1987 Rugby World Cup

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1987 Rugby World Cup
22 May – 20 June 1987
Host nations	New Zealand and
	Australia
No. of nations	16
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	France
Matches played	32
Attendance	604,500 (18,891 per match)
Top scorer	Grant Fox (126)
Most tries	Craig Green (6) John Kirwan (6)
Succeeded by	1991 Rugby World Cup

The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. The tournament was hosted by New Zealand and Australia in 1987 and was won by New Zealand. Seven of the 16 places were automatically filled by the International Rugby Football Board members – New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales national rugby union team and France – with South Africa unable to compete because of the international sports boycott due to apartheid. There was no qualification process to fill the remaining nine spots. Instead invitations were sent out to Argentina, Fiji, Italy, Canada, Romania, Tonga, Japan, Zimbabwe and the United States. This left Western Samoa controversially excluded, despite their better playing standard than some of the teams invited. The USSR were to be invited but they refused the invitation on political grounds, allegedly due to the continued IRB membership of South Africa.

On the whole the tournament witnessed fairly one-sided matches, the seven IRB members proving too strong for the other teams. Half of the 24 matches across the four pools saw one team score 40 or more points. It is therefore no surprise that five of the seven highest-scoring Rugby World Cup matches were witnessed during this tournament, a statistic that is echoed in the ‘most points by an individual’ and ‘most tries by a team’ statistics. New Zealand won the final against France at Eden Park in Auckland 29–9. The New Zealand team was captained by David Kirk, substituting for the injured Andy Dalton, and included such rugby greats as Sean Fitzpatrick, John Kirwan, Grant Fox and Michael Jones.

Contents 1 Stadiums 1.1 Australia 1.2 New Zealand 2 Participating nations 3 Format 4 Pool stage 4.1 Pool 1 4.2 Pool 2 4.3 Pool 3 4.4 Pool 4 5 Knock-out stage 5.1 Quarter-finals 5.2 Semi-finals 5.3 Third-place play-off 5.4 Final 6 Notes and references 7 External links

[edit] Stadiums

[edit] Australia

City	Stadium	Capacity
Brisbane	Ballymore Stadium	24,000
Sydney	Concord Oval	20,000

[edit] New Zealand

City	Stadium	Capacity
Auckland	Eden Park	45,472
Wellington	Athletic Park	39,000
Christchurch	Lancaster Park	36,500
Dunedin	Carisbrook	35,000
Rotorua	Rotorua International Stadium	35,000
Napier	McLean Park	30,000
Hamilton	Rugby Park[1]
Invercargill	Rugby Park Stadium	17,000
Palmerston North	Showgrounds Oval

[edit] Participating nations

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
Zimbabwe Note: South Africa was excluded due to its apartheid policy.	Argentina  Canada  United States	Japan	England  France Ireland  Italy  Romania  Scotland  Wales	Australia  Fiji  New Zealand  Tonga

[edit] Format

The World Cup was contested by 16 different nations, in total, playing 32 matches over the duration of the tournament. There was no qualifying tournament to determine the participants, and instead the 16 nations were invited by the International Rugby Football Board to compete. The 16 nations were divided into four pools of four nations, with each nation playing their other pool opponents once, every nation playing three times during the group stages. Nations were awarded 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and zero for a loss, the top two nations of every pool advanced to the quarter finals. The runners-up of each pool faced the winners of a different pool in the quarter finals. The winners moved on to the semi finals, with the winners then moving onto the final, and the losers of the semi finals contesting a third/fourth place play off.

[edit] Pool stage

[edit] Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	108	41	6
England	3	2	0	1	100	32	4
United States	3	1	0	2	39	99	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	48	123	0

23 May 1987	Australia	19 – 6	England	Concord Oval, Sydney Referee: Keith Lawrence (New Zealand)
	Tries: Campese Poidevin Con: Lynagh Pen: Lynagh (3)		Try: Harrison Con: Webb

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24 May 1987	Japan	18 – 21	United States	Ballymore, Brisbane Referee: Guy Maurette (France)
	Tries: Taumoefolau (2) Yoshinaga Pen: Yoshinaga Kutsuki		Tries: Nelson Purcell Lambert Con: Nelson (3) Pen: Nelson

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30 May 1987	England	60 – 7	Japan	Concord Oval, Sydney Referee: Rene Hourquet (France)
	Tries: Harrison (3) Underwood (2) Salmon Richards Redman Rees Simms Con: Webb (7) Pen: Webb (2)		Try: Miyamoto Pen: Matsuo

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31 May 1987	Australia	47 – 12	United States	Ballymore, Brisbane Referee: Brian Anderson (Scotland)
	Tries: Leeds (2) Penalty try Campese Smith Slack Papworth Codey Con: Lynagh (6) Pen: Lynagh		Try: Nelson Con: Nelson Pen: Nelson Drop: Horton

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3 June 1987	Australia	42 – 23	Japan	Concord Oval, Sydney Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)
	Tries: Slack (2) Burke (2) Tuynman Grigg Hartill Campese Con: Lynagh (5)		Tries: Kutsuki (2) Fujita Con: Okidoi Pen: Okidoi (2) Drop: Okidoi

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3 June 1987	England	34 – 6	United States	Concord Oval, Sydney Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald (Australia)
	Tries: Winterbottom (2) Harrison Dooley Con: Webb (3) Pen: Webb (4)		Try: Purcell Con: Nelson

[edit] Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Wales	3	3	0	0	82	31	6
Ireland	3	2	0	1	84	41	4
Canada	3	1	0	2	65	90	2
Tonga	3	0	0	3	29	98	0

24 May 1987	Canada	37 – 4	Tonga	McLean Park, Napier Referee: Clive Norling (Wales)
	Tries: Palmer (2) Vaesen (2) Stuart Frame Penalty try Con: Wyatt (2) Gareth Rees Pen: Rees		Try: Valu

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25 May 1987	Ireland	6 – 13	Wales	Athletic Park, Wellington Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald (Australia)
	Pen: Kiernan (2)		Try: Ring Pen: Thorburn Drop: Davies (2)

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29 May 1987	Tonga	16 – 29	Wales	Showgrounds Oval, Palmerston North Referee: David Bishop (New Zealand)
	Tries: Fielea Fifita Con: Liava'a Pen: Liava'a Amone		Tries: Webbe (3) Hadley Con: Thorburn (2) Pen: Thorburn (2) Drop: Davies

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30 May 1987	Canada	19 – 46	Ireland	Carisbrook, Dunedin Referee: Fred Howard (England)
	Try: Cardinal Pen: Rees (3) Wyatt Drop: Rees		Tries: Crossan (2) Bradley Spillane Ringland MacNeill Con: Kiernan (5) Pen: Kiernan (2) Drop: Ward Kiernan

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3 June 1987	Ireland	32 – 9	Tonga	Ballymore, Brisbane Referee: Guy Maurette (France)
	Tries: Mullin (3) MacNeill (2) Con: Ward (3) Pen: Ward (2)		Pen: Amone (3)

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3 June 1987	Canada	9 – 40	Wales	Rugby Park, Invercargill Referee: David Bishop (New Zealand)
	Pen: Rees (3)		Tries: Evans (4) Devereux Bowen Hadley Phillips Con: Thorburn (4)

[edit] Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	190	34	6
Fiji	3	1	0	2	56	101	2
Argentina	3	1	0	2	49	90	2
Italy	3	1	0	2	40	110	2

22 May 1987	New Zealand	70 – 6	Italy	Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bob Fordham (Australia)
	Tries: Kirwan (2) Kirk (2) Green (2) Penalty try Jones Taylor McDowell Stanley Whetton Con: Fox (8) Pen: Fox (2)		Pen: Collodo Drop: Collodo

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24 May 1987	Argentina	9 – 28	Fiji	Rugby Park, Hamilton Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)
	Try: Penalty try Con: Porta Pen: Porta		Tries: Gale Naivilawasa Nalaga Savai Con: Koroduadua (2) Rokowailoa Pen: Koroduadua (2)

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27 May 1987	New Zealand	74 – 13	Fiji	Lancaster Park, Christchurch Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)
	Tries: Gallagher (4) Green (4) Kirk Kirwan Penalty try Whetton Con: Fox (10) Pen: Fox (2)		Try: Cama Pen: Koroduadua (3)

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28 May 1987	Argentina	25 – 16	Italy	Lancaster Park, Christchurch Referee: Roger Quittenton (England)
	Tries: Lanza Gómez Con: Porta Pen:Porta (5)		Tries: Innocenti Cuttitta Con: Collodo Pen: Collodo (2)

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31 May 1987	Fiji	15 – 18	Italy	Carisbrook, Dunedin Referee: Keith Lawrence (New Zealand)
	Try: Naivilawasa Con: Koroduadua Pen: Koroduadua (2) Drop: Quro		Tries: Cuttitta Cucchiella Mascioletti Pen: Collodo Drop: Collodo

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1 June 1987	New Zealand	46 – 15	Argentina	Athletic Park, Wellington Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Roger Quittenton (England)
	Tries: Kirk Brooke Stanley Earl Crowley Whetton Con: Fox (2) Pen: Fox (6)		Try: Lanza Con: Porta Pen: Porta (3)

[edit] Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	145	44	5
Scotland	3	2	1	0	135	69	5
Romania	3	1	0	2	61	130	2
Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	53	151	0

23 May 1987	Romania	21 – 20	Zimbabwe	Eden Park, Auckland Referee: Stephen Hilditch (Ireland)
	Tries: Paraschiv Toader Hodorca Pen: Alexandru (3)		Tries: Tsimba (2) Neill Con: Ferreira Pen: Ferreira (2)

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23 May 1987	France	20 – 20	Scotland	Lancaster Park, Christchurch Referee: Fred Howard (England)
	Tries: Sella Berbizier Blanco Con: Blanco Pen: Blanco (2)		Tries: White Duncan Pen: Hastings (4)

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28 May 1987	France	55 – 12	Romania	Athletic Park, Wellington Referee: Bob Fordham (Australia)
	Tries: Lagisquet (2) Charvet (2) Sella Andrieu Camberabero Erbani Laporte Con: Laporte (8) Pen: Laporte		Pen: Bezuscu (4)

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30 May 1987	Scotland	60 – 21	Zimbabwe	Athletic Park, Wellington Referee: David Burnett (Ireland)
	Tries: Tait (2) Tukalo (2) Duncan (2) Paxton (2) Oliver Hastings Jeffrey Con: Hastings (8)		Try: Buitendag Con: Grobler Pen: Grobler (5)

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2 June 1987	Romania	28 – 55	Scotland	Carisbrook, Dunedin Referee: Stephen Hilditch (Ireland)
	Tries: Murariu (2) Toader Con: Alexandru Ion Pen: Alexandru (3) Ion		Tries: Jeffrey (3) Tait (2) Hastings (2) Duncan Tukalo Con: Hastings (8) Pen: Hastings

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2 June 1987	France	70 – 12	Zimbabwe	Eden Park, Auckland Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)
	Tries: Modin (3) Camberabero (3) Charvet (2) Rodriguez (2) Durboca Esteve Laporte Con: Camberabero (9)		Try: Kaulbach Con: Grobler Pen: Grobler (2)

[edit] Knock-out stage

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	6 June - Lancaster Park, Christchurch
	New Zealand	30
					14 June - Ballymore, Brisbane
	Scotland	3
					New Zealand	49
	8 June - Ballymore, Brisbane
					Wales	6
	Wales	16
									20 June - Eden Park, Auckland
	England	3
									New Zealand	29
	7 June - Eden Park, Auckland
									France	9
	France	31
					13 June - Concord Oval, Sydney
	Fiji	16
					France	30			Third place
	7 June - Concord Oval, Sydney
					Australia	24
	Australia	33							Wales	22
	Ireland	15							Australia	21
									18 June - Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua

[edit] Quarter-finals

6 June 1987	New Zealand	30 – 3	Scotland	Lancaster Park, Christchurch Attendance: 40,000 Referee: David Burnett (Ireland)
	Tries: Whetton Gallagher Con: Fox (2) Pen: Fox (6)		Pen: Hastings

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7 June 1987	Australia	33 – 15	Ireland	Concord Oval, Sydney Referee: Brian Anderson (Scotland)
	Tries: Burke (2) McIntyre Smith Con: Lynagh (4) Pen: Lynagh (3)		Tries: MacNeill Kiernan Con: Kiernan (2) Pen: Kiernan

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7 June 1987	Fiji	16 – 31	France	Eden Park, Auckland Referee: Clive Norling (Wales)
	Tries: Qoro Damu Con: Koroduadua Pen: Koroduadua (2)		Tries: Rodriguez (2) Lorieux Lagisquet Con: Laporte (3) Pen: Laporte (2) Drop: Laporte

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8 June 1987	England	3 – 16	Wales	Ballymore, Brisbane Referee: Rene Hourquet (France)
	Pen: Webb		Tries: Roberts Jones Devereux Con: Thorburn (2)

[edit] Semi-finals

13 June 1987	Australia	24 – 30	France	Concord Oval, Sydney Attendance: 17,768 Referee: Brian Anderson (Scotland)
	Tries: Campese Codey Con: Lynagh (2) Pen: Lynagh (3) Drop: Lynagh		Tries: Lorieux Sella Lagisquet Blanco Con: Camberabero (4) Pen: Camberabero (2)

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14 June 1987	New Zealand	49 – 6	Wales	Ballymore, Brisbane Attendance: 22,576 Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald (Australia)
	Tries: Kirwan (2) Shelford (2) Drake Whetton Stanley Brooke-Cowden Con: Fox (7) Pen: Fox		Try: Devereux Con: Thorburn

[edit] Third-place play-off

18 June 1987	Australia	21 – 22	Wales	Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua Referee: Fred Howard (England)
	Tries: Burke Grigg Con: Lynagh (2) Pen: Lynagh (2) Drop: Lynagh		Tries: Roberts Moriarty Hadley Con: Thorburn (2) Pen: Thorburn (2)

[edit] Final

20 June 1987	New Zealand	29 – 9	France	Eden Park, Auckland Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald (Australia)
	Tries: Jones Kirk Kirwan Con: Fox Pen: Fox (4) Drop: Fox		Try: Berbizier Con: Camberabero Pen: Camberabero

1987 Rugby World Cup Champions
New Zealand First & Only title

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• All Blacks official match and player statistics
• 1987 Rugby World Cup on Worldcupweb.com
• Origins of the 1987 World Cup

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