Teams

Japan	United States of America
Tries Kurihara, Ohata	Tries Eloff, Hercus, Khasigian, Schubert, van Zyl
Cons Kurihara 2	Cons Hercus 4
Pens Kurihara 4	Pens Hercus 2
Team 15 FB Tsutomu Matsuda 14 W Daisuke Ohata 13 C George Konia 12 C Yukio Motoki 11 W Toru Kurihara 10 FH Andy Miller 9 SH Yuji Sonoda 1 P Shin Hasegawa 2 H Masao Amino 3 P Masahiko Toyoyoma 4 L Hajime Kiso 5 L Adam Parker 6 F Naoya Okubo 7 F Takuro Miuchi (c) 8 N8 Takeomi Ito     Replacements 16 P Masahito Yamamoto 17 Masaaki Sakata 18 Koichi Kubo 19 N8 Yuya Saito 20 SH Takashi Tsuji 21 Hideki Nanba 22 FB Hirotoki Onozawa	Team 15 FB Paul Emerick 14 W David Fee 13 C Phillip Eloff 12 C Salesi Sika 11 W Riaan van Zyl 10 FH Mike Hercus 9 SH Kevin Dalzell 1 P Mike MacDonald 2 H Kirk Khasigian 3 P Dan Dorsey 4 L Gerhard Klerck 5 L Luke Gross 6 F Kort Schubert 7 F Dave Hodges (c) 8 N8 Dan Lyle     Replacements 16 H Matt Wyatt 17 P Jacob Waasdorp 18 Jurie Gouws 19 Olo Fifita 20 SH Kimball Kjar 21 Jason Keyter 22 FB John Buchholz

Notes

Result United States of America won by a margin of 13 points

Rugby World Cup points United States of America 5 (1 try bonus), Japan 0

Ground name Central Coast Stadium, Gosford (neutral venue)

Attendance 19653

Referee SR Walsh

Japan Test debuts none

United States of America Test debuts none