The 1976-1977 FIRA Trophy was the 17th edition of a European
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 orig ...
championship for national teams.
The tournament was won by
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
, with a
Grand Slam, which included a 15-12 win over
France
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and a 69-0 trashing of
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
.
First division
*Table
Morocco were relegated to division 2 for the worst points difference.
*Results
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Second Division
*Table
Czechoslovakia promoted in Division 1; Netherlands disqualified for no-show
*Results
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Third Division
*Table
*Results
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Bibliography
* Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), ''2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni'', GS Editore (2000) .
* Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), ''Rugby 2000'', GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).
References
External links
FIRA-AER official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:FIRA
1976–77 in European rugby union
1976–77
1977 rugby union tournaments for national teams
1976 rugby union tournaments for national teams