1974–75 FIRA Trophy

1974-75 FIRA Trophy
Date	13 October 1973 -10 May 1975
Countries	France  Czechoslovakia  Italy  Romania  Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	Romania
Matches played	10
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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".

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

First division

• 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. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

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.Gheorghie Nica, 11.M. Burghelea, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.Petre Florescu, 8.Gheorghie Dumitru, 7.Ion Tatucu, 6.Alexandru Pop (cap.), 5.Nicolae Postolachi, 4.Gheorghie 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

Sumperk

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15 December 1974

France XV	36 - 3	Czechoslovakia

Bourg-en-Bresse

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2 February 1975

France XV	46 - 3	Spain

Monleon

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15 February 1975

Italy	9 - 16	France XV

Rome

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6 April 1975

Spain	3 - 19	Italy

Madrid

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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.Gheorghie Nica, 11.M. Burghelea, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.Sergiu Bargaunas, 8.Nicolae Postolachi, 7.Constantin Fugigi, 6.Alexandru Pop, 5.Dumitru Musat, 4.Gheorghie 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

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4 May 1975

Spain	12 - 16	Romania

Madrid

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10 May 1975

Italy	49 - 9	Czechoslovakia

Reggio Calabria

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Second Division

• 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

Wageningen

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16 March 1975

Morocco	3 - 15	Poland

Casablanca

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6 April 1975

Poland	24 - 20	Netherlands

Ostrołęka

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13 April 1975

West Germany	19 - 11	Morocco

Heidelberg

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4 May 1975

Poland	29 - 6	West Germany

Warsaw

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1975

Netherlands	26 - 7	Morocco

Hilversum

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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).

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