1975–76 FIRA Trophy

The 1975–1976 FIRA Trophy was the 16th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

1975-76 FIRA Trophy
Date	25 October 1975 - 15 May 1976
Countries	France Italy Romania Netherlands Poland Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	15
← 1974-1975 (Previous) (Next) 1976–1977 →

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

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso

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2 November 1975

Romania	20 - 9	Poland

Stadionul Parcul Copilului, Bucharest

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23 November 1975

Netherlands	0 - 24	Italy

Apeldoorn

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23 November 1975	France	36 - 12	Romania	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
	Try: Dubertrand 3, Fouroux, Bastiat, Pécune Con: Romeu 3 Pen: Bastiat, Romeu		Pen: Bucos 3 Drop: Bucos	Referee: Norman Sanson
France: 15.Michel Droitecourt, 14.Jean-Francois Gourdon, 13.Roland Bertranne, 12.Joël Pécune, 11.Andre Dubertrand, 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.Radu Durbac, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.Gheorghe Nica, 12.Mihai Nicolescu, 11.Petre Motrescu, 10.Mihai Bucos, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Gheorghe Dumitru, 7.Enciu Stoica, 6.Alexandru Pop (cap.), 5.Nicolae Postolachi, 4.Gheorghe Daraban, 3.Dumitru Mușat, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Vasile Țurlea

7 December 1975

Netherlands	4 - 4	Spain

Amsterdam

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20 December 1975

Spain	6 - 19	Italy

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

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11 Jan 1976

France XV	71 - 6	Netherlands

Lille

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7 February 1976

Italy	11 - 23	France XV

Milan

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28 February 1976

Spain	0 - 36	France XV

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

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26 March 1976

Netherlands	3 - 27	Romania

Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum

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11 April 1976

Poland	12 - 3	Netherlands

Lublin

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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
Italy: 15.Rocco Caligiuri, 14.Manrico Marchetto, 13.Fiorenzo Blessano, 12.Fabrizio Gaetaniello, 11.Elio de Anna, 10.Ennio Ponzi, 9.Angelo Visentin, 8.Salvatore Bonetti (cap.), 7.Paolo Mariani, 6.Franco Baraldi, 5.Ivo Mazzucchelli, 4.Isidoro Quaglio, 3.Ambrogio Bona, 2.Paolo Paoletti, 1.Anacleto Altigieri - replacements: 16.Pierluigi Camiscioni
Romania: 15.Ion Simion, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.Gheorghe Nica, 12.Vasile Varga, 11.Petre Motrescu, 10.Mihai Bucos, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Mircea Munteanu, 7.Gheorghe Dumitru, 6.Gheorghe Daraban, 5.Nicolae Postolachi, 4.G. Malancu, 3.Nicolae Cioarec, 2.Mircea Ortelecan, 1.Constantin Dinu

2 May 1976

Romania	16 - 7	Spain

Stadionul Parcul Copilului, Bucharest

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15 May 1976

Poland	17 - 14	Spain

Bialsytok

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4 April 1976

Poland	18 – 34	France XV

Krakow

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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

Hanover

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8 November 1975

Belgium	7 - 22	Morocco

Brussels

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28 March 1976

Morocco	30 - 3	West Germany

Casablanca

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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

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16 November 1975

Switzerland	6 - 23	Czechoslovakia

Lausanne

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25 April 1976

Yugoslavia	31 - 4	Switzerland

Split

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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).

External links

• FIRA-AER official website