The 1977-1978 FIRA Trophy was the 19th edition of a European rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 championship for national teams.

The tournament was won by France

First division

• Table

  Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
  		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
  1		5	5	0	0	171	34	+137	15
  2		5	4	0	1	117	33	+84	13
  3		5	2	0	3	71	76	-5	9
  4		5	2	0	3	55	75	-20	9
  5		5	1	0	4	47	100	-53	7
  6		5	1	0	4	31	174
  7

Spain relegated to division 2

• Results

  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)

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Pool 1

• Table

  50

  11

  Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
  		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
  1		2	2	0	0	56	6
  6
  2		2	1	0	1	24	13
  4
  3		2	0	0	2	0	61
  2

• Results

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Pool 2

• Table

  30

  19

  Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
  		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
  1		3	3	0	0	44	14
  9
  2		3	2	0	1	35	16
  7
  3		3	1	0	2	18	53	-35	5
  4		3	0	0	3	9	23	-14	3

• Results

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Finals

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Morocco promoted to division 1

External links

• FIRA-AER official website