2008 United States rugby union tour of Japan

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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

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.

Results

16 November 2008

Japan	29–19	United States
Try: Endo, Holani Con: Nicholas 2 Pen: Nicholas 4, Webb	report	Try: MacDonald, Ngwenya, Welch Con: Hercus 2

Mizuho Stadium, Nagoya Attendance: 5,111 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

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22 November 2008

Japan	32–17	United States
	Report	Try: Ngwenya, van der Giessen, Wyles Con: Hercus

Chichibu, Tokyo Attendance: 11,836 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

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