1970–71 FIRA Nations Cup

1970-71 Nations Cup

Date

29 November 1970 - 9 May 1971

Countries

France

Italy

Morocco

Romania

Tournament statistics

Champions

France

Matches played

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The Nations Cup 1970-71 was the 11th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and sixth with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup".

The tournament was won by France, who swept all their matches.

First division

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	France	3	3	0	0	57	19	38	9
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	60	20	40	7
3	Morocco	3	1	0	2	11	37	-26	5
4	Italy	3	0	0	3	25	77	-52	0

Italy 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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29 november 1970	Romania	3 - 14	France	Dimaolun Stadion, Bucharest
	Pen: Irimescu		Try: Pebeyre Con: Villepreux Pen: Villepreux 3	Attendance: 10000 Referee: G.Lamb
Romania:15.Radu Durbac, 14.M. Braga, 13.Gheorghie Dragomirescu-Rahtopol, 12.Gheorghie Nica, 11.Mihai Suciu, 10.Valeriu Irimescu, 9.Adrian Mateescu, 8.Ion Tutuianu, 7.Gheorgie Rascanu, 6.Paul Ciobanel (cap), 5.Alexandru Atanasiu, 4.Constantin Serban, 3.C. Dragulescu, 2.Valeriu Iorgulescu, 1.Constantin Dinu				Attendance: 10000 Referee: G.Lamb
France15.Pierre Villepreux, 14.Roger Bourgarel, 13.Jean Trillo, 12.Jean-Pierre Lux, 11.Jack Cantoni, 10.Jean-Louis Berot, 9.Michel Pebeyre, 8.Benoit Dauga (cap), 7.Gerard Viard, 6.Andre Quilis, 5.Jean le Droff, 4.Walter Spanghero, 3.Jean Iracabal, 2.Rene Benesis, 1.Jean-Louis Azarete

20 December 1970

Morocco	3 - 6	France XV

COC Stadium Casablanca

21 february 1971	Italy	6 - 8	Morocco	Arenaccia, Naples
	Try: Dotto Pen: Ambron		Try: Khabbar, Charlier Con: Doukali	Referee: Witting
Italy15. Lelio Lazzarini, 14. Pierluigi Pacifici, 13. Vittorio Ambron, 12. Maurizio Finocchi, 11. Francesco Dotto, 10. Aldo Caluzzi, 9.Umberto Conforto, 8.Marco Bollesan (cap), 7.Franco Valier, 6.Loris Salsi, 5.Francesco di Maura, 4.Umberto Cossara, 3.Ettore Abbiati, 2.Pietro Monfeli, 1.Massimo Gini				Referee: Witting
Morocco:15. Charlier, 14. Fatallah (41' Zaoui II), 13. Soulimi, 12. Khabbar, 11. Hubert, 10.Ben Moussa, 9.Lakrari, 8.Moumen, 7.Gam Tarussom, 6.Kossai, 5.Zaoui I, 4.Doukali, 3.Dramar, 2.Tourmet, 1.Chititi

28 february 1971	France B	37 - 13	Italy	Nice
				Referee: Jones
France B:15. Bergascau, 14. Amade, 13. Mazas, 12. Nadal, 11. Laubie, 10.De Matos, 9.Foroux, 8.Bofelli, 7.Faillon, 6.Herrero (Biescas), 5.Sappa, 4.Savitski, 3.Laurent, 2.Ugartemendia, 1.Martin (Rougerie)				Referee: Jones
Italy:15. Luciano Modonesi, 14. Aldo Caluzzi, 13. Lelio Lazzarini, 12. Claudio Della Valle, 11. Pierluigi Pacifici (Francesco Dotto), 10. Gianmatteo Cecchin, 9.Umberto Conforto, 8.Marco Bollesan (cap), 7.Lucio Boccaletto, 6.Giuseppe Puglisi, 5.Umberto Cossara, 4.Ivo Mazzucchelli, 3.Ettore Abbiati, 2.Pietro Monfeli (Alessandro Brunelli), 1.Massimo Gini - replacements: 16. Francesco Dotto, 17. Alessandro Brunelli

11 April 1971	Romania	32 - 6	Italy	Bucharest
	Try: Demian, Rascanu Suciu 2, Teleasa 3 Con: Durbac 4 Drop: Durbac		Pen: Michelon 2	Referee: Dubernet
Romania:15. Radu Durbac, 14. Mihai Suciu, 13. Gheorghie Dragomirescu-Rahtopol, 12. Gheorghie Nica, 11.D. Teleasa, 10. Mihai Nicolescu, 9.Sergiu Bargaunas, 8.Radu Demian, 7.Alexandru Pop, 6.Gheorgie Rascanu, 5.Constantin Serban, 4.Alexandru Atanasiu, 3.Nicolae Baciu, 2.V. Onutiu, 1.C. Dragulescu - replacements: 16. Dumitru Mihai				Referee: Dubernet

9 May 1971

Morocco	0 - 25	Romania

COC Stadium Casablanca

Second Division

Pool 1

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	0	28	3	+25	6
2	Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2	3	28	-25	2

Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.

24 October 1970

Czechoslovakia	19 - 3	Yugoslavia

Havirov

29 November 1970

Yugoslavia	0 - 9	Czechoslovakia

Zagreb

Pool 2

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	23	0	23	6
2	Portugal	2	0	0	1	0	23	-23	1

Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.

20 December 1970

Spain	17 - 0	Portugal

Madrid

21 January 1971

Portugal	0 – 6 Portugal withdraw	Spain

Final

(Belgium directly admitted)

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	0	37	18	+19	6
2	Spain	2	1	0	1	50	12	+38	4
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2	12	69	-57	2

Czechoslovakia promoted in first division

Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.

18 April 1971

Belgium	0 - 44	Spain

Brussel

25 April 1971

Spain	6 - 12	Czechoslovakia

Madrid

8 May 1971

Czechoslovakia	25 - 12	Belgium

Ricany

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

FIRA-AER official website

Defunct Rugby Europe (FIRA) international tournaments

Pre–WWII tournaments

European Cup

1952
1954

FIRA Nations Cup

FIRA Trophy

Other tournaments

European Nations Cup

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