan LyleFlanker
  7. 7Richard TarditsFlanker
  8. 8Rob LumkongNumber 8
  9. 9Andre BacheletScrum-half
  10. 10Matt AlexanderFly-half
  11. 11Malakai DelaiWing
  12. 12Mark ScharrenbergCentre
  13. 13Ray GreenCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Maika SikaFull-back
  16. Ray LehnerBench
  17. Rob RandellBench
  18. Ed SchramBench

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. 13Akira YoshidaCentre
  14. 14Tsutomu MatsudaWing
  15. 15Osami YatsuhashiFull-back
  16. 16Kiyoshi ImaizumiBench
  17. 17Hiroki OzekiBench
  18. 18Yoji NagatomoBench
  19. 19Ko Izawa-NakamuraBench
  20. 20Shuji SimizuBench
  21. 21Kazuyuki MatsunoBench

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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.