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1971–72 FIRA Nations Cup
European rugby union championship From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Nations Cup 1971-72 was the 12th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and seventh with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup".
The tournament was won by France, who swept all their matches.
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First division
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Czechoslovakia relegated to division 2
- Results
Point system: try 3 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). |
11 December 1971 | France ![]() |
31 - 12 | ![]() |
Parc Sauclères, Beziers | |
Try: Cantoni, Dourthe Dubertrand, Maso Con: Villepreux 3 Pen: Villepreux 3 |
Pen: Irimescu Drop: Durbac, Nicolescu |
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France15.Pierre Villepreux, 14.André Dubertrand, 13.Claude Dourthe, 12.Jo Maso, 11.Jack Cantoni, 10.Jean-Louis Bérot, 9.Richard Astre, 8.Yvan Buonomo, 7.Victor Boffelli, 6.Olivier Saïsset, 5.Benoît Dauga (cap.), 4.Claude Spanghero, 3.Jean-Louis Martin, 2.René Bénésis, 1.Armand Vaquerin | |||||
Romania:15.Radu Durbac, 14.Radu Ionescue, 13.Valeriu Irimescu, 12.Gheorghie Nica, 11.Mihai Suciu, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.Vasile Tata, 8.Ion Tutuianu, 7.Gheorgie Rascanu (cap.), 6.Paul Ciobanel, 5.Alexandru Atanasiu, 4.Constantin Serban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Valeriu Iorgulescu, 1.Nicolae Baciu |
- Historical note: Valeriu Irimescu score, almost surely, the last goal from mark scored in an International match.[1][2]
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Second Division
Point system: try 3 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) |
- Semifinals
- Aggregate; Italy 15 - Portugal 7
- Aggregate; Spain 47 - Yugoslavia 11
- Final
- Aggregate; Spain 16 - Italy 6
- Spain promoted to division 1
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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).
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