1985–1987 FIRA Trophy

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 and 1986–87)

1985–87 FIRA Trophy
Date30 October 1985 – 9 May 1987
Countries France
 Italy
 Romania
 Portugal
 Soviet Union
 Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Champions France
Matches played30
1984–1985 (Previous) (Next) 1987–1989

The tournament was won by France, who only awarded caps in the games with Romania. France won nine matches and had a single surprising loss to the Soviet Union (15–9), at home. This was the last FIRA Trophy before the first Rugby World Cup, that took place in 1987. Romania and Italy, who finished at 3rd and 4th places, respectively, were among the nine countries invited to participate. The Soviet Union declined the invitation for political reasons, due to the South Africa membership of IRFB. The African side of Tunisia finished in 5th place and was relegated, managing to defeat twice Portugal and having a surprise win over the strong Romania side (17–15) at home. Portugal lost all their ten games and was also relegated, with his best result being a close loss to Italy abroad by 26–24.

Spain and Netherlands won the Division 2 pools, facing each other in a final won by Spain (28–10).

First division

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Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1   France 10 9 0 1 277 74 +203 28
2   Soviet Union 10 7 0 3 178 98 +80 24
3   Romania 10 6 0 4 186 139 +47 22
4   Italy 10 5 0 5 162 123 +39 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
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20 October 1985
Romania  16 – 13  Soviet Union
Try: Paraschiv
Pen: Nastase (4)
Try: Tikhonov
Con: Mironov
Pen: Mironov (2)
Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Y. Peytavin

1 November 1985
France XV  33 – 0  Tunisia

10 November 1985
Soviet Union  15 – 13  Italy
Try: Mironov
Con: Mironov (2)
Pen: Mironov
Try: Ghizzoni
Pen: Bettarello (2)
Drop: Bettarello
Fili Stadium Moscow
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   René Bourquet

7 December 1985 Italy   19 – 3   Romania Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila  
Try: Appiani, Bettarello, Morelli
Con: Bettarello 2
Pen: Bettarello
Pen: Ion
Attendance: 8,000
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 Bucanreplacements: 16.Stelian Podarascu
8 February 1986
Italy  18 – 4  Tunisia
Try: Bettarello
Con: Bettarello
Pen: Bettarello (4)
Try: Meouhachi
Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
Referee:   Jourko


22 February 1986
Portugal  14 – 34  Romania
Alfredo da Silva Stadium, Barreiro

22 March 1986
Portugal  18 – 60  France XV
Pina Manique Stadium, Lisbon

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
Attendance: 14,951
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 Maroccoreplacements: 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 Oprisreplacements: 16.R. Voinov
13 April 1986
Italy  26 – 24  Portugal
Try: Gaetaniello, Lorigiola, Mascioletti, Venturi
Con: Bettarello (2)
Pen: Bettarello (2)
Try: Ferreira, Malo
Con: Queimado (2)
Pen: Queimado (4)
Campo Carlo Quaresima, Jesi
Referee:   Vasilica

18 April 1986
Tunisia  4 – 12  Soviet Union
Olympic Centre, Tunis

26 April 1986
Tunisia  24 – 21  Portugal
El Menzah Stadium, Tunis


3 May 1986
Tunisia  17 – 15  Romania
Monastir

17 May 1986
Portugal  3 – 29  Soviet Union
Pen: QueimadoTry: Mironov (2), Samardin, Tikhonov, Borisov
Con: Mironov (3)
Drop: Nechaev
Municipal Stadium, Barreiro

5 October 1986
Romania  37 – 9  Tunisia
Stade 1 Mai, Constanța
Referee:   M. Connes

18 October 1986
Romania  43 – 7  Portugal
Try: Bucan, Lungu, Tofan, Popescu (5)
Con: Nastase (4)
Pen: Nastase
Try: Queimado
Pen: Queimado
Stadionul Giulesti, Birlad
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   H. Vilatte

18 October 1986
Tunisia  9 – 22  Italy
Try: Ferjani
Con: Buoghanmi
Pen: Buoghanmi
Try: Artuso, Osti
Con: Bettarello
Pen: Bettarello (3)
Drop: Bettarello
Menzel Bourguiba
Referee:   Roelands

23 October 1986 Romania   3 – 20   France Stadionul Giulesti, Bucharest  
Pen: Nastase
Try: Andrieu, Berot, Blanco
Con: Berot
Pen: Berot 2
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Dave Bishop
Romania: 15.Gheorghe Florea, 14.Cornel Popescu, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Ștefan 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 Oprisreplacements: 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
16 November 1986
Italy  14 – 16  Soviet Union
Try: Ghizzoni, Collodo, Innocenti
Con: Bettarello
Try: Mironov
Pen: Mironov (3)
Drop: Mironov
Stadio Marassi, Genova
Referee:   P. Frantschi

1 November 1986
France XV  9 – 15  Soviet Union

18 January 1987
Portugal  3 – 41  Italy
Pen: QueimadoTry: Colella, Collodo, Cuttitta, Gardin, Ghizzoni, penalty try
Con: Troiani (4)
Pen: Troiani (2)
Drop: Collodo
Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon
Referee:   P. Frantschi


22 February 1987
Italy  6 – 22  France A1
Pen: Troiani
Drop: Collodo
Try: Bonal, Cabannes, penalty try
Con: Sallefranque (2)
Pen: Sallefranque (2)
Stadio Plebiscito, Padua
Referee:   L. J. Peard

12 April 1987 Romania   9 – 3   Italy Stade 1. May, Constanța  
Pen: Alexandru (3)
Pen: Bettarello
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: JC Yche  
Romania: 15.Vasile Ion, 14.Marcel Toader, 13.Adrian Lungu, 12.Ștefan 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 Bucanreplacements: 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
18 April 1987
Portugal  9 – 12  Tunisia
Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon

25 April 1987
Soviet Union  12 – 13  Romania
Pen: Mironov, Dzagnidze (3)Try: Marin
Pen: Alexandru (2)
Drop: Alexandru
Lokomotivi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: several thousand in rain
Referee: Yves Bressy  

29 April 1987
Soviet Union  9 – 6  Tunisia
Pen: Dzagnidze (3)Pen: Boughamni (2)
Central Stadium, Kutaisi
Attendance: 15 thousand
Referee: Giovanni Campanile  

9 May 1987
Soviet Union  50 – 6  Portugal
Try: Mironov, Nechaev (2), Sokolov, Korolev (2), Vorapaev, Tikhonov, Medved
Con: Dzagnidze (7)
Pen: Queimado (2)
Kharkov

9 May 1987
Tunisia  6 – 38  France XV

Second division

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Pool A

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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 3 95 100 -5 12
3   Morocco 6 2 0 4 42 76 -34 10
4   West Germany 6 2 0 4 37 116 -79 10

27 October 1985
Poland  3 – 24  Spain
Sopot

10 November 1985
West Germany  13 – 11  Spain
Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion, Hanover

9 February 1986
Spain  23 – 12  Morocco
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

13 April 1986
Poland  28 – 12  West Germany
Poznań


11 May 1986
Morocco  16 – 14  Poland
Casablanca

29 November 1986
Spain  50 – 0  West Germany
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

14 December 1986
Morocco  3 – 12  Spain
Casablanca

5 April 1987
Morocco  7 – 0  West Germany
Casablanca

12 April 1987
Poland  21 – 4  Morocco
Ruda Śląska

26 April 1987
Spain  38 – 9  Poland
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid


Pool B

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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

5 October 1985
Sweden  11 – 16  Netherlands
Aarstad

19 November 1985
Czechoslovakia  14 – 3  Belgium
Prague

16 March 1986
Belgium  0 – 11  Netherlands
Dendermonde

13 April 1986
Netherlands  9 – 6  Czechoslovakia
Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum

10 May 1986
Sweden  12 – 6  Belgium
Malmö

1 June 1986
Czechoslovakia  51 – 3  Sweden
Tatra

17 October 1986
Netherlands  23 – 0  Sweden
Castricum

19 October 1986
Belgium  9 – 0  Sweden
Brussels

22 November 1986
Belgium  18 – 15  Czechoslovakia
Vise

8 March 1987
Netherlands  10 – 8  Belgium
Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum

12 April 1987
Czechoslovakia  27 – 14  Netherlands

24 May 1987
Sweden  4 – 15  Czechoslovakia
Ronneby

Final

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10 May 1987
Spain  28 – 10  Netherlands
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

  • Spain promoted to division 1

Bibliography

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  • (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) ISBN 88-87374-40-6.
  • (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

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