1987 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.^[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

1987 Five Nations Championship
Date	7 February - 4 April 1987
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (8th title)
Grand Slam	France (4th title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	27 (2.7 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Philippe Bérot (37 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Éric Bonneval (5 tries)
← 1986 (Previous) (Next) 1988 →

Participants

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

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

For each nation's squad for the 1987 Five Nations Championship, see 1987 Five Nations Championship squads.

Results

1987-02-07

France	16–9	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	17–0	England
Tries: Crossan Kiernan Matthews Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan	Report

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: René Hourquet (France)

---

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)