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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin · 15 October 2003Head-to-head
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Fiji won by 1 point.Half-time 3–6 · Tries 1–2

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455682
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Tacklesmademissed
FIJ8011
USA12971
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FIJ1/14/40
USA1/12/20
← USA attack · Fiji attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
45′USATry, Riaan van Zyl, converted3–11
56′FijiTry, Api Naevo, converted11–13
82′USATry, Kort Schubert19–18
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′
45′Riaan van Zyl56′Api Naevo82′Kort Schubert
FIJ

Team stats

USA
33%Possession67%
126Carries82
763Metres gained320
15Clean breaks7
71Defenders beaten11
142Passes113
16Offloads5
80Tackles made129
11Tackles missed71
74/79Rucks won56/61
21/30Lineouts won13/18
9/11Scrums won5/6
4/5Mauls won6/6
8Turnovers won14
11Penalties conceded14
31Kicks from hand45
973Kick metres1,134
Goal kicking
FIJ conversions 1/1, penalties 4/4 · USA conversions 1/1, penalties 2/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Fiji

  1. 1Joeli VeitayakiProp
  2. 2Greg SmithHooker
  3. 3Nacanieli SeruProp
  4. 4Ifereimi RawaqaSecond row
  5. 5Api NaevoSecond row
  6. 6Alivereti MocelutuFlanker
  7. 7Koli SewabuFlanker
  8. 8Alifereti DoviverataNumber 8
  9. 9Mosese RauluniScrum-half
  10. 10Nicky LittleFly-half
  11. 11Vilimoni DelasauWing
  12. 12Seru RabeniCentre
  13. 13Aisea TuilevuCentre
  14. 14Marika VunibakaWing
  15. 15Alfred UluinayauFull-back
  16. 16Bill GadoloBench
  17. 17Richard NyholtBench
  18. 18Vula MaimuriBench
  19. 19Sisa KoyamaiboleBench
  20. 20Waisale SereviBench
  21. 21Epeli RuivadraBench
  22. 22Norman LigairiBench

USA

  1. 1Mike MacDonaldProp
  2. 2Kirk KhasigianHooker
  3. 3Dan DorseyProp
  4. 4Alec ParkerSecond row
  5. 5Luke GrossSecond row
  6. 6Kort SchubertFlanker
  7. 7Dave HodgesFlanker
  8. 8Dan LyleNumber 8
  9. 9Kevin DalzellScrum-half
  10. 10Mike HercusFly-half
  11. 11Riaan van ZylWing
  12. 12Kain CrossCentre
  13. 13Philip EloffCentre
  14. 14David FeeWing
  15. 15Paul EmerickFull-back
  16. 16Matthew WyattBench
  17. 17John TarpoffBench
  18. 18Gerhard KlerckBench
  19. 19Jurie GouwsBench
  20. 20Kimball KjarBench
  21. 21Salesi SikaBench
  22. 22John BuchholzBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Fiji 6–1 USA in 7 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Fiji 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.