1985–1987 FIRA Trophy

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1985–87 FIRA Trophy
Date30 October 1985 – 9 May 1987
Countries France
 Italy
 Romania
 Portugal
 Soviet Union
 Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Champions France
Matches played30
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The 1985–87 FIRA Trophy was the 26th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. It was played along two seasons (1985–1986 and 1986–87)

The tournament was won by France, who only awarded caps in the games with Romania. France won nine matches and had a single surprising loss to the Soviet Union (15–9), at home. This was the last FIRA Trophy before the first Rugby World Cup, that took place in 1987. Romania and Italy, who finished at 3rd and 4th places, respectively, were among the nine countries invited to participate. The Soviet Union declined the invitation for political reasons, due to the South Africa membership of IRFB. The African side of Tunisia finished in 5th place and was relegated, managing to defeat twice Portugal and having a surprise win over the strong Romania side (17–15) at home. Portugal lost all their ten games and was also relegated, with his best result being a close loss to Italy abroad by 26–24.

Spain and Netherlands won the Division 2 pools, facing each other in a final won by Spain (28–10).

First division[]

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  France 10 9 0 1 277 74 +203 28
2  Soviet Union 10 7 0 3 178 98 +80 24
3  Romania 10 6 0 4 186 139 +47 22
4  Italy 10 5 0 5 162 123 +39 20
5  Tunisia 10 3 0 7 91 214 -123 16
6  Portugal 10 0 0 10 111 357 -246 10
  • Tunisia and Portugal relegated to second division
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)
20 October 1985
Romania  16 – 13  Soviet Union
Try: Paraschiv
Pen: (4)
 Try: Tikhonov
Con: Mironov
Pen: Mironov (2)
Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: France Y. Peytavin
1 November 1985
France XV France 33 – 0  Tunisia

10 November 1985
Soviet Union  15 – 13  Italy
Try: Mironov
Con: Mironov (2)
Pen: Mironov
 Try: Ghizzoni
Pen: Bettarello (2)
Drop: Bettarello
Fili Stadium Moscow
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: France René Bourquet
7 December 1985 Italy  19 – 3  Romania Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila  
Try: Appiani, Bettarello, Morelli
Con: Bettarello 2
Pen: Bettarello
 Pen: Ion
 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Y.Bressy France
Italy: 15.Luigi Troiani, 14.Massimo Mascioletti, 13.Fabio Gaetaniello, 12.Sergio Zorzi, 11.Serafino Ghizzoni, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Alessandro Fusco, 8.Giuseppe Artuso, 7., 6.Marzio Innocenti (cap.), 5.Antonio Colella, 4.Mauro Gardin, 3.Guido Rossi, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Giancarlo Cucchiella
Romania: 15.Alexandru Marin, 14., 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Stefan Tofan, 11., 10.Vasile Ion, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Florica Murariu, 7.Cristian Raducanu, 6., 5., 4.Laurentiu Constantin, 3., 2.Marin Mot, 1.Ion Bucan – replacements: 16.
8 February 1986
Italy  18 – 4  Tunisia
Try: Bettarello
Con: Bettarello
Pen: Bettarello (4)
 Try: Meouhachi
Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
Referee: Spain Jourko
15 February 1986
France A1 France 18-0  Italy
Try: Lagisquet, Rodriguez, Lorieux
Con: Sallefranque (3)
Parc des Sports, Annecy
Referee: Scotland Jim Fleming
22 February 1986
Portugal  14 – 34  Romania
Alfredo da Silva Stadium, Barreiro
22 March 1986
Portugal  18 – 60 France France XV
Pina Manique Stadium, Lisbon
12 April 1986 France  25 – 13  Romania Stade Nord Lille, Villeneuve-d'Ascq  
Try: Erbani, Lagisquet, Sella
Bonneval, Charvet
Con: Laporte
Pen: Laporte
 Try: David, Hodorca
Con: Ignat
Pen: Ignat
 Attendance: 14,951
Referee: C.Waldrom Australia
France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14.Jean-Baptiste Lafond, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Denis Charvet, 11.Eric Bonneval, 10.Guy Laporte, 9.Pierre Berbizier, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel, 7.Dominique Erbani, 6.Eric Champ, 5.Jean Condom, 4.Francis Haget, 3.Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou, 2.Daniel Dubroca (cap.), 1.Philippe Marocco – replacements: 16.Patrice Lagisquet, 17.
Romania: 15.Liviu Hodorca, 14.Marcel Toader, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12., 11., 10., 9., 8.Stefan Constantin, 7., 6.Florica Murariu (cap.), 5., 4.Laurentiu Constantin, 3., 2.Marin Mot, 1.Florea Opris – replacements: 16.
13 April 1986
Italy  26 – 24  Portugal
Try: Gaetaniello, Lorigiola, Mascioletti, Venturi
Con: Bettarello (2)
Pen: Bettarello (2)
 Try: ,
Con: Queimado (2)
Pen: Queimado (4)
Campo Carlo Quaresima, Jesi
Referee: Romania Vasilica
18 April 1986
Tunisia  4 – 12  Soviet Union
Olympic Centre, Tunis
26 April 1986
Tunisia  24 – 21  Portugal
1 May 1986
Soviet Union  7 – 14 France France XV
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
3 May 1986
Tunisia  17 – 15  Romania
17 May 1986
Portugal  3 – 29  Soviet Union
Pen: Queimado
 Try: Mironov (2), Samardin, Tikhonov, Borisov
Con: Mironov (3)
Drop: Nechaev
Municipal Stadium, Barreiro
5 October 1986
Romania  37 – 9  Tunisia
Stade 1 Mai, Constanța
Referee: France M. Connes
18 October 1986
Romania  43 – 7  Portugal
Try: Bucan, Lungu, Tofan, Popescu (5)
Con: (4)
Pen:
Try: Queimado
Pen: Queimado
Stadionul Giulesti, Birlad
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: France H. Vilatte
18 October 1986
Tunisia  9 – 22  Italy
Try: Ferjani
Con: Buoghanmi
Pen: Buoghanmi
 Try: Artuso,
Con: Bettarello
Pen: Bettarello (3)
Drop: Bettarello
Menzel Bourguiba
Referee: Belgium Roelands
23 October 1986 Romania  3 – 20  France Stadionul Giulesti, Bucharest  
Pen: Nastase
 Try: Andrieu, Berot, Blanco
Con: Berot
Pen: Berot 2
 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: New Zealand Dave Bishop
Romania: 15., 14.Cornel Popescu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Ștefan Tofan, 11.Marcel Toader, 10., 9., 8.Laurentiu Constantin, 7.Haralambie Dumitras, 6., 5., 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3., 2. (cap.), 1.Florea Opris – replacements: 16.
France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14.Philippe Berot, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Eric Bonneval, 11.Marc Andrieu, 10.Jean-Patrick Lescarboura, 9.Pierre Berbizier, 8.Alain Carminati, 7.Laurent Rodriguez, 6.Eric Champ, 5.Jean Condom, 4.Alain Lorieux, 3.Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou, 2.Daniel Dubroca (cap.), 1.
16 November 1986
Italy  14 – 16  Soviet Union
Try: Ghizzoni, Collodo, Innocenti
Con: Bettarello
 Try: Mironov
Pen: Mironov (3)
Drop: Mironov
Stadio Marassi, Genova
Referee: France P. Frantschi
1 November 1986
France XV France 9 – 15  Soviet Union

18 January 1987
Portugal  3 – 41  Italy
Pen: Queimado
 Try: Colella, Collodo, Cuttitta, Gardin, Ghizzoni, penalty try
Con: Troiani (4)
Pen: Troiani (2)
Drop: Collodo
Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon
Referee: France P. Frantschi
8 February 1987
France XV France 38 – 6  Portugal
22 February 1987
Italy  6 – 22 France France A1
Pen: Troiani
Drop: Collodo
 Try: , Cabannes, penalty try
Con: Sallefranque (2)
Pen: Sallefranque (2)
Stadio Plebiscito, Padua
Referee: Wales L. J. Peard
12 April 1987 Romania  9 – 3  Italy Stade 1. May, Constanța  
Pen: Alexandru (3)
 Pen: Bettarello
 Attendance: 2,000
Referee: JC Yche France
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Marcel Toader, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Ștefan Tofan, 11.Liviu Hodorca, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Ene Necula, 7.Haralambie Dumitras, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Laurentiu Constantin, 4.Stefan Constantin, 3.Gheorghe Leonte, 2.Emilian Grigore, 1.Ion Bucan – replacements: 16.Cristian Raducanu
Italy: 15.Daniele Tebaldi, 14.Serafino Ghizzoni, 13.Oscar Collodo, 12.Stefano Barba, 11.Marcello Cuttitta, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Fulvio Lorigiola, 8.Gianni Zanon, 7.Giuseppe Artuso, 6.Marzio Innocenti (cap.), 5.Franco Berni, 4.Mauro Gardin, 3.Tito Lupini, 2.Antonio Galeazzo, 1.Guido Rossi
18 April 1987
Portugal  9 – 12  Tunisia
25 April 1987
Soviet Union  12 – 13  Romania
Pen: Mironov, Dzagnidze (3)
 Try: Marin
Pen: Alexandru (2)
Drop: Alexandru
Lokomotivi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: several thousand in rain
Referee: Yves Bressy France
29 April 1987
Soviet Union  9 – 6  Tunisia
Pen: Dzagnidze (3)
 Pen: Boughamni (2)
Central Stadium, Kutaisi
Attendance: 15 thousand
Referee: Giovanni Campanile Italy
9 May 1987
Soviet Union  50 – 6  Portugal
Try: Mironov, Nechaev (2), Sokolov, Korolev (2), Vorapaev, Tikhonov, Medved
Con: Dzagnidze (7)
 Pen: Queimado (2)
Kharkov
9 May 1987
Tunisia  6 – 38 France France XV

Second division[]

Pool A[]

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Spain 6 5 0 1 158 40 +118 16
2  Poland 6 3 0 3 95 100 -5 12
3  Morocco 6 2 0 4 42 76 -34 10
4  West Germany 6 2 0 4 37 116 -79 10
27 October 1985
Poland  3 – 24  Spain
10 November 1985
West Germany  13 – 11  Spain
9 February 1986
Spain  23 – 12  Morocco
13 April 1986
Poland  28 – 12  West Germany
27 April 1986
West Germany  6 – 0  Morocco
11 May 1986
Morocco  16 – 14  Poland
29 November 1986
Spain  50 – 0  West Germany
14 December 1986
Morocco  3 – 12  Spain
5 April 1987
Morocco  7 – 0  West Germany
12 April 1987
Poland  21 – 4  Morocco
26 April 1987
Spain  38 – 9  Poland
10 May 1987
West Germany  6 – 20  Poland

Pool B[]

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1  Netherlands 6 5 0 1 83 52 +31 16
2  Czechoslovakia 6 4 0 2 128 51 +77 14
3  Belgium 6 2 0 4 44 62 -18 10
4  Sweden 6 1 0 5 30 120 -90 8
5 October 1985
Sweden  11 – 16  Netherlands
19 November 1985
Czechoslovakia  14 – 3  Belgium
16 March 1986
Belgium  0 – 11  Netherlands
13 April 1986
Netherlands  9 – 6  Czechoslovakia
Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum
10 May 1986
Sweden  12 – 6  Belgium
1 June 1986
Czechoslovakia  51 – 3  Sweden
17 October 1986
Netherlands  23 – 0  Sweden
19 October 1986
Belgium  9 – 0  Sweden
22 November 1986
Belgium  18 – 15  Czechoslovakia
Vise
8 March 1987
Netherlands  10 – 8  Belgium
Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum
12 April 1987
Czechoslovakia  27 – 14  Netherlands

24 May 1987
Sweden  4 – 15  Czechoslovakia

Final[]

10 May 1987
Spain  28 – 10  Netherlands
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
  • Spain 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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