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United States
v England⁠: England rugby union, 16 June 2001

19–48

Full time

United States v England finished 19–48.

United States
Juan Grobler, Jone Naqica, Jone Naqica
Date
Saturday 16 June 2001 · England in 2001
Venue
Balboa Stadium, San Francisco
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Graham Rowntree Prop Off in the 68'
  • No. 2, Dorian West Hooker Off in the 68'
  • No. 3, Julian White Prop Yellow card 28'
  • No. 4, Simon Shaw Lock
  • No. 5, Steve Borthwick Lock Off in the 73'
  • No. 6, Steve White-Cooper Flanker Off in the 29'
  • No. 7, Lewis Moody Flanker Off in the 9'
  • No. 8, Joe Worsley Number 8 Off in the 62'
  • No. 9, Kyran Bracken (c) Scrum Half Off in the 79'
  • No. 10, Dave Walder Fly Half Off in the 73'
  • No. 11, Michael Stephenson Wing
  • No. 12, Jamie Noon Centre Off in the 48'
  • No. 13, Fraser Waters Centre Off in the 79'
  • No. 14, Leon Lloyd Wing
  • No. 15, Josh Lewsey Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Andy Long On in the 68'
  • No. 17, David Flatman On in the 29'
  • No. 18, Tom Palmer On in the 73'
  • No. 19, Pat Sanderson On in the 9'
  • No. 20, Martyn Wood On in the 79'
  • No. 21, Olly Barkley On in the 48'
  • No. 22, Tom Voyce On in the 73'

United States

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Mike MacDonald Prop
  • No. 2, Kirk Khasigian Hooker
  • No. 3, Paul Still Prop
  • No. 4, Luke Gross Lock
  • No. 5, Eric Reed Lock Off in the 68'
  • No. 6, Dave Hodges (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Kort Schubert Flanker Off in the 40'
  • No. 8, Dan Lyle Number 8
  • No. 9, Kevin Dalzell Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Grant Wells Fly Half
  • No. 11, Jovesa Naivalu Wing
  • No. 12, Juan Grobler Centre
  • No. 13, Philip Eloff Centre
  • No. 14, Jone Naqica Wing
  • No. 15, Kurt Shuman Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Robbie Flynn (not used)
  • No. 17, Andy McGarry (not used)
  • No. 18, Olo Fifita On in the 40'
  • No. 19, Alex Magleby On in the 68'
  • No. 20, Kimball Kjar (not used)
  • No. 21, Link Wilfley (not used)
  • No. 22, Mose Timoteo (not used)

Referee: Andy Turner. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 3 meetings before this one

1987 – 1999

01 21 Aug 1999
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 106–8 United States England won

England tries: Penalty try, Matt Perry, Matt Perry, Dan Luger, Dan Luger, Phil De Glanville, Jeremy Guscott, Jeremy Guscott, Jeremy Guscott, Jeremy Guscott, Matt Dawson, Phil Greening, Martin Johnson, Richard Hill, Neil Back, Neil Back

United States tries: George Sucher

Match page: England v United States, 21 August 1999

02 11 Oct 1991
Rugby World Cup Twickenham, London

England 37–9 United States England won

England tries: Rory Underwood 8', Will Carling 32', Micky Skinner 62', Nigel Heslop 68', Rory Underwood 80'

United States tries: Ray Nelson 47'

Match page: England v United States, 11 October 1991

03 3 Jun 1987
Rugby World Cup Concord Oval, Sydney

United States 6–34 England England won

England tries: Peter Winterbottom 23', Peter Winterbottom 45', Mike Harrison 61', Wade Dooley 79'

United States tries: Mike Purcell 65'

Match page: United States v England, 3 June 1987

Official meetings since 1987

England v United States stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings8In our results database
England wins8England perspective
Draws0Level at full time
United States wins0United States victories

England have scored 381 points to United States's 93 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

4

Jeremy Guscott

4 tries against United States in matches we hold scorer data for.

United States · Fixture leader

2

Jone Naqica

United States's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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