1987 Rugby World Cup squads

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.

Main article: 1987 Rugby World Cup

1987 Rugby World Cup squads

Tournament details
Dates	22 May – 20 June 1987
No. of nations	16
← inaugural 1991 RWC squads →

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
Argentina	Héctor Silva	Hugo Porta
Australia	Alan Jones	Andrew Slack
Canada	Gary Johnston	Hans de Goede
England	Martin Green	Mike Harrison
France	Jacques Fouroux	Daniel Dubroca
Fiji	Jo Sovau	Koli Rakoroi
Ireland	Syd Millar	Donal Lenihan
Italy	Marco Bollesan	Marzio Innocenti
Japan	Katsumi Miyaji	Toshiyuki Hayashi
New Zealand	Brian Lochore	David Kirk
Romania	Mihai Naca	Mircea Paraschiv
Scotland	Derrick Grant	Colin Deans
Tonga	Prince Mailefihi	Fakahau Valu
United States	Ron Mayes	Ed Burlingham
Wales	Tony Gray	Richard Moriarty
Zimbabwe	Brian Murphy	Malcolm Jellicoe

Pool 1

 Australia

Head Coach: Alan Jones

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Mark McBain Hooker (1959-10-31)31 October 1959 (aged 27) 4 Brothers Old Boys / Queensland Tom Lawton Hooker (1962-11-01)1 November 1962 (aged 24) 22 Souths / Queensland Enrique Rodríguez Prop (1952-06-20)20 June 1952 (aged 34) 15 Warringah / New South Wales Cameron Lillicrap Prop (1963-04-19)19 April 1963 (aged 24) 1 Souths Rugby / Queensland Mark Hartill Prop (1964-05-29)29 May 1964 (aged 22) 4 Gordon / New South Wales William Campbell Lock (1961-11-28)28 November 1961 (aged 25) 9 Queensland Steve Cutler Lock (1960-07-28)28 July 1960 (aged 26) 19 Gordon RFC / New South Wales David Codey Flanker (1957-07-07)7 July 1957 (aged 29) 8 GPS / Queensland Jeff Miller Flanker (1962-07-04)4 July 1962 (aged 24) 3 Teachers-Norths / Queensland Andy McIntyre Flanker (1955-12-23)23 December 1955 (aged 31) 22 University of Queensland / Queensland Simon Poidevin Flanker (1958-10-31)31 October 1958 (aged 28) 43 Randwick / New South Wales Ross Reynolds Number 8 (1958-09-27)27 September 1958 (aged 28) 9 Gordon / New South Wales Steve Tuynman Number 8 (1963-05-30)30 May 1963 (aged 23) 19 Eastwood / New South Wales Troy Coker Number 8 (1965-05-30)30 May 1965 (aged 21) 0 Souths / Queensland Brian Smith Scrum-half (1966-09-09)9 September 1966 (aged 20) 14 Queensland Nick Farr-Jones Scrum-half (1962-04-18)18 April 1962 (aged 25) 17 Sydney University / New South Wales Michael Lynagh Fly-half (1963-10-25)25 October 1963 (aged 23) 16 University of Queensland / Queensland Steve James Fly-half (1960-07-23)23 July 1960 (aged 26) 1 New South Wales Brett Papworth Centre (1963-11-03)3 November 1963 (aged 23) 8 Eastwood / New South Wales Andrew Slack (c) Centre (1955-09-24)24 September 1955 (aged 31) 33 Souths / Queensland Michael Cook Centre (1962-04-23)23 April 1962 (aged 25) 2 Terrace / Queensland David Campese Wing (1962-10-21)21 October 1962 (aged 24) 27 Randwick / New South Wales Matthew Burke Wing (1964-09-15)15 September 1964 (aged 22) 15 Randwick / New South Wales Peter Grigg Wing (1958-07-20)20 July 1958 (aged 28) 20 Brothers / Queensland Anthony Herbert Fullback (1966-08-13)13 August 1966 (aged 20) 1 GPS Rugby / Queensland Andrew Leeds Fullback (1964-09-19)19 September 1964 (aged 22) 1 Parramatta / New South Wales Roger Gould Fullback (1957-04-04)4 April 1957 (aged 30) 24 Wests / Queensland

 United States

Head Coach: George Hook / Ron Mayes

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Pat Johnson Hooker (1960-03-17)17 March 1960 (aged 27) 1 Chicago Lions John Everett Hooker (1957-03-22)22 March 1957 (aged 30) 5 Old Blue R.F.C. Fred Paoli Prop (1954-02-18)18 February 1954 (aged 33) 6 Denver Barbarians Rick Bailey Prop (1954-06-25)25 June 1954 (aged 32) 9 Old Blue R.F.C. Neal Brendel Prop (1954-09-12)12 September 1954 (aged 32) 5 Pittsburgh Rugby Club Butch Horwath Prop (1960-09-22)22 September 1960 (aged 26) 4 Philadelphia Whitemarsh RFC Kevin Swords Lock (1960-07-01)1 July 1960 (aged 26) 5 Boston RFC Ed Burlingham (c) Lock (1951-10-14)14 October 1951 (aged 35) 12 Back Bay Rugby Club Bob Causey Lock (1953-05-04)4 May 1953 (aged 34) 7 Louisiana State University RFC Bill Shiflet Lock (1954-07-22)22 July 1954 (aged 32)) 3 Lancer Rugby Club Blane Warhurst Flanker (1961-09-28)28 September 1961 (aged 25) 8 Old Blue R.F.C. Gary Lambert Flanker (1959-01-21)21 January 1959 (aged 28) 8 White Plains R.F.C. Steve Finkel Flanker (1953-01-23)23 January 1953 (aged 34) 4 Scioto Valley R.F.C. Tony Ridnell Flanker (1961-01-01)1 January 1961 (aged 26) 0 Old Puget Sound Beach Brian Vizard Number 8 (1959-06-04)4 June 1959 (aged 27) 4 OMBAC Mike Saunders Scrum-half (1959-05-18)18 May 1959 (aged 28) 2 OMBAC Dave Dickson Scrum-half (1959-11-29)29 November 1959 (aged 27) 1 Charlotte Rugby Club John Mickel Scrum-half unknown 1 Los Angeles Rugby Club Joe Clarkson Fly-half (1957-02-21)21 February 1957 (aged 30) 3 Los Angeles Rugby Club Mike Caulder Fly-half (1959-08-15)15 August 1959 (aged 27)) 2 Life Chiropractic College Dave Horton Fly-half circa 1955 (aged 31-32) 1 Boston RFC Roy Helu Centre (1953-06-04)4 June 1953 (aged 33) 10 Old Blue R.F.C. Tommy Vinick Centre (1956-11-08)8 November 1956 (aged 30) 1 Hartford Wanderers RFC Kevin Higgins Centre (1962-11-08)8 November 1962 (aged 24) 6 OMBAC Denis Shanagher Centre (1956-10-17)17 October 1956 (aged 30) 8 Bay Area Touring Side R.F.C. Gary Hein Wing (1953-03-26)26 March 1953 (aged 34) 2 University of California Mike Purcell Wing (1951-12-06)6 December 1951 (aged 35) 12 Bay Area Touring Side R.F.C. Ray Nelson Fullback (1961-06-11)11 June 1961 (aged 25) 6 Hutchesons' GSFP

 England

Head Coach: Martin Green

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Brian Moore Hooker (1962-01-11)11 January 1962 (aged 25) 1 Nottingham R.F.C. Graham Dawe Hooker (1959-09-04)4 September 1959 (aged 27) 3 Bath Rugby Gary Pearce Prop (1956-03-02)2 March 1956 (aged 31) 31 Northampton Saints Jeff Probyn Prop (1956-04-27)27 April 1956 (aged 31) 0 Wasps FC Paul Rendall Prop (1954-02-18)18 February 1954 (aged 33) 7 Wasps FC Gareth Chilcott Prop (1960-11-20)20 November 1960 (aged 26) 5 Bath Rugby Nigel Redman Lock (1964-08-16)16 August 1964 (aged 22) 4 Bath Rugby Steve Bainbridge Lock (1956-10-07)7 October 1956 (aged 30) 18 Fylde Rugby Club Wade Dooley Lock (1957-10-02)2 October 1957 (aged 29) 12 Fylde Rugby Club Jon Hall Flanker (1962-03-15)15 March 1962 (aged 25) 19 Bath Rugby Peter Winterbottom Flanker (1960-05-31)31 May 1960 (aged 26) 26 Headingley Gary Rees Flanker (1960-05-02)2 May 1960 (aged 27) 7 Nottingham R.F.C. David Egerton Number 8 (1961-10-19)19 October 1961 (aged 25) 0 Bath Rugby Dean Richards Number 8 (1963-07-11)11 July 1963 (aged 23) 3 Leicester Football Club Richard Hill Scrum-half (1961-05-04)4 May 1961 (aged 26) 8 Bath Rugby Richard Harding Scrum-half (1953-08-29)29 August 1953 (aged 33) 4 Bristol Rugby Club Peter Williams Fly-half (1958-12-14)14 December 1958 (aged 28) 1 Orrell R.U.F.C. Huw Davies Fly-half (1959-02-18)18 February 1959 (aged 28) 1 Wasps FC Rob Andrew Fly-half (1963-02-18)18 February 1963 (aged 24) 12 Wasps FC Kevin Simms Centre (1964-12-25)25 December 1964 (aged 22) 10 Wasps FC Jamie Salmon Centre (1959-10-16)16 October 1959 (aged 27) 11 Harlequin F.C. Fran Clough Centre (1962-11-01)1 November 1962 (aged 24) 2 Orrell R.U.F.C. Mark Bailey Wing (1960-11-21)21 November 1960 (aged 26) 2 Wasps FC Rory Underwood Wing (1963-06-19)19 June 1963 (aged 23) 16 R.A.F. / Leicester Football Club Mike Harrison (c) Wing (1956-04-09)9 April 1956 (aged 31) 9 Wakefield RFC Jonathan Webb Fullback (1963-08-24)24 August 1963 (aged 23) 0 Bristol Rugby Club Marcus Rose Fullback (1957-01-12)12 January 1957 (aged 30) 9 Harlequin F.C.

 Japan

Head Coach: Katsumi Miyaji

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Tsutomu Hirose Hooker (1963-07-24)24 July 1963 (aged 23) 0 Doshisha University Tsuyoshi Fujita Hooker (1961-01-27)27 January 1961 (aged 26) 19 Nisshin Steel Koji Yasumi Prop (1957-07-13)13 July 1957 (aged 29) 1 Toyota Motors Koji Horaguchi Prop (1953-11-03)3 November 1953 (aged 33) 22 Nippon Steel Kamaishi Toshitaka Kimura Prop (1963-06-25)25 June 1963 (aged 23) 6 World Fighting Bull Masaharu Aizawa Prop (1958-05-12)12 May 1958 (aged 29) 6 Ricoh Atsushi Oyagi Lock (1961-08-15)15 August 1961 (aged 25) 12 Kobe Steel Rugby Club Seiji Kurihara Lock (1964-11-16)16 November 1964 (aged 22) 2 Suntory Rugby Football Club Yoshihiko Sakuraba Lock (1966-09-22)22 September 1966 (aged 20) 2 Nippon Steel Kamaishi Toshiyuki Hayashi (c) Lock (1960-02-08)8 February 1960 (aged 27) 22 Kobe Steel Rugby Club Katsufumi Miyamoto Flanker (1966-03-19)19 March 1966 (aged 21) 2 Doshisha University Yasuharu Kawase Flanker (1959-06-15)15 June 1959 (aged 27) 9 Toshiba Fuchu Rugby Football Club Sinali Latu Number 8 (1965-08-22)22 August 1965 (aged 21) 0 Sanyo Michihito Chida Number 8 (1958-12-22)22 December 1958 (aged 28) 24 Nippon Steel Kamaishi Hisataka Ikuta Scrum-half (1962-11-20)20 November 1962 (aged 24) 0 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sagamigahara Mitsutake Hagimoto Scrum-half (1959-02-10)10 February 1959 (aged 28) 0 Kobe Steel Rugby Club Seiji Hirao Fly-half (1963-01-21)21 January 1963 (aged 24) 12 Kobe Steel Rugby Club Katsuhiro Matsuo Fly-half (1964-01-06)6 January 1964 (aged 23) 5 World Fighting Bull Kojiro Yoshinaga Centre (1961-06-08)8 June 1961 (aged 25) 1 Mazda Motor Corporation Eiji Kutsuki Centre (1962-12-25)25 December 1962 (aged 24) 5 Toyota Motors Toshiro Yoshino Wing (1960-09-05)5 September 1960 (aged 26) 6 Suntory Rugby Football Club Nofomuli Taumoefolau Wing (1956-06-21)21 June 1956 (aged 30) 7 Sanyo Shinji Onuki Wing (1962-03-16)16 March 1962 (aged 25) 13 Suntory Rugby Football Club Minoru Okidoi Wing (1965-02-07)7 February 1965 (aged 22) 0 Suntory Rugby Football Club Shogo Mukai Fullback (1961-10-02)2 October 1961 (aged 25) 7 Toshiba Fuchu Rugby Football Club Daijiro Murai Fullback (1962-08-24)24 August 1962 (aged 24) 5 Marubeni

Pool 2

 Wales

Head Coach: Tony Gray

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Billy James Hooker (1956-07-18)18 July 1956 (aged 30) 21 Aberavon RFC Alan Phillips Hooker (1954-08-21)21 August 1954 (aged 32) 15 Cardiff RFC Kevin Phillips Hooker (1961-06-15)15 June 1961 (aged 25) 1 Neath RFC Steve Blackmore Prop (1962-03-03)3 March 1962 (aged 25) 1 Cardiff RFC Stuart Evans Prop (1963-06-14)14 June 1963 (aged 23) 7 Neath RFC Anthony Buchanan Prop (1955-06-30)30 June 1955 (aged 31) 0 Llanelli RFC John Rawlins Prop (1957-06-07)7 June 1957 (aged 29) 0 Newport RFC Jeff Whitefoot Prop (1956-04-18)18 April 1956 (aged 31) 17 Aberavon RFC Dai Young Prop (1967-07-26)26 July 1967 (aged 19) 0 Swansea RFC Steve Sutton Lock (1958-02-17)17 February 1958 (aged 29) 6 South Wales Police RFC Huw Richards Lock (1960-10-09)9 October 1960 (aged 26) 1 Neath RFC Bob Norster Lock (1957-06-23)23 June 1957 (aged 29) 24 Cardiff RFC Phil Davies Lock (1963-10-19)19 October 1963 (aged 23) 12 Llanelli RFC Paul Moriarty Lock (1964-07-16)16 July 1964 (aged 22) 9 Swansea RFC Richard Moriarty (c) Lock (1957-05-01)1 May 1957 (aged 30) 16 Swansea RFC Richard Webster Flanker (1967-07-09)9 July 1967 (aged 19) 0 Swansea RFC Richie Collins Flanker (1962-03-02)2 March 1962 (aged 25) 2 South Wales Police RFC Gareth Roberts Number 8 (1959-01-15)15 January 1959 (aged 28) 2 Cardiff RFC Ray Giles Scrum-half (1961-01-15)15 January 1961 (aged 26) 2 Aberavon RFC Robert Jones Scrum-half (1965-11-10)10 November 1965 (aged 21) 11 Swansea RFC Malcolm Dacey Fly-half (1960-07-12)12 July 1960 (aged 26) 14 Swansea RFC Jonathan Davies Fly-half (1962-10-24)24 October 1962 (aged 24) 13 Neath RFC Mark Ring Centre (1962-10-15)15 October 1962 (aged 24) 6 Cardiff RFC Bleddyn Bowen Centre (1961-07-16)16 July 1961 (aged 25) 13 South Wales Police RFC Kevin Hopkins Centre (1961-09-29)29 September 1961 (aged 25) 4 Swansea RFC Mark Titley Wing (1959-05-03)3 May 1959 (aged 28) 13 Bridgend RFC Glen Webbe Wing (1962-01-21)21 January 1962 (aged 25) 5 Bridgend RFC John Devereux Wing (1966-03-30)30 March 1966 (aged 21) 11 Bridgend RFC Ieuan Evans Wing (1964-03-21)21 March 1964 (aged 23) 4 Llanelli RFC Adrian Hadley Wing (1963-03-01)1 March 1963 (aged 24) 16 Cardiff RFC Paul Thorburn Fullback (1962-11-24)24 November 1962 (aged 24) 8 Neath RFC

 Canada

Head Coach: Gary Johnston

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Mark Cardinal Hooker (1961-05-05)5 May 1961 (aged 26) 2 James Bay Athletic Association Karl Svoboda Hooker (1962-03-23)23 March 1962 (aged 25) 5 Ajax Wanderers R.U.F.C. Eddie Evans Prop (1964-09-15)15 September 1964 (aged 22) 2 James Bay Athletic Association Ross Breen Prop (1956-06-11)11 June 1956 (aged 30) 1 Meraloma Rugby Bill Handson Prop (1954-12-03)3 December 1954 (aged 32) 6 Vaughan Yeomen R.F.C. Randy McKellar Prop (1962-01-06)6 January 1962 (aged 25) 3 Crusaders Rugby Club Ro Hindson Lock (1951-05-23)23 May 1951 (aged 35) 28 UBC Old Boys Ravens Hans de Goede (c) Lock (1953-02-13)13 February 1953 (aged 34) 21 James Bay Athletic Association Ron van den Brink Lock (1962-09-30)30 September 1962 (aged 24) 1 James Bay Athletic Association Bruce Breen Flanker (1961-10-13)13 October 1961 (aged 25) 1 Meraloma Rugby Roy Radu Flanker (1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 23) 3 UBC Old Boys Ravens Rob Frame Flanker (1961-09-30)30 September 1961 (aged 25) 2 Castaway Wanderers RFC Glen Ennis Number 8 (1964-05-19)19 May 1964 (aged 23) 3 James Bay Athletic Association Dave Tucker Scrum-half (1962-03-30)30 March 1962 (aged 25) 5 Meraloma Rugby Ian Hyde-Lay Fly-half (1958-01-31)31 January 1958 (aged 29) 2 University of Victoria Gareth Rees Fly-half (1967-06-30)30 June 1967 (aged 19) 2 Castaway Wanderers RFC Ian Stuart Centre (1961-10-08)8 October 1961 (aged 25) 5 Vancouver Rowing Club Paul Vaesen Centre (1959-01-09)9 January 1959 (aged 28) 3 James Bay Athletic Association Steve Gray Centre (1963-07-19)19 July 1963 (aged 23) 2 Vancouver Kats Tom Woods Centre (1962-10-29)29 October 1962 (aged 24) 4 James Bay Athletic Association Pat Palmer Wing (1962-11-06)6 November 1962 (aged 24) 5 UBC Old Boys Ravens John Lecky Wing (1960-02-15)15 February 1960 (aged 27) 11 Meraloma Rugby Spence McTavish Wing (1948-08-25)25 August 1948 (aged 38) 20 UBC Old Boys Ravens Mark Wyatt Fullback (1961-04-12)12 April 1961 (aged 26) 10 James Bay Athletic Association

 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 Steve Smith Hooker (1959-07-18)18 July 1959 (aged 27) 0 Ballymena R.F.C. / Ulster Rugby Terry Kingston Hooker (1963-09-19)19 September 1963 (aged 23) 0 Munster Rugby John MacDonald Hooker (1960-04-09)9 April 1960 (aged 27) 0 Malone RFC / Ulster Rugby Des Fitzgerald Prop (1957-12-20)20 December 1957 (aged 29) 10 Lansdowne R.F.C. / Leinster Rugby Job Langbroek Prop (1957-07-01)1 July 1957 (aged 29) 0 Blackrock College RFC / Leinster Rugby J. J. McCoy Prop (1958-06-28)28 June 1958 (aged 28) 7 Dungannon RFC / Ulster Rugby Philip Orr Prop (1950-12-14)14 December 1950 (aged 36) 55 Old Wesley RFC / Leinster Rugby Willie Anderson Lock (1955-04-03)3 April 1955 (aged 32) 12 Dungannon RFC / Ulster Rugby Neil Francis Lock (1964-03-17)17 March 1964 (aged 23) 0 Blackrock College RFC / Leinster Rugby Donal Lenihan (c) Lock (1959-09-12)12 September 1959 (aged 27) 27 Cork Constitution / Munster Rugby Jim Glennon Lock (1953-07-07)7 July 1953 (aged 33) 6 Leinster Rugby Nigel Carr Flanker (1959-07-27)27 July 1959 (aged 27) 11 Ards RFC / Ulster Rugby Paul Collins Flanker (1959-12-07)7 December 1959 (aged 27) 0 Lansdowne R.F.C. / Leinster Rugby Derek McGrath Flanker (1960-05-03)3 May 1960 (aged 27) 1 Leinster Rugby Phillip Matthews Flanker (1960-01-21)21 January 1960 (aged 27) 10 Ards RFC / Ulster Rugby Brian Spillane Number 8 (1960-01-26)26 January 1960 (aged 27) 9 Munster Rugby Tony Doyle Scrum-half (1958-04-26)26 April 1958 (aged 29) 2 Greystones / Leinster Rugby Michael Bradley Scrum-half (1962-11-17)17 November 1962 (aged 24) 14 Cork Constitution / Munster Rugby Tony Ward Fly-half (1954-10-08)8 October 1954 (aged 32) 18 Greystones / Leinster Rugby Paul Dean Fly-half (1960-06-28)28 June 1960 (aged 26) 19 St. Mary's College RFC / Leinster Rugby Brendan Mullin Centre (1963-10-30)30 October 1963 (aged 23) 13 Blackrock College RFC / Leinster Rugby Mike Kiernan Centre (1961-01-17)17 January 1961 (aged 26) 24 Dolphin RFC / Munster Rugby David Irwin Centre (1959-02-01)1 February 1959 (aged 28) 19 Ulster Rugby Keith Crossan Wing (1959-12-29)29 December 1959 (aged 27) 18 Ulster Rugby Trevor Ringland Wing (1959-11-13)13 November 1959 (aged 27) 27 Ballymena R.F.C. / Ulster Rugby Hugo MacNeill Fullback (1958-09-16)16 September 1958 (aged 28) 33 Leinster Rugby Philip Rainey Fullback (1959-07-12)12 July 1959 (aged 27) 0 Ballymena R.F.C. / Ulster Rugby

 Tonga

Head Coach: Mailefihi Tuku'aho

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province 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 Toloa Old Boys 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 Tonga Police Force Kasi Fine Lock (1964-03-20)20 March 1964 (aged 23) 0 n/a Polutele Tuʻihalamaka Lock (1949-09-07)7 September 1949 (aged 37) 13 n/a Mofuike Tuʻungafasi Lock circa 1963 (aged 23-24) 13 Tonga Defence Service Fakahau Valu (c) Flanker (1950-07-01)1 July 1950 (aged 36) 22 Toloa Old Boys Taipaleti Tuʻuta Flanker circa 1964 (aged 22-23) 0 n/a Sione Tahaafe Number 8 (1958-07-08)8 July 1958 (aged 28) 0 Eastwood Rugby Club Maliu Filise Number 8 circa 1958 (aged 28-29) 2 n/a Kini Fotu Number 8 circa 1965 (aged 21-22) 0 Tonga College Manu Vunipola Scrum-half circa 1967 (aged 19-20) 0 Toa-ko-Ma'afu R.F.C. Talai Fifita Scrum-half (1962-07-24)24 July 1962 (aged 24) 6 n/a Taliaʻuli Liavaʻa Fly-half circa 1970 (aged 16-17) 0 Toloa Old Boys Lemeki Vaipulu Fly-half circa 1961 (aged 25-26) 0 n/a Asa Amone Centre (1966-01-08)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 n/a Talanoa Kitekeiʻaho Wing circa 1958 (aged 28-29) 1 Vaheloto Quddus Fielea Wing (1967-07-01)1 July 1967 (aged 19) 0 n/a Soane Asi Wing circa 1963 (aged 23-24) 0 n/a Liueli Fusimalohi Fullback circa 1966 (aged 20-21) 0 n/a Tali Ete'aki Fullback circa 1963 (aged 23-24) 4 n/a

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 Sean Fitzpatrick Hooker (1963-06-04)4 June 1963 (aged 23) 4 Auckland John Drake Prop (1959-01-22)22 January 1959 (aged 28) 2 Auckland Richard Loe Prop (1960-04-06)6 April 1960 (aged 27) 0 Waikato Steve McDowall Prop (1961-08-21)21 August 1961 (aged 25) 6 Auckland Murray Pierce Lock (1957-11-01)1 November 1957 (aged 29) 8 Wellington Gary Whetton Lock (1959-12-15)15 December 1959 (aged 27) 22 Auckland Albert Anderson Lock (1961-02-05)5 February 1961 (aged 26) 5 Canterbury Alan Whetton Flanker (1959-12-15)15 December 1959 (aged 27) 5 Auckland Andy Earl Flanker (1961-09-12)12 September 1961 (aged 25) 3 Canterbury Michael Jones Flanker (1965-04-08)8 April 1965 (aged 22) 1 Auckland Mark Brooke-Cowden Flanker (1963-06-12)12 June 1963 (aged 23) 2 Auckland Wayne Shelford Number 8 (1957-12-13)13 December 1957 (aged 29) 2 North Harbour Zinzan Brooke Number 8 (1965-02-14)14 February 1965 (aged 22) 0 Auckland David Kirk (c) Half-back (1960-10-05)5 October 1960 (aged 26) 10 Auckland Bruce Deans Half-back (1960-11-25)25 November 1960 (aged 26) 0 Canterbury Grant Fox First five-eighth (1962-06-06)6 June 1962 (aged 24) 1 Auckland Frano Botica First five-eighth (1963-08-03)3 August 1963 (aged 23) 6 North Harbour Bernie McCahill Centre (1964-06-28)28 June 1964 (aged 22) 0 Auckland Joe Stanley Centre (1957-04-13)13 April 1957 (aged 30) 6 Auckland Warwick Taylor Centre (1960-03-11)11 March 1960 (aged 27) 16 Canterbury Craig Green Wing (1961-03-23)23 March 1961 (aged 26) 14 Canterbury John Kirwan Wing (1964-12-16)16 December 1964 (aged 22) 13 Auckland Terry Wright Wing (1963-03-21)21 March 1963 (aged 24) 2 Auckland John Gallagher Fullback (1964-01-29)29 January 1964 (aged 23) 0 Wellington Kieran Crowley Fullback (1961-08-31)31 August 1961 (aged 25) 8 Taranaki

 Fiji

Head Coaches: Josateki Sovau and George Simpkin

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Rusiate Namoro Hooker 20 Suva Salacieli Naivilawasa Hooker (1961-02-14)14 February 1961 (aged 26) 1 Suva Epeli Rakai Hooker circa 1961 (aged 25-26) 15 Suva Mosese Taga Hooker (1964-09-17)17 September 1964 (aged 22) 0 Suva Sairusi Naituku Prop (1961-02-26)26 February 1961 (aged 26) 6 Rewa Peni Volavola Prop (1963-06-06)6 June 1963 (aged 23) 5 Nadi Aisake Nadolo Lock (1964-07-13)13 July 1964 (aged 22) 0 Suva Ilaitia Savai Lock (1960-07-12)12 July 1960 (aged 26) 8 Nadroga Jioji Cama Lock 0 Fiji Police Manasa Qoro Flanker (1964-02-08)8 February 1964 (aged 23) 0 Nadi Samuela Vunivalu Flanker circa 1957 (aged 29-30) 0 Suva Livai Kididromo Flanker circa 1959 (aged 27-28) 0 Suva Apisai Nagata Flanker 0 Nadi Koli Rakoroi (c) Number 8 (1956-07-01)1 July 1956 (aged 30) 15 Suva John Sanday Number 8 circa 1960 (aged 26-27) 0 Suva Peceli Gale Number 8 (1957-06-27)27 June 1957 (aged 29) 7 Nadi Pauliasi Tabulutu Scrum-half (1967-07-15)15 July 1967 (aged 19) 3 Nabua Paulo Nawalu Scrum-half (1958-10-18)18 October 1958 (aged 28) Suva Elia Rokowailoa Fly-half (1958-07-22)22 July 1958 (aged 28) 7 Fiji Army Sirilo Lovokuro Centre circa 1965 (aged 21-22) 3 Suva Epineri Naituku Centre (1963-01-08)8 January 1963 (aged 24) 0 Nasinu Tom Mitchell Centre (1958-05-10)10 May 1958 (aged 29) 2 Fiji Army Kaiava Salusalu Centre (1957-05-08)8 May 1957 (aged 30) 9 Suva Serupepeli Tuvula Wing circa 1963 (aged 23-24) 4 Queensland Tomasi Cama Wing (1961-02-21)21 February 1961 (aged 26) 4 Suva Kavekini Nalaga Wing circa 1965 (aged 21-22) 1 Nadroga Jimi Damu Wing (1967-07-15)15 July 1967 (aged 19) 3 Auckland Severo Koroduadua Fullback (1960-12-22)22 December 1960 (aged 26) 10 Suva Jone Kubu Fullback circa 1961 (aged 25-26) 5 Rewa

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 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 Antonio Galeazzo Hooker (1959-02-15)15 February 1959 (aged 28) 3 Petrarca Giorgio Morelli Hooker (1954-04-18)18 April 1954 (aged 33) 25 L'Aquila Giancarlo Cucchiella Prop (1953-02-18)18 February 1953 (aged 34) 21 L'Aquila Giancarlo Pivetta Prop (1957-06-18)18 June 1957 (aged 29) 29 San Donà Tito Lupini Prop (1955-11-12)12 November 1955 (aged 31) 1 Rovigo Stefano Romagnoli Prop (1955-02-05)5 February 1955 (aged 32) 14 Parma Guido Rossi Prop (1959-04-18)18 April 1959 (aged 28) 29 Benetton Treviso Mauro Gardin Lock (1961-03-27)27 March 1961 (aged 26) 19 Petrarca Franco Berni Lock (1965-01-09)9 January 1965 (aged 22) 7 A.S. Milano Antonio Colella Lock (1961-09-04)4 September 1961 (aged 25) 30 L'Aquila Giuseppe Artuso Flanker (1956-11-14)14 November 1956 (aged 30) 30 Petrarca Raffaele Dolfato Flanker (1962-10-28)28 October 1962 (aged 24) 3 Benetton Treviso Piergianni Farina Flanker (1959-06-01)1 June 1959 (aged 27) 1 Petrarca Mario Pavin Flanker (1958-07-18)18 July 1958 (aged 28) 7 Benetton Treviso Gianni Zanon Flanker (1960-03-03)3 March 1960 (aged 27) 31 Benetton Treviso Marzio Innocenti (c) Number 8 (1958-09-04)4 September 1958 (aged 28) 34 Petrarca Alessandro Ghini Scrum-half (1961-05-04)4 May 1961 (aged 26) 33 Milano Fulvio Lorigiola Scrum-half (1959-01-06)6 January 1959 (aged 28) 31 Petrarca Rodolfo Ambrosio Fly-half (1961-12-27)27 December 1961 (aged 25) 0 Tala Oscar Collodo Fly-half (1958-08-16)16 August 1958 (aged 28) 12 Benetton Treviso Stefano Barba Centre (1964-01-10)10 January 1964 (aged 23) 7 CUS Roma Fabio Gaetaniello Centre (1958-08-25)25 August 1958 (aged 28) 16 Parma Sergio Zorzi Centre (1964-04-21)21 April 1964 (aged 23) 3 Benetton Treviso Marcello Cuttitta Wing (1966-09-02)2 September 1966 (aged 20) 3 L'Aquila Massimo Mascioletti Wing (1958-03-04)4 March 1958 (aged 29) 46 L'Aquila Serafino Ghizzoni Fullback (1954-10-16)16 October 1954 (aged 32) 59 L'Aquila Daniele Tebaldi Fullback (1961-04-24)24 April 1961 (aged 26) 3 Parma

 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 Julio Clement Hooker (1962-07-01)1 July 1962 (aged 24) 0 Universitario Serafín Dengra Hooker (1961-09-21)21 September 1961 (aged 25) 9 San Martín Hugo Torres Prop (1962-04-24)24 April 1962 (aged 25) 0 Tala Diego Cash Prop (1961-08-10)10 August 1961 (aged 25) 13 San Isidro Luis Molina Prop (1959-11-03)3 November 1959 (aged 27) 2 Los Tarcos Fernando Morel Prop (1958-07-01)1 July 1958 (aged 28) 22 CASI Gustavo Milano Lock (1961-02-11)11 February 1961 (aged 26) 20 Jockey Club Roberto Cobelo Lock (1962-10-31)31 October 1962 (aged 24) 0 CASI Eliseo Branca Lock (1957-07-20)20 July 1957 (aged 29) 24 CASI Sergio Carossio Lock (1962-10-29)29 October 1962 (aged 24) 1 Olivos Jorge Allen Flanker (1956-07-12)12 July 1956 (aged 30) 11 CASI José Mostany Flanker (1963-01-13)13 January 1963 (aged 24) 1 Manuel Belgrano Alejandro Schiavio Flanker (1961-01-28)28 January 1961 (aged 26) 3 Pueyrredón Gabriel Travaglini Number 8 (1958-07-01)1 July 1958 (aged 28) 16 CASI Marcelo Faggi Scrum-half (1964-10-13)13 October 1964 (aged 22) 0 Estudiantes de Paraná Fabio Gómez Scrum-half (1965-07-13)13 July 1965 (aged 21) 2 Banco Nación Martín Yangüela Scrum-half (1957-04-01)1 April 1957 (aged 30) 0 Pueyrredón Julián Manuele Fly-half (1966-10-30)30 October 1966 (aged 20) 0 La Plata Hugo Porta (c) Fly-half (1951-09-11)11 September 1951 (aged 35) 48 Banco Nación Rafael Madero Centre (1958-07-06)6 July 1958 (aged 28) 22 San Isidro Fabián Turnes Centre (1965-01-12)12 January 1965 (aged 22) 10 Banco Nación Marcelo Campo Wing (1957-07-01)1 July 1957 (aged 29) 18 Pueyrredón Diego Cuesta Silva Wing (1963-01-23)23 January 1963 (aged 24) 13 San Isidro Juan Lanza Wing (1963-06-07)7 June 1963 (aged 23) 10 CUBA Pedro Lanza Wing (1961-09-21)21 September 1961 (aged 25) 14 CUBA Guillermo Angaut Fullback (1965-01-10)10 January 1965 (aged 22) 0 La Plata Sebastián Salvat Fullback (1967-04-05)5 April 1967 (aged 20) 1 Alumni

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Pool 4

 France

Head Coach: Jacques Fouroux

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Philippe Dintrans Hooker (1957-01-29)29 January 1957 (aged 30) 42 Stadoceste Tarbais Daniel Dubroca (c) Hooker (1954-04-25)25 April 1954 (aged 33) 23 SU Agen Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou Prop (1953-06-15)15 June 1953 (aged 33) 26 FC Lourdes Pascal Ondarts Prop (1956-04-01)1 April 1956 (aged 31) 5 Biarritz Olympique Jean-Louis Tolot Prop (1957-06-13)13 June 1957 (aged 29) 0 SU Agen Louis Armary Prop (1963-07-24)24 July 1963 (aged 23) 0 FC Lourdes Francis Haget Lock (1949-10-01)1 October 1949 (aged 37) 38 Biarritz Olympique Jean Condom Lock (1960-08-15)15 August 1960 (aged 26) 36 Biarritz Olympique Alain Lorieux Lock (1956-06-26)26 June 1956 (aged 30) 17 FC Grenoble Dominique Erbani Flanker (1956-08-16)16 August 1956 (aged 30) 31 SU Agen Jean-Luc Joinel Flanker (1953-09-21)21 September 1953 (aged 33) 50 CA Brive Éric Champ Flanker (1962-06-08)8 June 1962 (aged 24) 17 RC Toulonnais Laurent Rodriguez Number 8 (1960-06-25)25 June 1960 (aged 26) 29 AS Monterrand Pierre Berbizier Scrum-half (1958-06-17)17 June 1958 (aged 28) 30 SU Agen Rodolphe Modin Scrum-half (1959-03-26)26 March 1959 (aged 28) 0 CA Brive Guy Laporte Fly-half (1952-12-15)15 December 1952 (aged 34) 13 SC Graulhet Didier Camberabero Fly-half (1961-01-09)9 January 1961 (aged 26) 5 AS Béziers Hérault Alain Carminati Fly-half (1966-08-17)17 August 1966 (aged 20) 2 AS Béziers Hérault Éric Bonneval Centre (1963-11-12)12 November 1963 (aged 23) 16 Stade Toulousain Denis Charvet Centre (1962-05-12)12 May 1962 (aged 25) 5 Stade Toulousain Philippe Sella Centre (1962-02-14)14 February 1962 (aged 25) 39 SU Agen Franck Mesnel Centre (1961-06-30)30 June 1961 (aged 25) 6 Racing Club de France Patrick Estève Wing (1959-02-14)14 February 1959 (aged 28) 23 RC Narbonne Jean-Baptiste Lafond Wing (1961-12-20)20 December 1961 (aged 25) 9 Racing Club de France Patrice Lagisquet Wing (1962-09-04)4 September 1962 (aged 24) 12 Aviron Bayonnais Marc Andrieu Wing (1959-09-19)19 September 1959 (aged 27) 4 RC Nîmes Serge Blanco Fullback (1958-08-31)31 August 1958 (aged 28) 43 Biarritz Olympique

 Scotland

Head Coach: Derrick Grant

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Colin Deans (c) Hooker (1955-05-03)3 May 1955 (aged 32) 48 Hawick RFC Gary Callander Hooker (1959-07-05)5 July 1959 (aged 27) 1 Hawick RFC Norman Rowan Prop (1951-09-17)17 September 1951 (aged 35) 8 Forrester RFC Alex Brewster Prop (1954-05-03)3 May 1954 (aged 33) 6 Stewart's Melville RFC David Sole Prop (1962-05-08)8 May 1962 (aged 25) 6 Edinburgh Academical Football Club Iain Milne Prop (1956-06-17)17 June 1956 (aged 30) 36 Heriot's Rugby Club Alan Tomes Lock (1951-11-06)6 November 1951 (aged 35) 44 Hawick RFC Jeremy Campbell-Lamerton Lock (1959-02-21)21 February 1959 (aged 28) 1 Army Rugby Union Finlay Calder Flanker (1957-08-20)20 August 1957 (aged 29) 9 Heriot's Rugby Club John Jeffrey Flanker (1959-03-25)25 March 1959 (aged 28) 12 Kelso RFC Derek Turnbull Flanker (1961-10-02)2 October 1961 (aged 25) 0 Hawick RFC Iain Paxton Number 8 (1957-12-29)29 December 1957 (aged 29) 33 Glenrothes RFC Derek White Number 8 (1958-01-30)30 January 1958 (aged 29) 6 Gala RFC Roy Laidlaw Scrum-half (1953-10-05)5 October 1953 (aged 33) 44 Jed-Forest RFC Greig Oliver Scrum-half (1964-09-12)12 September 1964 (aged 22) 0 Hawick RFC John Rutherford Fly-half (1955-10-04)4 October 1955 (aged 31) 42 Selkirk RFC Richard Cramb Fly-half (1963-09-07)7 September 1963 (aged 23) 0 Newcastle Gosforth Keith Robertson Centre (1954-12-05)5 December 1954 (aged 32) 36 Melrose RFC Scott Hastings Centre (1964-12-04)4 December 1964 (aged 22) 8 Watsonian RFC Alan Tait Centre (1964-11-02)2 November 1964 (aged 22) 0 Kelso RFC Iwan Tukalo Wing (1961-03-05)5 March 1961 (aged 26) 5 Heriot's Rugby Club Matt Duncan Wing (1959-08-29)29 August 1959 (aged 27) 8 West of Scotland F.C. Douglas Wyllie Wing (1963-05-20)20 May 1963 (aged 24) 5 Selkirk RFC Gavin Hastings Fullback (1962-01-03)3 January 1962 (aged 25) 9 Watsonian RFC Peter Dods Fullback (1958-01-06)6 January 1958 (aged 29) 16 Gala RFC

 Romania

Head Coach: Mihai Naca

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Vasile Ilcă Hooker circa 1960 0 CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Emilian Grigore Hooker circa 1957 6 RCJ Farul Constanța Ion Bucan Prop (1955-01-27)27 January 1955 (aged 32) 44 CS Dinamo București Florea Opriș Prop (1956-03-10)10 March 1956 (aged 31) 6 RCJ Farul Constanța Gheorghe Leonte Prop (1963-02-12)12 February 1963 (aged 24) 7 CSA Steaua București Vasile Pascu Prop circa 1959 12 R.C. Grivița Gheorghe Dumitru Lock (1952-01-31)31 January 1952 (aged 35) 65 RCJ Farul Constanța Nicolae Vereș Lock (1963-07-01)1 July 1963 (aged 23) 2 CS Dinamo București Cristian Raducanu Lock (1967-10-02)2 October 1967 (aged 19) 3 CS Dinamo București Laurențiu Constantin Lock (1963-07-12)12 July 1963 (aged 23) 21 CSA Steaua București Haralambie Dumitraș Flanker (1960-02-11)11 February 1960 (aged 27) 9 Contactoare Buzău Florică Murariu Flanker (1955-03-25)25 March 1955 (aged 32) 54 CSA Steaua București Emilian Necula Number 8 (1960-05-24)24 May 1960 (aged 26) 0 RCJ Farul Constanța Ștefan Constantin Number 8 (1959-06-05)5 June 1959 (aged 27) 14 RCJ Farul Constanța Mircea Paraschiv (c) Scrum-half (1954-12-14)14 December 1954 (aged 32) 58 CSA Steaua București Teodor Coman Scrum-half (1962-07-01)1 July 1962 (aged 24) 5 CSA Steaua București Dumitru Alexandru Fly-half (1953-08-22)22 August 1953 (aged 33) 42 CSA Steaua București Romeo Bezușcu Fly-half (1964-07-01)1 July 1964 (aged 22) 1 RCJ Farul Constanța Adrian Lungu Centre (1960-05-09)9 May 1960 (aged 27) 42 CS Dinamo București Ștefan Tofan Centre (1965-02-25)25 February 1965 (aged 22) 8 CS Dinamo București Adrian Tinca Centre (1967-01-09)9 January 1967 (aged 20) 0 RCJ Farul Constanța Vasile David Centre (1961-04-11)11 April 1961 (aged 26) 6 CSA Steaua București Marcel Toader Wing (1963-01-04)4 January 1963 (aged 24) 15 CSA Steaua București Adrian Pllotschi Wing (1959-10-26)26 October 1959 (aged 27) 2 CSA Steaua București Liviu Hodorcă Wing (1961-07-01)1 July 1961 (aged 25) 9 RCJ Farul Constanța Alexandru Marin Fullback (1957-09-28)28 September 1957 (aged 29) 12 R.C. Grivița Vasile Ion Fullback (1956-01-01)1 January 1956 (aged 31) 16 RCJ Farul Constanța

 Zimbabwe

Head Coach: Brian Murphy

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province Keith Bell Hooker circa 1959 0 n/a Lance Bray Hooker circa 1960 0 n/a Alex Nicholls Prop (1958-08-04)4 August 1958 (aged 28) 0 n/a Andy Tucker Prop circa 1960 0 n/a George Elcome Prop circa 1960 0 n/a Michael Martin Lock (1959-12-25)25 December 1959 (aged 27) 0 n/a Tom Sawyer Lock circa 1960 0 n/a Neville Kloppers Lock circa 1962 0 n/a Jumbo Davidson Lock circa 1962 0 n/a Errol Bredenkamp Flanker circa 1961 0 n/a Rod Gray Flanker circa 1961 0 n/a Dirk Buitendag Flanker circa 1960 0 n/a Mark Neill Number 8 circa 1965 0 n/a Malcolm Jellicoe (c) Scrum-half (1963-07-01)1 July 1963 (aged 23) 0 n/a Craig Brown Fly-half (1968-02-01)1 February 1968 (aged 19) 0 n/a Marthinus Grobler Fly-half circa 1967 0 n/a Richard Tsimba Centre (1965-07-09)9 July 1965 (aged 21) 0 Chaminuka R.F.C. Campbell Graham Centre circa 1963 0 n/a Andre Buitendag Centre circa 1962 0 n/a Pete Kaulback Wing (1963-10-26)26 October 1963 (aged 23) 0 n/a Eric Barrett Wing (1951-06-15)15 June 1951 (aged 35) 0 n/a Shawn Graham Wing circa 1961 0 n/a Andy Ferreira Fullback (1961-06-26)26 June 1961 (aged 25) 0 Old Georgians RFC' Kenyon Ziehl Fullback (1963-01-11)11 January 1963 (aged 24) 12 n/a

References

1. PACNEWS - News Reader
2. El plantel de los Pumas en la RWC 1987
3. Fracaso Puma, victoria para el rugby