TheBreakdown
Full time11 January 1997
Wales
34–14
USA
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1997Head-to-head

Wales won by 20 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas4–0
  3. –CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas6–0
  4. –CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas8–0
  5. –PWales penalty · Arwel Thomas11–0
  6. –PWales penalty · Arwel Thomas14–0
  7. –TWales try19–0
  8. –TWales try · Ieuan Evans24–0
  9. –TWales try · Ieuan Evans29–0
  10. –TWales try · Scott Gibbs34–0
  11. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander34–3
  12. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander34–6
  13. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander34–9
  14. –TUSA try · Andre Bachelet34–14

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Garin JenkinsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Mark RowleySecond row
  6. 6Steve WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Colin CharvisFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Arwel ThomasFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Allan BatemanCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Justin ThomasFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan DaviesBench
  17. 17Paul JohnBench
  18. 18Gwyn JonesBench
  19. 19Craig QuinnellBench
  20. 20Lyndon MustoeBench
  21. 21Barry WilliamsBench

USA

  1. 1Ray LehnerProp
  2. 2Tom BillupsHooker
  3. 3Bill LeClercProp
  4. 4Cliff VoglSecond row
  5. 5Alec ParkerSecond row
  6. 6Dan LyleFlanker
  7. 7Jay WilkersonFlanker
  8. 8Rob LumkongNumber 8
  9. 9Andre BacheletScrum-half
  10. 10Matt AlexanderFly-half
  11. 11Brian HightowerWing
  12. 12Mark ScharrenbergCentre
  13. 13Richard TarditsCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Mark WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Chris LippertBench
  17. 17Sean AllenBench
  18. 18Jason WalkerBench
  19. 19Britt HowardBench
  20. 20Ed SchramBench
  21. 21Chris MorrowBench

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Context

All-time, Wales 8–0 USA in 8 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales 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.