1954 Rugby Union European Cup

1954 Rugby Europe Cup

Date

5-24 April 1954

Countries

Spain
Portugal
Belgium
West Germany
France
Italy

Tournament statistics

Champions

France

Matches played

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The Europe Cup 1954 was the fifth Rugby Union European championship, organised by FIRA and the second (and last) with this name.

With the excpetion of a preliminary, all the matches were played in Italy.^[1] As in the 1952 edition, France won the title after a victory over Italy in the final.^[2]

This was the last edition of this competition. A European tournament arranged by FIRA, returned only in 1965 with the Nations Cup.

1 Results
2 Bibliography
3 References
4 External links

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)

First preliminary

5 April 1954	Spain	23 - 0	Portugal	Madrid
				Madrid

Second preliminary

11 April 1954	Spain	14-0	Belgium	Monigo, Treviso
				Monigo, Treviso

Semifinals

19 April 1954	France	28 - 3	West Germany	Tardini Parma
				Tardini Parma

19 April 1954	Italy	16 - 6	Spain	Naples Referee: A.Siccardi
				Naples Referee: A.Siccardi

Final

After an Italian try in the first minute, France took control of the match and won.^[2]

24 April 1954	Italy	12 - 39	France	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
	Try: Gabrielli, Lanfranchi Pen: Dari 2		Try: Boniface, Larreguy, Lepatey 2, Murillo 2, M. Prat Con: J. Prat 6 Pen: J. Prat 2	Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Peter Cooper
Italy: Nando Barbini, Pietro Stievano, Paolo Rosi (cap), Remo Zanatta, Sergio Silvestri, Riccardo Santopadre, Mario Pisaneschi, Mario Percudani, Sergio Lanfranchi, Piero Gabrielli, Leonardo Riccioni, Paolo Dari, Giorgio Fornari, Gennaro Mancini, Andrea Taveggia				Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Peter Cooper
France: Pierre Albaladejo, Jacques Lepatey, Maurice Prat, Andre Boniface, Gerard Murillo, Roger Martine, Gerard Dufau, Jean Prat (cap), Henri Domec, Gilbert Larreguy, Michel Celaya, Robert Baulon, Jean Bichindaritz, Jean Benetiere, Amedee Domenech

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).

References

^ Volpe-Pacitti p.291
^ ^a ^b Volpe-Vecchiarelli, pg 70-71.

External links

FIRA-AER official website

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