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Full time5 July 1997
USA
20–30
Wales
Brook's Field, Wilmington, United States · Tour 1997Head-to-head

Wales won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander2–0
  2. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander4–0
  3. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander7–0
  4. –PUSA penalty · Matt Alexander10–0
  5. –TUSA try · Vaea Anitoni15–0
  6. –TUSA try · Tomasi Takau20–0
  7. –CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas20–2
  8. –CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas20–4
  9. –PWales penalty · Arwel Thomas20–7
  10. –PWales penalty · Arwel Thomas20–10
  11. –TWales try · Nigel Walker20–15
  12. –TWales try · Arwel Thomas20–20
  13. –TWales try · Arwel Thomas20–25
  14. –TWales try · Gwyn Jones20–30

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Chris LippertProp
  2. 2Tom BillupsHooker
  3. 3Ray LehnerProp
  4. 4Dave HodgesSecond row
  5. 5Luke GrossSecond row
  6. 6Jason WalkerFlanker
  7. 7Jay WilkersonFlanker
  8. 8Dan LyleNumber 8
  9. 9Andre BacheletScrum-half
  10. 10Matt AlexanderFly-half
  11. 11Brian HightowerWing
  12. 12Mark ScharrenbergCentre
  13. 13Tomasi TakauCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Chris MorrowFull-back
  16. 16Kurt ShumanBench
  17. 17Alatini SaulalaBench
  18. 18Mika McLeodBench
  19. 19Sean AllenBench

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Garin JenkinsHooker
  3. 3Lyndon MustoeProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Mike VoyleSecond row
  6. 6Andrew GibbsFlanker
  7. 7Gwyn JonesFlanker
  8. 8Steve WilliamsNumber 8
  9. 9Paul JohnScrum-half
  10. 10Arwel ThomasFly-half
  11. 11Nigel WalkerWing
  12. 12Gareth ThomasCentre
  13. 13Leigh DaviesCentre
  14. 14Wayne ProctorWing
  15. 15Kevin MorganFull-back
  16. 16Chris AnthonyBench
  17. 17Nathan ThomasBench

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Context

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

USA going in
Wales 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.