1976–77 FIRA Trophy

1976-77 FIRA Trophy
Date	17 October 1976 - 1 May 1977
Countries	France  Italy  Romania  Morocco  Poland  Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	Romania
Matches played	15
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The 1976-1977 FIRA Trophy was the 17th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by Romania, with a Grand Slam, which included a 15-12 win over France and a 69-0 trashing of Italy.

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Romania	5	5	0	0	233	31	+202	15
2	France	5	4	0	1	145	48	+ 97	13
3	Spain	5	2	0	3	68	73	-5	9
4	Italy	5	2	0	3	58	96	-38	9
5	Poland	5	1	0	4	36	111	-75	7
6	Morocco	5	1	0	4	20	201	-181	7

Morocco were relegated to division 2 for the worst points difference.

• Results

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

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14 November 1976	Romania	15 - 12	France	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Try: Alexandru, Murariu Parschiv Drop: Bucos		Try: Bastiat Con: Aguirre Pen: Aguirre 2	Referee: Jeff Kelleher
Romania: 15.Mihai Bucos, 14.Petre Ianusevici, 13.Gheorghe Nica (cap.), 12.Vasile Varga, 11.Petre Motrescu, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Gheorghe Daraban, 7.Enciu Stoica, 6.Florică Murariu, 5.Marin Ionescu, 4.I. Pintea, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Mircea Ortelecan, 1.Nicolae Baciu
France: 15.Jean-Michel Aguirre, 14.Dominique Harize, 13.Roland Bertranne, 12.François Sangalli, 11.Jean-Luc Averous, 10.Jean-Pierre Pesteil, 9.Richard Astre (cap.), 8.Jean-Pierre Bastiat, 7.Jean-Claude Skrela, 6.Jean-Pierre Rives, 5.Guy Gasparotto, 4.Gerard Cholley, 3.Robert Paparemborde, 2.Alain Paco, 1.Armand Vaquerin

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1 May 1977	Romania	69 - 0	Italy	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
	Try: Motrescu 4, Stoica 2 Daraban,, Murariu Nica, Ortelecan, Con: Bucos 5, Nica 4 Pen: Alexandru			Referee: R.Quintentonn
Romania: 15.Mihai Bucos, 14.Ion Constantin, 13.Gheorghie Nica, 12.Vasile Varga, 11.Petre Motrescu, 10.Dumitru Alexandru, 9.Mircea Paraschiv, 8.Florica Murariu, 7.Gheorghie Daraban, 6.Enciu Stoica, 5.I. Pintea, 4.Marin Ionescu, 3.Iancu Bacioiu, 2.Mircea Ortelecan, 1.Constantin Dinu - replacements: 16.Eduard Suciu
Italy: 15.Fabrizio Gaetaniello, 14.Manrico Marchetto, 13.Nello Francescato, 12.Fiorenzo Blessano, 11.Serafino Ghizzoni, 10.Ennio Ponzi, 9.Agostino Puppo, 8.Antonio Rocca, 7.Loris Salsi, 6.Narciso Zanella, 5.Adriano Fedrigo (cap.), 4.Andrea Rinaldo, 3.Mario Piovan, 2.Pietro Monfeli, 1.Fulvio di Carlo - replacements: 16.Carlo Casagrande

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• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Czechoslovakia	4	4	0	0	90	31	+59	12
2	Soviet Union	4	3	0	1	106	25	+81	10
3	West Germany	4	1	1	2	67	66	+ 1	7
4	Sweden	4	0	0	4	24	188	-164	4
DQ	Netherlands	4	1	1	2	54	31	23	6

Czechoslovakia promoted in Division 1; Netherlands disqualified for no-show

• Results

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• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	57	25	+32	9
2	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	29	47	-18	5
3	Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	24	14	+10	4
4	Luxembourg	2	0	0	2	7	31	-24	2

• Results

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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).

• FIRA-AER official website