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1987 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union tournament


Rugby union tournament

FieldValue
name1987 Five Nations Championship
date7 February - 4 April 1987
countries
champions
count8
grand slam(4th title)
matches10
tries27
top point scorerFRA Philippe Bérot (37 points)
top try scorerFRA Éric Bonneval (5 tries)
previous year1986
previous tournament1986 Five Nations Championship
next year1988
next tournament1988 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. France won with a Grand Slam, for the fourth time, while England won the Calcutta Cup, in their only win. Originally the opening matches of the Championship were due to be played on 17 January with England v Scotland at Twickenham and Wales v Ireland at Cardiff but both matches were called off due to the bad weather and postponed until 4 April

Participants

NationVenueCityHead coachCaptain
TwickenhamLondonMartin GreenRichard Hill/Mike Harrison
Parc des PrincesParisJacques FourouxDaniel Dubroca
Lansdowne RoadDublinMick DoyleDonal Lenihan
MurrayfieldEdinburghDerrick GrantColin Deans
National StadiumCardiffTony GrayDai Pickering

Table

Squads

Results

date = 1987-02-07 | home = | score = 16–9 | away = | report = Report| homescore = Tries: Bonneval Mesnel Con.: Bérot Pen.: Bérot (2) | awayscore = Pen.: Thorburn (3) | stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris | attendance = 49,130 | referee = C. J. High (England)}}

date = 1987-02-07 | home = | score = 17–0 | away = | report = Report | homescore = Tries: Crossan Kiernan Matthews Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan | awayscore = | stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin | attendance = | referee = René Hourquet (France)}}


date = 1987-02-21 | home = | score = 15–19 | away = | homescore = Pen.: Rose (4) Drops: Andrew | awayscore = Tries: Bonneval Sella Con.: Bérot Pen.: Bérot Drops: Blanco Mesnel | stadium = Twickenham, London | attendance = | referee = J. M. Fleming (Scotland)}}

date = 1987-02-21 | home = | score = 16–12 | away = | homescore = Tries: Laidlaw Tukalo Con.: G. Hastings Drops: Rutherford (2) | awayscore = Tries: Lenihan Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan Drops: Kiernan | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = | referee = R. C. Quittenton (England)}}


date = 1987-03-07 | home = | score = 28–22 | away = | homescore = Tries: Bérot Bonneval (3) Pen.: Bérot (3) Drops: Mesnel | awayscore = Tries: Beattie S. Hastings Con.: G. Hastings Pen.: G. Hastings (4) | stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris | attendance = 49,130 | referee = K. H. Lawrence (New Zealand)}}

date = 1987-03-07 | home = | score = 19–12 | away = | homescore = Tries: S. Evans Pen.: Wyatt (5) | awayscore = Pen.: Rose (4) | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = | referee = R. J. Megson (Scotland)}}


date = 1987-03-21 | home = | score = 13–19 | away = | homescore = Tries: Bradley Ringland Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan | awayscore = Tries: Champ (2) Con.: Bérot Pen.: Bérot (3) | stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin | attendance = 53,000 | referee = C. Norling (Wales)}}

date = 1987-03-21 | home = | score = 21–15 | away = | homescore = Tries: Beattie Jeffrey Con.: G. Hastings (2) Pen.: G. Hastings (2) Drops: Rutherford | awayscore = Tries: M. Jones Con.: Wyatt Pen.: Wyatt (2) Drops: J. Davies | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = | referee = K. H. Lawrence (New Zealand)}}


date = 1987-04-04 | home = | score = 11–15 | away = | homescore = Tries: I. Evans Norster Pen.: Wyatt | awayscore = Tries: Dean Mullin Con.: Kiernan (2) Pen.: Kiernan | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = | referee = G. Maurette (France)}}

date = 1987-04-04 | home = | score = 21–12 | away = | homescore = Tries: Harrison Rose Con.: Rose (2) Pen.: Rose (3) | awayscore = Tries: Robertson Con.: G. Hastings Pen.: G. Hastings (2) | stadium = Twickenham, London | attendance = | referee = O.E. Doyle (Ireland)}}

References

References

  1. "IRB Centenary matches, Irish try-scorers against New Zealand and snow-blighted seasons | Live Rugby Features". ESPN Scrum.
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