Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Meeanjin · 20 October 2003Head-to-head
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Scotland won by 24 points.Half-time 24–9 · Tries 5–0 · SCO 1 yellow card · USA 1 yellow card
Pitch map
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Tacklesmademissed
SCO628
USA8139
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SCO4/42/20
USA0/05/50
← USA attack · Scotland 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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- 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
| Min | Team | What | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21′ | Scotland | Try, Simon Danielli, converted | 8–6 |
| 26′ | Scotland | Try, Simon Danielli, converted | 15–6 |
| 39′ | Scotland | Try, Gavin Kerr, converted | 22–6 |
| 72′ | Scotland | Try, Gregor Townsend | 32–15 |
| 80′ | Scotland | Try, Chris Paterson, converted | 37–15 |
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
Drag to replay the match on the pitchSwipe the chart sideways for the full match.21′Simon Danielli26′Simon Danielli39′Gavin Kerr72′Gregor Townsend80′Chris Paterson
SCO
Team stats
USA100%Possession0%
111Carries74
625Metres gained195
22Clean breaks3
39Defenders beaten8
165Passes93
15Offloads9
62Tackles made81
8Tackles missed39
64/67Rucks won55/57
17/19Lineouts won15/19
12/14Scrums won12/13
6/7Mauls won8/8
8Turnovers won9
16Penalties conceded7
22Kicks from hand29
599Kick metres693
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 4/4, penalties 2/2 · USA conversions 0/0, penalties 5/5. Pale segment = set piece lost.
SCO conversions 4/4, penalties 2/2 · USA conversions 0/0, penalties 5/5. 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
Scotland
- 1Tom SmithProp
- 2Gordon BullochHooker
- 3Gavin KerrProp
- 4Nathan HinesSecond row
- 5Stuart GrimesSecond row
- 6Ross BeattieFlanker
- 7Jon PetrieFlanker
- 8Simon TaylorNumber 8
- 9Mike BlairScrum-half
- 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
- 11Chris PatersonWing
- 12Andrew HendersonCentre
- 13Andy CraigCentre
- 14Simon DanielliWing
- 15Glenn MetcalfeFull-back
- 16Robbie RussellBench
- 17Bruce DouglasBench
- 18Jason WhiteBench
- 19Martin LeslieBench
- 20Bryan RedpathBench
- 21Ben HinshelwoodBench
- 22Kenny LoganBench
USA
- 1Mike MacDonaldProp
- 2Kirk KhasigianHooker
- 3Dan DorseyProp
- 4Alec ParkerSecond row
- 5Luke GrossSecond row
- 6Kort SchubertFlanker
- 7Dave HodgesFlanker
- 8Dan LyleNumber 8
- 9Kevin DalzellScrum-half
- 10Mike HercusFly-half
- 11Riaan van ZylWing
- 12Kain CrossCentre
- 13Philip EloffCentre
- 14David FeeWing
- 15Paul EmerickFull-back
- 16Matthew WyattBench
- 17Richard LiddingtonBench
- 18Jurie GouwsBench
- 19Olo FifitaBench
- 20Kimball KjarBench
- 21Jason KeyterBench
- 22Link WilfleyBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Scotland 8–1 USA in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Scotland going in
USA going in
- Previous meeting: 22 June 2002, Scotland 65–23 USA
- Next meeting on record: 7 June 2014
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.