1982–83 FIRA Trophy

European rugby union championship 1982-83 FIRA Trophy 24 October 1982 – 22 May 1983 FRA ITA FRG MARROU 1965 SUN ROU 1965 ROU 1965 15 1981-1982 1981–1982 FIRA Trophy 1983–1984 1983–1984 FIRA Trophy The 1982–83 FIRA Trophy was the 23rd edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. The tournament was won by Romania, with a Grand Slam. Romania managed to defeat France at home (13-6). The French would finish in a disappointing 4th place, behind Italy and the Soviet Union. Italy reached a brilliant 2nd place, with a draw with France (6-6) at home, and a single loss to Romania (13-6) abroad. West Germany finished in 6th place, with five losses, and were relegated. Poland won the Second division and were promoted for the following season. First division The first division returned to the six teams format. Table Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1ROU 1965 5 5 0 0 95 40 +55 152ITA 5 3 1 1 60 35 +25 123SUN 5 3 0 2 80 54 +26 114FRA 5 2 1 2 121 40 +81 105MAR 5 1 0 4 43 87 -44 76FRG 5 0 0 5 37 180 -143 5 Germany relegated to second division 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) 24 October 1982 SUN 31 - 9 FRG Fili Stadium, Moscow 4,000 31 October 1982 ROU 1965 13 - 9 FRA Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest J.Anderson SCO 9,000 Paraschiv Michel Fabre Camberabero Ion, Podarescu Podarescu Camberabero Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Mihai Holban, 12.Adrian Lungu, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Stelian Podarescu, 9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8.Gheorghie Dumitru, 7.Enciu Stoica, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Daraban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14.Michel Fabre, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Pierre Chadebech, 11.Patrick Estève, 10.Didier Camberabero, 9.Pierre Berbizier, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel, 7.Laurent Rodriguez, 6.Jean-Pierre Rives (cap.), 5.Jean Condom, 4.Daniel Revailler, 3.Robert Paparemborde, 2.Philippe Dintrans, 1.Pierre Dospital - replacements: 16.Éric Buchet 1 November 1982 France XV FRA 6 - 12 SUN Stade Robert-Brettes, Mérignac 7 November 1982 FRG 3 - 23 ITA Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover FRA Senssac 19 December 1982 MAR 3 - 13 ITA COC Stadium, Casablanca FRA G. Maurette 3,000 6 February 1983 ITA 6 - 6 FRA France A1 Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo WAL K. Parfitt Zanon Mothe Bettarello Lescure 20 February 1983 France XV FRA 84 - 0 FRG Stade Marcel-Verchère, Bourg-en-Bresse 27 February 1983 MAR 3 - 28 ROU 1965 Casablanca 27 March 1983 FRG 12 - 26 ROU 1965 Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg 10 April 1983 MAR 9 - 16 FRA France XV Casablanca 10 April 1983 ROU 1965 13 - 6 ITA Stadionul Gloria, Buzau ENG A. Welsby 2,000 Varzaru Alexandru, Ion (2) Bettarello Bettarello Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Sorin Fuicu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Gheorghie Varzaru, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.O. Sugar, 7.Gheorghie Dumitru, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Daraban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan - replacements: 16.Pompiliu Bors, 17.Vasile Pascu Italy: 15.Fabrizio Gaetaniello (cap.), 14.Alberto Osti, 13.Massimo Mascioletti, 12.Rino Francescato, 11.Andrea Azzali, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Alessandro Ghini, 8.Claudio Tinari, 7.Gianni Zanon, 6.Giuseppe Artuso, 5.Mauro Gardin, 4.Antonio Colella, 3.Guido Rossi, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Renato de Bernardo - replacements: 16.Fulvio Lorigiola 8 May 1983 FRG 13 - 16 MAR Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg 11 May 1983 SUN 17 - 12 MAR Spartak Stadium, Kiev 15 May 1983 SUN 10 - 15 ROU 1965 Spartak Stadium, Kiev ITA N. Camaduro 7,000 Kushnarev Murariu, Dumitru, Munteanu Bobrov (2) Dumitru 22 May 1983 ITA 12 - 10 SUN Stadio Santa Maria Goretti, Catania FRA J.-C. Yché Ghizzoni Hairulin Bettarello Bettarello Berzin (2) Bettarello Second division Table Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1POL4 3 0 1 82 30 +52 102ESP 4 3 0 1 83 26 +57 103PRT 4 2 0 2 38 46 -8 84NLD 4 2 0 2 38 58 -20 85SWE 4 0 0 4 25 106 -81 4 Poland promoted to division 1 Results 10 October 1982 POL 6 - 13 NLD Warsaw 24 October 1982 POL 54 - 6 SWE Poznań 6 November 1982 SWE 7 - 16 NLD Malmö 13 March 1983 NLD 3 - 32 ESP 1977 Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum 26 March 1983 ESP 1977 25 - 4 PRT Estadio de Vallehermoso, Madrid 2,000 Egido Sancho, Rivero Macía, Tormo López, Oteo Catalayud Novais Reis Nuñez Doval (3) Nuñez Doval 10 April 1983 NLD 6 - 13 PRT Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum 24 April 1983 ESP 1977 7 - 16 POL Polideportivo El Saler, Valencia 30 April 1983 PRT 4 - 6 POL Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon 8 May 1983 SWE 3 - 19 ESP 1977 Arstad 21 May 1983 PRT 17 - 9 SWE Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon 500 Third division Table Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1CSK4 4 0 0 67 31 +36 122TUN 4 3 0 1 64 33 +31 103YUG 4 2 0 2 73 80 -7 84BEL 4 1 0 3 44 65 -21 65SUI 4 0 0 4 37 76 -39 4 Czechoslovakia promoted to division 2 Results 14 November 1982 CSK 17 - 9 YUG Prague 27 November 1982 BEL 6 - 21 CSK Brussels 27 November 1982 YUG 36 - 19 CHE 12 December 1982 TUN 3 - 0 CHE Tunis 23 October 1982 BEL 12 - 13 TUN Brussels 5 March 1983 CHE 9 - 23 BEL Geneva 23 April 1983 CHE 9 - 14 CSK Nafels 30 April 1983 YUG 22 - 3 BEL Ljubliana 7 May 1983 CSK 15 - 7 TUN Prague 14 May 1983 TUN 41 - 6 YUG Tunis 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). 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