The USA took their first victory over Japan since 2003 with a 23-18 success in Sacramento in the Pacific Nations Cup.
The scorers:
For USA:
Try: Durutalo
Pens: MacGinty 6
Yellow Card: Ngwenya
For Japan:
Tries: Yamada, Holani
Con: Tatekawa
Pens: Tatekawa 2
Yellow Card: Broadhurst
The teams:
USA: 15 Chris Wyles (c), 14 Blaine Scully, 13 Seamus Kelly, 12 Thretton Palamo, 11 Taku Ngwenya, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Mike Petri, 8 Danny Barrett, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 6 Scott Lavalla, 5 Cam Dolan, 4 Hayden Smith, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Zach Fenoglio, 1 Eric Fry.
Replacements: 16 Phil Thiel, 17 Nick Wallace, 18 Chris Baumann, 19 Louis Stanfill, 20 Alastair McFarland, 21 Shalom Suniula, 22 Folau Niua, 23 Zach Test.
Japan: 15 Yoshikazu Fujita, 14 Karne Hesketh, 13 Kotaro Matshushima, 12 Ryohei Yamanaka, 11 Akihito Yamada, 10 Harumichi Tatekawa, 9 Keisuke Uchida, 8 Ryu Koliniasi Holani, 7 Michael Broadhurst, 6 Justin Ives, 5 Luke Thompson, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 2 Takeshi Kizu, 1 Keita Inagaki.
Replacements: 16 Hisateru Hirashima, 17 Hiroki Yuhara, 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga, 19 Kazuhiko Usami, 20 Tsuyoshi Murata, 21 Atsushi Hiwasa, 22 Kosei Ono, 23 Tim Bennetts.
Venue: Bonney Field, Sacramento, California
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
