1975–76 FIRA Trophy

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1975-76 FIRA Trophy
Date25 October 1975 - 15 May 1976
Countries France
 Italy
 Romania
 Netherlands
 Poland
 Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions France
Matches played15
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The 1975–1976 FIRA Trophy was the 16th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by France, with a Grand Slam. Italy finished in 2nd, with a single loss to France, ahead of Romania, which finished in 3rd, with two losses. France awarded caps only in its game with Romania.

First division[]

  • Table
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  France 5 5 0 0 200 47 +153 15
2  Italy 5 4 0 1 95 54 +41 13
3  Romania 5 3 0 2 87 68 +19 11
4  Poland 5 2 0 3 69 99 -30 9
5  Spain 5 0 1 4 31 92 -61 6
6  Netherlands 5 0 1 4 16 138 -122 6
  • Netherlands relegated to division 2 (for worst point difference)
  • 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)
25 October 1975
Italy  28 - 13  Poland
2 November 1975
Romania  20 - 9  Poland
Stadionul Parcul Copilului, Bucharest
23 November 1975
Netherlands  0 - 24  Italy
23 November 1975 France  36 - 12  Romania Parc Lescure, Bordeaux  
Try: Dubertrand 3, Fouroux,
Bastiat, Pecune
Con: Romeu 3
Pen: Bastiat, Romeu
 Pen: Bucos 3
Drop: Bucos
 Referee: Norman Sanson Scotland
France: 15.Michel Droitecourt, 14.Jean-Francois Gourdon, 13.Roland Bertranne, 12., 11., 10.Jean-Pierre Romeu, 9.Jacques Fouroux (cap.), 8.Jean-Pierre Bastiat, 7.Jean-Claude Skrela, 6.Jean-Pierre Rives, 5.Michel Palmie, 4.Francis Haget, 3.Robert Paparemborde, 2.Alain Paco, 1.Gerard Cholley
Romania: 15., 14.Ion Constantin, 13., 12., 11., 10., 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Gheorghe Dumitru, 7., 6.Alexandru Pop (cap.), 5., 4., 3., 2., 1.
7 December 1975
Netherlands  4 - 4  Spain
20 December 1975
Spain  6 - 19  Italy
11 Jan 1976
France XV France 71 - 6  Netherlands
7 February 1976
Italy  11 - 23 France France XV
28 February 1976
Spain  0 - 36 France France XV
26 March 1976
Netherlands  3 - 27  Romania
Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum
11 April 1976
Poland  12 - 3  Netherlands
24 April 1976 Italy  13 - 12  Romania Stadio Tardini, Parma  
Try: Marchetto
Pen: Ponzi 3
 Try: Constantin
Con: Bucos
Pen: Bucos
Drop: Bucos
 Referee: Alan Hosie Scotland
Italy: 15., 14., 13., 12., 11.Elio de Anna, 10., 9., 8. (cap.), 7., 6., 5., 4., 3., 2., 1. - replacements: 16.Pierluigi Camiscioni
Romania: 15., 14.Ion Constantin, 13., 12., 11., 10., 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8., 7.Gheorghe Dumitru, 6., 5., 4., 3., 2., 1.
2 May 1976
Romania  16 - 7  Spain
Stadionul Parcul Copilului, Bucharest
15 May 1976
Poland  17 - 14  Spain

4 April 1976
Poland  18 – 34 France France XV
Krakow

Second Division[]

  • Table
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Morocco 2 2 0 0 52 10 +42 6
2  West Germany 2 1 0 1 46 33 +13 4
3  Belgium 2 0 0 2 10 65 -55 2

Morocco promoted to Division 1 (more points scored than the winner of Pool 2)

  • Results
26 October 1975
West Germany  43 - 3  Belgium
8 November 1975
Belgium  7 - 22  Morocco
28 March 1976
Morocco  30 - 3  West Germany

Pool 2[]

  • Table
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Czechoslovakia 2 2 0 0 51 9 +42 6
2  Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 34 32 +2 4
3   Switzerland 2 0 0 2 10 54 -44 2
  • Results
26 October 1975
Czechoslovakia  28 - 3  Yugoslavia
Gottwaldov
16 November 1975
Switzerland   6 - 23  Czechoslovakia
25 April 1976
Yugoslavia  31 - 4   Switzerland

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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