1987 Five Nations Championship
The 1987 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-eighth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-third series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends between 7 February and 4 April. This was the last time the championship would be interrupted by weather conditions until the Six Nations of 2012.[1] France won with a Grand Slam, for the fourth time, while England won the Calcutta Cup, in their only win.
1987 Five Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 7 February - 4 April 1987 | ||
Countries | England Ireland France Scotland Wales | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | France (8th title) | ||
Grand Slam | France (4th title) | ||
Calcutta Cup | England | ||
Matches played | 10 | ||
Tries scored | 27 (2.7 per match) | ||
Top point scorer(s) | Philippe Bérot (37 points) | ||
Top try scorer(s) | Éric Bonneval (5 tries) | ||
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Participants
The teams involved were:
Nation | Venue | City | Head coach | Captain |
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England | Twickenham | London | Martin Green | Richard Hill/Mike Harrison |
France | Parc des Princes | Paris | Jacques Fouroux | Daniel Dubroca |
Ireland | Lansdowne Road | Dublin | Mick Doyle | Donal Lenihan |
Scotland | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Derrick Grant | Colin Deans |
Wales | National Stadium | Cardiff | Tony Gray | Dai Pickering |
Table
Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
1 | France | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 59 | +23 | 8 |
2 | Ireland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 4 |
2 | Scotland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 76 | −5 | 4 |
4 | Wales | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 64 | −10 | 2 |
4 | England | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 2 |
Squads
Results
1987-02-07 |
France | 16–9 | Wales |
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Tries: Bonneval Mesnel Con.: Bérot Pen.: Bérot (2) |
Report | Pen.: Thorburn (3) |
1987-02-21 |
England | 15–19 | France |
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Pen.: Rose (4) Drops: Andrew |
Tries: Bonneval Sella Con.: Bérot Pen.: Bérot Drops: Blanco Mesnel |
1987-02-21 |
Scotland | 16–12 | Ireland |
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Tries: Laidlaw Tukalo Con.: G. Hastings Drops: Rutherford (2) |
Tries: Lenihan Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan Drops: Kiernan |
1987-03-07 |
France | 28–22 | Scotland |
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Tries: Bérot Bonneval (3) Pen.: Bérot (3) Drops: Mesnel |
Tries: Beattie S. Hastings Con.: G. Hastings Pen.: G. Hastings (4) |
1987-03-21 |
Ireland | 13–19 | France |
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Tries: Bradley Ringland Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan |
Tries: Champ (2) Con.: Bérot Pen.: Bérot (3) |
1987-03-21 |
Scotland | 21–15 | Wales |
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Tries: Beattie Jeffrey Con.: G. Hastings (2) Pen.: G. Hastings (2) Drops: Rutherford |
Tries: M. Jones Con.: Wyatt Pen.: Wyatt (2) Drops: J. Davies |
1987-04-04 |
Wales | 11–15 | Ireland |
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Tries: I. Evans Norster Pen.: Wyatt |
Tries: Dean Mullin Con.: Kiernan (2) Pen.: Kiernan |
1987-04-04 |
England | 21–12 | Scotland |
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Tries: Harrison Rose Con.: Rose (2) Pen.: Rose (3) |
Tries: Robertson Con.: G. Hastings Pen.: G. Hastings (2) |
References
- "IRB Centenary matches, Irish try-scorers against New Zealand and snow-blighted seasons | Live Rugby Features". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
External links
Preceded by 1986 Five Nations |
Five Nations Championship 1987 |
Succeeded by 1988 Five Nations |
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