1954 Rugby Europe Cup
Date5–24 April 1954
Countries Spain
 Portugal
 Belgium
 West Germany
 France
 Italy
Tournament statistics
Champions France
Matches played5
1952 (Previous) (Next) 1965–1966

The Europe Cup 1954 was the fifth Rugby Union European championship, organised by FIRA and the second (and last) with this name.

With the exception of a preliminary, all the matches were played in Italy.[1] As in the 1952 edition, France won the title after a victory over Italy in the final.[2]

This was the last edition of this competition. A European tournament arranged by FIRA, returned only in 1965 with the Nations Cup.

Jean Prat (left) as captain of France at the final of the European Cup in 1955, with Paolo Rosi, captain of Italy

Results

Point system: try 3 pt, conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3 pt. drop 3 pt, goal from mark 3 pt.
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First preliminary

5 April 1954
Spain 23 - 0 Portugal
Madrid

Second preliminary

11 April 1954
Spain 14-0 Belgium
Monigo, Treviso

Semifinals


19 April 1954
Italy 16 - 6 Spain
Naples
Referee: A.Siccardi

Final

After an Italian try in the first minute, France took control of the match and won.[2]

24 April 1954 Italy  12 - 39  France Stadio Olimpico, Rome  
Try: Gabrielli, Lanfranchi
Pen: Dari 2
Try: Boniface, Larreguy, Lepatey 2, Murillo 2, M. Prat
Con: J. Prat 6
Pen: J. Prat 2
Attendance: 25.000
Referee: Peter Cooper England
Italy: Nando Barbini, Pietro Stievano, Paolo Rosi (cap), Remo Zanatta, Sergio Silvestri, Riccardo Santopadre, Mario Pisaneschi, Mario Percudani, Sergio Lanfranchi, Piero Gabrielli, Leonardo Riccioni, Paolo Dari, Giorgio Fornari, Gennaro Mancini, Andrea Taveggia
France: Pierre Albaladejo, Jacques Lepatey, Maurice Prat, Andre Boniface, Gerard Murillo, Roger Martine, Gerard Dufau, Jean Prat (cap), Henri Domec, Gilbert Larreguy, Michel Celaya, Robert Baulon, Jean Bichindaritz, Jean Benetiere, Amedee Domenech

Bibliography

  • (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN 88-87374-40-6
  • (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

References

  1. Volpe-Pacitti p.291
  2. 1 2 Volpe-Vecchiarelli, p. 70−71.
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