2008 United States rugby union tour of Japan

2008 end of year rugby union tests United States 2008 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 JPN 2 0 0 2 Ireland and Italy 2004 Europe 2010 The 2008 United States rugby union tour of Japan was a series of matches played in November 2008 in Japan by the United States national rugby union team. Results report 16 November 2008 JPN 29–19 USA Mizuho Stadium, Nagoya Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland) 5,111 Endo, Holani MacDonald, Ngwenya, Welch Nicholas 2 Hercus 2 Nicholas 4, Webb Japan United StatesKaoru MatsushitaFB15FBChris WylesKosuke EndoW14WTaku NgwenyaKoji TairaC13CPaul EmerickRyan NicholasC12CAndrew SuniulaKoji TomiokaW11WGavin DeBartoloShaun WebbFH10FHMike HercusFumiaki TanakaSH9SHMike Petri Koliniasi HolaniN88N8Pat Quinn(capt.) Takashi Kikutani F7FTodd Clever (capt.)Hajime KisoF6FInaki BasauriToshizumi KitagawaL5LAlec ParkerLuke ThompsonL4LHayden SmithKensuke HatakeyamaP3PMate MoeakiolaYusuke AokiH2HMark CrickHisateru HirashimaP1PMike MacDonald Replacements Naonori Mizuyama 16HJoe Welch Naoki Kawamata 17PShawn Pittman Tomoaki TaniguchiL18LJohn van der Giessen Michael LeitchF19FJJ Gagiano Tomoki Yoshida 20SHChad Erskine Masakazu Irie 21FHNese Malifa Bryce RobinsC22Junior Sifa Coaches NZL John Kirwan Scott Johnson AUS ReportJapan complete series win over USA http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/86802.html espnscrum 12 November 2024 22 November 2008 JPN 32–17 USA Chichibu, Tokyo Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland) 11,836 Ngwenya, van der Giessen, Wyles Hercus Japan United StatesKaoru MatsushitaFB15FBChris WylesKosuke EndoW14WTaku Ngwenya Bryce RobinsC13CPaul Emerick Ryan NicholasC12CJunior SifaKoji TomiokaW11WGavin DeBartoloShaun WebbFH10FHMike HercusFumiaki TanakaSH9SHMike PetriKoliniasi HolaniN88N8Pat Quinn(capt.) Takashi Kikutani F7FTodd Clever (capt.)Michael LeitchF6FInaki BasauriToshizumi KitagawaL5LHayden SmithHitoshi OnoL4LJohn van der GiessenKensuke HatakeyamaP3PBrian Lemay Yusuke AokiH2HMark CrickHisateru HirashimaP1PMike MacDonald Replacements Naonori MizuyamaH16HJoe Welch Naoki KawamataP17PMate Moeakiola Luke ThompsonL18LCourtney McKay Masato ToyodaN819N8JJ Gagiano Tomoki YoshidaSH20SHChad Erskine Masakazu IrieC21FHThretton Palamo Piei MafileoW22CNese Malifa Coaches John Kirwan NZL Scott Johnson AUS References United States tour Category:United States national rugby union team tours tour Category:Rugby union tours of Japan