1987 Five Nations Championship

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1987 Five Nations Championship
Date7 February - 4 April 1987
CountriesFlag of England.svg  England
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France (8th title)
Grand Slam Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France (4th title)
Matches played10
Tries scored27 (2.7 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Philippe Bérot (37 points)
Top try scorer(s) Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Éric Bonneval (5 tries)
1986 (Previous)(Next) 1988

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. Originally the opening matches of the Championship were due to be played on the 17th 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 the 4th April

Contents

Participants

NationVenueCityHead coachCaptain
Flag of England.svg  England Twickenham London Martin Green Richard Hill/Mike Harrison
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Parc des Princes Paris Jacques Fouroux Daniel Dubroca
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Mick Doyle Donal Lenihan
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Derrick Grant Colin Deans
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales National Stadium Cardiff Tony Gray Dai Pickering

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 44008259+238
2IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 42025746+114
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4202717654
4Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 41035464102
4Flag of England.svg  England 41034867192
Source: [ citation needed ]

Squads

Results

1987-02-07
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg169Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Tries: Bonneval
Mesnel
Con.: Bérot
Pen.: Bérot (2)
Report Pen.: Thorburn (3)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 49,130
Referee: C. J. High (England)
1987-02-07
Ireland  IRFU flag.svg170Flag of England.svg  England
Tries: Crossan
Kiernan
Matthews
Con.: Kiernan
Pen.: Kiernan
Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: René Hourquet (France)

1987-02-21
England  Flag of England.svg1519Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Pen.: Rose (4)
Drops: Andrew
Tries: Bonneval
Sella
Con.: Bérot
Pen.: Bérot
Drops: Blanco
Mesnel
Twickenham, London
Referee: J. M. Fleming (Scotland)
1987-02-21
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg1612IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Tries: Laidlaw
Tukalo
Con.: G. Hastings
Drops: Rutherford (2)
Tries: Lenihan
Con.: Kiernan
Pen.: Kiernan
Drops: Kiernan
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: R. C. Quittenton (England)

1987-03-07
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg2822Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Tries: Bérot
Bonneval (3)
Pen.: Bérot (3)
Drops: Mesnel
Tries: Beattie
S. Hastings
Con.: G. Hastings
Pen.: G. Hastings (4)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 49,130
Referee: K. H. Lawrence (New Zealand)
1987-03-07
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg1912Flag of England.svg  England
Tries: S. Evans
Pen.: Wyatt (5)
Pen.: Rose (4)
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: R. J. Megson (Scotland)

1987-03-21
Ireland  IRFU flag.svg1319Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Tries: Bradley
Ringland
Con.: Kiernan
Pen.: Kiernan
Tries: Champ (2)
Con.: Bérot
Pen.: Bérot (3)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: C. Norling (Wales)
1987-03-21
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg2115Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Tries: Beattie
Jeffrey
Con.: G. Hastings (2)
Pen.: G. Hastings (2)
Drops: Rutherford
Tries: M. Jones
Con.: Wyatt
Pen.: Wyatt (2)
Drops: J. Davies
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: K. H. Lawrence (New Zealand)

1987-04-04
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg1115IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Tries: I. Evans
Norster
Pen.: Wyatt
Tries: Dean
Mullin
Con.: Kiernan (2)
Pen.: Kiernan
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: G. Maurette (France)
1987-04-04
England  Flag of England.svg2112Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Tries: Harrison
Rose
Con.: Rose (2)
Pen.: Rose (3)
Tries: Robertson
Con.: G. Hastings
Pen.: G. Hastings (2)
Twickenham, London
Referee: O.E. Doyle (Ireland)

References

  1. "IRB Centenary matches, Irish try-scorers against New Zealand and snow-blighted seasons | Live Rugby Features". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2012-02-11.