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".

1974-75 FIRA Trophy
Date13 October 1973 -10 May 1975
Countries France
 Czechoslovakia
 Italy
 Romania
 Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions Romania
Matches played10
1973-1974 (Previous) (Next) 1975–1976

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

First division edit

  • 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.
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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.Radu Durbac, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.I. Marica, 12.Gheorghe Nica, 11.M. Burghelea, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.Petre Florescu, 8.Gheorghe Dumitru, 7.Ion Tătucu, 6.Alexandru Pop (cap.), 5.Nicolae Postolachi, 4.Gheorghe Daraban, 3.Mircea Ciornei, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Constantin Dinu
France: 15.Jean-Michel Aguirre, 14.Jean-Francois Gourdon, 13.Roland Bertranne, 12.Jean-Martin Etchenique, 11.Laurent Desnoyer, 10.Jean-Pierre Romeu, 9.Jacques Fouroux (cap.), 8.Claude Spanghero, 7.Victor Boffelli, 6.Jean-Claude Skrela, 5.Alain Esteve, 4.Georges Senal, 3.Jean-Louis Azarete, 2.Alain Paco, 1.Armand Vaquerin
17 November 1974
Czechoslovakia  6 - 16  Romania
Šumperk


2 February 1975
France XV  46 - 3  Spain
Stade Marius-Rodrigo, Mauléon-Licharre

15 February 1975
Italy  9 - 16  France XV
Stadio Flaminio, Rome


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.Luciano Modonesi, 14.Manrico Marchetto, 13.Fiorenzo Blessano, 12.Pietro Vezzani, 11.Elio de Anna, 10.Ennio Ponzi, 9.Angelo Visentin, 8.Salvatore Bonetti, 7.Loris Salsi, 6.Umberto Cossara, 5.Adriano Fedrigo, 4.Ivo Mazzucchelli (cap.), 3.Ambrogio Bona, 2.Paolo Ferracin, 1.Fulvio di Carlo
27 April 1975
Czechoslovakia  7 - 13  Spain
Prague



Second Division edit

  • 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
19 October 1974
Netherlands  32 - 21  West Germany
Sportpark De Zoom, Wageningen

16 March 1975
Morocco  3 - 15  Poland
Casablanca

6 April 1975
Poland  24 - 20  Netherlands
Ostrołęka


4 May 1975
Poland  29 - 6  West Germany
Warsaw

1975
Netherlands  26 - 7  Morocco
Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum

Bibliography edit

  • (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 edit