Full time25 May 1997
Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Prefecture, Higashiosaka City, Japan · Pacific Rim Championship 1997Head-to-head
USA won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –CJapan conversion · Wataru Murata2–0
- –TJapan try · Kiyoshi Imaizumi7–0
- –TJapan try · Kensuke Iwabuchi12–0
- –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander12–2
- –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander12–5
- –TUSA try · Tomasi Takau12–10
- –TUSA try · Andre Bachelet12–15
- –TUSA try · Dan Lyle12–20
Line-ups
Japan
- 1Kazu HamabeProp
- 2Masaaki SakataHooker
- 3Kazuaki TakahashiProp
- 4Ishikeli BasiyaloSecond row
- 5Hiroyuki TanumaSecond row
- 6Ko Izawa-NakamuraFlanker
- 7Takeomi ItoFlanker
- 8Rob GordonNumber 8
- 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
- 10Kensuke IwabuchiFly-half
- 11Daisuke OhataWing
- 12Yukio MotokiCentre
- 13Andrew McCormickCentre
- 14Terunori MasuhoWing
- 15Kiyoshi ImaizumiFull-back
- 16Kenichi WadaBench
- 17Akira YoshidaBench
- 18Yoji NagatomoBench
- 19Hiroyuki KajiharaBench
- 20Keiji MizubeBench
- 21Masahiro KundaBench
USA
- 1Chris LippertProp
- 2Sean AllenHooker
- 3Mike StanawayProp
- 4Luke GrossSecond row
- 5Cliff VoglSecond row
- 6Jon HoltzmanFlanker
- 7Jay WilkersonFlanker
- 8Dan LyleNumber 8
- 9Andre BacheletScrum-half
- 10Matt AlexanderFly-half
- 11Chip CurtisWing
- 12Mark ScharrenbergCentre
- 13Tomasi TakauCentre
- 14Juan GroblerWing
- 15Kurt ShumanFull-back
- Ray LehnerBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 6 July 1996, Japan 5–74 USA
- Next meeting on record: 7 June 1997
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.