1987 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union tournament November 2025 1987 Five Nations Championship 7 February - 4 April 1987 ENGIREFRA 1974SCOWAL FRA 1974 8 FRA 1974 (4th title) 10 27 FRA 1974 Philippe Bérot (37 points) FRA 1974 Éric Bonneval (5 tries) 1986 1986 Five Nations Championship 1988 1988 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.http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/108204.html IRB Centenary matches, Irish try-scorers against New Zealand and snow-blighted seasons | Live Rugby Features ESPN Scrum 2012-02-11 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 coachCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonMartin GreenRichard Hill/Mike HarrisonFRA 1974Parc des PrincesParisJacques FourouxDaniel DubrocaIRELansdowne RoadDublinMick DoyleDonal LenihanSCOMurrayfieldEdinburghDerrick GrantColin DeansWALNational StadiumCardiffTony GrayDai Pickering Table main WDL Q points 2 FRA FRA 1974 IRE IRE SCO 2 SCO WAL WAL ENG 4 ENG 4 0 0 82 59 2 0 2 57 46 2 0 2 71 76 1 0 3 54 64 1 0 3 48 67 #ccffcc A complete Squads each nation's squad for the 1987 Five Nations Championship 1987 Five Nations Championship squads Results 1987-02-07 FRA 1974 16–9 WAL Report Tries: BonnevalMesnelCon.: BérotPen.: Bérot (2) Pen.: Thorburn (3) Parc des Princes, Paris 49,130 C. J. High (England) 1987-02-07 IRE 17–0 ENG Report Tries: CrossanKiernanMatthewsCon.: KiernanPen.: Kiernan Lansdowne Road, Dublin René Hourquet (France) 1987-02-21 ENG 15–19 FRA 1974 Pen.: Rose (4)Drops: Andrew Tries: BonnevalSellaCon.: BérotPen.: BérotDrops: BlancoMesnel Twickenham, London J. M. Fleming (Scotland) 1987-02-21 SCO 16–12 IRE Tries: LaidlawTukaloCon.: G. HastingsDrops: Rutherford (2) Tries: LenihanCon.: KiernanPen.: KiernanDrops: Kiernan Murrayfield, Edinburgh R. C. Quittenton (England) 1987-03-07 FRA 1974 28–22 SCO Tries: BérotBonneval (3)Pen.: Bérot (3)Drops: Mesnel Tries: BeattieS. HastingsCon.: G. HastingsPen.: G. Hastings (4) Parc des Princes, Paris 49,130 K. H. Lawrence (New Zealand) 1987-03-07 WAL 19–12 ENG Tries: S. EvansPen.: Wyatt (5) Pen.: Rose (4) National Stadium, Cardiff R. J. Megson (Scotland) 1987-03-21 IRE 13–19 FRA 1974 Tries: BradleyRinglandCon.: KiernanPen.: Kiernan Tries: Champ (2)Con.: BérotPen.: Bérot (3) Lansdowne Road, Dublin 53,000 C. Norling (Wales) 1987-03-21 SCO 21–15 WAL Tries: BeattieJeffreyCon.: G. Hastings (2)Pen.: G. Hastings (2)Drops: Rutherford Tries: M. JonesCon.: WyattPen.: Wyatt (2)Drops: J. Davies Murrayfield, Edinburgh K. H. Lawrence (New Zealand) 1987-04-04 WAL 11–15 IRE Tries: I. EvansNorsterPen.: Wyatt Tries: DeanMullinCon.: Kiernan (2)Pen.: Kiernan National Stadium, Cardiff G. Maurette (France) 1987-04-04 ENG 21–12 SCO Tries: HarrisonRoseCon.: Rose (2)Pen.: Rose (3) Tries: RobertsonCon.: G. HastingsPen.: G. Hastings (2) Twickenham, London O.E. Doyle (Ireland) References External links 1987 Five Nations Championship Data Category:Six Nations Championship seasons Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations