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1985–87 FIRA Trophy
Date	30 October 1985 – 9 May 1987
Countries	France  Italy  Romania  Portugal  Soviet Union  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	30
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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)

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

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

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

France XV	33 – 0	Tunisia

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 Bucan – replacements: 16.Stelian Podarascu

Italy	18 – 4	Tunisia
Try: Bettarello Con: Bettarello Pen: Bettarello (4)		Try: Meouhachi

Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo Referee: Jourko

France A1	18-0	Italy
Try: Lagisquet, Rodriguez, Lorieux Con: Sallefranque (3)

Parc des Sports, Annecy Referee: Jim Fleming

Portugal	14 – 34	Romania

Portugal	18 – 60	France XV

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 Marocco – replacements: 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 Opris – replacements: 16.R. Voinov

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

Tunisia	4 – 12	Soviet Union

Tunisia	24 – 21	Portugal

Soviet Union	7 – 14	France XV

Tunisia	17 – 15	Romania

Portugal	3 – 29	Soviet Union
Pen: Queimado		Try: Mironov (2), Samardin, Tikhonov, Borisov Con: Mironov (3) Drop: Nechaev

Romania	37 – 9	Tunisia

Stade 1 Mai, Constanța Referee: M. Connes

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

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 Opris – replacements: 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

Italy	14 – 16	Soviet Union
Try: Ghizzoni, Collodo, Innocenti Con: Bettarello		Try: Mironov Pen: Mironov (3) Drop: Mironov

Stadio Marassi, Genova Referee: P. Frantschi

France XV	9 – 15	Soviet Union

Portugal	3 – 41	Italy
Pen: Queimado		Try: Colella, Collodo, Cuttitta, Gardin, Ghizzoni, penalty try Con: Troiani (4) Pen: Troiani (2) Drop: Collodo

Lisbon University Stadium, Lisbon Referee: P. Frantschi

France XV	38 – 6	Portugal

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 Bucan – replacements: 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

Portugal	9 – 12	Tunisia

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

Soviet Union	9 – 6	Tunisia
Pen: Dzagnidze (3)		Pen: Boughamni (2)

Central Stadium, Kutaisi Attendance: 15 thousand Referee: Giovanni Campanile

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

Tunisia	6 – 38	France XV

Second division

Pool A

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

Poland	3 – 24	Spain

West Germany	13 – 11	Spain

Spain	23 – 12	Morocco

Poland	28 – 12	West Germany

West Germany	6 – 0	Morocco

Morocco	16 – 14	Poland

Spain	50 – 0	West Germany

Morocco	3 – 12	Spain

Morocco	7 – 0	West Germany

Poland	21 – 4	Morocco

Spain	38 – 9	Poland

West Germany	6 – 20	Poland

Pool B

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

Sweden	11 – 16	Netherlands

Czechoslovakia	14 – 3	Belgium

Belgium	0 – 11	Netherlands

Netherlands	9 – 6	Czechoslovakia

Sweden	12 – 6	Belgium

Czechoslovakia	51 – 3	Sweden

Netherlands	23 – 0	Sweden

Belgium	9 – 0	Sweden

Belgium	18 – 15	Czechoslovakia

Netherlands	10 – 8	Belgium

Czechoslovakia	27 – 14	Netherlands

Sweden	4 – 15	Czechoslovakia

Final

Spain	28 – 10	Netherlands

• Spain promoted to division 1

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).

References

External links

• 1985-87 FIRA Trophy at ESPN

• FIRA Tournaments
• 1985–86 in European rugby union
• 1986–87 in European rugby union
• 1985 rugby union tournaments for national teams
• 1986 rugby union tournaments for national teams
• 1987 rugby union tournaments for national teams