TheBreakdown
Full time10 May 1998
Japan
27–38
USA
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Pacific Rim Championship 1998Head-to-head

USA won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Stephen Miln2–0
  2. –CJapan conversion · Terunori Masuho4–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Stephen Miln7–0
  4. –TJapan try · Patiliai Tuidraki12–0
  5. –TJapan try · Patiliai Tuidraki17–0
  6. –TJapan try · Greg Smith22–0
  7. –TJapan try · Osami Yatsuhashi27–0
  8. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander27–2
  9. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander27–4
  10. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander27–6
  11. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander27–9
  12. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander27–12
  13. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander27–15
  14. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander27–18
  15. –TUSA try27–23
  16. –TUSA try · Juan Grobler27–28
  17. –TUSA try · Alec Parker27–33
  18. –TUSA try · Jay Wilkerson27–38

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Shin HasegawaProp
  2. 2Masaaki SakataHooker
  3. 3Naoto NakamuraProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Rob GordonSecond row
  6. 6Yasunori WatanabeFlanker
  7. 7Greg SmithFlanker
  8. 8Ross ThompsonNumber 8
  9. 9Masami HorikoshiScrum-half
  10. 10Kensuke IwabuchiFly-half
  11. 11Patiliai TuidrakiWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Terunori MasuhoWing
  15. 15Stephen MilnFull-back
  16. 16Tsutomu MatsudaBench
  17. 17Osami YatsuhashiBench
  18. 18Katsuji OharaBench
  19. 19Takeomi ItoBench
  20. 20Hiroyuki TanumaBench
  21. 21Kazu HamabeBench
  22. 22Kieji MizobeBench

USA

  1. 1Chris LippertProp
  2. 2Tom BillupsHooker
  3. 3Ray LehnerProp
  4. 4Luke GrossSecond row
  5. 5Alec ParkerSecond row
  6. 6Dave HodgesFlanker
  7. 7David CareFlanker
  8. 8Rob LumkongNumber 8
  9. 9Andre BacheletScrum-half
  10. 10Matt AlexanderFly-half
  11. 11Chris SchlerethWing
  12. 12Mark ScharrenbergCentre
  13. 13Juan GroblerCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Andre BlomFull-back
  16. Jay WilkersonBench
  17. Kurt ShumanBench
  18. Jason WalkerBench

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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.