1995–97 FIRA Trophy
1995-97 FIRA Trophy | |||
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Date | 19 November 1995 – 23 May 1997 | ||
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Matches played | 41 | ||
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The 1995–1997 FIRA Trophy was arranged again with a new format.
Due the work to prepare the 1995 Rugby World Cup, France, Italy and Romania were not able to participate in the 1994-95 season of any competition, so for that season a "Preliminary Tournament" was organized with ten other teams. The better seven teams were admitted to this tournament, with France, Italy and Romania.
The tournament lived a great crisis, due to lower interest of the strongest teams: France sent usually minor teams, and Italy was involved in more important matches with the strongest teams of the world like Australia, England and Wales.
This is evident looking the results and the program. France played the first round robin with the Military team, Italy and Romania didn't arrange a match for this tournament, but considered valid the match played in neutral ground in Argentina for the "Latina Cup". Italy sent two lower level teams to play (in the same weekend) the last two matches. The final between Italy and France was played only in March 1997, while the 1996-97 edition was already progressing at half way.
This edition was important because it was the first ever triumph of Italy in the competition, defeating France by 40-32 in the final, thus cementing their claims to be the sixth European rugby nation powerhouse. Italy had started to play in this tournament with France in 1966 and, despite some close results, had never previously beaten their strong rivals. Italy win, shortly after France had carried the 1997 Five Nations Championship, was a historical feat that proved to be crucial for Italy's admission at the Six Nations Championship in 2000.
Contents
First division
Preliminary Tournament
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Three directly admitted
And seven qualified from the preliminary tournament
Pool A
Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | |||
1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 29 | +165 | 12 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 90 | +1 | 10 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 95 | -58 | 8 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 70 | -29 | 6 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 78 | -67 | 2 |
- France qualified to Final
Pool B
Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | |||
1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 35 | +214 | 12 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 218 | 54 | +164 | 10 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 177 | -107 | 8 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 195 | -134 | 6 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 180 | -137 | 4 |
- Italy qualified to the final
Point system: try 4 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc.) |
3 March 1996 | Portugal ![]() |
3 - 64 | ![]() |
Universitário, Lisbon | |
Try: Babbo 2, Dominguez Francescato 2, Mazzucato, Orlandi, Platania 2, Properzi Con: Dominguez 7 |
Referee: Garcia Mostaza ![]() |
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Portugal: 15. José Vilar Gomes, 14. Paulo Murinello, 13. Nuno Durão, 12. Nuno Mourão, 11. Rohan Hoffmann, 10. N.M. Vilar Gomes, 9. Luís Pissarra, 8. Pedro Castro, 7. António Cunha, 6. J. Catulo, 5. Lopes Rodrigues, 4. Pedro Rogerio Arsenio, 3. Joaquim Ferreira, 2. Paulo Silva, 1. J.P. Costa - replacements: 16. Vasco Durão, 17. E. Galvão, 18. A. Lima | |||||
Italy: 15. Massimo Ravazzolo, 14. Nicola Mazzucato, 13. Marco Platania, 12. Ivan Francescato, 11. Simone Babbo, 10. Diego Dominguez, 9. Gianluca Guidi, 8. Orazio Arancio, 7. Andrea Sgorlon, 6. Carlo Caione, 5. Roberto Favaro, 4. Andrea Gritti, 3. Franco Properzi, 2. Carlo Orlandi, 1. Massimo Cuttitta (cap.) - replacements: 16. Piergiorgi Menapace, 17. Riccardo Piovan, 18. Francesco Mazzariol, 19. Walter Cristofoletto |
Final
22 March 1997 |
France ![]() |
32 - 40 | ![]() |
Try: 14' Penalty try 52' e 82' Bondouy 79' Sadourny Con: 14', 52' e 82' Aucagne Pen: 20', 24' Aucagne |
Try: 5' I. Francescato 34' Gardner 56' Croci 74' Vaccari Con: 5', 34', 56' e 74' Domínguez Pen: 17', 30', 62' e 68' Domínguez |
Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble Attendance: 13,000 Referee: McHugh ![]() |
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Second division
Pool 1 (Gold)
Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | |||
1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 31 | +76 | 11 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 61 | -21 | 10 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 8 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 80 | -18 | 6 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 75 | -38 | 4 |
19 November 1995 |
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0 - W | Georgia ![]() |
Aalborg Referee: Zboralsky (France) GEO duly arrived but DNK did not take the frozen field claiming it was not safe Reference: Georgia Rugby Record 1959-2009, p 152,155 http://issuu.com/qaflan/docs/ka-mataine50 |
Pool 2 (Silver)
Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | |||
1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 21 | +48 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 38 | -13 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 52 | -35 | 2 |
Third division
Pool 1
Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | |||
1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 11 | +73 | 9 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 7 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 61 | -41 | 5 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 76 | -38 | 3 |
Pool 2
Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | |||
1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 19 | +36 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 44 | -21 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 33 | -15 | 2 |
Pool 3
Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff. | |||
1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 36 | -12 | 2 |
Notes and references
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Bibliography
- (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.
- (Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).
External links
- ↑ This team was based on the "Students team", preparing the incoming University World Cup, reinforced with the presence of the national captain Massimo Giovanelli
- Pages with reference errors
- Articles with Italian-language external links
- Rugby Europe tournaments
- 1995 rugby union tournaments for national teams
- 1996 rugby union tournaments for national teams
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- 1995–96 in French rugby union
- 1996–97 in French rugby union
- 1995–96 in Italian rugby union
- 1996–97 in Italian rugby union
- 1995 in Romanian sport
- 1996 in Romanian sport
- 1996 in Spanish sport