1971–72 FIRA Nations Cup

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".

1971-72 Nations Cup
Date11 December 1971- 21 May 1972
Countries Czechoslovakia
 France
 Morocco
 Romania
Tournament statistics
Champions France
Matches played6
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The tournament was won by France, who swept all their matches.

First division
  • Table
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 France3300171181539
2 Romania32019240527
3 Morocco310230133-1035
4 Czechoslovakia30039111-1023

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.
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11 December 1971 France  31 - 12  Romania Parc Sauclères, Beziers  
Try: Cantoni, Dourthe
Dubertrand, Maso
Con: Villepreux 3
Pen: Villepreux 3
 Pen: Irimescu
Drop: Durbac, Nicolescu
France15.Pierre Villepreux, 14.Andre 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 Saisset, 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]
30 January 1972
Morocco 3 - 72France France XV
Casablanca
22 April 1972
France XV France68 - 3 Czechoslovakia
Colmar
27 April 1972
Czechoslovakia 3 - 21 Morocco
Millau
2 May 1972
Romania 58 - 6 Morocco
Bucharest
21 May 1972
Czechoslovakia 3 - 22 Romania
Vyškov

Second Division
Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.
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  • Semifinals
20 February 1972
Italy 0 - 0 Portugal
Stadio Plebiscito, Padua
2 April 1972
Portugal 7 - 15 Italy
Lisbon
  • Aggregate; Italy 15 - Portugal 7
5 December 1971
Spain 26 - 4 Yugoslavia
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
30 April 1972
Yugoslavia 7 - 21 Spain
Split
  • Aggregate; Spain 47 - Yugoslavia 11
  • Final
14 May 1972
Spain 10 - 0 Italy
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
21 May 1972
Italy 6 - 6 Spain
Stadio Gino Pistoni, Ivrea
  • Aggregate; Spain 16 - Italy 6
  • 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
  1. "Scoring through the ages". RugbyFootballHistory.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  2. John Griffits. "Goals from marks, numbering of players and Sunday internationals". www.espnscrum.com. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
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