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1987-05-22
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1987-06-20
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New Zealand
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Australia
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16
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New Zealand
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France
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32
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604,5001
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18,750
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Grant Fox (126)
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Craig Green (6)
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The first was hosted by both 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 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.
On the whole the tournament witnessed fairly one-sided matches, the seven IRFB 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 by 29 points to 9. The New Zealand team was captained by David Kirk , substituting for an injured Andy Dalton , and included such rugby greats as; Sean Fitzpatrick , John Kirwan , Grant Fox and Michael Jones .
There were early suggestions of staging a rugby union World Cup, but the idea really came to prominence during the 1980s. The idea was apparently discussed and subsequently turned down during the early 1980s. A meeting was held in 1983 where Australia put Rugby World Cup.
holding the Webb Ellis Trophy after the All Blacks won the final of the 1987 Rugby World Cup]]
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 there 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.
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Lancaster_Park" class="copylinks">Lancaster Park , Christchurch 303
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Ballymore_Stadium" class="copylinks">Ballymore , Brisbane 163
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Eden_Park" class="copylinks">Eden Park , Auckland 3116
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Concord_Oval" class="copylinks">Concord Oval , Sydney 3315
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Ballymore_Stadium" class="copylinks">Ballymore , Brisbane 496
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Concord_Oval" class="copylinks">Concord Oval , Sydney 3024
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Eden_Park" class="copylinks">Eden Park , Auckland 299
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Rotorua_International_Stadium" class="copylinks">Rotorua International Stadium , Rotorua 2221
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