The 1995–1997 FIRA Trophy was the 31st edition of the European rugby union championship for national teams. The 1995-97 edition was arranged once 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 arranged 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,[1][2] 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.
^Rémy Fiere (24 March 1997). [Italy all play, France all laziness. The Italian rugbymen made a sensation last Saturday in Grenoble]. Libération (in French). Paris. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
^Emanuele Rossano (23 March 1997). [Historic try, Italy teach rugby to the Frenchmen]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Milan. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
^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
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(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) ISBN88-87374-40-6.
(in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).
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"European Cup FIRA Trophy Second Division 1994/96". The Rugby Archive. 13 December 2018. from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
"European Cup FIRA Trophy Third Division 1994/96". The Rugby Archive. 13 December 2018. from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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The 1995 1997 FIRA Trophy was the 31st edition of the European rugby union championship for national teams The 1995 97 edition was arranged once again with a new format 1995 97 FIRA TrophyDate19 November 1995 23 May 1997Countries Belgium France Germany Italy Morocco Portugal Romania Russia Spain TunisiaTournament statisticsChampions ItalyMatches played41 1992 1994 Previous Next 1996 1997 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 arranged 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 1 2 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 BibliographyFirst Division editPreliminary tournament edit See also 1994 1995 FIRA Preliminary Tournament Three directly admitted nbsp France nbsp Italy nbsp Romania And seven qualified from the preliminary tournament nbsp Belgium nbsp Morocco nbsp Poland nbsp Portugal nbsp Russia nbsp Spain nbsp Tunisia Pool A edit Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff 1 nbsp France 4 4 0 0 194 29 165 12 2 nbsp Spain 4 3 0 1 91 90 1 10 3 nbsp Russia 4 2 0 2 37 95 58 8 4 nbsp Morocco 4 1 0 3 41 70 29 6 5 nbsp Tunisia 4 0 0 4 11 78 67 2 France qualified to Final 19 November 1995France Military nbsp 33 12 nbsp RussiaBlanc Mesnil Referee nbsp G Giacomel 10 December 1995Tunisia nbsp 11 20 nbsp MoroccoSousse Referee nbsp A Fernandez 6 January 1996Morocco nbsp 8 22 nbsp France MilitaryCasablanca Referee nbsp I Atorrasagasti 16 March 1996Morocco nbsp 3 24 nbsp SpainCasablanca Referee nbsp D Salles 16 March 1996France Military nbsp 58 0 nbsp TunisiaAlbertville Referee nbsp J Mendes da Silva 31 March 1996Spain nbsp 9 81 nbsp France XVEstadi Baldiri Aleu Sant Boi de Llobregat 14 April 1996Spain nbsp 52 6 nbsp RussiaTry Velazco Querol Gallastegui Souto Tayeb 2 Gerendiaga Nanclares 3 Con Gerendiaga Nanclares 4 Pen Gerendiaga Nanclares 3 Pen Yakovlev 2 Campo Universitario Madrid 28 April 1996Spain nbsp 6 0 withdraw nbsp TunisiaMadrid 11 May 1996Morocco nbsp 10 13 nbsp RussiaSafi Referee nbsp I Aguirre 19 May 1996 nbsp Tunisia0 6 withdraw nbsp RussiaTunis Pool B edit Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff 1 nbsp Italy 4 4 0 0 249 35 214 12 2 nbsp Romania 4 3 0 1 218 54 164 10 3 nbsp Portugal 4 2 0 2 70 177 107 8 4 nbsp Poland 4 1 0 3 61 195 134 6 5 nbsp Belgium 4 0 0 4 43 180 137 4 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 21 October 1995 Italy nbsp 40 3 nbsp Romania Stadium Etcheverri Buenos Aires Try Checchinato 2 Mazzariol Moscardi RoselliCon Bonomi 3Pen Bonomi 3 Pen Besarau Referee Efraim Sklar nbsp Italy 15 Paolo Vaccari 14 Fabio Roselli 13 Marco Platania 12 Ivan Francescato 11 Francesco Mazzariol 10 Massimo Bonomi 9 Alessandro Troncon 8 Carlo Checchinato 7 Andrea Sgorlon 6 Massimo Giovanelli 5 Mark Giacheri 4 Pierpaolo Pedroni 3 Andrea Castellani 2 Carlo Orlandi 1 Massimo Cuttitta cap replacements 16 Alessandro Moscardi 17 Orazio Arancio 18 Carlo Caione 19 Gabriel Filizzola Romania 15 Valentin Maftei 14 Gheorghe Solomie 13 Marius Nedelcu 12 Tiberiu Luca 11 Radu Fugigi 10 Vasile Besărău 9 Vasile Flutur 8 Adrian Girbu 7 Alexandru Gealapu 6 Andrei Gurănescu 5 Constantin Cojocariu cap 4 Micușor Marin 3 Adrian Saălăgeanu 2 Ionel Negreci 1 Gabriel Vlad replacements 16 Ionel Rotaru 17 Cătălin Drăguceanu 18 Dragoș Niculae 19 Constantin Dragnea 28 October 1995Poland nbsp 30 10 nbsp BelgiumLodz 3 March 1996 Portugal nbsp 3 64 nbsp Italy Lisbon University Stadium Lisbon Pen N Gomes Try Babbo 2 DominguezFrancescato 2 Mazzucato Orlandi Platania 2 ProperziCon Dominguez Referee nbsp Garcia Mostaza Portugal 15 Jose Gomes 14 Pedro Murinello 13 Nuno Durao 12 Nuno Mourao 11 Rohan Hoffmann 10 Nuno Gomes 9 Luis Pissarra 8 Pedro Castro 7 Antonio Cunha 6 Joao Catulo 5 Jose Luis Rodrigues 4 Pedro Rogerio Arsenio 3 Joaquim Ferreira 2 Paulo Silva 1 Jose Pedro Costa replacements 16 Vasco Durao 17 Eric Galvao 18 Alexandre Lima Italy 15 Massimo Ravazzolo 14 Nicola Mazzucato 13 Marco Platania 12 Ivan Francescato 11 Simone Babbo 10 Diego Dominguez 9 Gianluca Guidi 8 Orazio Arancio 7 Andrea Sgorlon 6 Carlo Caione 5 Roberto Favaro 4 Andrea Gritti 3 Franco Properzi 2 Carlo Orlandi 1 Massimo Cuttitta cap replacements 16 Piergiorgi Menapace 17 Riccardo Piovan 18 Francesco Mazzariol 19 Walter Cristofoletto 16 March 1996Belgium nbsp 18 29 nbsp PortugalKing Baudouin Stadium Brussels 13 April 1996Romania nbsp 92 0 nbsp PortugalTry Radoi 2 Vlad Fugigi Gontineac Sirbu Slusariuc Rotaru 5 TufaCon Popisteanu 12 Pen PopisteanuStadionul Steaua II Bucharest Attendance 1 000Referee nbsp A Condorelli This was the heaviest defeat of Portugal until their defeat to New Zealand 108 13 at the 2007 Rugby World Cup 19 April 1996Romania A nbsp 83 5 nbsp BelgiumStadionul Dinamo Bucharest 27 April 1996Portugal nbsp 38 3 nbsp PolandLisbon University Stadium Lisbon 12 May 1996Poland nbsp 9 40 nbsp RomaniaSochaczew 24 May 1996Belgium nbsp 10 38 nbsp Emerging Italy 3 King Baudouin Stadium Brussels 25 May 1996Italy A nbsp 107 19 nbsp PolandOtello Gerli Stadium Udine Referee nbsp D Artigeas Final edit 22 March 1997France nbsp 32 40 nbsp ItalyTry 14 Penalty try 52 e 82 Bondouy 79 SadournyCon 14 52 e 82 AucagnePen 20 24 AucagneTry 5 I Francescato 34 Gardner 56 Croci 74 VaccariCon 5 34 56 e 74 DominguezPen 17 30 62 e 68 DominguezStade Lesdiguieres Grenoble Attendance 15 000Referee nbsp David McHugh France nbsp Jean Luc Sadourny Stephane Ougier Yann Delaigue Pierre Bondouy Philippe Saint Andre David Aucagne Guy Accoceberry Fabien Pelous c Arnaud Costes Philippe Benetton Hugues Miorin Olivier Merle Franck Tournaire Marc Dal Maso Marc de Rougemont Serge Betsen Raphael Ibanez Pierre Villepreux FB 15 FB RW 14 RW OC 13 OC IC 12 IC LW 11 LW FH 10 FH SH 9 SH N8 8 N8 OF 7 OF BF 6 BF RL 5 RL LL 4 LL TP 3 TP HK 2 HK LP 1 LP Substitutions Coaches nbsp Italy Javier Pertile 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 CosteSecond Division editPool 1 Gold edit Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff 1 nbsp Netherlands 4 3 1 0 107 31 76 11 2 nbsp Georgia 4 3 0 1 40 61 21 10 3 nbsp Germany 4 2 0 2 52 48 4 8 4 nbsp Czech Republic 4 1 0 3 62 80 18 6 5 nbsp Denmark 4 0 1 3 37 75 38 4 23 September 1995Germany nbsp 28 17 nbsp Czech RepublicHanover 15 October 1995Georgia nbsp 14 3 nbsp GermanyTry IuriniPen E Dzagnidze D Dzagnidze 2 Pen KocherNational Stadium Tbilisi 29 October 1995Denmark nbsp 20 20 nbsp NetherlandsCopenhagen 19 November 1995 nbsp Denmark0 WGeorgia nbsp 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 1995Netherlands nbsp 55 3 nbsp GeorgiaCastricum 30 March 1996Czech Republic nbsp 3 26 nbsp NetherlandsRicany 12 April 1996Georgia nbsp 20 3 nbsp Czech RepublicTry Iurini Jimsheladze KavtarachviliCon ModebadzePen MachitidzePen StouracVake Stadium Tbilisi 21 April 1996Netherlands nbsp 6 5 nbsp GermanySportpark Berestein Hilversum 27 April 1996Czech Republic nbsp 39 6 nbsp DenmarkRicany 12 May 1996Germany nbsp 16 11 nbsp DenmarkHanover Pool 2 Silver edit Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff 1 nbsp Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 69 21 48 6 2 nbsp Andorra 2 1 0 1 25 38 13 4 3 nbsp Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 17 52 35 2 24 March 1996Yugoslavia nbsp 30 12 nbsp Andorra 20 April 1996Andorra nbsp 13 8 nbsp BulgariaAndorra la Vella 18 June 1996Bulgaria nbsp 9 39 nbsp YugoslaviaThird Division editPool 1 edit Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff 1 nbsp Ukraine 3 3 0 0 84 11 73 9 2 nbsp Latvia 3 2 0 1 50 44 6 7 3 nbsp Moldova 3 1 0 2 20 61 41 5 4 nbsp Lithuania 3 0 0 3 38 76 38 3 1 May 1996Ukraine nbsp 38 0 nbsp MoldovaKyiv 11 May 1996Latvia nbsp 34 20 nbsp Lithuania 10 October 1996Latvia nbsp 3 19 nbsp UkraineRiga 21 October 1996Latvia nbsp 13 5 nbsp MoldovaRiga 1996Lithuania nbsp 8 27 nbsp UkraineVilnius 1996Lithuania nbsp 10 15 nbsp Moldova Pool 2 edit Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff 1 nbsp Austria 2 1 0 1 31 20 11 4 2 nbsp Hungary 2 1 1 1 42 32 10 4 3 nbsp Slovenia 2 1 0 1 23 44 21 4 5 November 1995Austria nbsp 21 8 nbsp HungaryWien 20 April 1996Slovenia nbsp 12 10 nbsp Austria 11 May 1996Hungary nbsp 34 11 nbsp SloveniaKecskemet Pool 3 edit Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against diff 1 nbsp Croatia 2 2 0 0 37 18 19 6 2 nbsp Israel 2 1 0 1 26 33 7 4 3 nbsp Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 24 36 12 2 28 October 1995Luxembourg nbsp 12 16 nbsp CroatiaLuxembourg 7 April 1996Israel nbsp 20 12 nbsp LuxembourgTel Aviv 27 April 1996Croatia nbsp 21 6 nbsp IsraelSplitNotes and references edit Remy Fiere 24 March 1997 L Italie toute jeu la France toute flemme Les rugbymen transalpins ont cree la sensation samedi a Grenoble Italy all play France all laziness The Italian rugbymen made a sensation last Saturday in Grenoble Liberation in French Paris Archived from the original on 18 April 2016 Retrieved 17 September 2021 Emanuele Rossano 23 March 1997 Storica meta l Italia insegna rugby ai francesi Historic try Italy teach rugby to the Frenchmen Corriere della Sera in Italian Milan Archived from the original on 18 February 2009 Retrieved 11 August 2008 This team was based on the Students team preparing for the incoming University World Cup reinforced with the presence of the national captain Massimo GiovanelliBibliography edit 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 European Cup FIRA Trophy First Division 1994 96 The Rugby Archive 13 December 2018 Archived from the original on 28 February 2022 Retrieved 28 February 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link European Cup FIRA Trophy Second Division 1994 96 The Rugby Archive 13 December 2018 Archived from the original on 28 February 2022 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