1981–82 FIRA Trophy

1981-82 FIRA Trophy
Date	25 October 1981 – 22 May 1982
Countries	France  Italy  Romania  Soviet Union  West Germany
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	10
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The 1981–82 FIRA Trophy was the 22nd edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The first division number of teams was reduced to five teams, instead of the previous six. The tournament was won by France, with three wins and a single draw, in the final game, a 10-10 draw with Soviet Union abroad. France only awarded caps in their 17-9 win over the strong side of Romania. Italy finished in 2nd place, with two wins, a draw and a loss, ahead of Romania, who had two wins and two losses. Soviet Union finished in a disappointing 4th place, not being able to win a single game.

First division[]

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	4	3	1	0	105	53	+52	11
2	Italy	4	2	1	1	75	52	+23	9
3	Romania	4	2	0	2	102	59	+43	8
4	Soviet Union	4	0	2	2	32	50	-18	6
5	West Germany	4	1	0	3	43	143	-100	6

No relegations

• 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)

1 November 1981	France	17 - 9	Romania	Stade de l'Egassiaral, Narbonne
	Try: Blanco, Elissalde Pen: Gabernet 2 Drop: Laporte		Pen: Constantin 3	Referee: J.A.F. Trigg
France:15., 14., 13., 12.Roland Bertranne, 11.Serge Blanco, 10.Guy Laporte, 7.Pierre Lacans, 6.Laurent Rodriguez, 5., 4.Alain Lorieux, 3.Robert Paparemborde (cap.), 2.Philippe Dintrans, 1.9.Jean-Pierre Elissalde, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel,
Romania:15., 14., 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Ion Constantin, 11., 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 7., 6., 5., 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3., 2., 1.Ion Bucan9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8., - replacements: 16.

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11 April 1982	Italy	21 - 15	Romania	St. Battaglini, Rovigo
	Try: Azzali, Ghizzoni Con: Bettarello 2 Pen: Bettarello 3		Try: Mot 2 Con: Podarascu 2 Pen: Podarascu	Referee: Corris Thomas
Italy:15. (cap.), 14.Serafino Ghizzoni, 13.Massimo Mascioletti, 12., 11., 10.Stefano Bettarello, 7.Marzio Innocenti, 6., 5., 4., 3.Giancarlo Pivetta, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.9.Alessandro Ghini, 8.Gianni Zanon, - replacements: 16.
Romania:15., 14.Ion Constantin, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Olimpiu Beches, 11., 10., 7., 6., 5.Gheorghie Dumitru, 4., 3., 2.Marin Mot, 1.Ion Bucan9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8., - replacements: 16.

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Second division[]

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Morocco	5	5	0	0	54	17	+37	15
2	Poland	5	4	0	1	108	37	+71	13
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	70	66	+4	10
4	Netherlands	5	1	0	4	51	76	-25	7
5	Portugal	5	1	0	4	62	124	-62	7
6	Tunisia	5	1	0	4	32	57	-25	7

Morocco Promoted to division 1

Tunisia relegated to division 3

• Results

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Third division[]

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	77	27	+50	12
2	Belgium	4	3	0	1	44	33	11	10
3	Yugoslavia	4	2	0	2	65	30	35	8
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	43	51	-8	6
5	Denmark	4	0	0	4	43	131	-88	4

Sweden promoted to division 2

• 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).

References[]

External links[]

• FIRA-AER official website