1984–85 FIRA Trophy
The 1984–85 FIRA Trophy was the 25th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.
| 1984-85 FIRA Trophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 6 October 1984 – 12 October 1985 | ||
| Countries |       | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | | ||
| Grand Slam | | ||
| Matches played | 16 | ||
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The tournament was won by France, with a Grand Slam, finishing ahead of Soviet Union and Italy.
Romania could not make "Top 3" for very first time ever, due to inferior points difference in head-to-head games with Soviet Union and Italy.
As it was initially agreed, Division 1 would be shrunk to 5 teams for next edition. That's why Spain and Tunisia which finished as 5th and 6th, were relegated and replaced by Portugal which won the Second Division and got promoted.
Subsequently, at FIRA Annual Congress, held in mid-June, it was decided to continue with 6 teams, and the two relegated teams met for a barrage game at neutral venue to decide the survivor [1], with the Tunisians winning.
First division
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 | | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 45 | +90 | 15 |
| 2 | | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 73 | +24 | 11 |
| 3 | | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 60 | +10 | 11 |
| 4 | | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 60 | +19 | 11 |
| 5 | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 119 | -55 | 7 |
| 6 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 127 | -88 | 5 |
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Tie break for three teams -- points difference in head-to-head games:
SOV +7, ITA =0, ROM -7 |
| 10 November 1984 | Romania .svg.png){kind=small} |
3 - 18 | |
Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest | |
| Pen: Alexandru |
Try: Lescarboura, Sella Con: Lescarboura 2 Pen: Lescarboura 2 |
Attendance: 20,000 Referee:  | |||
| 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 | |||||
| France: 15.Serge Blanco, 14.Patrick Estève, 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 | |||||
18 November 1984 |
| Italy |
13 - 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Bettarello Pen: Bettarello (3) |
Try: Tikhonov Con: Mironov Pen: Mironov (2) |
16 December 1984 |
| Spain |
19 - 33 | |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Martín Fernández (2) Con: Nuñez Doval Pen: Nuñez Doval (3) |
Try: Radulescu, Toader, Florea, Morariu Con: Alexandru (4) Pen: Alexandru (2) Drop: Alexandru (2) |
3 March 1985 |
| Italy |
9 - 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pen: Bettarello (3) |
Try: Cassagne, Lorieux, Sanz Con: Rui (2) Pen: Rui Drop: Rui |
| 14 April 1985 | Romania |
7 - 6 | |
Stadionul Municipal, Brasov | |
| Try: Toader Pen: Ion |
Pen: Bettarello (2) |
Referee: | |||
| Romania: Ion Constantin, 14.Adrian Pllotschi, 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 | |||||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pen: Nuñez Doval (3) |
Try: Mironov, Hairulin Con: Mironov (2) Pen: Mironov |
5 May 1985 |
| Romania |
36 - 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Murariu, Hodorca, Toader, Constantin Con: Nastase, Codoi Pen: Nastase (2) |
Pen: Bougaluri |
Barlad Attendance: 10,000 |
12 May 1985 |
| Soviet Union |
35-9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Malikov, Khairullin, Zuev, Igor Mironov Con: Igor Mironov (2) Pen: Igor Mironov (5) |
18 May 1985 |
| Italy |
22 - 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Gaetaniello, Pivetta, Venturi, Vittadello Con: Bettarello (3) |
Try: Azkargota Aretxabala, de la Torre Con: Nuñez Doval Pen: Nuñez Doval |
31 May 1985 |
| Soviet Union |
14 - 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Gonyani, Tikhonov Pen: Mironov Drop: Sljussar |
Pen: Codoi Drop: Codoi |
Barrage per survival:
- Spain relegated to division 2
Second division
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 |  | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6 | +38 | 9 |
| 2 |  | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 7 |
| 3 |  | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 5 |
| 4 |  | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 62 | -44 | 3 |
- Portugal promoted to division 1
18 April 1985 |
| Portugal |
18 - 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Durão, Morais Con: Queimado (2) Pen: Queimado Drop: Queimado |
Third division
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 |  | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 16 | +49 | 9 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 7 |
| 3 |  | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 43 | -3 | 5 |
| 4 |  | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 64 | -52 | 3 |
Bibliography
- (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).
- (in Georgian) ქართული რაგბის მატიანე (Georgian Rugby History) 1959-2009 ISBN 978-9941-0-2047-6 Free download
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