TheBreakdown
Full time28 June 1997
USA
11–22
Canada
Matthew J. Boxer Stadium, Balboa Park, San Francisco, United States · Pacific Rim Championship 1997Head-to-head

Canada won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander3–0
  2. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander6–0
  3. –TUSA try · Alatini Saulala11–0
  4. –PCanada penalty · Gareth Rees11–3
  5. –PCanada penalty · Bobby Ross11–6
  6. –PCanada penalty · Bobby Ross11–9
  7. –PCanada penalty · Bobby Ross11–12
  8. –TCanada try · Gareth Rees11–17
  9. –TCanada try · Winston Stanley11–22

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Mike StanawayProp
  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. 13Alatini SaulalaCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Chris MorrowFull-back
  16. Ray LehnerBench
  17. Jason WalkerBench

Canada

  1. 1Eddie EvansProp
  2. 2Mark CardinalHooker
  3. 3Richard BiceProp
  4. 4John TaitSecond row
  5. 5Mike JamesSecond row
  6. 6Al CharronFlanker
  7. 7John HutchinsonFlanker
  8. 8Mike SchmidNumber 8
  9. 9John GrafScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth ReesFly-half
  11. 11Scott StewartWing
  12. 12Scott BryanCentre
  13. 13Ron ToewsCentre
  14. 14Winston StanleyWing
  15. 15Bobby RossFull-back
  16. Steve GrayBench

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Context

All-time, USA 25–41 Canada, 2 drawn in 68 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

USA going in
Canada 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.