1977–78 FIRA Trophy

The 1977-1978 FIRA Trophy was the 18th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by France.

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	63 - 35	Czechoslovakia

Hagondange

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23 October 1977

Poland	12 - 6	Italy

Warsaw

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29 October 1977

Czechoslovakia	4 - 10	Italy

Prague

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5 November 1977

Romania	38 - 21	Poland

Bucharest

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26 November 1977	Italy	10 - 10	Romania	Reggio Calabria
	Try: Ghizzoni Pen: Collodo, Gaetaniello		Try: Motrescu Drop: Bucos 2	Referee: David Burnett
Italy: 15.Fabrizio Gaetaniello, 14.Manrico Marchetto, 13.Nello Francescato, 12.Bruno Francescato, 11.Serafino Ghizzoni, 10.Oscar Collodo, 9.Gianni Franceschini, 8.Salvatore Bonetti (cap.), 7.Fiorenzo Blessano, 6.Loris Salsi, 5.Giuseppe Artuso, 4.Adriano Fedrigo, 3.Pasquale Presutti, 2.Pietro Monfeli, 1.Nick Screnci - replacements: 16.Andrea Lijoi
Romania: 15.Teodorin Tudose, 14.Petre Ianusevici, 13.Gheorghie Nica, 12.Ion Enache, 11.Petre Motrescu, 10.Mihai Bucos, 9.Eduard Suciu, 8.Florica Murariu, 7.Pompiliu Bors, 6.Enciu Stoica, 5.I. Pintea, 4.Marin Ionescu, 3.Iancu Bacioiu, 2.Mircea Ortelecan, 1.Constantin Dinu

10 December 1977	France	9 - 6	Romania	Stade Michelin, Clermont Ferrand
	Pen: Romeu 3		Pen: Bucos Drop: Alexandru	Referee: Hughes
Italy: 15.Jean-Michel Aguirre, 14.Jean-Luc Averous, 13.Roland Bertranne, 12.Christian Belascain, 11.Guy Noves, 10.Jean-Pierre Romeu, 9.Jacques Fouroux (cap.), 8.Alain Guilbert, 7.Jean-Claude Skrela, 6.Jean-Pierre Rives, 5.Michel Palmie, 4.Michel Sappa, 3.Pierre Dospital, 2.Alain Paco, 1.Gerard Cholley
Romania: 15.Mihai Bucos, 14.Petre Ianusevici, 13.Gheorghie Nica (cap.), 12.Vladimir Vasile, 11.Petre Motrescu, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Gheorghie Dumitru, 7.Enciu Stoica, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Marin Ionescu, 4.I. Pintea, 3.Corneliu Scarlat, 2.Mircea Ortelecan, 1.Constantin Dinu

17 December 1977

Spain	10 - 3	Italy

Madrid

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1978

France XV	35 - 24	Poland

Albi

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29 January 1978

Spain	3 - 20	France XV

Madrid

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4 February 1978

Italy	9 - 31	France XV

L'Aquila

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9 April 1978

Romania	60 - 6	Czechoslovakia

Bucharest

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16 April 1978

Romania	76 - 3	Spain

Bucharest

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7 May 1978

Spain	20 - 13	Czechoslovakia

Barcelona

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21 May 1978

Poland	22 - 28	Spain

Warsaw

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28 May 1978

Czechoslovakia	3 - 14	Poland

Vyskov

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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

Casablanca

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29 October 1977

Belgium	0 - 25	Morocco

Brussel

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Yugoslavia	6-0 forfait	Belgium

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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

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30 October 1977

West Germany	11 - 16	Sweden

Berlin

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9 May 1978

Soviet Union	64 - 9	West Germany

Kharkov

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Finals

14 May 1978

Yugoslavia	3 - 18	Soviet Union

Sarajevo

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18 May 1978

Soviet Union	16 - 6	Yugoslavia

Travnic

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Soviet Union promoted to division 1

Bibliography

• (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.
• (Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

External links

• FIRA-AER official website