1977–78 FIRA Trophy explained

1977-78 FIRA Trophy
Date:	2 October 1977 – 28 May 1978
Countries:
Matches:	15
Previous Year:	1976-1977
Previous Tournament:	1976-1977 FIRA Trophy
Next Year:	1978–1979
Next Tournament:	1978–1979 FIRA Trophy

The 1977-1978 FIRA Trophy was the 18th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by France, with a Grand Slam. Romania finished in 2nd place, while Spain had a surprising 3rd place, defeating Italy (10-3), in Madrid, to repeat the same place of the previous tournament. Italy had a very disappointing performance, finishing in 5th place, below Poland, who also beat them (12-6).

First Division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table points
played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1		5	5	0	0	158	77	+81	15
2		5	3	1	1	190	49	+141	12
3		5	3	0	2	64	134	-70	11
4		5	2	0	3	93	110	-17	9
5		5	1	1	3	38	67	-29	8
6		5	0	0	5	61	167	-106	5

relegated to division 2

• Results

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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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Second Division

Pool 1

• Table

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table points
played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1		2	2	0	0	26	0	+26	6
2		2	1	0	1	25	20	+5	4
3		2	0	0	2	0	31	-31	2

• Results

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Pool 2

• Table

Place	Nation	Games	Points	Table points
played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1		2	2	0	0	102	15	+87	6
2		2	1	0	1	22	49	-27	4
3		2	0	0	2	20	80	-60	2

• Results

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Finals

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Soviet Union promoted to division 1

Bibliography

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

External links

• FIRA-AER official website