In front of a capacity crowd at Eden Park, hosts New Zealand met France in the inaugural Rugby World Cup final. France seemed lacklustre following their amazing win over Australia in the semi-final. New Zealand played a mainly kicking game in the first half with Grant Fox kicking for territory and position. A Fox drop goal after 14 minutes settled home nerves. A try by the World Cup's star performer Michael Jones, followed just three minutes later. Jones' try was converted by Fox, a tense final was finely balanced at half time with New Zealand leading France 9–0.
Second halfedit
France came out with renewed vigour after the break and a Didier Camberabero penalty four minutes into the half finally put France on the scoreboard. The France fightback was, however, short-lived and New Zealand forward power in the setpiece and open play was to the fore. Tries by David Kirk and John Kirwan together with the relentlessly accurate goal-kicking of Fox meant that going into the final moments New Zealand led 29–3.
A final surge near the whistle led to a France try through Pierre Berbizier. The try was converted as the last kick of the game by Didier Camberabero.
The final had hardly lived up to its billing, probably due to the exertions by France in their semi-final win. It was however fitting that tries from three stars of the tournament, Jones, Kirk and Kirwan, won the contest and gave New Zealand the Webb Ellis Cup.
1987, rugby, world, final, final, match, 1987, rugby, world, first, rugby, world, played, event1987, rugby, world, cupnew, zealand, france29, 9date20, june, 1987venueeden, park, aucklandrefereekerry, fitzgerald, australia, attendance48, 0351991, played, eden, . The 1987 Rugby World Cup final was the final match of the 1987 Rugby World Cup the first Rugby World Cup played 1987 Rugby World Cup finalEvent1987 Rugby World CupNew Zealand France29 9Date20 June 1987VenueEden Park AucklandRefereeKerry Fitzgerald Australia 1 Attendance48 0351991 It was played at Eden Park in Auckland New Zealand on 20 June 1987 between the hosts New Zealand and France The referee of the match was the Australian Kerry Fitzgerald and the touch judges were Jim Fleming and Brian Anderson both from Scotland New Zealand won the match 29 9 with three tries one conversion four penalties and a drop goal becoming the first winners of the Rugby World Cup 2 This same matchup would be contested again at the 2011 final with New Zealand again becoming the world champions Contents 1 Match 1 1 Summary 1 1 1 First half 1 1 2 Second half 1 2 Details 2 References 3 External linksMatch editSummary edit First half edit In front of a capacity crowd at Eden Park hosts New Zealand met France in the inaugural Rugby World Cup final France seemed lacklustre following their amazing win over Australia in the semi final New Zealand played a mainly kicking game in the first half with Grant Fox kicking for territory and position A Fox drop goal after 14 minutes settled home nerves A try by the World Cup s star performer Michael Jones followed just three minutes later Jones try was converted by Fox a tense final was finely balanced at half time with New Zealand leading France 9 0 Second half edit France came out with renewed vigour after the break and a Didier Camberabero penalty four minutes into the half finally put France on the scoreboard The France fightback was however short lived and New Zealand forward power in the setpiece and open play was to the fore Tries by David Kirk and John Kirwan together with the relentlessly accurate goal kicking of Fox meant that going into the final moments New Zealand led 29 3 A final surge near the whistle led to a France try through Pierre Berbizier The try was converted as the last kick of the game by Didier Camberabero The final had hardly lived up to its billing probably due to the exertions by France in their semi final win It was however fitting that tries from three stars of the tournament Jones Kirk and Kirwan won the contest and gave New Zealand the Webb Ellis Cup Details edit 20 June 1987New Zealand nbsp 29 9 nbsp FranceTry JonesKirkKirwanCon FoxPen Fox 4 Drop FoxReportTry BerbizierCon CamberaberoPen CamberaberoEden Park Auckland Attendance 48 035Referee Kerry Fitzgerald Australia nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp New Zealand nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp FranceFB 15 John GallagherRW 14 John KirwanOC 13 Joe StanleyIC 12 Warwick TaylorLW 11 Craig GreenFH 10 Grant FoxSH 9 David Kirk c N8 8 Buck ShelfordOF 7 Michael JonesBF 6 Alan WhettonRL 5 Gary WhettonLL 4 Murray PierceTP 3 John DrakeHK 2 Sean FitzpatrickLP 1 Steve McDowallCoach nbsp Brian Lochore nbsp FB 15 Serge BlancoRW 14 Didier CamberaberoOC 13 Philippe SellaIC 12 Denis CharvetLW 11 Patrice LagisquetFH 10 Franck MesnelSH 9 Pierre BerbizierN8 8 Laurent RodriguezOF 7 Dominique ErbaniBF 6 Eric ChampRL 5 Jean CondomLL 4 Alain LorieuxTP 3 Jean Pierre Garuet LempirouHK 2 Daniel Dubroca c LP 1 Pascal OndartsCoach nbsp Jacques FourouxReferences edit Jerome Garces to Referee Rugby World Cup 2019 Final 1987 Kiwis see off France in final BBC Sport 24 September 2003 Retrieved 14 November 2009 External links editMatch Report at ESPN Match Report at Allblacks com Match Report at RugbyRefs com permanent dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1987 Rugby World Cup final amp oldid 1177554101, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
