1974–75 FIRA Trophy

European rugby union championship 1974-75 FIRA Trophy 13 October 1973 -10 May 1975 FRACSK ITAROU 1965ESP 1945 ROU 1965 10 1973-1974 1973–1974 FIRA Trophy 1975–1976 1975–1976 FIRA Trophy 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 Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1ROU 19654 3 1 0 50 31 +19 112FRA4 3 0 1108 30+78103ITA4 2 1 1 80 31 +49 94ESP 19454 1 0 3 31 88 -57 65TCH4 0 0 4 25114 -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 ROU 1965 15 - 10 FRA Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest K.A. Pattinson ENG Marica Gourdon Durbac Durbac 2, Nica Romeu 2 Romania: 15.Radu Durbac, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.I. Marica, 12.Gheorghe Nica, 11.M. Burghelea, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.Petre Florescu, 8.Gheorghe Dumitru, 7.Ion Tătucu, 6.Alexandru Pop (cap.), 5.Nicolae Postolachi, 4.Gheorghe 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 CSK 6 - 16 ROU 1965 Šumperk 15 December 1974 France XV FRA 36 - 3 CSK Stade Marcel-Verchère, Bourg-en-Bresse 2 February 1975 France XV FRA 46 - 3 ESP 1945 Stade Marius-Rodrigo, Mauléon-Licharre 15 February 1975 ITA 9 - 16 FRA France XV Stadio Flaminio, Rome 6 April 1975 ESP 1945 3 - 19 ITA Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid 27 April 1975 ROU 1965 3 - 3 ITA Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest A. Cuny FRA Nica Ponzi Romania: 15.Radu Durbac, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.I. Marica, 12.Gheorghe Nica, 11.M. Burghelea, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.Sergiu Bărgăunaș, 8.Nicolae Postolachi, 7.Constantin Fugigi, 6.Alexandru Pop, 5.Dumitru Mușat, 4.Gheorghe 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 CSK 7 - 13 ESP 1945 Prague 4 May 1975 ESP 1945 12 - 16 ROU 1965 Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid 10 May 1975 ITA 49 - 9 CSK Stadio Comunale, Reggio Calabria Second Division Table Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1POL3 3 0 0 68 29 +3992NLD3 2 0 1 78 52 + 26 73FRG3 1 0 2 46 72 -26 54MAR3 0 0 3 21 60 -39 3 Netherlands and Poland promoted to division 1 Results 19 October 1974 NLD 32 - 21 FRG Sportpark De Zoom, Wageningen 16 March 1975 MAR 3 - 15 POL Casablanca 6 April 1975 POL 24 - 20 NLD Ostrołęka 13 April 1975 FRG 19 - 11 MAR Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg 4 May 1975 POL 29 - 6 FRG Warsaw 1975 NLD 26 - 7 MAR Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum 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 Category:1974–75 in European rugby union 1974–75 Category:1975 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:1974 rugby union tournaments for national teams