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| 1938 FIRA Tournament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 15-22 May 1938 | ||
| Countries |  Germany France Romania | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | France | ||
| Matches played | 3 | ||
| |||
The 1938 FIRA Tournament was the third Rugby Union European championship, organized by the recently formed FIRA. It was played in Bucharest.
Only three teams participated.
Results
| Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 4 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc) |
| 15 May 1938 | Romania
|
8 - 11 | France
|
Bucharest | |
| Try: Andriesi Con: Irimia Pen: Irimia |
Try: Blond, Caunegre Le Goff Con: Desclaux |
Referee: H Schwanenberg
| |||
| Romania: Toma Moldoveanu, Ascanio Damian, Ion Andriesi, Nic Crissoveloni (cap.), Constantin Dinescu, Ioan Popa, Constantin Turut, Vasile Niculescu, Gheorghe Ionescu, Ion Irimia, Simion Burlescu, Gheorghie Crivat, Marin Slobozeanu, Constantin, Stefan Barsan | |||||
| France: Michel Bonnus, Robert Caunegre, Andre Rapin, Felix Bergese, Raymond le Goff, Joseph Desclaux (cap.), Guy Vassal, Louis Dupont, Rene Arotca, Jean Blond, Rene Lombarteix, Antonin Delque, Emile Doussau, Jean Clave, Andre Goyard | |||||
| 18 May 1938 |
| Romania | 5–8 | Germany |
| Bucharest |
| 22 May 1938 |
| France | 8–5 | Germany |
| Bucharest |
Table
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 | France |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 4 |
| 2 | Germany |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Romania |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 0 |
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).
External links
| 20th-century FIRA rugby union international tournaments | |
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| Pre–WWII tournaments | |
| European Cup | |
| FIRA Nations Cup | |
| FIRA Trophy | |
| Other tournaments | |