1977–78 FIRA Trophy

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1977-78 FIRA Trophy
Date2 October 1977 – 28 May 1978
Countries Czechoslovakia
 France
 Italy
 Romania
 Poland
 Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions France
Matches played15
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The 1977-1978 FIRA Trophy was the 18th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by France, with a Grand Slam. Romania finished in 2nd place, while Spain had a surprising 3rd place, defeating Italy (10-3), in Madrid, to repeat the same place of the previous tournament. Italy had a very disappointing performance, finishing in 5th place, below Poland, who also beat them (12-6).

First Division[]

  • Table
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  France 5 5 0 0 158 77 +81 15
2  Romania 5 3 1 1 190 49 +141 12
3  Spain 5 3 0 2 64 134 -70 11
4  Poland 5 2 0 3 93 110 -17 9
5  Italy 5 1 1 3 38 67 -29 8
6  Czechoslovakia 5 0 0 5 61 167 -106 5

 Czechoslovakia relegated to division 2

  • Results
Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt
Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)
2 October 1977
France XV France 63 - 35  Czechoslovakia
Stade Municipal, Hagondange
23 October 1977
Poland  12 - 6  Italy
29 October 1977
Czechoslovakia  4 - 10  Italy
5 November 1977
Romania  38 - 21  Poland
26 November 1977 Italy  10 - 10  Romania Stadio Comunale, Reggio Calabria  
Try: Ghizzoni
Pen: Collodo, Gaetaniello
 Try: Motrescu
Drop: Bucos 2
 Referee: David Burnett Ireland
Italy: 15., 14., 13., 12., 11.Serafino Ghizzoni, 10.Oscar Collodo, 9., 8. (cap.), 7., 6., 5.Giuseppe Artuso, 4., 3., 2., 1. - replacements: 16.
Romania: 15., 14.Petre Ianusevici, 13., 12.Ion Enache, 11., 10., 9., 8.Florică Murariu, 7., 6., 5., 4., 3., 2., 1.
10 December 1977 France  9 - 6  Romania Stade Michelin, Clermont Ferrand  
Pen: Romeu 3
 Pen: Bucos
Drop: Alexandru
 Referee: Hughes England
Italy: 15.Jean-Michel Aguirre, 14., 13.Roland Bertranne, 12., 11.Guy Noves, 10.Jean-Pierre Romeu, 9.Jacques Fouroux (cap.), 8., 7.Jean-Claude Skrela, 6.Jean-Pierre Rives, 5.Michel Palmie, 4., 3.Pierre Dospital, 2.Alain Paco, 1.Gerard Cholley
Romania: 15., 14.Petre Ianusevici, 13. (cap.), 12., 11., 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Gheorghe Dumitru, 7., 6.Florică Murariu, 5., 4., 3., 2., 1.
17 December 1977
Spain  10 - 3  Italy
1978
France XV France 35 - 24  Poland
29 January 1978
Spain  3 - 20 France France XV
4 February 1978
Italy  9 - 31 France France XV
9 April 1978
Romania  60 - 6  Czechoslovakia
16 April 1978
Romania  76 - 3  Spain
7 May 1978
Spain  20 - 13  Czechoslovakia
21 May 1978
Poland  22 - 28  Spain
28 May 1978
Czechoslovakia  3 - 14  Poland

Second Division[]

Pool 1[]

  • Table
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 26 0 +26 6
2  Morocco 2 1 0 1 25 20 +5 4
3  Belgium 2 0 0 2 0 31 -31 2
  • Results
1 July 1977
Morocco  0 - 20  Yugoslavia
29 October 1977
Belgium  0 - 25  Morocco

Yugoslavia  6-0
forfait 		 Belgium

Pool 2[]

  • Table
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Soviet Union 2 2 0 0 102 15 +87 6
2  Sweden 2 1 0 1 22 49 -27 4
3  West Germany 2 0 0 2 20 80 -60 2
  • Results
9 October 1977
Sweden  6 - 38  Soviet Union
Vanersborg
30 October 1977
West Germany  11 - 16  Sweden
9 May 1978
Soviet Union  64 - 9  West Germany
Kharkov

Finals[]

14 May 1978
Yugoslavia  3 - 18  Soviet Union
18 May 1978
Yugoslavia  6 - 16  Soviet Union

Soviet Union promoted to division 1

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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