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1987–1989 FIRA Trophy
The 1987–89 FIRA Trophy was the 27th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. It was played along two seasons (1987–1988 and 1988–89). The tournament was won by France national rugby union team, France, with a single loss to Soviet Union national rugby union team, Soviet Union (17–10) in Kutaisi. Despite facing strong opposition from both Italy national rugby union team, Italy and Soviet Union national rugby union team, Soviet Union, the French only awarded caps in their games with Romania national rugby union team, Romania, who finished in 3rd place, while the Soviets reached the 2nd place. Spain national rugby union team, Spain lost all their matches and were relegated. The winners of the Second division two pools were Poland national rugby union team, Poland and Belgium national rugby union team, Belgium, who faced each other in a final, with the Poles winning (25–23). First division * Spain relegated to second division ---- ---- -- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an Rugby ball, oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped Goal (sports)#Structure, goalposts at both ends. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by people regardless of gender, age or size. In 2023, there were more than 10 million people playing worldwide, of whom 8.4 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
