Eddie Jones: Time to move on

That they are the first side in World Cup history to fail to qualify from the pool stages with three wins, the most famous being the 34-32 shock over South Africa, made their exit all the more painful and premature. Join The Roar for live scores of the action from Kingsholm from 6:00am (AEDT).

Despite falling to their fourth defeat, the USA were no pushovers and ended their own campaign with a spirited performance as tries from Takudzwa Ngwenya and Chris Wyles kept them in the contest throughout.

Their next World Cup bow as hosts is a salivating one.

The stunning opening match victory over the mighty South African Springboks will be long remembered for its sheer audacity, with a last-gasp try, but it has been backed up with further wins against Samoa and now the Eagles of the United States.

“The Scotland-Samoa game doesn’t affect us”. They can go onto do greater things now.

Japan have bowed out of the 2015 Rugby World Cup with their heads held high after a 28-18 win over USA. So the United States will undoubtedly be looking to carry history with them into this clash.

Goromaru once again added the extras as then banged over a penalty in the 32nd minute as Japan went into the break leading 17-8, helped by a few superb defense on their line just before the whistle blew for the end of the half.

Not for the first time this tournament, size barely mattered against opponents whose verve and skill will leave be one of the most lasting legacies on this year’s tournament. Or will the pace and determination of a winless United States pull out an upset?

“Maybe there was 30 million people in Japan watching this game”, Jones said.

It took just six minutes for Kotaro Matsushima to slide home the first Japanese try after a slick passing move created space along the left flank for winger.

There was a special moment for Ayumu Goromaru from the follow-up, with his successful kick from the conversion taking him to the 700-point mark in Test rugby.

Ngwenya looked bound for a second try until he was run down from behind by replacement flanker Amanaki Mafi, who scored a try while USA prop Eric Fry was in the sin-bin for a professional foul.

Japan: A Goromaru; Y Fujita, H Tatekawa, C Wing, K Matsushima; K Ono (K Hesketh, 72), F Tanaka; K Inagaki (M Mikami, 59), S Horie (T Kizu, 76), H Yamashita; L Thompson, J Ives (S Makabe, 67); M Leitch, M Broadhurst (H Tui, 71), R Holani (A Mafi, 40).

But they were soon silenced as Chris Wyles crossed for the Eagles with MacGinty’s conversion making it a seven-point game at 25-18 with seven minutes remaining.

As his teammates walked around the stadium to chants of “Nippon, Nippon”, Goromaru was overcome with emotion while receiving his second man-of-the-match award at the tournament.