1986 Test rugby

37 Tests involving the ten nations. Best record of the year: Australia, 6–1–0 (85.7%).

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Tests37

Sides18

Grounds9recorded

Draws0

Table of the year every side that played · win rate, then wins

Side	P	W	L	Win %
Russia	1	1	0	100.0
Australia	7	6	1	85.7
Scotland	5	4	1	80.0
South Africa	4	3	1	75.0
Wales	7	5	2	71.4
Italy	5	3	2	60.0
France	12	7	5	58.3
New Zealand	6	3	3	50.0
England	4	2	2	50.0
Argentina	4	1	3	25.0
NZ Cavaliers	4	1	3	25.0
Ireland	5	1	4	20.0
Fiji	1	0	1	0.0
Portugal	1	0	1	0.0
Romania	4	0	4	0.0
Samoa	1	0	1	0.0
Tonga	1	0	1	0.0
Tunisia	2	0	2	0.0

Every Test click a date to open it in the atlas

Date	Home	Score	Away	Competition	Ground
1986-01-18	England	21–18	Wales	Test	Twickenham
1986-01-18	Scotland	18–17	France	Test	Murrayfield
1986-02-01	France	29–9	Ireland	Test	Parc des Princes
1986-02-01	Wales	22–15	Scotland	Test	not recorded
1986-02-08	Italy	18–4	Tunisia	Test	not recorded
1986-02-15	Ireland	12–19	Wales	Test	not recorded
1986-02-15	Scotland	33–6	England	Test	Murrayfield
1986-03-01	England	25–20	Ireland	Test	Twickenham
1986-03-01	Wales	15–23	France	Test	not recorded
1986-03-15	France	29–10	England	Test	not recorded
1986-03-15	Ireland	9–10	Scotland	Test	Lansdowne Road
1986-03-29	Romania	18–33	Scotland	Test	not recorded
1986-04-12	France	25–13	Romania	Test	not recorded
1986-04-13	Italy	26–24	Portugal	Test	not recorded
1986-05-10	South Africa	21–15	NZ Cavaliers	Historical †	Newlands
1986-05-17	South Africa	18–19	NZ Cavaliers	Historical †	Kings Park
1986-05-24	South Africa	33–18	NZ Cavaliers	Historical †	Loftus Versfeld
1986-05-31	Argentina	15–13	France	Test	not recorded
1986-05-31	Fiji	15–22	Wales	Test	not recorded
1986-05-31	South Africa	24–10	NZ Cavaliers	Historical †	Ellis Park
1986-06-01	Australia	39–18	Italy	Test	Brisbane
1986-06-07	Argentina	9–22	France	Test	not recorded
1986-06-12	Tonga	7–15	Wales	Test	not recorded
1986-06-14	Samoa	14–32	Wales	Test	not recorded
1986-06-21	Australia	27–14	France	Test	not recorded
1986-06-28	New Zealand	18–9	France	Test	not recorded
1986-07-06	Australia	39–19	Argentina	Test	not recorded
1986-07-12	Australia	26–0	Argentina	Test	not recorded
1986-08-09	New Zealand	12–13	Australia	Test	not recorded
1986-08-23	New Zealand	13–12	Australia	Test	not recorded
1986-09-06	New Zealand	9–22	Australia	Test	not recorded
1986-10-18	Tunisia	9–22	Italy	Test	not recorded
1986-10-23	Romania	3–20	France	Test	not recorded
1986-11-01	Ireland	60–0	Romania	Test	not recorded
1986-11-08	France	7–19	New Zealand	Test	not recorded
1986-11-15	France	16–3	New Zealand	Test	not recorded
1986-11-16	Italy	14–16	Russia	Test	not recorded