1974–75 FIRA Trophy

1974-75 FIRA Trophy
Date	13 October 1973 -10 May 1975
Countries	France  Czechoslovakia  Italy  Romania  Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	Romania
Matches played	10
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The 1974-1975 FIRA Trophy was the 15th edition of a Continental European rugby union championship for national teams, and the second with the formula and name of "FIRA Trophy".

The tournament was won by Romania, who defeated France in the opening match.

First division[]

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Romania	4	3	1	0	50	31	+19	11
2	France	4	3	0	1	108	30	+78	10
3	Italy	4	2	1	1	80	31	+49	9
4	Spain	4	1	0	3	31	88	-57	6
5	Czechoslovakia	4	0	0	4	25	114	-89	4

• Czechoslovakia relegated to division 2
• Results

Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

13 October 1974	Romania	15 - 10	France	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Try: Marica Con: Durbac Pen: Durbac 2, Nica		Try: Gourdon Pen: Romeu 2	Referee: K.A. Pattinson
Romania: 15., 14.Ion Constantin, 13., 12., 11., 10., 9., 8.Gheorghe Dumitru, 7., 6.Alexandru Pop (cap.), 5., 4., 3., 2., 1.
France: 15.Jean-Michel Aguirre, 14.Jean-Francois Gourdon, 13.Roland Bertranne, 12., 11., 10.Jean-Pierre Romeu, 9.Jacques Fouroux (cap.), 8.Claude Spanghero, 7., 6.Jean-Claude Skrela, 5.Alain Esteve, 4., 3., 2.Alain Paco, 1.Armand Vaquerin

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27 April 1975	Romania	3 - 3	Italy	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Pen: Nica		Drop: Ponzi	Referee: A. Cuny
Romania: 15.Radu Durbac, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.I. Marica, 12.Gheorghe Nica, 11.M. Burghelea, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.Sergiu Bărgăunaș, 8.Nicolae Postolachi, 7.Constantin Fugigi, 6.Alexandru Pop, 5.Dumitru Mușat, 4.Gheorghe Daraban, 3.Mircea Ciornei, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Constantin Dinu - replacements: Petre Ianusevici
Italy: 15., 14., 13., 12., 11.Elio de Anna, 10., 9., 8., 7., 6., 5., 4. (cap.), 3., 2., 1.

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Second Division[]

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Poland	3	3	0	0	68	29	+39	9
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	78	52	+ 26	7
3	West Germany	3	1	0	2	46	72	-26	5
4	Morocco	3	0	0	3	21	60	-39	3

• Netherlands and Poland promoted to division 1
• Results

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Bibliography[]

• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN 88-87374-40-6.
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

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