| 2008 United States rugby union tour of Japan | |||||
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 Japan |
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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: 5.000 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 .svg.png.webp){kind=small} |
| 22 November 2008 |
| Japan | 32 - 17 | United States |
| report | Try: 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 |
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