The 1980-81 FIRA Trophy was the 21st 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 Romania

First division

• Table

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  Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
  		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
  1		5	5	0	0	157	25
  15
  2		5	4	0	1	129	59	+70	13
  3		5	2	0	3	76	81	-5	9
  4		5	2	0	3	38	87	-49	9
  5		5	1	0	4	98	146	-48	7
  6		5	1	0	4	46	146
  7

Spain and Poland 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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Second division

• Table

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30

26

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1		4	3	0	1	65	41
10
2		4	3	0	1	58	28
10
3		4	2	0	2	37	61
8
4		4	2	0	2	55	29
8
5		4	0	0	4	0	56
3

Germany Promoted to division 1

Yugoslavia relegated to division 3

• Results

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Third division

• Table

  81

  31

  7

  Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
  		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
  1		4	4	0	0	114	33
  12
  2		4	3	0	1	55	24
  10
  3		4	2	0	2	37	30
  8
  4		4	1	0	3	49	115	-66	6
  5		4	0	0	4	20	73	-53	4

Portugal promoted to division 2

• Results

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External links

• FIRA-AER official website