1985–87 FIRA Trophy

1985-87 FIRA Trophy
Date	30 October 1985 – 9 May 1985
Countries	France  Italy  Romania  Portugal  Soviet Union  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	30
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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 & 1986–87)

The tournament was won by France, who swept nine matches and had a single surprising loss to the Soviet Union, in a game where they didn't awarded caps.

First division

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	10	9	0	1	266	74	+192	28
2	Soviet Union	10	7	0	3	178	98	+80	24
3	Romania	10	6	0	4	196	139	+57	22
4	Italy	10	5	0	5	162	122	+40	20
5	Tunisia	10	3	0	7	91	214	-123	16
6	Portugal	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)

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7 December 1985	Italy	19 - 13	Romania	L'Aquila
	Try: Appiani, Bettarello, Morelli Con: Bettarello 2 Pen: Bettarello		Pen: Ion	Referee: Y.Bressy
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

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12 April 1986	France	25 - 13	Romania	Stade Nord Lille, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
	Try: Erbani, Lagisquet, Sella Bonneval, Charvet Con: Laporte Pen: Laporte		Try: David, Hodorca Con: Ignat Pen: Ignat	Referee: C.Waldrom
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

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23 October 1986	Romania	3 - 20	France	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Pen: Nastase		Try: Andrieu, Berot, Blanco Con: Berot Pen: Berot 2	Referee: David Bishop
Romania: 15.Gheorghe Florea, 14.Cornel Popescu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Stefan 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

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12 April 1987	Romania	9 - 3	Italy	Stade 1. May, Constanta
	Pen: Alexandru 3		Pen: Bettarello	Referee: JC Yche
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Marcel Toader, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Stefan 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

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Second division

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Spain	6	5	0	1	158	40	+118	16
2	Poland	6	3	0	2	95	100	-5	12
3	Morocco	6	2	0	4	42	76	-34	10
4	West Germany	6	2	0	5	37	116	-79	8

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Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Netherlands	6	5	0	1	83	52	+31	16
2	Czechoslovakia	6	4	0	2	128	51	+77	14
3	Belgium	6	2	0	4	44	62	-18	10
4	Sweden	6	1	0	5	30	120	-90	8

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Final

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• Spain promoted to division 1

Bibliography

• (Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN 88-87374-40-6.
• (Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

References

External links

• FIRA-AER official website