1985–1987 FIRA Trophy

European rugby union championship 1985–87 FIRA Trophy 30 October 1985 – 9 May 1987 FRA ITA ROU 1965 PRT SUN TUN FRA 30 1984–1985 1984–1985 FIRA Trophy 1987–1989 1987–1989 FIRA Trophy The 1985–87 FIRA Trophy was the 26th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. It was played along two seasons (1985–1986 and 1986–87) The tournament was won by France, who only awarded caps in the games with Romania. France won nine matches and had a single surprising loss to the Soviet Union (15–9), at home. This was the last FIRA Trophy before the first Rugby World Cup, that took place in 1987. Romania and Italy, who finished at 3rd and 4th places, respectively, were among the nine countries invited to participate. The Soviet Union declined the invitation for political reasons, due to the South Africa membership of IRFB. The African side of Tunisia finished in 5th place and was relegated, managing to defeat twice Portugal and having a surprise win over the strong Romania side (17–15) at home. Portugal lost all their ten games and was also relegated, with his best result being a close loss to Italy abroad by 26–24. Spain and Netherlands won the Division 2 pools, facing each other in a final won by Spain (28–10). First division Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1FRA 10 9 0 1 277 74 +203 282SUN 10 7 0 3 178 98 +80 243ROU 1965 10 6 0 4 186 139 +47 224ITA 10 5 0 5 162 123 +39 205TUN 10 3 0 7 91 214 -123 166PRT 10 0 0 10 111 357 -246 10 Tunisia and Portugal relegated to second division 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) 20 October 1985 ROU 1965 16 – 13 SUN Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest FRA Y. Peytavin 1,500 Paraschiv Tikhonov Mironov Nastase (4) Mironov (2) 1 November 1985 France XV FRA 33 – 0 TUN 10 November 1985 SUN 15 – 13 ITA Fili Stadium Moscow FRA René Bourquet 3,500 Mironov Mironov (2) Mironov Ghizzoni Bettarello (2) Bettarello 7 December 1985 ITA 19 – 3 ROU 1965 Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila Y.Bressy FRA 8,000 Appiani, Bettarello, Morelli Bettarello 2 Bettarello Ion Italy: 15.Luigi Troiani, 14.Massimo Mascioletti, 13.Fabio Gaetaniello, 12.Sergio Zorzi, 11.Serafino Ghizzoni, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Alessandro Fusco, 8.Giuseppe Artuso, 7.Sergio Appiani, 6.Marzio Innocenti (cap.), 5.Antonio Colella, 4.Mauro Gardin, 3.Guido Rossi, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Giancarlo Cucchiella Romania: 15.Alexandru Marin, 14.R. Voinov, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Stefan Tofan, 11.N. Copil, 10.Vasile Ion, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Florica Murariu, 7.Cristian Raducanu, 6.M. Giucal, 5.S. Galan, 4.Laurentiu Constantin, 3.P. Petrisor, 2.Marin Mot, 1.Ion Bucan – replacements: 16.Stelian Podarascu 8 February 1986 ITA 18 – 4 TUN Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo SPA Jourko Bettarello Bettarello Bettarello (4) Meouhachi 15 February 1986 France A1 FRA 18-0 ITA Parc des Sports, Annecy SCO Jim Fleming Lagisquet, Rodriguez, Lorieux Sallefranque (3) 22 February 1986 PRT 14 – 34 ROU 1965 Alfredo da Silva Stadium, Barreiro 22 March 1986 PRT 18 – 60 FRA France XV Pina Manique Stadium, Lisbon 12 April 1986 FRA 25 – 13 ROU 1965 Stade Nord Lille, Villeneuve-d'Ascq C.Waldrom AUS 14,951 Erbani, Lagisquet, SellaBonneval, Charvet David, Hodorca Laporte Ignat Laporte Ignat France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14.Jean-Baptiste Lafond, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Denis Charvet, 11.Eric Bonneval, 10.Guy Laporte, 9.Pierre Berbizier, 8.Jean-Luc Joinel, 7.Dominique Erbani, 6.Eric Champ, 5.Jean Condom, 4.Francis Haget, 3.Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou, 2.Daniel Dubroca (cap.), 1.Philippe Marocco – replacements: 16.Patrice Lagisquet, 17.Thierry Picard Romania: 15.Liviu Hodorca, 14.Marcel Toader, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Vasile David, 11.Gheorghie Varzaru, 10.Gelu Ignat, 9.Teodor Coman, 8.Stefan Constantin, 7.M. Giucal, 6.Florica Murariu (cap.), 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Laurentiu Constantin, 3.Vasile Pascu, 2.Marin Mot, 1.Florea Opris – replacements: 16.R. Voinov 13 April 1986 ITA 26 – 24 PRT Campo Carlo Quaresima, Jesi ROM Vasilica Gaetaniello, Lorigiola, Mascioletti, Venturi Ferreira, Malo Bettarello (2) Queimado (2) Bettarello (2) Queimado (4) 18 April 1986 TUN 4 – 12 SUN Olympic Centre, Tunis 26 April 1986 TUN 24 – 21 PRT El Menzah Stadium, Tunis 1 May 1986 SUN 7 – 14 FRA France XV Kirov Stadium, Leningrad 3 May 1986 TUN 17 – 15 ROU 1965 Monastir 17 May 1986 PRT 3 – 29 SUN Municipal Stadium, Barreiro Mironov (2), Samardin, Tikhonov, Borisov Mironov (3) Queimado Nechaev 5 October 1986 ROU 1965 37 – 9 TUN Stade 1 Mai, Constanța FRA M. Connes 18 October 1986 ROU 1965 43 – 7 PRT Stadionul Giulesti, Birlad FRA H. Vilatte 5,000 Bucan, Lungu, Tofan, Popescu (5) Queimado Nastase (4) Nastase Queimado 18 October 1986 TUN 9 – 22 ITA Menzel Bourguiba BEL Roelands Ferjani Artuso, Osti Buoghanmi Bettarello Buoghanmi Bettarello (3) Bettarello 23 October 1986 ROU 1965 3 – 20 FRA Stadionul Giulesti, Bucharest NZL Dave Bishop 8,000 Andrieu, Berot, Blanco Berot Nastase Berot 2 Romania: 15.Gheorghe Florea, 14.Cornel Popescu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Ștefan Tofan, 11.Marcel Toader, 10.V. Nastase, 9.S. Seceleanu, 8.Laurentiu Constantin, 7.Haralambie Dumitras, 6.Ioan Doja, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3.Gheorghie Corneliu, 2.Mircea Munteanu (cap.), 1.Florea Opris – replacements: 16.Gheorghe Ion France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14.Philippe Berot, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Eric Bonneval, 11.Marc Andrieu, 10.Jean-Patrick Lescarboura, 9.Pierre Berbizier, 8.Alain Carminati, 7.Laurent Rodriguez, 6.Eric Champ, 5.Jean Condom, 4.Alain Lorieux, 3.Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou, 2.Daniel Dubroca (cap.), 1.Herve Chabowski 16 November 1986 ITA 14 – 16 SUN Stadio Marassi, Genova FRA P. Frantschi Ghizzoni, Collodo, Innocenti Mironov Bettarello Mironov (3) Mironov 1 November 1986 France XV FRA 9 – 15 SUN 18 January 1987 PRT 3 – 41 ITA Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon FRA P. Frantschi Colella, Collodo, Cuttitta, Gardin, Ghizzoni, penalty try Troiani (4) Queimado Troiani (2) Collodo 8 February 1987 France XV FRA 38 – 6 PRT Stade La Fougère, Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 22 February 1987 ITA 6 – 22 FRA France A1 Stadio Plebiscito, Padua WAL L. J. Peard Bonal, Cabannes, penalty try Sallefranque (2) Troiani Sallefranque (2) Collodo 12 April 1987 ROU 1965 9 – 3 ITA Stade 1. May, Constanța JC Yche FRA 2,000 Alexandru (3) Bettarello Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Marcel Toader, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Ștefan Tofan, 11.Liviu Hodorca, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Ene Necula, 7.Haralambie Dumitras, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Laurentiu Constantin, 4.Stefan Constantin, 3.Gheorghe Leonte, 2.Emilian Grigore, 1.Ion Bucan – replacements: 16.Cristian Raducanu Italy: 15.Daniele Tebaldi, 14.Serafino Ghizzoni, 13.Oscar Collodo, 12.Stefano Barba, 11.Marcello Cuttitta, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Fulvio Lorigiola, 8.Gianni Zanon, 7.Giuseppe Artuso, 6.Marzio Innocenti (cap.), 5.Franco Berni, 4.Mauro Gardin, 3.Tito Lupini, 2.Antonio Galeazzo, 1.Guido Rossi 18 April 1987 PRT 9 – 12 TUN Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon 25 April 1987 SUN 12 – 13 ROU 1965 Lokomotivi Stadium, Tbilisi Yves Bressy FRA several thousand in rain Marin Mironov, Dzagnidze (3) Alexandru (2) Alexandru 29 April 1987 SUN 9 – 6 TUN Central Stadium, Kutaisi Giovanni Campanile ITA 15 thousand Dzagnidze (3) Boughamni (2) 9 May 1987 SUN 50 – 6 PRT Kharkov Mironov, Nechaev (2), Sokolov, Korolev (2), Vorapaev, Tikhonov, Medved Dzagnidze (7) Queimado (2) 9 May 1987 TUN 6 – 38 FRA France XV Second division Pool A Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1ESP6 5 0 1 158 40 +118162POL 6 3 0 3 95 100 -5 123MAR 6 2 0 4 42 76 -34 104FRG 6 2 0 4 37 116 -79 10 27 October 1985 POL 3 – 24 ESP Sopot 10 November 1985 FRG 13 – 11 ESP Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover 9 February 1986 ESP 23 – 12 MAR Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid 13 April 1986 POL 28 – 12 FRG Poznań 27 April 1986 FRG 6 – 0 MAR Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg 11 May 1986 MAR 16 – 14 POL Casablanca 29 November 1986 ESP 50 – 0 FRG Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid 14 December 1986 MAR 3 – 12 ESP Casablanca 5 April 1987 MAR 7 – 0 FRG Casablanca 12 April 1987 POL 21 – 4 MAR Ruda Śląska 26 April 1987 ESP 38 – 9 POL Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid 10 May 1987 FRG 6 – 20 POL Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover Pool B Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1NLD 6 5 0 1 83 52 +31 162CSK 6 4 0 2 128 51 +77 143BEL 6 2 0 4 44 62 -18 104SWE 6 1 0 5 30 120 -90 8 5 October 1985 SWE 11 – 16 NLD Aarstad 19 November 1985 CSK 14 – 3 BEL Prague 16 March 1986 BEL 0 – 11 NLD Dendermonde 13 April 1986 NLD 9 – 6 CSK Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum 10 May 1986 SWE 12 – 6 BEL Malmö 1 June 1986 CSK 51 – 3 SWE Tatra 17 October 1986 NLD 23 – 0 SWE Castricum 19 October 1986 BEL 9 – 0 SWE Brussels 22 November 1986 BEL 18 – 15 CSK Vise 8 March 1987 NLD 10 – 8 BEL Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum 12 April 1987 CSK 27 – 14 NLD 24 May 1987 SWE 4 – 15 CSK Ronneby Final 10 May 1987 ESP 28 – 10 NLD Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Spain promoted to division 1 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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