1989–90 FIRA Trophy

European rugby union championship 1989-90 FIRA Trophy 22 October 1989 – 27 May 1990 FRA ITA ROU 1965 POL SUN FRA SUN ROU 10 1987-1989 1987–1989 FIRA Trophy 1990–1992 1990–1992 FIRA Trophy The 1989–90 FIRA Trophy was the 28th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. The format returned to a one-year tournament, with each team facing each other only once. The tournament was won by France, Romania and Soviet Union, who all finished with three wins and one loss, and the same points. France only awarded caps in their 12-6 loss at home to Romania. Italy finished in a disappointing 4th place, with a single win, while Poland lost all their four games and was relegated. Their best result was a 25-19 loss to Romania abroad, in a game where the Romanians didn't awarded caps.Stephen Jones Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1990-1991 100–101 Queen Ann Press 1990 0-356-19162-1 Portugal and Spain where the winners of the Second division groups, facing each other's in a final, won by the Spaniards (29-6). First division Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1FRA 4 3 0 1 82 47 +35101SUN4 3 0 1 81 59 +22 101ROU4 3 0 1 66 55 +11 104ITA 4 1 0 3 67 56 +11 65POL 4 0 0 4 43 122 -79 4 Poland Relegated to division 2 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) 22 October 1989 ROU 1965 13 - 21 SUN Baia Mare FRA J.-C. Doucet 8,000 Dumitras Mironov, Parshin Dzagnidze (2) Domocos, Toader Dzagnidze (2) Dzagnidze 5 November 1989 SUN 15 - 12 ITA Fili Stadium, Moscow FRA Yves Bressy Molchanov Mascioletti Dzagnidze Troiani Dzagnidze (3) Troiani (2) 18 February 1990 France A1 FRA 22 - 12 ITA Stade Municipal, Albi ENG A. J. Spreadbury Maset, Weller Bianchi Bianchi (4) Troiani (4) 7 April 1990 ITA 34 - 3 POL Arenaccia, Naples GER H. Rohr Cuttitta (2), Pietroscanti, Venturi, Zanon Troiani (4) Troiani (2) Hodura 14 April 1990 ROU 25 - 19 POL Parcul Copilului, Bucharest 14 April 1990 ITA 9 - 16 ROU Stadio di Cocciano, Frascati FRA J.-C. Debat Ion Troiani (3) Ignat (4) 18 May 1990 France XV FRA 32 - 9 POL Parc des Sports, Le Creusot 20 May 1990 SUN 14 - 22 FRA France XV Fili Stadium, Moscow 4,000 24 May 1990 FRA 6 - 12 ROU Stade Jacques-Fouroux, Auch ENG I. Bullerwell 4,000 Lescarboura (2) Ignat (3) Ignat 27 May 1990 POL 12 - 31 SUN Warsaw Second division Pool A The first match between Tunisia and Morocco was tied. The two unions, according with FIRA, agreed to considered valid for tournament the match originally valid only for Rugby World Cup 1991 qualification instead the first one. The match between Belgium and Tunisia, scheduled in Brussels, was not played. Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff.1PRT 33005228+2492MAR 31024238+453TUN 21012224-244BEL 20021844-262 10 February 1990 TUN 12 - 12 match non valid MAR Menzel 10 March 1990 MAR 20 - 6 BEL Casablanca 24 March 1990 PRT 16 - 10 MAR Porto 5 May 1990 TUN 16 - 12 MAR Harare 25 May 1990 BEL 12 - 24 PRT Waterloo 26 May 1990 PRT 12 - 6 TUN Lisbon 1990 BEL match not played TUN Brussels Pool B Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against1ESP 4 3 1 0 70 45 +25 112NLD 4 3 0 1 101 51 +50 103FRG 4 2 0 2 86 50 +36 84CSK 4 0 1 3 45 98 -53 55BGR 4 1 0 3 37 95 -58 5 17 September 1989 FRG 6 - 12 NLD Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg 29 October 1989 ESP 29 - 15 NLD Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid 4 March 1990 NLD 45 - 10 BGR Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum 18 March 1990 ESP 19 - 8 FRG Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid 18 March 1990 CSK 6 - 29 NLD Brno 22 April 1990 BGR 12 - 40 FRG Sofia 29 April 1990 CSK 22 - 22 ESP Vyškov 5 May 1990 FRG 32 - 7 CSK Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover 3 June 1990 BGR 15 - 10 CSK Sofia BGR 0 – 6 withdraw ESP Final 28 October 1990 ESP 29 - 6 PRT Seville Third division Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1AND2 2 0 0 35 9 +2662YUG 2 1 0 1 31 15 +16 43LUX 2 0 0 2 12 54 -42 2 29 April 1990 AND 26 - 6 LUX Andorra-la-Vella 13 May 1990 LUX 6 - 28 YUG Luxembourg 20 May 1990 YUG 3 - 9 AND Split Bibliography it Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) 88-87374-40-6. it Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999). References External links 1989-90 FIRA Trophy at ESPN 1989-90 Category:1989–90 in European rugby union Category:1989 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:1990 rugby union tournaments for national teams