1972–73 FIRA Nations Cup

The Nations Cup 1972-73 was the 13th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and eighth (and last) with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup".

1972-73 Nations Cup
Date	27 November 1972 - 3 June 1973
Countries	France Morocco Romania Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	France
Matches played	6
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The tournament was won by France, who won all their three games, with Romania, Spain and Morocco.

First division

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	France	3	3	0	0	118	35	83	9
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	91	37	54	7
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	56	55	1	5
4	Morocco	3	0	0	3	24	162	-138	3

• Results

Point system: try 4 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)

27 November 1972	Romania	6 - 15	France	Constanta
	Pen: Nica 2		Try: Trillo Con: Romeu Pen: Romeu 3	Referee: J. Young
Romania:15.Radu Durbac, 14.Gheorghie Nica, 13.Gheorghie Dragomirescu-Rahtopol, 12.I. Marica, 11.Mihai Suciu, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.D. Rascanu, 8.Nicolae Postolachi, 7.Gheorgie Rascanu (cap.), 6.Constantin Fugigi, 5.Gheorghie Daraban, 4.Constantin Serban, 3.Mircea Ciornei, 2.Mircea Ortelecan, 1.Constantin Dinu - replacements: 16.Sergiu Bargaunas, 17.Alexandru Pop
France:15.Michel Droitecourt, 14.Jean-Pierre Lux, 13.Claude Dourthe, 12.Jean Trillo, 11.Andre Campaes, 10.Jean-Pierre Romeu, 9.Jacques Fouroux, 8.Walter Spanghero (cap.), 7.Pierre Biemouret, 6.Michel Yachvili, 5.Alain Esteve, 4.Elie Cester, 3.Jean Iracabal, 2.Rene Benesis, 1.Jean-Louis Azarete

3 March 1973

Morocco	6 - 73	France B

Casablanca

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11 March 1973

Morocco	9 - 20	Spain

Casablanca

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14 April 1973

Romania	16 - 13	Spain

Constanta

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20 April 1973

Romania	69 - 9	Morocco

Bucharest

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3 June 1973

Spain	23 - 30	France B

La Foixarda, Barcelona

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Second Division

Pool 1

8 October 1972

Poland	23 - 9	Czechoslovakia

Warsaw

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7 April 1973

Czechoslovakia	6 - 16	Poland

Prague

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• Aggregate: Poland 39- Czechoslovakia 15

Pool 2

• Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Portugal	2	1	1	0	12	9	3	5
2	Italy	2	1	0	1	19	21	-2	4
3	Yugoslavia	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	3

• Results

Point system: try 4 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)

26 November 1972	Italy	13 - 12	Yugoslavia	Aosta

25 February 1973	Portugal	9 - 6	Italy	Coimbra

8 April 1973

Yugoslavia	3 - 3	Portugal

Makarska

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Final

22 April 1973

Poland	35 - 13	Portugal

Warsaw

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13 May 1973

Portugal	13 - 3	Poland

Coimbra

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• Aggregate: Poland 38 - Portugal 26
• Poland promoted to division 1

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