1995–97 FIRA Trophy

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1995-97 FIRA Trophy
Date
19 November 1995 – 23 May 1997
Countries
 Belgium
 France
 Germany
 Italy
 Morocco
 Portugal
 Romania
 Russia
 Spain
 Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Champions
 Italy
Matches played
41



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The 1995–1997 FIRA Trophy was arranged again with a new format.


Due preparations for the 1995 Rugby World Cup, France, Italy and Romania did not participate in the 1994-95 season of the competition, so for that season a "Preliminary Tournament" was organised with ten other teams. The higher ranked seven teams were admitted to this tournament, with France, Italy and Romania.


The tournament was undergoing a difficult time, due to decreased interest from the strongest teams: France usually sent reserve teams, and Italy were playing matches with the likes of Australia, England and Wales.


This is evident looking the results and the programme. France played the first round robin with their Military team, Italy and Romania did not arrange a match for this tournament, but played a match on neutral ground against Argentina for the "Latina Cup". Italy sent two lower level teams to play (during the same weekend) the last two matches. The previous edition's final between Italy and France was played in March 1997, while the 1996-97 edition was already half completed.


This edition 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's win, shortly after France had won 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





  • 1 First Division

    • 1.1 Preliminary Tournament


    • 1.2 Pool A


    • 1.3 Pool B


    • 1.4 Final



  • 2 Second Division

    • 2.1 Pool 1 (Gold)


    • 2.2 Pool 2 (Silver)



  • 3 Third Division

    • 3.1 Pool 1


    • 3.2 Pool 2


    • 3.3 Pool 3



  • 4 Notes and references


  • 5 Bibliography


  • 6 External links




First Division



Preliminary Tournament


See also: 1994-1995 FIRA Preliminary Tournament

Three directly admitted



  •  France


  •  Italy


  •  Romania

And seven qualified from the preliminary tournament



  •  Belgium


  •  Morocco


  •  Poland


  •  Portugal


  •  Russia


  •  Spain


  •  Tunisia


Pool A
































































Place
Nation
Games
Points
Table
points
played
won
drawn
lost
for
against
diff.
1 France440019429+165
12
2
 Spain
43019190+110
3
 Russia
42023795-588
4
 Morocco
41034170-296
5 Tunisia40041178-672
  • France qualified to Final


19 November 1995








France Military France
33 - 12

 Russia





Blanc-Mesnil





10 December 1995








Tunisia 
11 - 20

 Morocco





Sousse





6 January 1996








Morocco 
8 - 22

France France Military





Casablanca





16 March 1996








Morocco 
3 - 24

 Spain





Casablanca





16 March 1996








France Military France
58 - 0

 Tunisia





Albertville





31 March 1996








Spain 
9 - 81

France France XV





Barcelona





14 April 1996








Spain 
52 - 6

 Russia





Madrid





28 April 1996








Spain 
6 – 0
withdraw

 Tunisia





Madrid





11 May 1996








Morocco 
10 - 13

 Russia





Safi





19 May 1996








 Tunisia
0 – 6
withdraw

 Russia





Tunis




Pool B
































































Place
Nation
Games
Points
Table
points
played
won
drawn
lost
for
against
diff.
1 Italy440024935+214
12
2
 Romania
430121854+16410
3
 Portugal
420270177-1078
4
 Poland
410361195-1346
5 Belgium400443180-1374
  • 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.)













28 1995








Poland 
30 - 10

 Belgium





Warsaw
















16 March 1996








Belgium 
18 - 29

 Portugal





Brussels





13 April 1996








Romania 
92 - 0

 Portugal





Bucharest





19 April 1996








Romania A Romania
83 - 5

 Belgium





Bucharest





27 April 1996








Portugal 
38 - 3

 Poland





Lisbon





12 May 1996








Poland 
9 - 40

 Romania





Sochaczew





24 May 1996








Belgium 
10 - 38

Italy Emerging Italy[1]





Brussels





25 May 1996








Italy A Italy
107 - 19

 Poland





Udine




Final




22 March 1997








France 
32 - 40

 Italy

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 Ireland











France 

Jean-Luc Sadourny

Stephane Ougier

Yann Delaigue

Pierre Bondouy

Philippe Saint-André

David Aucagne

Guy Accoceberry

Fabien Pelous

Arnaud Costes

Philippe Benetton

Hugues Miorin

Olivier Merle

Franck Tournaire

Marc Dal Maso

Marc de Rougemont
 

Serge Betsen

Raphael Ibanez
 

Pierre Villepreux
















































 
FB15FB
RW14RW
OC13OC
IC12IC
LW11LW
FH10FH
SH9SH
N88N8
OF7OF
BF6BF
RL5RL
LL4LL
TP3TP
HK2HK
LP1LP

Substitutions:
 
 

Coaches
 


 Italy

Javier Pértile

Paolo Vaccari

Stefano Bordon

Ivan Francescato

Marcello Cuttitta

Diego Dominguez

Alessandro Troncon

Julian Gardner

Andrea Sgorlon

Massimo Giovanelli (c)

Giambattista Croci

Walter Cristofoletto

Franco Properzi

Carlo Orlandi

Massimo Cuttitta
 

Francesco Mazzariol

Gianluca Guidi
 

Georges Coste


Second Division



Pool 1 (Gold)
































































Place
Nation
Games
Points
Table
points
played
won
drawn
lost
for
against
diff.
1 Netherlands431010731+76
11
2
 Georgia
43014061-2110
3
 Germany
42025248+48
4
 Czech Republic
41036280-186
5
 Denmark
40133775-384


23 September 1995








Germany 
28 - 17

 Czech Republic





Hanover





15 October 1995








Georgia 
14 - 3

 Germany





Tbilisi





29 October 1995








Denmark 
20 - 20

 Netherlands





Copenhagen





19 November 1995








 Denmark
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





24 November 1995








Netherlands 
55 - 3

 Georgia





Castricum





30 March 1996








Czech Republic 
3 - 26

 Netherlands





Ricany





12 April 1996








Georgia 
20 - 3

 Czech Republic





Kutaisi





21 April 1996








Netherlands 
6 - 5

 Germany





Hilversum





27 April 1996








Czech Republic 
39 - 6

 Denmark





Ricany





12 May 1996








Germany 
16 - 11

 Denmark





Hanover




Pool 2 (Silver)












































Place
Nation
Games
Points
Table
points
played
won
drawn
lost
for
against
diff.
1 Serbia and Montenegro22006921+48
6
2
 Andorra
21012538-134
3
 Bulgaria
20021752-352


24 March 1996








Serbia and Montenegro 
30 - 12

 Andorra











20 April 1996








Andorra 
13 - 8

 Bulgaria





Andorra-la-Vella





18 June 1996








Bulgaria 
9 - 39

 Serbia and Montenegro










Third Division



Pool 1






















































Place
Nation
Games
Points
Table
points
played
won
drawn
lost
for
against
diff.
1 Ukraine33008411+73
9
2
 Latvia
32015044+67
3
 Moldova
31022061-415
4
 Lithuania
30033876-383


1 May 1996








Ukraine 
38 - 0

 Moldova





Kiev





11 May 1996








Latvia 
34 - 20

 Lithuania











10 October 1996








Latvia 
3 - 19

 Ukraine





Riga





21 October 1996








Latvia 
13 - 5

 Moldova





Riga





1996








Lithuania 
8 - 27

 Ukraine





Vilnius





1996








Lithuania 
10 - 15

 Moldova










Pool 2












































Place
Nation
Games
Points
Table
points
played
won
drawn
lost
for
against
diff.
1 Hungary22005519+36
6
2
 Slovenia
21012344-214
3
 Austria
20021833-152


5 November 1995








Austria 
8 - 21

 Hungary





Wien





20 April 1996








Slovenia 
12 - 10

 Austria











11 May 1996








Hungary 
34 - 11

 Slovenia





Kecskemét




Pool 3












































Place
Nation
Games
Points
Table
points
played
won
drawn
lost
for
against
diff.
1 Croatia22003718+19
6
2
 Israel
21012633-74
3
 Luxembourg
20022436-122


28 October 1995








Luxembourg 
12 - 16

 Croatia





Luxembourg





7 April 1996








Israel 
20 - 12

 Luxembourg





Tel Aviv





27 April 1996








Croatia 
21 - 6

 Israel





Split




Notes and references




  1. ^ This team was based on the "Students' team", preparing for the incoming University World Cup, reinforced with the presence of the national captain Massimo Giovanelli




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).


External links


  • FIRA-AER official website







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