2015 Rugby World Cup Pool B

none August 2023 2015 Rugby World Cup#Pool stage 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool B of the 2015 Rugby World Cup began on 19 September and was completed on 11 October 2015.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/22381109 World Cup 2015 schedule 2 May 2013 2 May 2013 BBC Sport The pool was composed of South Africa, Samoa and Scotlandwho all qualified automatically for the tournament due to finishing in the top three positions in their pools in 2011joined by the top Asian qualifier, Japan, and the second American qualifier, United States. South Africa and Scotland qualified for the quarter-finals.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/32430465 Rugby World Cup 2015: fixtures, results and standings 23 April 2015 BBC Sport 4 November 2015 Standings Matches All times are local United Kingdom time (UTC+01) South Africa vs Japan 19 September 2015 16:45 RSA 32–34 Report JPN Louw 18' cB. du Plessis 33' mDe Jager 44' cStrauss 62' c Lambie (2/3) 19', 45'Pollard (1/1) 63' Lambie (1/1) 57'Pollard (1/1) 73' Leitch 30' cGoromaru 69' cHesketh 80' m Goromaru (2/3) 31', 70' Goromaru (5/6) 8', 43', 49', 53', 60' Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton 29,290 Jérôme Garcès (France) _Springboksleft15 _Springbokskit15 _Springboksright15 _2 gold stripes 006400 006400 006400 FFFFFF 0C3D0C South Africa _JapanleftRWC _JapanRWCkit _JapanrightRWC _JapansocksRWC cc0000 cc0000 cc0000 ffffff ffffff Japan FB 15Zane KirchnerRW 14Bryan HabanaOC 13Jesse KrielIC 12Jean de Villiers (c)LW 11Lwazi Mvovo 70FH 10Pat Lambie 58SH 9 Ruan Pienaar 58N8 8 Schalk BurgerBF 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit 57OF 6 Francois LouwRL 5 Victor MatfieldLL 4 Lood de Jager 69TP 3 Jannie du Plessis 54 79HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis 54LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira 54 79Replacements:HK 16Adriaan Strauss 54PR 17Trevor Nyakane 54 79PR 18Coenie Oosthuizen 78 54LK 19Eben Etzebeth 69FL 20Siya Kolisi 57 79SH 21Fourie du Preez 58FH 22Handré Pollard 58WG 23JP Pietersen 70Coach:RSA Heyneke Meyer350px FB 15Ayumu GoromaruRW 14Akihito Yamada 79OC 13Male Sa'uIC 12Harumichi TatekawaLW 11Kotaro MatsushimaFH 10Kosei Ono 73SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka 67N8 8 Hendrik Tui 46OF 7 Michael BroadhurstBF 6 Michael Leitch (c)RL 5 Hitoshi Ono 54LL 4 Luke ThompsonTP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama 10 19 54HK 2 Shota Horie 70LP 1 Masataka Mikami 58Replacements:HK 16Takeshi Kizu 70PR 17Keita Inagaki 58PR 18Hiroshi Yamashita 10 19 54LK 19Shinya Makabe 54N8 20Amanaki Mafi 46SH 21Atsushi Hiwasa 67CE 22Yu Tamura 73WG 23Karne Hesketh 79Coach:AUS Eddie Jones Man of the Match: Fumiaki Tanaka (Japan) Touch judges: JP Doyle (England) Federico Anselmi (Argentina) Television match official: Graham Hughes (England) Notes: Fumiaki Tanaka earned his 50th test cap for Japan.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/sep/19/rugby-world-cup-south-africa-v-japan-live South Africa 32–34 Japan 19 September 2015 The Guardian 24 September 2015 This was the first ever match between these nations.Japan had never played South Africa prior to Rugby World Cup 2015, but few outside of the team’s tournament base gave them much hope against the Pool B seeds. The Brave Blossoms had not won a Rugby World Cup match in over 20 years, while the Springboks had lifted the Webb Ellis Cup twice. But unbeknown to the watching world, coach Eddie Jones had been preparing for this match for much of the previous three years. 18 November 2020 10 of the biggest upsets in international rugby history https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/en/news/603800/10-biggest-upsets-in-international-rugby-history rugbyworldcup.com World Rugby This was South Africa's first ever loss to a Tier 2 nation.http://en.espn.co.uk/2015-rugby-world-cup/rugby/story/275293.html Japan pull off greatest shock in World Cup history 19 September 2015 ESPN 21 September 2015 This was Japan's second-ever Test win over a SANZAAR nation.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34269878 Rugby World Cup 2015: South Africa 32–34 Japan 19 September 2015 BBC Sport 21 September 2015 This match is known as "The Brighton Miracle" and is featured in the film of the same name. Samoa vs United States 20 September 2015 12:00 SAM 25–16 Report USA Nanai-Williams 20' mTreviranus 46' m T. Pisi (4/5) 8', 28', 39', 51'Stanley (1/1) 70' Wyles 34' mBaumann 74' m MacGinty (2/2) 31', 53' Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton 29,178 George Clancy (Ireland) _Samoaleft15b _Samoa15b _Samoaright15b _Samoashortsb _bluestripe FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 264282 FFFFFF Samoa _Usaleft15 _Usakit15 _Usaright15 _rebelsshorts15 _USASOCKS 002868 002868 002868 000033 000033 United States FB 15Tim Nanai-WilliamsRW 14Ken PisiOC 13Paul PerezIC 12Rey Lee-Lo 2 9LW 11Alesana Tuilagi 73FH 10Tusi Pisi 58SH 9 Kahn Fotuali'iN8 8 Ofisa Treviranus (c)OF 7 Jack LamBF 6 Maurie Fa'asavalu 51RL 5 Joe Tekori 58LL 4 Filo PauloTP 3 Anthony Perenise 51HK 2 Ole Avei 66LP 1 Sakaria TaulafoReplacements:HK 16Motu Matu'u 66PR 17Viliamu AfatiaPR 18Census Johnston 51FL 19Faifili Levave 58FL 20Alafoti Faosiliva 51SH 21Vavao AfemaiFH 22Michael Stanley 2 9 58WG 23Fa'atoina Autagavaia 73Coach:SAM Stephen Betham350px FB 15Blaine Scully 51RW 14Takudzwa NgwenyaOC 13Seamus KellyIC 12Thretton PalamoLW 11Chris Wyles (c)FH 10AJ MacGintySH 9 Mike PetriN8 8 Samu ManoaOF 7 Andrew DurutaloBF 6 Alastair McFarlandRL 5 Greg Peterson 58LL 4 Hayden Smith 51TP 3 Titi Lamositele 71HK 2 Zach Fenoglio 51LP 1 Eric Fry 71Replacements:HK 16Phil Thiel 51PR 17Olive Kilifi 71PR 18Chris Baumann 71LK 19Cam Dolan 51N8 20Danny Barrett 58FH 21Shalom SuniulaCE 22Folau NiuaWG 23Brett Thompson 51Coach:USA Mike Tolkin Man of the Match: Tim Nanai-Williams (Samoa) Touch judges: Jaco Peyper (South Africa) Federico Anselmi (Argentina) Television match official: Graham Hughes (England) Scotland vs Japan 23 September 2015 14:30 SCO 45–10 Report JPN Hardie 48' mBennett (2) 56' c, 69 cSeymour 64' cRussell 74' c Laidlaw (4/5) 57', 65', 70', 75' Laidlaw (4/5) 3', 12', 18', 20' Mafi 15' c Goromaru (1/1) 16' Goromaru (1/3) 46' Kingsholm, Gloucester 14,354 John Lacey (Ireland) _scotlandkita _scotlandshorts _Scotlandsocks 000080 000080 000080 000080 FFFFFF Scotland _JapanleftRWC _JapanRWCkit _JapanrightRWC _JapansocksRWC cc0000 cc0000 cc0000 ffffff ffffff Japan FB 15Stuart Hogg 66RW 14Tommy SeymourOC 13Mark Bennett 75IC 12Matt Scott LW 11Sean LamontFH 10Finn RussellSH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)N8 8 David Denton OF 7 John HardieBF 6 Ryan Wilson 57RL 5 Jonny GrayLL 4 Grant Gilchrist 50TP 3 WP Nel 70HK 2 Ross Ford 70LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson 66Replacements:HK 16Fraser Brown 70PR 17Ryan Grant 66PR 18Jon Welsh 70LK 19Richie Gray 50FL 20Josh Strauss 57SH 21Henry PyrgosCE 22Peter Horne 75WG 23Sean Maitland 66Coach:NZL Vern Cotter350px FB 15Ayumu GoromaruRW 14Kotaro Matsushima 23OC 13Male Sa'uIC 12Yu TamuraLW 11Kenki Fukuoka FH 10Harumichi Tatekawa 72SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka 65N8 8 Amanaki Mafi 45OF 7 Michael BroadhurstBF 6 Michael Leitch (c)RL 5 Justin Ives 61LL 4 Luke Thompson 65TP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita 53HK 2 Shota Horie 70LP 1 Keita Inagaki 40Replacements:HK 16Takeshi Kizu 70PR 17Masataka Mikami 40PR 18Kensuke Hatakeyama 53LK 19Shinya Makabe 61LK 20Shoji Ito 65FL 21Hendrik Tui 45SH 22Atsushi Hiwasa 65WG 23Karne Hesketh 72Coach:AUS Eddie Jones Man of the Match: Greig Laidlaw (Scotland) Touch judges: George Clancy (Ireland) Marius Mitrea (Italy) Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa) Notes: Josh Strauss made his international debut for Scotland.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/23/scotland-japan-world-cup-2015-match-report Scotland exploit Japan's quick turnaround to run riot at World Cup 23 September 2015 Guardian 24 September 2015 South Africa vs Samoa 26 September 2015 16:45 RSA 46–6 Report SAM Pietersen (3) 15' m, 47' c, 78' mBurger 58' mBrits 71' mHabana 80' c Pollard (1/4) 48'Lambie (1/2) 80' Pollard (4/4) 2', 19', 24', 39' Stanley (2/5) 9', 12' Villa Park, Birmingham 39,526 Wayne Barnes (England) _Springboksleft15 _Springbokskit15 _Springboksright15 _2 gold stripes 006400 006400 006400 FFFFFF 0C3D0C South Africa _Samoaleft15 _Samoa15 _Samoaright15 _Samoashorts _redstripe 264282 264282 264282 FFFFFF 13378C Samoa FB 15Willie le RouxRW 14JP PietersenOC 13Jean de Villiers (c) 72 77IC 12Damian de Allende 48LW 11Bryan HabanaFH 10Handré PollardSH 9 Fourie du Preez 74N8 8 Duane VermeulenOF 7 Schalk Burger 68BF 6 Francois LouwRL 5 Victor Matfield 55LL 4 Eben EtzebethTP 3 Jannie du Plessis 54HK 2 Adriaan Strauss 68LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira 62Replacements:HK 16Schalk Brits 68PR 17Trevor Nyakane 62PR 18Frans Malherbe 54LK 19Lood de Jager 55FL 20Siya Kolisi 68SH 21Ruan Pienaar 74FH 22Pat Lambie 72CE 23Jesse Kriel 48 77Coach:RSA Heyneke Meyer350px FB 15Tim Nanai-WilliamsRW 14Ken PisiOC 13Paul PerezIC 12Rey Lee-LoLW 11Alesana Tuilagi 68FH 10Michael Stanley 54SH 9 Kahn Fotuali'i 77N8 8 Ofisa Treviranus (c) 62OF 7 Jack LamBF 6 TJ IoaneRL 5 Joe Tekori 47LL 4 Filo PauloTP 3 Census Johnston 52HK 2 Motu Matu'u 52LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo 63Replacements:HK 16Ole Avei 52PR 17Viliamu Afatia 63PR 18Anthony Perenise 52FL 19Faifili Levave 47N8 20Sanele Vavae Tuilagi 62SH 21Vavao Afemai 77FH 22Tusi Pisi 54CE 23George Pisi 68Coach:SAM Stephen Betham Man of the Match: Handré Pollard (South Africa) Touch judges: JP Doyle (England) Angus Gardner (Australia) Television match official: Graham Hughes (England) Notes: Adriaan Strauss earned his 50th test cap for South Africa. Census Johnston earned his 50th test cap for Samoa. George, Ken and Tusi Pisi became the first set of three brothers to represent and play for one team in one XV, in a Rugby World Cup match.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/11893417/South-Africa-46-Samoa-6-match-report-Boks-bounce-back-from-Japan-hurt-to-thrash-Pacific-Islanders-at-Villa-Park.html South Africa 46 Samoa 6, match report: Boks bounce back from Japan hurt to thrash Pacific Islanders at Villa Park 26 September 2015 Daily Telegraph 29 September 2015 Scotland vs United States 27 September 2015 14:30 SCO 39–16 Report USA Visser 42' mMaitland 47' cNel 54' cScott 65' cWeir 79' c Russell (1/2) 48'Laidlaw (3/3) 55', 66', 80' Hogg (1/2) 7'Russell (1/2) 16' Lamositele 21' c MacGinty (1/1) 22' MacGinty (3/3) 3', 40', 51' Elland Road, Leeds 33,521 Chris Pollock (New Zealand) _scotlandkita _scotlandshorts _Scotlandsocks 000080 000080 000080 000080 FFFFFF Scotland _Usaleft15b _Usakit15b _Usaright15b _Usashortsb _USASOCKSb FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000033 FF0000 United States FB 15Stuart HoggRW 14Sean MaitlandOC 13Mark BennettIC 12Peter Horne 55LW 11Tim VisserFH 10Finn Russell 60SH 9 Henry Pyrgos (c) 53N8 8 Josh StraussOF 7 Ryan Wilson 46BF 6 Alasdair StrokoschRL 5 Grant Gilchrist 18LL 4 Richie GrayTP 3 Jon Welsh 40HK 2 Ross Ford 78LP 1 Ryan Grant 40Replacements:HK 16Kevin Bryce 78PR 17Alasdair Dickinson 40PR 18WP Nel 40LK 19Tim Swinson 18HK 20Fraser Brown 46SH 21Greig Laidlaw 53FH 22Duncan Weir 60CE 23Matt Scott 55Coach:NZL Vern Cotter350px FB 15Chris Wyles (c)RW 14Takudzwa NgwenyaOC 13Seamus KellyIC 12Thretton PalamoLW 11Blaine Scully 59FH 10AJ MacGintySH 9 Mike Petri 50N8 8 Samu ManoaOF 7 Andrew Durutalo 59BF 6 Alastair McFarlandRL 5 Greg Peterson 50LL 4 Hayden Smith 43TP 3 Titi Lamositele 69HK 2 Phil Thiel 64LP 1 Eric Fry 67Replacements:HK 16Zach Fenoglio 64PR 17Olive Kilifi 67PR 18Chris Baumann 69LK 19Cam Dolan 43FL 20John Quill 59N8 21Danny Barrett 50FH 22Shalom Suniula 50CE 23Folau Niua 59Coach:USA Mike Tolkin Man of the Match: Stuart Hogg (Scotland) Touch judges: John Lacey (Ireland) Mike Fraser (New Zealand) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) Samoa vs Japan 3 October 2015 14:30 SAM 5–26 Report JPN Perez 64' m Penalty try 24' cYamada 40' c Goromaru (2/2) 24', 40' Goromaru (4/6) 8', 34', 48', 59' Stadium mk, Milton Keynes 29,019 Craig Joubert (South Africa) _Samoaleft15 _Samoa15 _Samoaright15 _Samoashorts _redstripe 264282 264282 264282 FFFFFF 13378C Samoa _JapanleftRWC _JapanRWCkit _JapanrightRWC _JapansocksRWC cc0000 cc0000 cc0000 ffffff ffffff Japan FB 15Tim Nanai-WilliamsRW 14Ken PisiOC 13Paul PerezIC 12Johnny LeotaLW 11Alesana Tuilagi 22 29 48FH 10Tusi PisiSH 9 Kahn Fotuali'i 74N8 8 Faifili Levave 16OF 7 TJ Ioane 48BF 6 Ofisa Treviranus (c) 70RL 5 Kane ThompsonLL 4 Filo Paulo 78TP 3 Census Johnston 51HK 2 Ole Avei 56LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo 19 62Replacements:HK 16Motu Matu'u 56PR 17Viliamu Afatia 22 29 62PR 18Anthony Perenise 51FL 19Jack Lam 48N8 20Sanele Vavae Tuilagi 70SH 21Vavao Afemai 74FH 22Michael StanleyCE 23Rey Lee-Lo 48Coach:SAM Stephen Betham350px FB 15Ayumu GoromaruRW 14Akihito Yamada 56OC 13Male Sa'u 72IC 12Harumichi TatekawaLW 11Kotaro MatsushimaFH 10Kosei OnoSH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka 72N8 8 Koliniasi Holani 60OF 7 Michael Broadhurst 65BF 6 Michael Leitch (c)RL 5 Hitoshi Ono 40LL 4 Luke ThompsonTP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama 65HK 2 Shota HorieLP 1 Keita InagakiReplacements:HK 16Takeshi Kizu 72PR 17Masataka MikamiPR 18Hiroshi Yamashita 65FL 19Justin Ives 40N8 20Amanaki Mafi 60FL 21Hendrik Tui 65SH 22Atsushi Hiwasa 72WG 23Karne Hesketh 56Coach:AUS Eddie Jones Man of the Match: Ayumu Goromaru (Japan) Touch judges: Wayne Barnes (England) Stuart Berry (South Africa) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) Notes: This was Japan's largest winning margin over Samoa, surpassing their 19-point winning margin set in 2014. Atsushi Hiwasa earned his 50th test cap for Japan. South Africa vs Scotland 3 October 2015 16:45 RSA 34–16 Report SCO Burger 13' cPietersen 38' cHabana 73' m Pollard (2/3) 13', 40' Pollard (4/4) 17', 27', 62', 68' Pollard 51' Seymour 49' c Laidlaw (1/1) 50' Laidlaw (2/3) 30', 45'Weir (1/1) 60' St. James' Park, Newcastle 50,900 Nigel Owens (Wales) _Springboksleftb _Springboksjerseyb _Springboksrightb _2 gold stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0C3D0C South Africa _scotlandkita _scotlandshorts _Scotlandsocks 000080 000080 000080 000080 FFFFFF Scotland FB 15Willie le RouxRW 14JP Pietersen 70OC 13Jesse KrielIC 12Damian de Allende 75LW 11Bryan HabanaFH 10Handré PollardSH 9 Fourie du Preez (c) 79N8 8 Duane VermeulenOF 7 Schalk Burger 70BF 6 Francois LouwRL 5 Lood de Jager 75LL 4 Eben EtzebethTP 3 Jannie du Plessis 34 50HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis 56LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira 61Replacements:HK 16Adriaan Strauss 56PR 17Trevor Nyakane 61PR 18Frans Malherbe 50LK 19Pieter-Steph du Toit 75FL 20Willem Alberts 70SH 21Ruan Pienaar 79FH 22Pat Lambie 70CE 23Jan Serfontein 75Coach:RSA Heyneke Meyer350px FB 15Stuart Hogg 63RW 14Tommy SeymourOC 13Richie Vernon 65IC 12Matt ScottLW 11Tim VisserFH 10Duncan WeirSH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c) 53 70N8 8 David DentonOF 7 Blair CowanBF 6 Josh Strauss 30 34 55RL 5 Jonny Gray 68LL 4 Richie GrayTP 3 WP Nel 64HK 2 Fraser Brown 61 78LP 1 Gordon Reid 51Replacements:HK 16Ross Ford 61 78PR 17Alasdair Dickinson 51PR 18Jon Welsh 64LK 19Tim Swinson 68FL 20Ryan Wilson 30 34 55SH 21Sam Hidalgo-Clyne 70CE 22Peter Horne 65WG 23Sean Lamont 63Coach:NZL Vern Cotter Man of the Match: Lood de Jager (South Africa) Touch judges: Chris Pollock (New Zealand) Leighton Hodges (Wales) Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia) Notes: Alasdair Dickinson earned his 50th test cap for Scotland. South Africa vs United States 7 October 2015 16:45 RSA 64–0 Report USA De Allende 7' cPenalty try 27' cHabana (3) 42' c, 59' c, 61' cDu Plessis 47' mLouw (2) 53' c, 69' mKriel 73' mMvovo 80' c Pollard (4/5) 8', 28', 42', 54'Steyn (3/5) 60', 63', 80' Olympic Stadium, London 54,658 Pascal Gaüzère (France) _Springboksleft15 _Springbokskit15 _Springboksright15 _2 gold stripes 006400 006400 006400 FFFFFF 0C3D0C South Africa _Usaleft15 _Usakit15 _Usaright15 _rebelsshorts15 _USASOCKS 002868 002868 002868 000033 000033 United States FB 15Willie le RouxRW 14Bryan Habana 23 26OC 13Jesse KrielIC 12Damian de Allende 60LW 11Lwazi MvovoFH 10Handré Pollard 56SH 9 Fourie du Preez (c) 63N8 8 Duane VermeulenOF 7 Schalk Burger 48BF 6 Francois LouwRL 5 Lood de Jager 63LL 4 Eben EtzebethTP 3 Frans Malherbe 60HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis 56LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira 56Replacements:HK 16Schalk Brits 56PR 17Trevor Nyakane 56PR 18Coenie Oosthuizen 60LK 19Pieter-Steph du Toit 63FL 20Willem Alberts 48SH 21Rudy Paige 63FH 22Morné Steyn 56CE 23Jan Serfontein 23 26 60Coach:RSA Heyneke Meyer350px FB 15Blaine Scully 23 26 70RW 14Brett ThompsonOC 13Folau NiuaIC 12Andrew SuniulaLW 11Zack TestFH 10Shalom SuniulaSH 9 Niku KrugerN8 8 Samu Manoa (c) 48OF 7 John QuillBF 6 Danny Barrett 58RL 5 Matt Trouville 70LL 4 Louis StanfillTP 3 Chris BaumannHK 2 Phil Thiel 72LP 1 Olive Kilifi 59Replacements:PR 16Joe Taufete'e 72HK 17Zach Fenoglio 70PR 18Matekitonga Moeakiola 59PR 19Titi LamositeleLK 20Cam Dolan 48FL 21Alastair McFarland 58SH 22Mike PetriFB 23Chris Wyles 23 26 70Coach:USA Mike Tolkin Man of the Match: Damian de Allende (South Africa) Touch judges: Nigel Owens (Wales) Mike Fraser (New Zealand) Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia) Notes: Rudy Paige made his international debut for South Africa.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/11903918/South-Africa-vs-USA-Rugby-World-Cup-live.html South Africa 64 USA 0 - Springboks through to World Cup quarter-finals as Bryan Habana scores hat-trick 6 October 2015 Daily Telegraphl 9 October 2015 Joe Taufete'e made his international debut for the United States.September 2020 Bryan Habana equaled Jonah Lomu's World Cup record of 15 tries scored in the tournament.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34467962 Rugby World Cup 2015: South Africa 64-0 USA 6 October 2015 BBC Sportl 9 October 2015 Samoa vs Scotland 10 October 2015 14:30 SAM 33–36 Report SCO T. Pisi 11' cLeiataua 14' mLee-Lo 21' mMatu'u 78' c T. Pisi (1/3) 11'Fa'apale (1/1) 78' T. Pisi (3/3) 5', 29', 38' Seymour 12' cHardie 32' cLaidlaw 74' c Laidlaw (3/3) 13', 33', 75' Laidlaw (5/7) 9', 20', 25', 51', 53' St. James' Park, Newcastle 51,982 Jaco Peyper (South Africa) _Samoaleft15b _Samoa15b _Samoaright15b _Samoashortsb _bluestripe FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 264282 FFFFFF Samoa _scotlandkita _scotlandshorts _Scotlandsocks 000080 000080 000080 000080 FFFFFF Scotland FB 15Tim Nanai-WilliamsRW 14Paul PerezOC 13George PisiIC 12Rey Lee-LoLW 11Fa'atoina Autagavaia 71FH 10Tusi Pisi 71SH 9 Kahn Fotuali'i (c) 79N8 8 Alafoti FaosilivaOF 7 Jack LamBF 6 Maurie Fa'asavalu 59RL 5 Kane Thompson 29LL 4 Filo PauloTP 3 Census Johnston 59HK 2 Manu Leiataua 74LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo 59Replacements:HK 16Motu Matu'u 74PR 17Viliamu Afatia 59PR 18Anthony Perenise 59FL 19Faifili Levave 29N8 20Sanele Vavae Tuilagi 59SH 21Vavao Afemai 79FH 22Patrick Fa'apale 71WG 23Ken Pisi 71Coach:SAM Stephen Betham350px FB 15Stuart Hogg 71RW 14Sean MaitlandOC 13Mark BennettIC 12Matt Scott 76LW 11Tommy SeymourFH 10Finn RussellSH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)N8 8 David DentonOF 7 John HardieBF 6 Ryan Wilson 28 53RL 5 Jonny Gray 62LL 4 Richie GrayTP 3 WP NelHK 2 Ross Ford 66LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson 23 28Replacements:HK 16Fraser Brown 66PR 17Gordon Reid 23 28PR 18Jon WelshLK 19Tim Swinson 62N8 20Josh Strauss 53SH 21Henry PyrgosCE 22Peter Horne 76WG 23Sean Lamont 71Coach:NZL Vern Cotter Man of the Match: John Hardie (Scotland) Touch judges: JP Doyle (England) Marius Mitrea (Italy) Television match official: Ben Skeen (New Zealand) Notes: Richie Gray earned his 50th test cap for Scotland.September 2020 Sean Lamont became the second Scottish player to earn 100 caps for Scotland.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34473830 Rugby World Cup 2015: Samoa 33-36 Scotland 10 October 2015 BBC Sport 13 October 2015 United States vs Japan 11 October 2015 20:00 USA 18–28 Report JPN Ngwenya 24' mWyles 71' c MacGinty (1/2) 72' MacGinty (2/2) 5', 55' Matsushima 7' cFujita 28' cMafi 62' m Goromaru (2/3) 9', 29' Goromaru (3/3) 33', 44', 77' Kingsholm, Gloucester 14,517 Glen Jackson (New Zealand) _Usaleft15 _Usakit15 _Usaright15 _rebelsshorts15 _USASOCKS 002868 002868 002868 000033 000033 United States _JapanleftRWC _JapanRWCkit _JapanrightRWC _JapansocksRWC cc0000 cc0000 cc0000 ffffff ffffff Japan FB 15Chris Wyles (c)RW 14Takudzwa NgwenyaOC 13Seamus KellyIC 12Thretton PalamoLW 11Zack TestFH 10AJ MacGintySH 9 Mike PetriN8 8 Samu ManoaOF 7 Andrew DurutaloBF 6 Alastair McFarland 63RL 5 Greg Peterson 77LL 4 Hayden Smith 31TP 3 Titi LamositeleHK 2 Zach Fenoglio 64LP 1 Eric Fry 61Replacements:HK 16Phil Thiel 64PR 17Olive KilifiPR 18Chris BaumannLK 19Cam Dolan 31FL 20John Quill 77N8 21Danny Barrett 63SH 22Niku KrugerCE 23Folau NiuaCoach:USA Mike Tolkin350px FB 15Ayumu GoromaruRW 14Yoshikazu FujitaOC 13Harumichi TatekawaIC 12Craig WingLW 11Kotaro Matsushima 49 57FH 10Kosei Ono 73SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka 63N8 8 Koliniasi Holani 40OF 7 Michael Broadhurst 73BF 6 Michael Leitch (c)RL 5 Justin Ives 68LL 4 Luke ThompsonTP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita 40HK 2 Shota Horie 77LP 1 Keita Inagaki 59Replacements:HK 16Takeshi Kizu 77PR 17Masataka Mikami 59PR 18Kensuke Hatakeyama 40LK 19Shinya Makabe 68N8 20Amanaki Mafi 40FL 21Hendrik Tui 73SH 22Atsushi Hiwasa 63WG 23Karne Hesketh 49 57 73Coach:AUS Eddie Jones Man of the Match: Ayumu Goromaru (Japan) Touch judges: John Lacey (Ireland) Federico Anselmi (Argentina) Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa) Notes: With this win, Japan became the first team to win three pool games and still fail to advance to the knockout stage.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/11/usa-japan-rugby-world-cup-match-report Japan sign off with third win of the tournament by beating the USA 11 October 2015 Guardian 13 October 2015https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/34492412 Rugby World Cup 2015: Japan beat USA in final pool game 11 October 2015 BBC Sport 13 October 2015 References External links Official RWC 2015 Site Pool B World Cup World Cup World Cup World Cup World Cup