Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mutambo wokutanga, waipindwa pamwe chete neAustralia neNew Zealand, wakaitwa muna May naJune 1987, nyika 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 kwe
mutambo wechipiri, apo misere yenzvimbo gumi nenhanhatu yakakwikwidzwa mumutambo wenyika 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.