1972–73 FIRA Nations Cup

1972-73 Nations Cup

Date

27 November 1972 - 3 June 1973

Countries

France

Morocco

Romania

Spain

Tournament statistics

Champions

France

Matches played

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The Nations Cup 1972-73 was the 13th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and eight (and last) with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup".

The tournament was won by France, who swept all their three games, with Romania, Spain and Morocco.

First division

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	France	3	3	0	0	118	35	83	9
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	91	37	54	7
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	56	55	1	5
4	Morocco	3	0	0	3	24	162	-138	3

Results

Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.
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27 november 1972	Romania	6 - 15	France	Constanta
	Pen: Nica 2		Try: Trillo Con: Romeu Pen: Romeu 3	Referee: J. Young
Romania:15.Radu Durbac, 14.Gheorghie Nica, 13.Gheorghie Dragomirescu-Rahtopol, 12.I. Marica, 11.Mihai Suciu, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.D. Rascanu, 8.Nicolae Postolachi, 7.Gheorgie Rascanu (cap.), 6.Constantin Fugigi, 5.Gheorghie Daraban, 4.Constantin Serban, 3.Mircea Ciornei, 2.Mircea Ortelecan, 1.Constantin Dinu - replacements: 16.Sergiu Bargaunas, 17.Alexandru Pop				Referee: J. Young
France:15.Michel Droitecourt, 14.Jean-Pierre Lux, 13.Claude Dourthe, 12.Jean Trillo, 11.Andre Campaes, 10.Jean-Pierre Romeu, 9.Jacques Fouroux, 8.Walter Spanghero (cap.), 7.Pierre Biemouret, 6.Michel Yachvili, 5.Alain Esteve, 4.Elie Cester, 3.Jean Iracabal, 2.Rene Benesis, 1.Jean-Louis Azarete

3 March 1973

Morocco	6 - 73	France B

Casablanca

11 March 1973

Morocco	9 - 20	Spain

Casablanca

14 April 1973

Romania	16 - 13	Spain

Constanta

20 April 1973

Romania	69 - 9	Morocco

Bucharest

3 June 1973

Spain	23 - 30	France B

Barcelona

Second Division

Pool 1

8 October 1972

Poland	23 - 9	Czechoslovakia

Warsaw

7 April 1973

Czechoslovakia	6 - 16	Poland

Prague

Aggregate: 'Poland 39- Czechoslovakia 15

Pool 2

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Portugal	2	1	1	0	12	9	3	5
2	Italy	2	1	0	1	19	21	-2	4
3	Yugoslavia	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	3

Results

Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.
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26 November 1972	Italy	13 - 12	Yugoslavia	Aosta

25 1973	Portugal	9 - 6	Italy	Coimbra

8 April 1973

Yugoslavia	3 - 3	Portugal

Makarska

Final

22 April 1973

Poland	35 - 13	Portugal

Warsaw

13 May 1973

Portugal	13 - 3	Poland

Coimbra

Aggregate: Poland 38 - Portugal 26
Poland 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

Defunct FIRA international tournaments

Pre–WWII tournaments	1936 1937 1938

European Cup	1952 1954

FIRA Nations Cup	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73

FIRA Trophy	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–87 1987–89 1989–90 1990–92 1992–94 1995–97

Other tournaments	1992–93 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99

FIRA (Association of European Rugby)

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Third Division	2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–04 2004–06 2006–08 2008–10 2010–12 2012–14 2014–16

Fourth Division	2000

Association: Rugby Europe

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