Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mutambo wokutanga, waipindwa pamwe chete neAustralia neNew Zealand, wakaitwa muna May naJune 1987, nenyika gumi nenhanhatu dzichitora rutivi. Mukombe weNyika wokutanga muna 1987, hauna kubatanidza nzira ipi neipi yokugadzirira; panzvimbo pezvo, nzvimbo 16 dzakazadzwa nenzira yokukurumidza nenyika nomwe dzakakodzera dzeInternational Rugby Football Board (IRFB, zvino World Rugby), uye vamwe vose nokukokwa. New Zealand yakava shasha yokutanga, ichikunda France 29<unk>9 mumutambo wokupedzisira. Mutambo wakazotevera wa1991 wakagamuchirwa neEngland, nemitambo yakatambwa muBritain, Ireland neFrance. Makwikwi okuronga akaiswa nokuda kwemutambo wechipiri
, apo nzvimbo sere dzegumi nenhanhatu dzakakwikwidzwa mumakwikwi emarudzi makumi maviri nemana. Mutambo uyu wakaona kuiswa kwemutambo wekukwanisa; nzvimbo sere dzakagoverwa kumakwikwi ekupedzisira kubva muna 1987, uye masere masere akasara akasarudzwa nemakwikwi makumi matatu nemashanu emarudzi. Australia yakakunda mutambo wechipiri, ichikunda England 12<unk>6 mumutambo wokupedzisira.