2008 United States rugby union tour of Japan

The 2008 United States rugby union tour of Japan was a series of matches played in November 2008 in Japan by United States national rugby union team.

2008 United States rugby union tour of Japan
Summary
P W D L
Total
02 00 00 02
Test match
02 00 00 02
Opponent
P W D L
 Japan
2 0 0 2

Results

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16 November 2008
Japan  29 - 19  United States
Try: Endo, Holani
Con: Nicholas 2
Pen: Nicholas 4, Webb
reportTry: MacDonald, Ngwenya, Welch
Con: Hercus 2
Mizuho Stadium, Nagoya
Attendance: 5.000
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Japan United States
Kaoru Matsushita FB 15 FB Chris Wyles
Kosuke Endo W 14 W Taku Ngwenya
Koji Taira C 13 C Paul Emerick
Ryan Nicholas C 12 C Andrew Suniula
Koji Tomioka W 11 W Gavin DeBartolo
Shaun Webb FH 10 FH Mike Hercus
Fumiaki Tanaka SH 9 SH Mike Petri
  Koliniasi Holani N8 8 N8 Pat Quinn
(capt.) Takashi Kikutani F 7 F Todd Clever (capt.)
Hajime Kiso F 6 F Inaki Basauri
Toshizumi Kitagawa L 5 L Alec Parker
Luke Thompson L 4 L Hayden Smith
Kensuke Hatakeyama P 3 P Mate Moeakiola
Yusuke Aoki H 2 H Mark Crick
Hisateru Hirashima P 1 P Mike MacDonald
Replacements
Naonori Mizuyama 16 H Joe Welch  
Naoki Kawamata 17 P Shawn Pittman  
  Tomoaki Taniguchi L 18 L John van der Giessen  
    Michael Leitch F 19 F JJ Gagiano  
Tomoki Yoshida 20 SH Chad Erskine  
Masakazu Irie 21 FH Nese Malifa  
Bryce Robins C 22 Junior Sifa
Coaches
  John Kirwan Scott Johnson  

22 November 2008
Japan  32 - 17  United States
reportTry: Ngwenya, van der Giessen, Wyles
Con: Hercus
Chichibu, Tokyo
Attendance: 12.000
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Japan United States
Kaoru Matsushita FB 15 FB Chris Wyles
Kosuke Endo W 14 W Taku Ngwenya
  Bryce Robins C 13 C Paul Emerick  
Ryan Nicholas C 12 C Junior Sifa
Koji Tomioka W 11 W Gavin DeBartolo
Shaun Webb FH 10 FH Mike Hercus
Fumiaki Tanaka SH 9 SH Mike Petri
Koliniasi Holani N8 8 N8 Pat Quinn
(capt.) Takashi Kikutani F 7 F Todd Clever (capt.)
Michael Leitch F 6 F Inaki Basauri
Toshizumi Kitagawa L 5 L Hayden Smith
Hitoshi Ono L 4 L John van der Giessen
Kensuke Hatakeyama P 3 P Brian Lemay
  Yusuke Aoki H 2 H Mark Crick
Hisateru Hirashima P 1 P Mike MacDonald
Replacements
  Naonori Mizuyama H 16 H Joe Welch  
  Naoki Kawamata P 17 P Mate Moeakiola  
  Luke Thompson L 18 L Courtney McKay  
  Masato Toyoda N8 19 N8 JJ Gagiano  
  Tomoki Yoshida SH 20 SH Chad Erskine  
  Masakazu Irie C 21 FH Thretton Palamo  
  Piei Mafileo W 22 C Nese Malifa  
Coaches
John Kirwan   Scott Johnson