1971–72 FIRA Nations Cup

European rugby union championship 1971-72 Nations Cup 11 December 1971- 21 May 1972 CSKFRAMARROU 1965 FRA 6 1970-1971 1970–1971 FIRA Nations Cup 1972–1973 1972–1973 FIRA Nations Cup The Nations Cup 1971-72 was the 12th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and seventh with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup". The tournament was won by France, who swept all their matches. First division Table Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1FRA 3 3 0 0 171 18 153 92ROU 1965 3 2 0 1 92 40 52 73MAR 3 1 0 2 30 133 -103 54TCH 3 0 0 3 9 111 -102 3 Czechoslovakia relegated to division 2 Results Point system: try 3 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). 11 December 1971 FRA 31 - 12 ROU 1965 Parc Sauclères, Beziers Cantoni, DourtheDubertrand, Maso Villepreux 3 Villepreux 3 Irimescu Durbac, Nicolescu Irimescu France15.Pierre Villepreux, 14.André Dubertrand, 13.Claude Dourthe, 12.Jo Maso, 11.Jack Cantoni, 10.Jean-Louis Bérot, 9.Richard Astre, 8.Yvan Buonomo, 7.Victor Boffelli, 6.Olivier Saïsset, 5.Benoît Dauga (cap.), 4.Claude Spanghero, 3.Jean-Louis Martin, 2.René Bénésis, 1.Armand Vaquerin Romania:15.Radu Durbac, 14.Radu Ionescue, 13.Valeriu Irimescu, 12.Gheorghie Nica, 11.Mihai Suciu, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.Vasile Tata, 8.Ion Tutuianu, 7.Gheorgie Rascanu (cap.), 6.Paul Ciobanel, 5.Alexandru Atanasiu, 4.Constantin Serban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Valeriu Iorgulescu, 1.Nicolae Baciu Historical note: Valeriu Irimescu score, almost surely, the last goal from mark scored in an International match.http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/scoring.htm Scoring through the ages RugbyFootballHistory.com 22 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717061354/http://rugbyfootballhistory.com/scoring.htm 17 July 2011 live http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/91981.html Goals from marks, numbering of players and Sunday internationals John Griffits www.espnscrum.com 22 August 2011 30 January 1972 MAR 3 - 72 FRA France XV Casablanca 22 April 1972 France XV FRA 68 - 3 CSK Colmar 27 April 1972 CSK 3 - 21 MAR Millau 2 May 1972 ROU 1965 58 - 6 MAR Bucharest 21 May 1972 CSK 3 - 22 ROU 1965 Vyškov Second Division Point system: try 3 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) Semifinals 20 February 1972 ITA 0 - 0 PRT Stadio Plebiscito, Padua 2 April 1972 PRT 7 - 15 ITA Lisbon Aggregate; Italy 15 - Portugal 7 5 December 1971 ESP 1945 26 - 4 YUG Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid 30 April 1972 YUG 7 - 21 ESP 1945 Split Aggregate; Spain 47 - Yugoslavia 11 Final 14 May 1972 ESP 1945 10 - 0 ITA Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid 21 May 1972 ITA 6 - 6 ESP 1945 Stadio Gino Pistoni, Ivrea Aggregate; Spain 16 - Italy 6 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). References External links FIRA-AER official website Category:1971–72 in European rugby union 1971-72 Category:1971 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:1972 rugby union tournaments for national teams