List of Tier Two nations' wins over Tier One nations in professional era of rugby

[Tooting Carmen]

The professional era of rugby began in July 1995, just after the World Cup that South Africa hosted and won.
Tier One nations: Argentina, Australia, England, France, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, Wales.
Tier Two nations: Canada, Fiji, Georgia, Japan, Namibia, Romania, Samoa, Tonga, Uruguay, USA.

* signifies a World Cup match.

Canada

11 Nov 2000 Italy 17–22 Canada Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo, Italy
15 Jun 2002 Canada 26–23 Scotland Vancouver, BC, Canada
2 July 2005 Canada 22–15 Argentina Kingsland, Calgary, Canada

Fiji

26 May 1998 Fiji 51–26 Scotland Fiji National Stadium, Suva, Fiji
28 Aug 1999 Italy 32–50 Fiji Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila, Italy
15 July 2000 Fiji 43–9 Italy Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji
17 July 2006 Fiji 29–18 Italy Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji
29 Sept 2007 Wales 34–38 Fiji Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France *
7 Jun 2014 Fiji 25–14 Italy National Stadium, Suva, Fiji
17 Jun 2017 Fiji 22–19 Italy National Stadium, Suva, Fiji
24 Jun 2017 Fiji 27–22 Scotland ANZ National Stadium, Suva, Fiji
24 Nov 2018 France 14–21 Fiji Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France

Japan

15 Sept 1998 Japan 44–29 Argentina Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
15 Jun 2013 Japan 23–8 Wales Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
21 Jun 2014 Japan 26–23 Italy Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
19 Sept 2015 South Africa 32–34 Japan Falmer Stadium, Brighton, England *
9 Jun 2018 Japan 34–17 Italy Oita Bank Dome, Oita, Japan
28 Sept 2019 Japan 19–12 Ireland Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi, Japan *
13 Oct 2019 Japan 28–21 Scotland International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan *

Romania

26 Jun 2004 Romania 25–24 Italy Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest, Romania

Samoa

12 Nov 1996 Ireland 25–40 Samoa Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
14 Oct 1999 Wales 31–38 Samoa Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales *
8 July 2000 Samoa 43–24 Italy Apia Park, Apia, Samoa
24 Nov 2001 Italy 9–17 Samoa Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila, Italy
3 Dec 2005 Argentina 12–28 Samoa Buenos Aires, Argentina
17 July 2011 Australia 23–32 Samoa Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia
16 Nov 2012 Wales 19–26 Samoa Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
8 Jun 2013 Samoa 27–17 Scotland Mr Price Kings Park, Durban, South Africa
15 Jun 2013 Samoa 39–10 Italy Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit, South Africa
14 Jun 2014 Samoa 15–0 Italy Apia Park, Apia, Samoa

Tonga

16 Jun 1999 Tonga 20–16 France Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
10 Oct 1999 Italy 25–28 Tonga Welford Road, Leicester, England *
1 Oct 2011 France 14–19 Tonga Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand *
24 Nov 2012 Scotland 15–21 Tonga Pittodrie, Aberdeen, Scotland
26 Nov 2016 Italy 17–19 Tonga Stadio Euganeo, Padua, Italy

USA

16 Jun 2018 USA 30–29 Scotland BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, USA

[Duffmannn]

Italy is de facto a tier 2 team.

[Tooting Carmen]

Italy is de facto a tier 2 team.

It is the most borderline Tier 1 country for sure, but even they would comfortably beat most non-Six Nations countries in Europe, most South American countries bar Argentina, most Asian countries bar Japan etc. In the World Cup last year, they had 30 point plus victories over Canada and Namibia, as well as beating Russia 85-15 in a World Cup warm-up match.

[Teutone]

Do you actually watch it for the sports or to fap?

You dont strike me as genuine sports fan my brother

[Tooting Carmen]

Do you actually watch it for the sports or to fap?

You dont strike me as genuine sports fan my brother

I love rugby as a spectacle.

[Chaos One]

Interesting enough, Brazil won Canada twice, US once and Uruguay 3 times, even being a Tier 3 NT.

[Tooting Carmen]

Interesting enough, Brazil won Canada twice, US once and Uruguay 3 times, even being a Tier 3 NT.

Not that I wish to downplay or denigrate Brazil's recent achievements, but people in the know say that the US and Canada often selected substantially understrength teams for those matches.

[Tooting Carmen]

For that matter, quite a few of the matches I listed in the OP itself involved understrength/experimental Tier One selections too. Here is a list of the Wales players that lost to Japan in 2013, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_W..._tour_of_Japan

Of those, only Liam Williams, Dan Biggar, Bradley Davies, Scott Baldwin and to a much smaller extent Josh Navidi, Rhys Patchell, Lloyd Williams, Rhodri Jones and Craig Mitchell could really be described as team regulars during any given period.

[Duffmannn]

Since when do they make these stats?

For example Romania in communist times was a rugby powerhouse and son beated the actual Tier 1 many times.

USA son an olympic gold beating France in 1924.

[Duffmannn]

https://t2rugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=833

Here an extended version.