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England men · Rugby World Cup

England
v United States⁠

37–9

Full time

England v United States finished 37–9.

United States
Ray Nelson 47'
Date
Friday 11 October 1991 · England in 1991
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

United States

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Lance Manga Prop
  • No. 2, Tony Flay Hooker
  • No. 3, Norm Mottram Prop
  • No. 4, Kevin Swords (c) Lock
  • No. 5, Chuck Tunnacliffe Lock
  • No. 6, Shawn Lipman Flanker
  • No. 7, Rob Farley Flanker Off in the 70'
  • No. 8, Tony Ridnell Number 8
  • No. 9, Mark Pidcock Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Chris O'Brien Fly Half
  • No. 11, Paul Sheehy Wing
  • No. 12, Kevin Higgins Centre Off in the 40'
  • No. 13, Mark Williams Centre
  • No. 14, Gary Hein Wing
  • No. 15, Ray Nelson Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Eric Whitaker (not used)
  • No. 17, Jay Wilkerson On in the 70'
  • No. 18, Pat Johnson (not used)
  • No. 19, Barry Daily (not used)
  • No. 20, Michael de Jong On in the 40'

Referee: Les Peard. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 1 meeting before this one

1987 – 1987

01 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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