# 1975–76 FIRA Trophy

The 1975–1976 FIRA Trophy was the 16th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams.
The tournament was won by France, with a Grand Slam. Italy finished in 2nd, with a single loss to France, ahead of Romania, which finished in 3rd, with two losses. France awarded caps only in its game with Romania.

## 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 | 200 | 47 | +153 | 15 |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 54 | +41 | 13 |
| 3 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 68 | +19 | 11 |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 99 | -30 | 9 |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 92 | -61 | 6 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 138 | -122 | 6 |
* Netherlands relegated to division 2 (for worst point difference)
* Results
* Point system: try 4 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)
* 25 October 1975
| Italy | 28 - 13 | Poland |
* Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso
* 2 November 1975
| Romania | 20 - 9 | Poland |
* Stadionul Parcul Copilului, Bucharest
* 23 November 1975
| Netherlands | 0 - 24 | Italy |
* Apeldoorn
* 7 December 1975
| Netherlands | 4 - 4 | Spain |
* Amsterdam
* 20 December 1975
| Spain | 6 - 19 | Italy |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
* 11 Jan 1976
| France XV | 71 - 6 | Netherlands |
* Lille
* 7 February 1976
| Italy | 11 - 23 | France XV |
* Milan
* 28 February 1976
| Spain | 0 - 36 | France XV |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
* 26 March 1976
| Netherlands | 3 - 27 | Romania |
* Sportpark Berestein, Hilversum
* 11 April 1976
| Poland | 12 - 3 | Netherlands |
* Lublin
* 2 May 1976
| Romania | 16 - 7 | Spain |
* Stadionul Parcul Copilului, Bucharest
* 15 May 1976
| Poland | 17 - 14 | Spain |
* Bialsytok
* 4 April 1976
| Poland | 18 – 34 | France XV |
* Krakow

## Second 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 | Morocco | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 10 | +42 | 6 |
| 2 | West Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 4 |
| 3 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 65 | -55 | 2 |
Morocco promoted to Division 1 (more points scored than the winner of Pool 2)
* Results
* 26 October 1975
| West Germany | 43 - 3 | Belgium |
* Hanover
* 8 November 1975
| Belgium | 7 - 22 | Morocco |
* Brussels
* 28 March 1976
| Morocco | 30 - 3 | West Germany |
* Casablanca

### 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 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 9 | +42 | 6 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 54 | -44 | 2 |
* Results
* 26 October 1975
| Czechoslovakia | 28 - 3 | Yugoslavia |
* Gottwaldov
* 16 November 1975
| Switzerland | 6 - 23 | Czechoslovakia |
* Lausanne
* 25 April 1976
| Yugoslavia | 31 - 4 | Switzerland |
* Split