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The Calcutta Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between England and Scotland played annually in the Six Nations Championship.Like the match itself (England–Scotland), the Calcutta Cup is the oldest trophy contested between any two international rugby union teams, pre-dating the Bledisloe Cup (Australia–New Zealand) by more than half a century.
The 1938 Calcutta Cup match was the first live televised rugby international. It was broadcast by BBC Television. [1] [2] The first two international sides to play against each other, the England–Scotland fixture is the second most-played international rugby union match as of 2025.
Only Scotland play for a 'rivalry' or challenge trophy in every Six Nations match, as well as for the oldest such trophy, the Calcutta Cup. Wales became the last nation to contest such a trophy, the Doddie Weir Cup in 2018, while the newest such trophy is the Cuttitta Cup introduced between Scotland and Italy in 2022.
Their Calcutta Cup supremacy did not deserve to end but as Russell and the rest of the clan haul themselves up off the canvas and try to go again, there will be plenty to agonise over.
Calcutta Cup match, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, 1890. The Calcutta Cup was gifted to the Rugby Football Union in 1878 by the members of the short-lived Calcutta Rugby Club. The members had decided to disband: the cup was crafted from melted-down silver rupees which became available when the club's funds were withdrawn from the bank.
Scotland have been given a huge Calcutta Cup fitness boost with Finn Russell cleared to start against England. The fly half had been a doubt for the trip to Allianz Stadium, Twickenham as he ...
Calcutta Cup: Raeburn Place: 1879 Scotland England [4] 6: Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup: Ireland: 1881: Meath Hospital: Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital [5] 7: Home Nations Championship: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Italy: 1883 England Scotland [6] 8: Leinster Towns Cup: Ireland: 1888: Blackrock College RFC [7] 9: Currie Cup: South Africa ...
The Calcutta Cup was won 15–6, the first time since 1950 [16] and they shared the Five Nations title in 1964 with Wales. [17] In 1971 the SRU appointed Bill Dickinson as their head coach, after years of avoidance, as it was their belief that rugby should remain an amateur sport. He was officially designated as an "adviser to the captain". [18]