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Rugby-United States beat Japan 23-18 in Pacific Nations Cup

Published 2015-07-25, 01:43 a/m
Rugby-United States beat Japan 23-18 in Pacific Nations Cup

July 24 (Reuters) - The United States posted a
confidence-boosting 23-18 win over Japan in the Pacific Nations
Cup rugby tournament in Sacramento on Friday.
Less than three months before the same two teams clash at
the World Cup, where they are in the same group, the U.S.
survived late pressure to record their first win of the
tournament.
Japan were threatening to score a late try until New
Zealand-born Mick Broadhurst received a yellow card for his
adopted country.
The U.S. were beaten in their opening match by Samoa, who
retained their unbeaten record on Friday when they drew 30-30
with Fiji, who also remain unbeaten after two matches.
Samoa overcame a 17-point deficit in the second half, and
Patrick Faapale struck a late-gasp penalty to level the scores.
In the other Friday match, Tonga posted their first victory
when they overcame a slow start to beat Canada 28-18 in a match
played at Burnaby in suburban Vancouver.
Canada led 15-3 in the first half but were swamped soon
after to slump to their second consecutive defeat.
The tournament format divides the teams into two pools.
Japan, Samoa and Tonga are in pool one, with Fiji, United States
and Canada in pool two.
Each team plays the three teams in the other pool, before
the two teams with the best record advance to the final.
The last pool matches will be played in Toronto on
Wednesday, with the final on August 3 in suburban Vancouver.

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