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1987 Five Nations Championship

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1987 Five Nations Championship
Date7 February - 4 April 1987
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions France (8th title)
Grand Slam France (4th title)
Matches played10
Tries scored27 (2.7 per match)
Top point scorer(s)France Philippe Bérot (37 points)
Top try scorer(s)France 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 24th 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 till the 4th April

Participants

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The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
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
Source: [citation needed]

Squads

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Results

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1987-02-07
France 16–9 Wales
Tries: Bonneval
Mesnel
Con.: Bérot
Pen.: Bérot (2)
ReportPen.: Thorburn (3)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 49,130
Referee: C. J. High (England)

1987-02-21
England 15–19 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 16–12 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 28–22 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 19–12 England
Tries: S. Evans
Pen.: Wyatt (5)
Pen.: Rose (4)
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: R. J. Megson (Scotland)

1987-03-21
Ireland 13–19 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 21–15 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 11–15 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 21–12 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

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