1975–76 FIRA Trophy

1975-76 FIRA Trophy
Date	25 October 1975 - 15 May 1976
Countries	France  Italy  Romania  Netherlands  Poland  Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	15
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The 1975–1976 FIRA Trophy was the 16th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by France, with a Grand Slam. Italy finished in 2nd, with a single loss to France, ahead of Romania, which finished in 3rd, with two losses. France awarded caps only in its game with Romania.

First division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	5	5	0	0	200	47	+153	15
2	Italy	5	4	0	1	95	54	+41	13
3	Romania	5	3	0	2	87	68	+19	11
4	Poland	5	2	0	3	69	99	-30	9
5	Spain	5	0	1	4	31	92	-61	6
6	Netherlands	5	0	1	4	16	138	-122	6

• Netherlands relegated to division 2 (for worst point difference)
• Results

25 October 1975

Italy	28 - 13	Poland

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso

2 November 1975

Romania	20 - 9	Poland

Stadionul Parcul Copilului, Bucharest

23 November 1975

Netherlands	0 - 24	Italy

Apeldoorn

23 November 1975	France	36 - 12	Romania	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
	Try: Dubertrand 3, Fouroux, Bastiat, Pécune Con: Romeu 3 Pen: Bastiat, Romeu		Pen: Bucos 3 Drop: Bucos	Referee: Norman Sanson
France: 15. Gerard Cholley
Romania: 15. Alexandru Pop (cap.), 5.Nicolae Postolachi, 4.Gheorghe Daraban, 3.Dumitru Mușat, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Vasile Țurlea

7 December 1975

Netherlands	4 - 4	Spain

Amsterdam

20 December 1975

Spain	6 - 19	Italy

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

11 Jan 1976

France XV	71 - 6	Netherlands

Lille

7 February 1976

Italy	11 - 23	France XV

Milan

28 February 1976

Spain	0 - 36	France XV

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

26 March 1976

Netherlands	3 - 27	Romania

Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum

11 April 1976

Poland	12 - 3	Netherlands

Lublin

24 April 1976	Italy	13 - 12	Romania	Stadio Tardini, Parma
	Try: Marchetto Pen: Ponzi 3		Try: Constantin Con: Bucos Pen: Bucos Drop: Bucos	Referee: Alan Hosie
Italy: 15. Elio de Anna, 10.Ennio Ponzi, 9.Angelo Visentin, 8.Salvatore Bonetti (cap.), 7.Paolo Mariani, 6.Franco Baraldi, 5.Ivo Mazzucchelli, 4.Isidoro Quaglio, 3.Ambrogio Bona, 2.Paolo Paoletti, 1.Anacleto Altigieri - replacements: 16.Pierluigi Camiscioni
Romania: 15.Ion Simion, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.Gheorghe Nica, 12.Vasile Varga, 11.Petre Motrescu, 10.Mihai Bucos, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Mircea Munteanu, 7.Gheorghe Dumitru, 6.Gheorghe Daraban, 5.Nicolae Postolachi, 4.G. Malancu, 3.Nicolae Cioarec, 2.Mircea Ortelecan, 1.Constantin Dinu

2 May 1976

Romania	16 - 7	Spain

Stadionul Parcul Copilului, Bucharest

15 May 1976

Poland	17 - 14	Spain

Bialsytok

4 April 1976

Poland	18 – 34	France XV

Krakow

Second Division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Morocco	2	2	0	0	52	10	+42	6
2	West Germany	2	1	0	1	46	33	+13	4
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2	10	65	-55	2

Morocco promoted to Division 1 (more points scored than the winner of Pool 2)

• Results

26 October 1975

West Germany	43 - 3	Belgium

Hanover

8 November 1975

Belgium	7 - 22	Morocco

Brussels

28 March 1976

Morocco	30 - 3	West Germany

Casablanca

Pool 2

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	0	51	9	+42	6
2	Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	34	32	+2	4
3	Switzerland	2	0	0	2	10	54	-44	2

• Results

16 November 1975

Switzerland	6 - 23	Czechoslovakia

Lausanne

25 April 1976

Yugoslavia	31 - 4	Switzerland

Split

Bibliography

• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000)
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• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

• FIRA-AER official website