TheBreakdown
Full time12 June 1999
USA
31–47
Japan
Kaipiolani Park, Honolulu, United States · Pacific Rim Championship 1999Head-to-head

Japan won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. –CUSA conversion · Kevin Dalzell2–0
  2. –CUSA conversion · Kevin Dalzell4–0
  3. –CUSA conversion · Mark Williams6–0
  4. –CUSA conversion · Mark Williams8–0
  5. –PUSA penalty · Kevin Dalzell11–0
  6. –TUSA try · Mark Scharrenberg16–0
  7. –TUSA try · Brian Hightower21–0
  8. –TUSA try · Kevin Dalzell26–0
  9. –TUSA try · Tom Billups31–0
  10. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose31–2
  11. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose31–4
  12. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose31–6
  13. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose31–8
  14. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose31–11
  15. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose31–14
  16. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose31–17
  17. –TJapan try · Daisuke Ohata31–22
  18. –TJapan try · Daisuke Ohata31–27
  19. –TJapan try · Terunori Masuho31–32
  20. –TJapan try · Terunori Masuho31–37
  21. –TJapan try · Terunori Masuho31–42
  22. –TJapan try · Greg Smith31–47

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1George SucherProp
  2. 2Tom BillupsHooker
  3. 3Ray LehnerProp
  4. 4Luke GrossSecond row
  5. 5Philippe FarnerSecond row
  6. 6Dave HodgesFlanker
  7. 7Richard TarditsFlanker
  8. 8Dan LyleNumber 8
  9. 9Kevin DalzellScrum-half
  10. 10David NiuFly-half
  11. 11Brian HightowerWing
  12. 12Mark ScharrenbergCentre
  13. 13Juan GroblerCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Kurt ShumanFull-back
  16. Bill LeClercBench
  17. Jason WalkerBench
  18. Kirk KhasigianBench
  19. Alatini SaulalaBench
  20. Mark WilliamsBench

Japan

  1. 1Shin HasegawaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Naoto NakamuraProp
  4. 4Naoya OkuboSecond row
  5. 5Hiroyuki TanumaSecond row
  6. 6Yasunori WatanabeFlanker
  7. 7Greg SmithFlanker
  8. 8Jamie JosephNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Terunori MasuhoWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Daisuke OhataWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Patiliai TuidrakiBench
  17. 17Jun KogaBench
  18. 18Masami HorikoshiBench
  19. 19Takeomi ItoBench
  20. 20Junji HiratsukaBench
  21. 21Toshikazu NakamichiBench
  22. 22Masaaki 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.