1970–71 FIRA Nations Cup

1970-71 Nations Cup
Date29 November 1970 - 9 May 1971
Countries France
 Italy
 Morocco
 Romania
Tournament statistics
Champions France
Matches played6
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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
played won drawn lost for against difference
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 England
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
France15.Pierre Villepreux, 14.Roger Bourgarel, 13.Jean Trillo, 12.Jean-Pierre Lux, 11.Jack Cantoni, 10.Jean-Louis Bérot, 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 - 6France 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 Romania
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
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 France 37 - 13  Italy Nice  
Referee: Jones Wales
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)
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 France
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
9 May 1971
Morocco 0 - 25 Romania
COC Stadium Casablanca

Second Division

Pool 1

  • Table
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
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
Havířov
29 November 1970
 Yugoslavia0 - 9 Czechoslovakia
Zagreb

Pool 2

  • Table
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
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
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
21 January 1971
Portugal 0 – 6
Portugal withdraw		 Spain

Final

(Belgium directly admitted)

  • Table
Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
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
Brussels
25 April 1971
Spain 6 - 12 Czechoslovakia
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
8 May 1971
Czechoslovakia 25 - 12 Belgium
Říčany

References

  • (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).