title: 1978–79 FIRA Trophy
text: # 1978–79 FIRA Trophy
  
  The 1978-79 FIRA Trophy was the 19th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.
  
  The tournament was won by France, with a Grand Slam. Romania reached the 2nd place, achieving an historical 44–0 win over Italy at 22 April 1979, in Bucharest.
  
  ## First division
  
  * Table
  
  | Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
  | 1 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 34 | +137 | 15 |
  | 2 | Romania | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 33 | +84 | 13 |
  | 3 | Soviet Union | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 76 | -5 | 9 |
  | 4 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 75 | -20 | 9 |
  | 5 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 100 | -53 | 7 |
  | 6 | Spain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 174 | -143 | 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)
  * 18 November 1978
  
  | Italy | 9 - 11 | Soviet Union |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Stadio Flaminio, Rome
  * 19 November 1978
  
  | Poland | 9 - 30 | Romania |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Lublin
  * 17 December 1978
  
  | Italy | 35 - 3 | Spain |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso
  * 26 November 1978
  
  | Spain | 7 - 16 | Poland |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Estadi Baldiri Aleu, Sant Boi de Llobregat
  * 1978
  
  | France XV | 29 - 7 | Soviet Union |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
  * 1979
  
  | Soviet Union | 19 - 7 | Poland |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Moscow
  * 18 February 1979
  
  | Italy | 9 - 15 | France XV |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Stadio Plebiscito, Padua
  * 4 March 1979
  
  | France XV | 92 - 0 | Spain |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Stade de St.Pée, Oloron
  * 14 April 1979
  
  | Italy | 18 - 3 | Poland |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila
  * 29 April 1979
  
  | Spain | 6 - 22 | Romania |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Estadio de Vallehermoso, Madrid
  * 20 May 1979
  
  | Soviet Union | 15 - 9 | Spain |
  | - | - | - |
  | Try: Yepifanov 10' Alyoshin 19' Con: Gonyany 10', 19' Pen: Gonyany 69 | | Try: Ruiz Cristin 4' Con: Apraiz Feliu 4' Pen: Apraiz Feliu 62' |
  
  * Fili Stadium, Moscow Referee: Andre Aychenne
  * 4 May 1979
  
  | Soviet Union | 9 - 15 | Romania |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Harkov
  * 1979
  
  | Poland | 12 - 26 | France |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ## Second Division
  
  ### Pool 1
  
  * Table
  
  | Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
  | 1 | Morocco | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 6 | +50 | 6 |
  | 2 | West Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 4 |
  | 3 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | -61 | 2 |
  
  * Results
  * 28 November 1978
  
  | Switzerland | 0 - 18 | West Germany |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Geneva
  * 24 March 1979
  
  | Morocco | 43 - 0 | Switzerland |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Casablanca
  * 8 April 1979
  
  | West Germany | 6 - 13 | Morocco |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Hanover
  
  ### Pool 2
  
  * Table
  
  | Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
  | 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 9 |
  | 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 7 |
  | 3 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 53 | -35 | 5 |
  | 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 3 |
  
  * Results
  * 15 October 1978
  
  | Sweden | 3 - 7 | Yugoslavia |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Enkoping
  * 1978
  
  | Yugoslavia | 0 - 20 | Belgium |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Makarska
  * 2 December 1978
  
  | Yugoslavia | 11 - 30 | Netherlands |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Split
  * 1978
  
  | Netherlands | 10 - 3 | Belgium |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum
  * 5 November 1978
  
  | Netherlands | 4 - 0 | Sweden |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum
  * 7 November 1978
  
  | Belgium | 12 - 6 | Sweden |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Brussels
  
  ### Finals
  
  * 1979
  
  | Netherlands | 17 - 21 | Morocco |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Hilversum
  
  Morocco promoted to division 1
  
  