| 1971-72 Nations Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 11 December 1971- 21 May 1972 | ||
| Countries |  Czechoslovakia  France  Morocco  Romania | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | France | ||
| Matches played | 6 | ||
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The Nations Cup 1971-72 was the 12th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams, and seventh with the formula and the name of "Nations Cup".
The tournament was won by France, who swept all their matches.
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 18 | 153 | 9 |
| 2 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 40 | 52 | 7 |
| 3 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 133 | -103 | 5 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 111 | -102 | 3 |
Czechoslovakia relegated to division 2
| Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc). |
| 11 December 1971 | France | 31 - 12 | Romania | Parc Sauclères, Beziers | |
| Try: Cantoni, Dourthe Dubertrand, Maso Con: Villepreux 3 Pen: Villepreux 3 | Pen: Irimescu Drop: Durbac, Nicolescu | ||||
| France15.Pierre Villepreux, 14.Andre Dubertrand, 13.Claude Dourthe, 12.Jo Maso, 11.Jack Cantoni, 10.Jean-Louis Bérot, 9.Richard Astre, 8.Yvan Buonomo, 7.Victor Boffelli, 6.Olivier Saisset, 5.Benoît Dauga (cap.), 4.Claude Spanghero, 3.Jean-Louis Martin, 2.René Bénésis, 1.Armand Vaquerin | |||||
| Romania:15.Radu Durbac, 14.Radu Ionescue, 13.Valeriu Irimescu, 12.Gheorghie Nica, 11.Mihai Suciu, 10.Mihai Nicolescu, 9.Vasile Tata, 8.Ion Tutuianu, 7.Gheorgie Rascanu (cap.), 6.Paul Ciobanel, 5.Alexandru Atanasiu, 4.Constantin Serban, 3.Constantin Dinu, 2.Valeriu Iorgulescu, 1.Nicolae Baciu | |||||
| Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt. Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc) |
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