TheBreakdown
Full time7 June 1997
USA
51–29
Japan
Matthew J. Boxer Stadium, Balboa Park, San Francisco, United States · Pacific Rim Championship 1997Head-to-head

USA won by 22 points.

Scoring

  1. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander2–0
  2. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander4–0
  3. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander6–0
  4. –TUSA try · Vaea Anitoni11–0
  5. –TUSA try · Juan Grobler16–0
  6. –TUSA try · Mark Scharrenberg21–0
  7. –TUSA try · Brian Hightower26–0
  8. –TUSA try · Brian Hightower31–0
  9. –TUSA try · Brian Hightower36–0
  10. –TUSA try · Brian Hightower41–0
  11. –TUSA try · Matt Alexander46–0
  12. –TUSA try · Andre Bachelet51–0
  13. –CJapan conversion · Wataru Murata51–2
  14. –CJapan conversion · Wataru Murata51–4
  15. –CJapan conversion · Wataru Murata51–6
  16. –PJapan penalty · Wataru Murata51–9
  17. –TJapan try · Rob Gordon51–14
  18. –TJapan try · Wataru Murata51–19
  19. –TJapan try · Kiyoshi Imaizumi51–24
  20. –TJapan try · Masaaki Sakata51–29

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Chris LippertProp
  2. 2Sean AllenHooker
  3. 3Bill LeClercProp
  4. 4Luke GrossSecond row
  5. 5Cliff VoglSecond row
  6. 6Jay WilkersonFlanker
  7. 7Mika McLeodFlanker
  8. 8Dan LyleNumber 8
  9. 9Andre BacheletScrum-half
  10. 10Matt AlexanderFly-half
  11. 11Brian HightowerWing
  12. 12Mark ScharrenbergCentre
  13. 13Juan GroblerCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Maika SikaFull-back
  16. Ray LehnerBench
  17. Kurt ShumanBench
  18. Jason WalkerBench

Japan

  1. 1Kazu HamabeProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Kohei OguchiProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Hiroyuki TanumaSecond row
  6. 6Ko Izawa-NakamuraFlanker
  7. 7Takeomi ItoFlanker
  8. 8Rob GordonNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Kensuke IwabuchiFly-half
  11. 11Kenichi WadaWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Jun OyamadaWing
  15. 15Kiyoshi ImaizumiFull-back
  16. 16Akira YoshidaBench
  17. 17Masami HorikoshiBench
  18. 18Kazuya KoizumiBench
  19. 19Ishikeli BasiyaloBench
  20. 20Kazuaki TakahashiBench
  21. 21Masaaki SakataBench

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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.