Description of the oldest trophy in the test game
Every year, Six Nations is mentioned every time England plays with Scotland. What is the Calcutta Cup?
It is the oldest rival relationship in the test rugby, and the annual Six Nations Trophy was first awarded in 1879. The trophy was named after Calcutta RFC, which was formed in India in 1873 after the success of the previous Christmas match. It is reported that 20 Scotland players and 20 British players participated.
However, according to the legend, when the team was dismantled in 1878, he remained in the club safe and melted Luffy to create a trophy Calcuta Cup and presented it to the RFU. In 1879, Scotland and England had the first Calcuta Cup in Edinburgh.
The first game of the Calcutta Cup was held at Raeburn Place, the home stadium of Edinburgh Academical and ended 3-3. Scotland’s Ninian Finlay scored a drop goal and Lennard Stokes scored England’s goal. Then George Burton touched the away team, but in the rugby Union Point System at that time, he couldn’t get a score by any attempt, and he only got a chance to score a goal.
However, the trophy is already on the presence of the previous tie, with the results that go back to 1871. The results included 3 draws, England 3 wins, and Scotland 2.
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When the game is decided to draw, the last win wins the Calcuta Cup.
Ahead of the 2025 Championship, England took 82 trophy and Scotland took 48 trophy. Since Scotland has won the last four Calcuta Cup games, England will desperately end the game when the two teams meet on Saturday, February 22.
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