| ENGLAND 28 | V | USA 10 | |||||
| COMPETITION: RWC 2007 FINALS POOL A Updated 11.09.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens | DATE: 8 September 2007 | SPECTATORS: 36,755 | |||||
| REFEREE: Jonathan Kaplan (SA) | HALFTIME: 21 - 3 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Robinson, Barkley, Rees | TRIES: Moeakiola | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Barkley (2) | CONVERSIONS: Hercus | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Barkley (3) | PENALTY GOALS: Hercus | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Mark Cueto | Sale Sharks | 15 | Chris Wyles | Belmont Shore | ||
| 14 | Josh Lewsey | London Wasps | 14 | Salesi Sika (21) | Beziers, France | ||
| 13 | Jamie Noon | Newcastle Falcons | 13 | Paul Emerick | Newport Gwent, Wales | ||
| 12 | Mike Catt (21) | London Irish | 12 | Vaha Esikia | San Mateo | ||
| 11 | Jason Robinson (22) | Unattached | 11 | Takudzwa Ngwenya | Dallas Athletic Club | ||
| 10 | Olly Barkley | Bath Rugby | 10 | Mike Hercus (Capt) | Belmont Shore | ||
| 9 | Shaun Perry (20) | Bristol Rugby | 9 | Chad Erskine | Waterloo, England | ||
| 8 | Lawrence Dallaglio | London Wasps | 8 | Henry Bloomfield (19) | Belmont Shore | ||
| 7 | Tom Rees | London Wasps | 7 | Todd Clever | OMBAC | ||
| 6 | Joe Worsley (19) | London Wasps | 6 | Louis Stanfill | UC Berkeley | ||
| 5 | Ben Kay | Leicester Tigers | 5 | Mike Mangan (18) | Denver Barbarians | ||
| 4 | Simon Shaw (18) | London Wasps | 4 | Alec Parker | Aspen | ||
| 3 | Phil Vickery (Capt) (17) | London Wasps | 3 | Chris Osentowski | Belmont Shore | ||
| 2 | Mark Regan (16) | Bristol Rugby | 2 | Owen Lentz (16) | Maryland Exiles | ||
| 1 | Andrew Sheridan | Sale Sharks | 1 | Mike MacDonald (17) | Leeds Tykes, England | ||
| 16 | George Chuter (2) | Leicester Tigers | 16 | Blake Burdette (2) | NYAC | ||
| 17 | Matt Stevens (3) | Bath Rugby | 17 | Matekitonga Moeakiola (1) | Park City Haggis | ||
| 18 | Martin Corry (4) | Leicester Tigers | 18 | Hayden Mexted (5) | St. Louis | ||
| 19 | Lewis Moody (6) | Leicester Tigers | 19 | Inaki Basauri (8) | Agen, France | ||
| 20 | Peter Richards (9) | London Irish | 20 | Mike Petri | Belmont Shore | ||
| 21 | Andy Farrell (12) | Saracens | 21 | Valenese Malifa (14) | Belmont Shore | ||
| 22 | Matthew Tait (11) | Newcastle Falcons | 22 | Albert Tuipulotu | San Mateo | ||
| COACH: Brian Ashton | COACH: Peter Thorburn | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Josh Lewsey - 50th Cap. England team contained five survivors - Josh Lewsey, Jason Robinson, Vickery, Kay and Dallaglio - from the XV which stared for their RWC winning team from 2003 final. Scoring: 3 - 0 (Barkley 7); 3 - 3 (Hercus 9); 6 - 3 (Barkley 22); 9 - 3 (Barkley 31); 14 - 3 (Robinson 35); 21 - 3 (T&C Barkley 40); HT 28 - 3 (Rees, Barkley 49); 28 - 10 (Moeakiola, Hercus 74) Yellow Cards: (USA) Vaha Esikia 30 - 40' (ruck infringement); Paul Emerick 80+1' (dangerous tackle) (ENG) Lawrence Dallaglio 74' (ruck infringement) Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby/article2419869.ece Compiled by Quentin Davies |
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