The 1977-1978 FIRA Trophy was the 18th 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

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1		5	5	0	0	158	77
15
2		5	3	1	1	190	49
12
3		5	3	0	2	64	134	-70	11
4		5	2	0	3	93	110	-17	9
5		5	1	1	3	38	67	-29	8
6		5	0	0	5	61	167	-106	5

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

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  Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
  		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
  1		2	2	0	0	26	0
  6
  2		2	1	0	1	25	20	+5	4
  3		2	0	0	2	0	31
  2

• Results

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Pool 2

• Table

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  Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
  		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
  1		2	2	0	0	102	15
  6
  2		2	1	0	1	22	49
  4
  3		2	0	0	2	20	80
  2

• Results

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Finals

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Soviet Union promoted to division 1

External links

• FIRA-AER official website