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1976–77 FIRA Trophy
The 1976-1977 FIRA Trophy was the 17th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. The tournament was won by Romania national rugby union team, Romania, with a Grand Slam (rugby union), Grand Slam, which included a 15-12 win over France national rugby union team, France and a 69-0 trashing of Italy national rugby union team, Italy. First division *Table Morocco were relegated to division 2 for the worst points difference. *Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second Division *Table Czechoslovakia promoted in Division 1; Netherlands disqualified for no-show *Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Third Division *Table *Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 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 Pacit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it 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 oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped goalposts at both ends. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by people of all genders, ages and sizes. In 2014, there were more than 6 million people playing worldwide, of whom 2.36 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, and currently has 101 countries as full members and 18 associate members. In 1845, the first laws were written by students attending Rugby School; other significant even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
