# 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. 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

## 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 |

## 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)