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Year: 1987. Teams: 16. Players: 242. Games: 32. Total Points: 1,621. Top Point Scorer Grant FOX (126) Top Try Scorer John KIRWAN (6) In Group Rugby World Cup (1987-2023)
Rugby World Cup final 1987: The team of dreams. Thirty-six years ago, the All Blacks beat France 29-9 to win the inaugural Rugby World Cup. Peter Malcouronne was at Eden Park. W e arrived an hour ...
Jun 1, 2003 · The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the inaugural Rugby World Cup to be held. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia. There were 16 teams participating, playing in 4 pools of 4 teams. Seven of the eight IRB members automatically qualified (South Africa was ineligible for political reasons). The other nine places were filled by teams invited to ...
Jun 29, 2007 · On the 20 year anniversary of the Rugby World Cup's first ever match, we relive the 1987 tournament through the eyes of some of its leading stars. Turn the clock back 20 years to the first ever Rugby World Cup match and one image springs to mind, that of All Black wing John Kirwan scything through the Italian defence to score one of the most ...
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RWC 1987 - Wales v England Robert Jones of Wales passes the ball from a scrum during the 1987 Rugby World Cup Quarter-Final match between Wales and England at Ballymore Stadium on June 08, 1987 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Ross Land/Getty Images) Michael Jones The first try of the Rugby World Cup in 1987 was scored after 30 minutes, by ...
He was also at the helm for Australia’s heralded Bledisloe Cup series victory in 1986, and beyond to the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987. The Wallabies finished fourth in the tournament after a narrow semi-final defeat to France at Concord Oval in Sydney, which was to be the final match of his decorated Wallabies career. Slack was Captain ...
