Which country won the first Rugby Union World Cup in 1987?

The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby Union World Cup. New Zealand and Australia agreed to co-host the tournament. New Zealand hosted 20 matches, 17 pool stage matches, two quarter-finals and the final. Australia as the junior partner hosted 12 matches, seven pool matches, two quarter-finals and both semi-finals. The event was won by co-hosts New Zealand who were the strong favourites, and won all their matches comfortably. France were losing finalists, and Wales surprise third-place winners: Australia, having been second favourites, finished fourth after conceding crucial tries in the dying seconds of both the semi-final against France and the third-place play-off against Wales.

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Chris Brown

I am sorry, but I passionately hate rugby. My father apparently played the game when he was young. Shortly after I was born, I survived meningitis, which left me with cerebral palsy. Dad decided to try to get me interested anyway by listening to radio broadcasts with him. (This was before TV in New Zealand. I quickly developed a disliking for it as every time I asked a question, his response was invariably something like "hut up and listen".