The 1982-83 FIRA Trophy was the 23rd 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

The first division return to six teams participating

• Table

  55

  25

  26

  81

  Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
  		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
  1		5	5	0	0	95	40
  15
  2		5	3	1	1	60	35
  12
  3		5	3	0	2	80	54
  11
  4		5	2	1	2	121	40
  10
  5		5	1	0	4	43	87	-44	7
  6		5	0	0	5	37	180	-143	5

Germany relegated to second division

• 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

  52

  57

  Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
  		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
  1		4	3	0	1	82	30
  10
  2		4	3	0	1	83	26
  10
  3		4	2	0	2	38	46	-8	8
  4		4	2	0	2	38	58	-20	8
  5		4	0	0	4	25	106	-81	4

• Poland promoted to division 1

• Results

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Third division

• Table

  36

  31

  Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
  		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
  1		4	4	0	0	67	31
  12
  2		4	3	0	1	64	33
  10
  3		4	2	0	2	73	80	-7	8
  4		4	1	0	3	44	65	-21	6
  5		4	0	0	4	37	76	-39	4

Czechoslovakia promoted to division 2

• Results

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External links

• FIRA-AER official website