1984–85 FIRA Trophy

1984-85 FIRA Trophy

Date

6 October 1984 – 31 May 1985

Countries

France

Italy

Romania

Soviet Union

Spain

Tunisia

Tournament statistics

Champions

France

Matches played

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The 1984–85 FIRA Trophy was the 25th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by France, who swept all his matches, finishing ahead of Romania and Italy.

First division

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	France	5	5	0	0	135	45	+90	15
2	Romania	5	3	0	2	85	60	+25	11
3	Italy	5	3	0	2	70	60	+10	11
4	Soviet Union	4	2	0	2	80	68	+12	8
5	Tunisia	5	1	0	4	30	104	-74	7
6	Spain	5	0	0	5	64	119	-55	7

Barrage per relegation :

12 October 1985

Tunisia	12 - 9	Spain

Lavelanet, (France)

Spain relegated to division 2

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)

6 October 1984

Tunisia	6 - 25	France XV

Tunis

20 October 1984

Tunisia	6 - 20	Italy

Monastir

10 November 1984	Romania	3 - 18	France	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Pen: Alexandru		Try: Lescarboura, Sella Con: Lescarboura 2 Pen: Lescarboura 2	Referee: John West
Romania: 15.Laurentiu Codoi, 14.Adrian Lungu, 13.Gheorghie Varzaru, 12.Mihai Marghescu, 11.Marian Aldea, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv (cap.), 8.Laurentiu Constantin, 7.Alexandru Radulescu, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Gheorghie Caragea, 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3.Gheorghe Leonte, 2.Mircea Munteanu, 1.Ion Bucan - replacements: 16.Stefan Constantin				Referee: John West
France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14.Patrick Esteve, 13.Philippe Sella, 12.Didier Codorniou, 11.Bernard Lavigne, 10.Jean-Patrick Lescarboura, 9.Jerome Gallion, 8.Dominique Erbani, 7.Laurent Rodriguez, 6.Jacques Gratton, 5.Jean Condom, 4.Francis Haget, 3.Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou, 2.Philippe Dintrans (cap.), 1.Pierre Dospital

17 November 1984

Tunisia	15 - 17	Spain

Sfax

18 November 1984

Italy	13 - 12	Soviet Union

L'Aquila

16 December 1984

Spain	19 - 33	Romania

Madrid

17 February 1985

France XV	34 - 6	Spain

St Gaudens

3 March 1985

Italy	9 - 22	France A1

Treviso

14 April 1985	Romania	7 - 6	Italy	Brasov
	Try: Toader Pen: Ion		Pen: Bettarello 2	Referee: Vedel
Romania: Ion Constantin, 14.Adrian Pilotschi, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Mihai Holban, 11.Marcel Toader, 10.Romeo Bezuscu, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Haralambie Dumitras, 7.M. Giucal, 6.Florica Murariu, 5.Laurentiu Constantin, 4.Gheorghie Dumitru, 3.Gheorghe Leonte, 2.Marin Mot, 1.D. Tunaru - replacements: Vasile Ion, S. Galan				Referee: Vedel
Italy: 15.Serafino Ghizzoni, 14.Massimo Mascioletti (cap.), 13.Luigi de Joanni, 12.Fabio Gaetaniello, 11.Andrea Azzali, 10.Stefano Bettarello, 9.Alessandro Ghini, 8.Gianni Zanon, 7.Marzio Innocenti, 6.Giuseppe Artuso, 5.Franco Berni, 4.Antonio Colella, 3.Guido Rossi, 2.Giorgio Morelli, 1.Renato de Bernardo - replacements: Stefano Barba, Giancarlo Pivetta

1 May 1985

Spain	9 - 15	Soviet Union

Siviglia

5 May 1985

Romania	36 - 3	Tunisia

Barlad

18 May 1985

Italy	22 - 13	Spain

Mantova

19 May 1985

France XV	36 - 21	Soviet Union

Tulle

31 May 1985

Soviet Union	14 - 6	Romania

Kiev

Second division

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Portugal	3	3	0	0	44	6	+38	9
2	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	26	27	-1	7
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	31	24	+7	5
4	Morocco	3	0	0	3	18	62	-44	3

Portugal promoted to division 1

13 October 1984

Czechoslovakia	4 - 3	Poland

Havirov

17 March 1985

Morocco	6 - 12	Portugal

Rabat

14 April 1985

Poland	28 - 6	Morocco

18 April 1985

Portugal	18 - 0	Czechoslovakia

Lisbon

21 April 1985

Morocco	6 - 22	Czechoslovakia

Casablanca

28 April 1985

Portugal	14 - 0	Poland

Lisbon

Third division

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	65	16	+49	9
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	36	30	+6	7
3	West Germany	3	1	0	2	40	43	-3	5
4	Sweden	3	0	0	3	12	64	-52	3

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

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