Lost forward by Japan and the USA will have an early attacking scrum feed

MacGinty gets the match underway

Anthems concluded, kick off is just moments away

The teams are making their way onto the field, anthems to follow shortly

USA vs Japan concludes the pool stages of the 2015 Rugby World Cup at the Kingsholm Stadium in Gloucester.
USA will be looking for their first win of the tournament, having gone down to Samoa, Scotland and South Africa. They might be coming off a heavy defeat to the Springboks, but it was largely a second string side as they made 13 changes to that team.
On the other hand, the brave blossoms of Japan have had an exceptional tournament, stunning South Africa as well as beating Samoa, with their only loss to Scotland. Although Japan cannot progress from the group, a win would be their third in what has already been a dream World Cup for them.

Japan all the way

These sides have played each other 22 times with the Eagles enjoying 13 wins scoring 637 points & 85 tries in the process
Japan have got 4 of their 8 wins in the last 5 meetings between these sides