1938 FIRA Tournament

1938 FIRA Tournament
Date	15-22 May 1938
Countries	Germany  France  Romania
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	3
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The 1938 FIRA Tournament was the third Rugby Union European championship, organized by the recently formed FIRA. It was played in Bucharest. Only three teams participated.

Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 4 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

15 May 1938	Romania	8 - 11	France	Bucharest
	Try: Andriesi Con: Irimia Pen: Irimia		Try: Blond, Caunegre Le Goff Con: Desclaux	Referee: H Schwanenberg
Romania: Toma Moldoveanu, Ascanio Damian, Ion Andriesi, Nic Crissoveloni (cap.), Constantin Dinescu, Ioan Popa, Constantin Turut, Vasile Niculescu, Gheorghe Ionescu, Ion Irimia, Simion Burlescu, Gheorghie Crivat, Marin Slobozeanu, Constantin, Stefan Barsan
France: Michel Bonnus, Robert Caunegre, Andre Rapin, Felix Bergese, Raymond le Goff, Joseph Desclaux (cap.), Guy Vassal, Louis Dupont, Rene Arotca, Jean Blond, Rene Lombarteix, Antonin Delque, Emile Doussau, Jean Clave, Andre Goyard

18 May 1938

Romania	5–8	Germany

Bucharest

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22 May 1938

France	8–5	Germany

Bucharest

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	2	2	0	0	19	13	+6	4
2	Germany	2	1	0	1	13	13	0	2
3	Romania	2	0	0	2	13	19	−6	0

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).

External links

• FIRA-AER official website