1987 Rugby World Cup squads
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 22 May – 20 June 1987 |
No. of nations | 16 |
← inaugural |
This article lists the official squads for the 1987 Rugby World Cup that took place in New Zealand and Australia from 22 May until 20 June 1987. The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the inaugural Rugby World Cup; the world championship for rugby union. Sixteen nations were invited to partake in the tournament, with the notable exception of South Africa; who were excluded from the tournament due to issues surrounding Apartheid.
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. All details, such as number of international caps and player age, are current as of the opening day of the tournament on 22 May 1987.
Overview[]
Below is a table listing all the head coaches and captains for each nation.
Team | Coach | Captain |
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Hugo Porta |
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Andrew Slack |
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Hans de Goede |
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Mike Harrison |
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Daniel Dubroca |
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Koli Rakoroi |
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Donal Lenihan |
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Marzio Innocenti |
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Toshiyuki Hayashi |
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David Kirk |
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Mircea Paraschiv |
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Colin Deans |
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Fakahau Valu |
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Ed Burlingham |
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Richard Moriarty |
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Malcolm Jellicoe |
Pool 1[]
Australia[]
Head Coach: Alan Jones
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Mark McBain | Hooker | 31 October 1959 (aged 27) | 4 | ![]() |
Tom Lawton | Hooker | 1 November 1962 (aged 24) | 22 | ![]() |
Enrique Rodríguez | Prop | 20 June 1952 (aged 34) | 15 | ![]() |
Cameron Lillicrap | Prop | 19 April 1963 (aged 24) | 1 | ![]() |
Mark Hartill | Prop | 29 May 1964 (aged 22) | 4 | ![]() |
William Campbell | Lock | 28 November 1961 (aged 25) | 9 | ![]() |
Steve Cutler | Lock | 28 July 1960 (aged 26) | 19 | ![]() |
David Codey | Flanker | 7 July 1957 (aged 29) | 8 | ![]() |
Jeff Miller | Flanker | 4 July 1962 (aged 24) | 3 | ![]() |
Andy McIntyre | Flanker | 23 December 1955 (aged 31) | 22 | ![]() |
Simon Poidevin | Flanker | 31 October 1958 (aged 28) | 43 | ![]() |
Ross Reynolds | Number 8 | 27 September 1958 (aged 28) | 9 | ![]() |
Steve Tuynman | Number 8 | 30 May 1963 (aged 23) | 19 | ![]() |
Troy Coker | Number 8 | 30 May 1965 (aged 21) | 0 | ![]() |
Brian Smith | Scrum-half | 9 September 1966 (aged 20) | 14 | ![]() |
Nick Farr-Jones | Scrum-half | 18 April 1962 (aged 25) | 17 | ![]() |
Michael Lynagh | Fly-half | 25 October 1963 (aged 23) | 16 | ![]() |
Steve James | Fly-half | 23 July 1960 (aged 26) | 1 | ![]() |
Brett Papworth | Centre | 3 November 1963 (aged 23) | 8 | ![]() |
Andrew Slack (c) | Centre | 24 September 1955 (aged 31) | 33 | ![]() |
Michael Cook | Centre | 23 April 1962 (aged 25) | 2 | ![]() |
David Campese | Wing | 21 October 1962 (aged 24) | 27 | ![]() |
Matthew Burke | Wing | 15 September 1964 (aged 22) | 15 | ![]() |
Peter Grigg | Wing | 20 July 1958 (aged 28) | 20 | ![]() |
Anthony Herbert | Fullback | 13 August 1966 (aged 20) | 1 | ![]() |
Andrew Leeds | Fullback | 19 September 1964 (aged 22) | 1 | ![]() |
Roger Gould | Fullback | 4 April 1957 (aged 30) | 24 | ![]() |
United States[]
Head Coach: George Hook /
Ron Mayes
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Pat Johnson | Hooker | 17 March 1960 (aged 27) | 1 | ![]() |
John Everett | Hooker | 22 March 1957 (aged 30) | 5 | ![]() |
Fred Paoli | Prop | 18 February 1954 (aged 33) | 6 | ![]() |
Rick Bailey | Prop | 25 June 1954 (aged 32) | 9 | ![]() |
Neal Brendel | Prop | 12 September 1954 (aged 32) | 5 | ![]() |
Prop | 22 September 1960 (aged 26) | 4 | ![]() | |
Kevin Swords | Lock | 1 July 1960 (aged 26) | 5 | ![]() |
Ed Burlingham (c) | Lock | 14 October 1951 (aged 35) | 12 | ![]() |
Lock | 4 May 1953 (aged 34) | 7 | ![]() | |
Lock | 22 July 1954 (aged 32)) | 3 | ![]() | |
Flanker | 28 September 1961 (aged 25) | 8 | ![]() | |
Gary Lambert | Flanker | 21 January 1959 (aged 28) | 8 | ![]() |
Flanker | 23 January 1953 (aged 34) | 4 | ![]() | |
Tony Ridnell | Flanker | 1 January 1961 (aged 26) | 0 | ![]() |
Brian Vizard | Number 8 | 4 June 1959 (aged 27) | 4 | ![]() |
Scrum-half | 18 May 1959 (aged 28) | 2 | ![]() | |
Scrum-half | 29 November 1959 (aged 27) | 1 | ![]() | |
Scrum-half | unknown | 1 | ![]() | |
Fly-half | 21 February 1957 (aged 30) | 3 | ![]() | |
Fly-half | 15 August 1959 (aged 27)) | 2 | ![]() | |
Fly-half | circa 1955 (aged 31-32) | 1 | ![]() | |
Roy Helu | Centre | 4 June 1953 (aged 33) | 10 | ![]() |
Centre | 8 November 1956 (aged 30) | 1 | ![]() | |
Centre | 8 November 1962 (aged 24) | 6 | ![]() | |
Centre | 17 October 1956 (aged 30) | 8 | ![]() | |
Gary Hein | Wing | 26 March 1953 (aged 34) | 2 | ![]() |
Mike Purcell | Wing | 6 December 1951 (aged 35) | 12 | ![]() |
Ray Nelson | Fullback | 11 June 1961 (aged 25) | 6 | ![]() |
England[]
Head Coach:
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Brian Moore | Hooker | 11 January 1962 (aged 25) | 1 | ![]() |
Graham Dawe | Hooker | 4 September 1959 (aged 27) | 3 | ![]() |
Gary Pearce | Prop | 2 March 1956 (aged 31) | 31 | ![]() |
Jeff Probyn | Prop | 27 April 1956 (aged 31) | 0 | ![]() |
Paul Rendall | Prop | 18 February 1954 (aged 33) | 7 | ![]() |
Gareth Chilcott | Prop | 20 November 1960 (aged 26) | 5 | ![]() |
Nigel Redman | Lock | 16 August 1964 (aged 22) | 4 | ![]() |
Steve Bainbridge | Lock | 7 October 1956 (aged 30) | 18 | ![]() |
Wade Dooley | Lock | 2 October 1957 (aged 29) | 12 | ![]() |
Jon Hall | Flanker | 15 March 1962 (aged 25) | 19 | ![]() |
Peter Winterbottom | Flanker | 31 May 1960 (aged 26) | 26 | ![]() |
Gary Rees | Flanker | 2 May 1960 (aged 27) | 7 | ![]() |
David Egerton | Number 8 | 19 October 1961 (aged 25) | 0 | ![]() |
Dean Richards | Number 8 | 11 July 1963 (aged 23) | 3 | ![]() |
Richard Hill | Scrum-half | 4 May 1961 (aged 26) | 8 | ![]() |
Richard Harding | Scrum-half | 29 August 1953 (aged 33) | 4 | ![]() |
Peter Williams | Fly-half | 14 December 1958 (aged 28) | 1 | ![]() |
Huw Davies | Fly-half | 18 February 1959 (aged 28) | 1 | ![]() |
Rob Andrew | Fly-half | 18 February 1963 (aged 24) | 12 | ![]() |
Kevin Simms | Centre | 25 December 1964 (aged 22) | 10 | ![]() |
Jamie Salmon | Centre | 16 October 1959 (aged 27) | 11 | ![]() |
Fran Clough | Centre | 1 November 1962 (aged 24) | 2 | ![]() |
Mark Bailey | Wing | 21 November 1960 (aged 26) | 2 | ![]() |
Rory Underwood | Wing | 19 June 1963 (aged 23) | 16 | ![]() |
Mike Harrison (c) | Wing | 9 April 1956 (aged 31) | 9 | ![]() |
Jonathan Webb | Fullback | 24 August 1963 (aged 23) | 0 | ![]() |
Marcus Rose | Fullback | 12 January 1957 (aged 30) | 9 | ![]() |
Japan[]
Head Coach: Katsumi Miyaji
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Tsutomu Hirose | Hooker | 24 July 1963 (aged 23) | 0 | ![]() |
Tsuyoshi Fujita | Hooker | 27 January 1961 (aged 26) | 19 | ![]() |
Koji Yasumi | Prop | 13 July 1957 (aged 29) | 1 | ![]() |
Koji Horaguchi | Prop | 3 November 1953 (aged 33) | 22 | ![]() |
Toshitaka Kimura | Prop | 25 June 1963 (aged 23) | 6 | ![]() |
Masaharu Aizawa | Prop | 12 May 1958 (aged 29) | 6 | ![]() |
Atsushi Oyagi | Lock | 15 August 1961 (aged 25) | 12 | ![]() |
Seiji Kurihara | Lock | 16 November 1964 (aged 22) | 2 | ![]() |
Yoshihiko Sakuraba | Lock | 22 September 1966 (aged 20) | 2 | ![]() |
Toshiyuki Hayashi (c) | Lock | 8 February 1960 (aged 27) | 22 | ![]() |
Katsufumi Miyamoto | Flanker | 19 March 1966 (aged 21) | 2 | ![]() |
Yasuharu Kawase | Flanker | 15 June 1959 (aged 27) | 9 | ![]() |
Sinali Latu | Number 8 | 22 August 1965 (aged 21) | 0 | ![]() |
Michihito Chida | Number 8 | 22 December 1958 (aged 28) | 24 | ![]() |
Hisataka Ikuta | Scrum-half | 20 November 1962 (aged 24) | 0 | ![]() |
Mitsutake Hagimoto | Scrum-half | 10 February 1959 (aged 28) | 0 | ![]() |
Seiji Hirao | Fly-half | 21 January 1963 (aged 24) | 12 | ![]() |
Katsuhiro Matsuo | Fly-half | 6 January 1964 (aged 23) | 5 | ![]() |
Kojiro Yoshinaga | Centre | 8 June 1961 (aged 25) | 1 | ![]() |
Eiji Kutsuki | Centre | 25 December 1962 (aged 24) | 5 | ![]() |
Toshiro Yoshino | Wing | 5 September 1960 (aged 26) | 6 | ![]() |
Nofomuli Taumoefolau | Wing | 21 June 1956 (aged 30) | 7 | ![]() |
Shinji Onuki | Wing | 16 March 1962 (aged 25) | 13 | ![]() |
Minoru Okidoi | Wing | 7 February 1965 (aged 22) | 0 | ![]() |
Shogo Mukai | Fullback | 2 October 1961 (aged 25) | 7 | ![]() |
Daijiro Murai | Fullback | 24 August 1962 (aged 24) | 5 | ![]() |
Pool 2[]
Wales[]
Head Coach: Tony Gray
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Billy James | Hooker | 18 July 1956 (aged 30) | 21 | ![]() |
Alan Phillips | Hooker | 21 August 1954 (aged 32) | 15 | ![]() |
Kevin Phillips | Hooker | 15 June 1961 (aged 25) | 1 | ![]() |
Steve Blackmore | Prop | 3 March 1962 (aged 25) | 1 | ![]() |
Stuart Evans | Prop | 14 June 1963 (aged 23) | 7 | ![]() |
Anthony Buchanan | Prop | 30 June 1955 (aged 31) | 0 | ![]() |
John Rawlins | Prop | 7 June 1957 (aged 29) | 0 | ![]() |
Jeff Whitefoot | Prop | 18 April 1956 (aged 31) | 17 | ![]() |
Dai Young | Prop | 26 July 1967 (aged 19) | 0 | ![]() |
Steve Sutton | Lock | 17 February 1958 (aged 29) | 6 | ![]() |
Huw Richards | Lock | 9 October 1960 (aged 26) | 1 | ![]() |
Bob Norster | Lock | 23 June 1957 (aged 29) | 24 | ![]() |
Phil Davies | Lock | 19 October 1963 (aged 23) | 12 | ![]() |
Paul Moriarty | Lock | 16 July 1964 (aged 22) | 9 | ![]() |
Richard Moriarty (c) | Lock | 1 May 1957 (aged 30) | 16 | ![]() |
Richard Webster | Flanker | 9 July 1967 (aged 19) | 0 | ![]() |
Richie Collins | Flanker | 2 March 1962 (aged 25) | 2 | ![]() |
Gareth Roberts | Number 8 | 15 January 1959 (aged 28) | 2 | ![]() |
Ray Giles | Scrum-half | 15 January 1961 (aged 26) | 2 | ![]() |
Robert Jones | Scrum-half | 10 November 1965 (aged 21) | 11 | ![]() |
Malcolm Dacey | Fly-half | 12 July 1960 (aged 26) | 14 | ![]() |
Jonathan Davies | Fly-half | 24 October 1962 (aged 24) | 13 | ![]() |
Mark Ring | Centre | 15 October 1962 (aged 24) | 6 | ![]() |
Bleddyn Bowen | Centre | 16 July 1961 (aged 25) | 13 | ![]() |
Kevin Hopkins | Centre | 29 September 1961 (aged 25) | 4 | ![]() |
Mark Titley | Wing | 3 May 1959 (aged 28) | 13 | ![]() |
Glen Webbe | Wing | 21 January 1962 (aged 25) | 5 | ![]() |
John Devereux | Wing | 30 March 1966 (aged 21) | 11 | ![]() |
Ieuan Evans | Wing | 21 March 1964 (aged 23) | 4 | ![]() |
Adrian Hadley | Wing | 1 March 1963 (aged 24) | 16 | ![]() |
Paul Thorburn | Fullback | 24 November 1962 (aged 24) | 8 | ![]() |
Canada[]
Head Coach:
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Mark Cardinal | Hooker | 5 May 1961 (aged 26) | 2 | ![]() |
Karl Svoboda | Hooker | 23 March 1962 (aged 25) | 5 | ![]() |
Eddie Evans | Prop | 15 September 1964 (aged 22) | 2 | ![]() |
Ross Breen | Prop | 11 June 1956 (aged 30) | 1 | ![]() |
Bill Handson | Prop | 3 December 1954 (aged 32) | 6 | ![]() |
Randy McKellar | Prop | 6 January 1962 (aged 25) | 3 | ![]() |
Ro Hindson | Lock | 23 May 1951 (aged 35) | 28 | ![]() |
Hans de Goede (c) | Lock | 13 February 1953 (aged 34) | 21 | ![]() |
Lock | 30 September 1962 (aged 24) | 1 | ![]() | |
Bruce Breen | Flanker | 13 October 1961 (aged 25) | 1 | ![]() |
Roy Radu | Flanker | 11 September 1963 (aged 23) | 3 | ![]() |
Flanker | 30 September 1961 (aged 25) | 2 | ![]() | |
Glen Ennis | Number 8 | 19 May 1964 (aged 23) | 3 | ![]() |
Scrum-half | 30 March 1962 (aged 25) | 5 | ![]() | |
Fly-half | 31 January 1958 (aged 29) | 2 | ![]() | |
Gareth Rees | Fly-half | 30 June 1967 (aged 19) | 2 | ![]() |
Centre | 27 November 1963 (aged 23) | 1 | ![]() | |
Ian Stuart | Centre | 8 October 1961 (aged 25) | 5 | ![]() |
Centre | 9 January 1959 (aged 28) | 3 | ![]() | |
Steve Gray | Centre | 19 July 1963 (aged 23) | 2 | ![]() |
Tom Woods | Centre | 29 October 1962 (aged 24) | 4 | ![]() |
Pat Palmer | Wing | 6 November 1962 (aged 24) | 5 | ![]() |
John Lecky | Wing | 15 February 1960 (aged 27) | 11 | ![]() |
Spence McTavish | Wing | 25 August 1948 (aged 38) | 20 | ![]() |
Mark Wyatt | Fullback | 12 April 1961 (aged 26) | 10 | ![]() |
Ireland[]
- Prior to the tournament, Nigel Carr withdrew from the Irish squad due to injury.
Head Coaches: Mick Doyle (replaced by Syd Millar) /
Jim Davidson
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Steve Smith | Hooker | 18 July 1959 (aged 27) | 0 | ![]() |
Terry Kingston | Hooker | 19 September 1963 (aged 23) | 0 | ![]() |
John MacDonald | Hooker | 9 April 1960 (aged 27) | 0 | ![]() |
Des Fitzgerald | Prop | 20 December 1957 (aged 29) | 10 | ![]() |
Job Langbroek | Prop | 1 July 1957 (aged 29) | 0 | ![]() |
J. J. McCoy | Prop | 28 June 1958 (aged 28) | 7 | ![]() |
Philip Orr | Prop | 14 December 1950 (aged 36) | 55 | ![]() |
Willie Anderson | Lock | 3 April 1955 (aged 32) | 12 | ![]() |
Neil Francis | Lock | 17 March 1964 (aged 23) | 0 | ![]() |
Donal Lenihan (c) | Lock | 12 September 1959 (aged 27) | 27 | ![]() |
Jim Glennon | Lock | 7 July 1953 (aged 33) | 6 | ![]() |
Nigel Carr | Flanker | 27 July 1959 (aged 27) | 11 | ![]() |
Paul Collins | Flanker | 7 December 1959 (aged 27) | 0 | ![]() |
Derek McGrath | Flanker | 3 May 1960 (aged 27) | 1 | ![]() |
Phillip Matthews | Flanker | 21 January 1960 (aged 27) | 10 | ![]() |
Brian Spillane | Number 8 | 26 January 1960 (aged 27) | 9 | ![]() |
Tony Doyle | Scrum-half | 26 April 1958 (aged 29) | 2 | ![]() |
Michael Bradley | Scrum-half | 17 November 1962 (aged 24) | 14 | ![]() |
Tony Ward | Fly-half | 8 October 1954 (aged 32) | 18 | ![]() |
Paul Dean | Fly-half | 28 June 1960 (aged 26) | 19 | ![]() |
Brendan Mullin | Centre | 30 October 1963 (aged 23) | 13 | ![]() |
Mike Kiernan | Centre | 17 January 1961 (aged 26) | 24 | ![]() |
David Irwin | Centre | 1 February 1959 (aged 28) | 19 | ![]() |
Keith Crossan | Wing | 29 December 1959 (aged 27) | 18 | ![]() |
Trevor Ringland | Wing | 13 November 1959 (aged 27) | 27 | ![]() |
Hugo MacNeill | Fullback | 16 September 1958 (aged 28) | 33 | ![]() |
Philip Rainey | Fullback | 12 July 1959 (aged 27) | 0 | ![]() |
Tonga[]
Head Coach: Mailefihi Tuku'aho
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Amone Afu | Hooker | circa 1957 (aged 29-30) | 8 | n/a |
Takai Makisi | Prop | circa 1962 (aged 24-25) | 2 | n/a |
Latu Vaʻeno | Prop | circa 1959 (aged 27-28) | 3 | ![]() |
Viliami Lutua | Prop | circa 1956 (aged 30-31) | 3 | n/a |
Hakatoa Tupou | Prop | circa 1959 (aged 27-28) | 6 | n/a |
Soakai Motuʻapuaka | Prop | circa 1953 (aged 33-34) | 2 | ![]() |
Kasi Fine | Lock | 20 March 1964 (aged 23) | 0 | ![]() |
Polutele Tuʻihalamaka | Lock | 7 September 1949 (aged 37) | 13 | n/a |
Mofuike Tuʻungafasi | Lock | circa 1963 (aged 23-24) | 13 | ![]() |
Fakahau Valu (c) | Flanker | 1 July 1950 (aged 36) | 22 | ![]() |
Taipaleti Tuʻuta | Flanker | circa 1964 (aged 22-23) | 0 | ![]() |
Sione Tahaafe | Number 8 | 8 July 1958 (aged 28) | 0 | ![]() |
Maliu Filise | Number 8 | circa 1958 (aged 28-29) | 2 | n/a |
Kini Fotu | Number 8 | circa 1965 (aged 21-22) | 0 | ![]() |
Manu Vunipola | Scrum-half | circa 1967 (aged 19-20) | 0 | ![]() |
Talai Fifita | Scrum-half | 24 July 1962 (aged 24) | 6 | ![]() |
Taliaʻuli Liavaʻa | Fly-half | circa 1970 (aged 16-17) | 0 | ![]() |
Lemeki Vaipulu | Fly-half | circa 1961 (aged 25-26) | 0 | n/a |
Asa Amone | Centre | 8 January 1966 (aged 21) | 0 | n/a |
Samiu Mohi | Centre | circa 1962 (aged 24-25) | 3 | n/a |
Alamoni Liavaʻa | Centre | circa 1959 (aged 27-28) | 12 | ![]() |
Talanoa Kitekeiʻaho | Wing | circa 1958 (aged 28-29) | 1 | ![]() |
Quddus Fielea | Wing | 1 July 1967 (aged 19) | 0 | ![]() |
Soane Asi | Wing | circa 1963 (aged 23-24) | 0 | n/a |
Liueli Fusimalohi | Fullback | circa 1966 (aged 20-21) | 0 | ![]() |
Tali Ete'aki | Fullback | circa 1963 (aged 23-24) | 4 | ![]() |
Pool 3[]
New Zealand[]
Head Coaches: Brian Lochore
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Sean Fitzpatrick | Hooker | 4 June 1963 (aged 23) | 4 | ![]() |
John Drake | Prop | 22 January 1959 (aged 28) | 2 | ![]() |
Richard Loe | Prop | 6 April 1960 (aged 27) | 0 | ![]() |
Steve McDowall | Prop | 21 August 1961 (aged 25) | 6 | ![]() |
Murray Pierce | Lock | 1 November 1957 (aged 29) | 8 | ![]() |
Gary Whetton | Lock | 15 December 1959 (aged 27) | 22 | ![]() |
Albert Anderson | Lock | 5 February 1961 (aged 26) | 5 | ![]() |
Alan Whetton | Flanker | 15 December 1959 (aged 27) | 5 | ![]() |
Andy Earl | Flanker | 12 September 1961 (aged 25) | 3 | ![]() |
Michael Jones | Flanker | 8 April 1965 (aged 22) | 1 | ![]() |
Mark Brooke-Cowden | Flanker | 12 June 1963 (aged 23) | 2 | ![]() |
Wayne Shelford | Number 8 | 13 December 1957 (aged 29) | 2 | ![]() |
Zinzan Brooke | Number 8 | 14 February 1965 (aged 22) | 0 | ![]() |
David Kirk (c) | Half-back | 5 October 1960 (aged 26) | 10 | ![]() |
Bruce Deans | Half-back | 25 November 1960 (aged 26) | 0 | ![]() |
Grant Fox | First five-eighth | 6 June 1962 (aged 24) | 1 | ![]() |
Frano Botica | First five-eighth | 3 August 1963 (aged 23) | 6 | ![]() |
Bernie McCahill | Centre | 28 June 1964 (aged 22) | 0 | ![]() |
Joe Stanley | Centre | 13 April 1957 (aged 30) | 6 | ![]() |
Warwick Taylor | Centre | 11 March 1960 (aged 27) | 16 | ![]() |
Craig Green | Wing | 23 March 1961 (aged 26) | 14 | ![]() |
John Kirwan | Wing | 16 December 1964 (aged 22) | 13 | ![]() |
Terry Wright | Wing | 21 March 1963 (aged 24) | 2 | ![]() |
John Gallagher | Fullback | 29 January 1964 (aged 23) | 0 | ![]() |
Kieran Crowley | Fullback | 31 August 1961 (aged 25) | 8 | ![]() |
Fiji[]
Head Coaches: Josateki Sovau and
George Simpkin
Italy[]
Head Coach: Marco Bollesan
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Antonio Galeazzo | Hooker | 15 February 1959 (aged 28) | 3 | ![]() |
Giorgio Morelli | Hooker | 18 April 1954 (aged 33) | 25 | ![]() |
Giancarlo Cucchiella | Prop | 18 February 1953 (aged 34) | 21 | ![]() |
Giancarlo Pivetta | Prop | 18 June 1957 (aged 29) | 29 | ![]() |
Tito Lupini | Prop | 12 November 1955 (aged 31) | 1 | ![]() |
Stefano Romagnoli | Prop | 5 February 1955 (aged 32) | 14 | ![]() |
Guido Rossi | Prop | 18 April 1959 (aged 28) | 29 | ![]() |
Mauro Gardin | Lock | 27 March 1961 (aged 26) | 19 | ![]() |
Franco Berni | Lock | 9 January 1965 (aged 22) | 7 | ![]() |
Antonio Colella | Lock | 4 September 1961 (aged 25) | 30 | ![]() |
Giuseppe Artuso | Flanker | 14 November 1956 (aged 30) | 30 | ![]() |
Raffaele Dolfato | Flanker | 28 October 1962 (aged 24) | 3 | ![]() |
Piergianni Farina | Flanker | 1 June 1959 (aged 27) | 1 | ![]() |
Mario Pavin | Flanker | 18 July 1958 (aged 28) | 7 | ![]() |
Gianni Zanon | Flanker | 3 March 1960 (aged 27) | 31 | ![]() |
Marzio Innocenti (c) | Number 8 | 4 September 1958 (aged 28) | 34 | ![]() |
Alessandro Ghini | Scrum-half | 4 May 1961 (aged 26) | 33 | ![]() |
Fulvio Lorigiola | Scrum-half | 6 January 1959 (aged 28) | 31 | ![]() |
Rodolfo Ambrosio | Fly-half | 27 December 1961 (aged 25) | 0 | ![]() |
Oscar Collodo | Fly-half | 16 August 1958 (aged 28) | 12 | ![]() |
Stefano Barba | Centre | 10 January 1964 (aged 23) | 7 | ![]() |
Fabio Gaetaniello | Centre | 25 August 1958 (aged 28) | 16 | ![]() |
Sergio Zorzi | Centre | 21 April 1964 (aged 23) | 3 | ![]() |
Marcello Cuttitta | Wing | 2 September 1966 (aged 20) | 3 | ![]() |
Massimo Mascioletti | Wing | 4 March 1958 (aged 29) | 46 | ![]() |
Serafino Ghizzoni | Fullback | 16 October 1954 (aged 32) | 59 | ![]() |
Daniele Tebaldi | Fullback | 24 April 1961 (aged 26) | 3 | ![]() |
Argentina[]
Head coaches: Héctor Silva /
Ángel Guastella
Before the match against New Zealand, Martín Yangüela withdrew due to an injury and was replaced by Marcelo Faggi.
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Julio Clement | Hooker | 1 July 1962 (aged 24) | 0 | ![]() |
Serafín Dengra | Hooker | 21 September 1961 (aged 25) | 9 | ![]() |
Hugo Torres | Prop | 24 April 1962 (aged 25) | 0 | ![]() |
Diego Cash | Prop | 10 August 1961 (aged 25) | 13 | ![]() |
Luis Molina | Prop | 3 November 1959 (aged 27) | 2 | ![]() |
Fernando Morel | Prop | 1 July 1958 (aged 28) | 22 | ![]() |
Gustavo Milano | Lock | 11 February 1961 (aged 26) | 20 | ![]() |
Roberto Cobelo | Lock | 31 October 1962 (aged 24) | 0 | ![]() |
Eliseo Branca | Lock | 20 July 1957 (aged 29) | 24 | ![]() |
Sergio Carossio | Lock | 29 October 1962 (aged 24) | 1 | ![]() |
Jorge Allen | Flanker | 12 July 1956 (aged 30) | 11 | ![]() |
José Mostany | Flanker | 13 January 1963 (aged 24) | 1 | ![]() |
Alejandro Schiavio | Flanker | 28 January 1961 (aged 26) | 3 | ![]() |
Gabriel Travaglini | Number 8 | 1 July 1958 (aged 28) | 16 | ![]() |
Marcelo Faggi | Scrum-half | 13 October 1964 (aged 22) | 0 | ![]() |
Fabio Gómez | Scrum-half | 13 July 1965 (aged 21) | 2 | ![]() |
Martín Yangüela | Scrum-half | 1 April 1957 (aged 30) | 0 | ![]() |
Julián Manuele | Fly-half | 30 October 1966 (aged 20) | 0 | ![]() |
Hugo Porta (c) | Fly-half | 11 September 1951 (aged 35) | 48 | ![]() |
Rafael Madero | Centre | 6 July 1958 (aged 28) | 22 | ![]() |
Fabián Turnes | Centre | 12 January 1965 (aged 22) | 10 | ![]() |
Marcelo Campo | Wing | 1 July 1957 (aged 29) | 18 | ![]() |
Diego Cuesta Silva | Wing | 23 January 1963 (aged 24) | 13 | ![]() |
Juan Lanza | Wing | 7 June 1963 (aged 23) | 10 | ![]() |
Pedro Lanza | Wing | 21 September 1961 (aged 25) | 14 | ![]() |
Guillermo Angaut | Fullback | 10 January 1965 (aged 22) | 0 | ![]() |
Sebastián Salvat | Fullback | 5 April 1967 (aged 20) | 1 | ![]() |
Pool 4[]
France[]
Head Coach: Jacques Fouroux
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Philippe Dintrans | Hooker | 29 January 1957 (aged 30) | 42 | ![]() |
Daniel Dubroca (c) | Hooker | 25 April 1954 (aged 33) | 23 | ![]() |
Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou | Prop | 15 June 1953 (aged 33) | 26 | ![]() |
Pascal Ondarts | Prop | 1 April 1956 (aged 31) | 5 | ![]() |
Jean-Louis Tolot | Prop | 13 June 1957 (aged 29) | 0 | ![]() |
Louis Armary | Prop | 24 July 1963 (aged 23) | 0 | ![]() |
Francis Haget | Lock | 1 October 1949 (aged 37) | 38 | ![]() |
Jean Condom | Lock | 15 August 1960 (aged 26) | 36 | ![]() |
Alain Lorieux | Lock | 26 June 1956 (aged 30) | 17 | ![]() |
Dominique Erbani | Flanker | 16 August 1956 (aged 30) | 31 | ![]() |
Jean-Luc Joinel | Flanker | 21 September 1953 (aged 33) | 50 | ![]() |
Éric Champ | Flanker | 8 June 1962 (aged 24) | 17 | ![]() |
Laurent Rodriguez | Number 8 | 25 June 1960 (aged 26) | 29 | ![]() |
Pierre Berbizier | Scrum-half | 17 June 1958 (aged 28) | 30 | ![]() |
Rodolphe Modin | Scrum-half | 26 March 1959 (aged 28) | 0 | ![]() |
Guy Laporte | Fly-half | 15 December 1952 (aged 34) | 13 | ![]() |
Didier Camberabero | Fly-half | 9 January 1961 (aged 26) | 5 | ![]() |
Alain Carminati | Fly-half | 17 August 1966 (aged 20) | 2 | ![]() |
Éric Bonneval | Centre | 12 November 1963 (aged 23) | 16 | ![]() |
Denis Charvet | Centre | 12 May 1962 (aged 25) | 5 | ![]() |
Philippe Sella | Centre | 14 February 1962 (aged 25) | 39 | ![]() |
Franck Mesnel | Centre | 30 June 1961 (aged 25) | 6 | ![]() |
Patrick Estève | Wing | 14 February 1959 (aged 28) | 23 | ![]() |
Jean-Baptiste Lafond | Wing | 20 December 1961 (aged 25) | 9 | ![]() |
Patrice Lagisquet | Wing | 4 September 1962 (aged 24) | 12 | ![]() |
Marc Andrieu | Wing | 19 September 1959 (aged 27) | 4 | ![]() |
Serge Blanco | Fullback | 31 August 1958 (aged 28) | 43 | ![]() |
Scotland[]
Head Coach: Derrick Grant
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
---|---|---|---|---|
Colin Deans (c) | Hooker | 3 May 1955 (aged 32) | 48 | ![]() |
Gary Callander | Hooker | 5 July 1959 (aged 27) | 1 | ![]() |
Norman Rowan | Prop | 17 September 1951 (aged 35) | 8 | ![]() |
Alex Brewster | Prop | 3 May 1954 (aged 33) | 6 | ![]() |
David Sole | Prop | 8 May 1962 (aged 25) | 6 | ![]() |
Iain Milne | Prop | 17 June 1956 (aged 30) | 36 | ![]() |
Alan Tomes | Lock | 6 November 1951 (aged 35) | 44 | ![]() |
Jeremy Campbell-Lamerton | Lock | 21 February 1959 (aged 28) | 1 | ![]() |
Finlay Calder | Flanker | 20 August 1957 (aged 29) | 9 | ![]() |
John Jeffrey | Flanker | 25 March 1959 (aged 28) | 12 | ![]() |
Derek Turnbull | Flanker | 2 October 1961 (aged 25) | 0 | ![]() |
Iain Paxton | Number 8 | 29 December 1957 (aged 29) | 33 | ![]() |
Derek White | Number 8 | 30 January 1958 (aged 29) | 6 | ![]() |
Roy Laidlaw | Scrum-half | 5 October 1953 (aged 33) | 44 | ![]() |
Greig Oliver | Scrum-half | 12 September 1964 (aged 22) | 0 | ![]() |
John Rutherford | Fly-half | 4 October 1955 (aged 31) | 42 | ![]() |
Richard Cramb | Fly-half | 7 September 1963 (aged 23) | 0 | ![]() |
Keith Robertson | Centre | 5 December 1954 (aged 32) | 36 | ![]() |
Scott Hastings | Centre | 4 December 1964 (aged 22) | 8 | ![]() |
Alan Tait | Centre | 2 November 1964 (aged 22) | 0 | ![]() |
Iwan Tukalo | Wing | 5 March 1961 (aged 26) | 5 | ![]() |
Matt Duncan | Wing | 29 August 1959 (aged 27) | 8 | ![]() |
Douglas Wyllie | Wing | 20 May 1963 (aged 24) | 5 | ![]() |
Gavin Hastings | Fullback | 3 January 1962 (aged 25) | 9 | ![]() |
Peter Dods | Fullback | 6 January 1958 (aged 29) | 16 | ![]() |
Romania[]
Head Coach:
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vasile Ilcă | Hooker | circa 1960 | 0 | ![]() |
Emilian Grigore | Hooker | circa 1957 | 6 | ![]() |
Ion Bucan | Prop | 27 January 1955 (aged 32) | 44 | ![]() |
Florea Opriș | Prop | 10 March 1956 (aged 31) | 6 | ![]() |
Gheorghe Leonte | Prop | 12 February 1963 (aged 24) | 7 | ![]() |
Prop | circa 1959 | 12 | ![]() | |
Gheorghe Dumitru | Lock | 31 January 1952 (aged 35) | 65 | ![]() |
Nicolae Vereș | Lock | 1 July 1963 (aged 23) | 2 | ![]() |
Cristian Raducanu | Lock | 2 October 1967 (aged 19) | 3 | ![]() |
Laurențiu Constantin | Lock | 12 July 1963 (aged 23) | 21 | ![]() |
Haralambie Dumitraș | Flanker | 11 February 1960 (aged 27) | 9 | ![]() |
Florică Murariu | Flanker | 25 March 1955 (aged 32) | 54 | ![]() |
Emilian Necula | Number 8 | 24 May 1960 (aged 26) | 0 | ![]() |
Ștefan Constantin | Number 8 | 5 June 1959 (aged 27) | 14 | ![]() |
Mircea Paraschiv (c) | Scrum-half | 14 December 1954 (aged 32) | 58 | ![]() |
Scrum-half | 1 July 1962 (aged 24) | 5 | ![]() | |
Dumitru Alexandru | Fly-half | 22 August 1953 (aged 33) | 42 | ![]() |
Romeo Bezușcu | Fly-half | 1 July 1964 (aged 22) | 1 | ![]() |
Adrian Lungu | Centre | 9 May 1960 (aged 27) | 42 | ![]() |
Ștefan Tofan | Centre | 25 February 1965 (aged 22) | 8 | ![]() |
Adrian Tinca | Centre | 9 January 1967 (aged 20) | 0 | ![]() |
Centre | 11 April 1961 (aged 26) | 6 | ![]() | |
Marcel Toader | Wing | 4 January 1963 (aged 24) | 15 | ![]() |
Adrian Pllotschi | Wing | 26 October 1959 (aged 27) | 2 | ![]() |
Liviu Hodorcă | Wing | 1 July 1961 (aged 25) | 9 | ![]() |
Alexandru Marin | Fullback | 28 September 1957 (aged 29) | 12 | ![]() |
Vasile Ion | Fullback | 1 January 1956 (aged 31) | 16 | ![]() |
Zimbabwe[]
Head Coach:
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
---|---|---|---|---|
Keith Bell | Hooker | circa 1959 | 1 | n/a |
Hooker | circa 1960 | 6 | n/a | |
Alex Nicholls | Prop | 4 August 1958 (aged 28) | 9 | ![]() |
Prop | circa 1960 | 7 | n/a | |
Prop | circa 1960 | 2 | n/a | |
Lock | 25 December 1959 (aged 27) | 9 | n/a | |
Lock | circa 1960 | 3 | n/a | |
Neville Kloppers | Lock | circa 1962 | 3 | ![]() |
Jumbo Davidson | Lock | circa 1962 | 2 | n/a |
Flanker | circa 1961 | 0 | n/a | |
Flanker | circa 1961 | 5 | n/a | |
Dirk Buitendag | Flanker | circa 1960 | 3 | ![]() |
Number 8 | circa 1965 | 3 | n/a | |
Malcolm Jellicoe (c) | Scrum-half | 1 July 1963 (aged 23) | 3 | ![]() |
Fly-half | 1 February 1968 (aged 19) | 15 | n/a | |
Marthinus Grobler | Fly-half | circa 1967 | 3 | ![]() |
Richard Tsimba | Centre | 9 July 1965 (aged 21) | 11 | ![]() |
Centre | circa 1963 | 0 | n/a | |
Andre Buitendag | Centre | circa 1962 | 3 | ![]() |
Wing | 26 October 1963 (aged 23) | 2 | n/a | |
Wing | 15 June 1951 (aged 35) | 3 | n/a | |
Wing | circa 1961 | 1 | n/a | |
Andy Ferreira | Fullback | 26 June 1961 (aged 25) | 16 | ![]() |
Kenyon Ziehl | Fullback | 11 January 1963 (aged 24) | 12 | n/a |
References[]
- Rugby World Cup squads
- 1987 Rugby World Cup