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1987 Rugby World Cup squads

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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.

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Below is a table listing all the head coaches and captains for each nation.

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 Australia

Head coach: Australia Alan Jones

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 United States

Head coach: Republic of Ireland George Hook / New Zealand Ron Mayes

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 England

Head coach: England Martin Green

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 Wales

Head coach: Wales Tony Gray

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 Canada

Head coach: Canada Gary Johnston

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 Ireland

  • Prior to the tournament, Nigel Carr withdrew from the Ireland squad due to injury.

Head coaches: Ireland Mick Doyle (replaced by Syd Millar) / Ireland Jim Davidson

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 Tonga

Head coach: Tonga Mailefihi Tukuʻaho

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 New Zealand

Head coach: New Zealand Brian Lochore Assistant coaches : New Zealand Alex Wyllie and New Zealand John Hart[2]

  • Andy Dalton was ruled out of the tournament due to an injury in a practice session. As a result, David Kirk assumed the role of captain.[3]

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 Fiji

Head coaches: Fiji Josateki Sovau and New Zealand George Simpkin

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 Italy

Head coach: Italy Marco Bollesan

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 Argentina

Head coaches: Argentina Héctor Silva / Argentina Ángel Guastella

Before the match against New Zealand, Martín Yangüela withdrew due to an injury and was replaced by Marcelo Faggi.

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 France

Head coach: France Jacques Fouroux

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 Scotland

Head coach: Scotland Derrick Grant

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 Romania

Head coach: Romania Mihai Naca

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 Zimbabwe

Head coach: Zimbabwe Brian Murphy

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