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1980–81 FIRA Trophy
The 1980–81 FIRA Trophy was the 21st edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. The tournament was won by Romania national rugby union team, Romania, who achieved a Grand Slam, defeating all their opponents. Romania had a memorable 15–0 win over France national rugby union team, France at 23 November 1980, in Bucharest. First division *Table Spain and Poland relegated to division 2 *Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second division *Table Germany Promoted to division 1 Yugoslavia relegated to division 3 *Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Third division *Table Portugal promoted to division 2 *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] |
