1987 Five Nations Championship

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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 February 7 and April 4.

[edit] Table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Flag of France France 4 4 0 0 82 59 +37 8
2 Flag of Ireland Ireland 4 2 0 2 57 46 +11 4
3 Flag of Scotland Scotland 4 2 0 2 71 76 −5 4
4 Flag of Wales Wales 4 1 0 3 54 64 −10 2
4 Flag of England England 4 1 0 3 48 67 −19 2

[edit] Results

1987-02-07
France Flag of France 16–9 Flag of Wales Wales Parc des Princes, Paris
1987-02-07
Ireland Flag of Ireland 17–0 Flag of England England Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1987-02-21
England Flag of England 15–19 Flag of France France Twickenham, London
1987-02-21
Scotland Flag of Scotland 16–12 Flag of Ireland Ireland Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1987-03-07
France Flag of France 28–22 Flag of Scotland Scotland Parc des Princes, Paris
1987-03-07
Wales Flag of Wales 19–12 Flag of England England National Stadium, Cardiff

1987-03-21
Ireland Flag of Ireland 13–19 Flag of France France Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1987-03-21
Scotland Flag of Scotland 21–15 Flag of Wales Wales Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1987-04-04
Wales Flag of Wales 11–15 Flag of Ireland Ireland National Stadium, Cardiff
1987-04-04
England Flag of England 21–12 Flag of Scotland Scotland Twickenham, London

Preceded by
1986 Five Nations
Five Nations Championship
1987
Succeeded by
1988 Five Nations