1987 World Cup Review Hosted by New Zealand and Australia, May/June 1987. Final played in Auckland, NZ. Australia 19 England 6 New Zealand 70 Italy 6 USA 21 Japan 18 Fiji 28 Argentina 9 England 60 Japan 7 New Zealand 74 Fiji 13 Australia 47 USA 12 Argentina 25 Italy 16 Australia 42 Japan 23 Italy 18 Fiji 15 England 34 USA 6 New Zealand 46 Argentina 15 Canada 37 Tonga 4 France 20 Scotland 20 Wales 13 Ireland 6 Romania 21 Zimbabwe 20 Wales 29 Tonga 16 France 55 Romania 12 Ireland 46 Canada 19 Scotland 60 Zimbabwe 21 Wales 40 Canada 9 France 70 Zimbabwe 12 Ireland 32 Tonga 9 Scotland 55 Romania 28 QUARTER FINALS New Zealand 30 Scotland 3 France 31 Fiji 16 Australia 35 Ireland 15 Wales 16 England 3     SEMI FINALS France 30 Australia 24 New Zealand 49 Wales 6 3rd v 4th FINAL Wales 22 Australia 21 FINAL New Zealand 29 France 9 1987 POOL STANDINGS POOL A Played Won For Ag. Points POOL B Played Won For Ag. Points AUSTRALIA 3 3 108 41 6 WALES 3 3 82 31 6 ENGLAND 3 2 100 32 4 IRELAND 3 2 84 41 4 United States 3 1 39 99 2 Canada 3 1 65 90 2 Japan 3 0 48 123 0 Tonga 3 0 29 98 0 POOL C Played Won For Ag. Points POOL D Played Won For Ag. Points NEW ZEALAND 3 3 190 34 6 FRANCE 3 2.5 145 44 5 FIJI 3 1 56 101 2 SCOTLAND 3 2.5 135 69 5 Italy 3 1 40 110 2 Romania 3 1 61 130 2 Argentina 3 1 49 90 2 Zimbabwe 3 0 53 151 0 WORLD CUP 1987 - leading scorers   player team tries conv. pen. dg POINTS 1 G.Fox New Zealand 0 30 19 1 120 2 M.Lynagh Australia 0 20 12 2 82 3 G.Hastings Scotland 3 16 6 0 62 4 D.Camberabero France 5 14 3 0 57 5 J.Webb England 0 0 11 7 54 6 G.Laporte France 2 11 3 1 42 7 P.Thorburn Wales 0 11 5 0 37 8 M.Kiernan Ireland 1 7 5 1 36 9 S.Koroduadua Fiji 0 4 9 0 35 10 H.Porta Argentina 0 3 9 0 33 Results and Stats Courtesy of www.tarik.com.au/rugby