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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 2023.
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.
Thursday afternoon saw three countries name their teams as England and Scotland’s line-ups for the Calcutta Cup were revealed and Andy Farrell announced Ireland’s 23 to square off against ...
Calcutta Cup [20] [21] 13 February Italy: Twickenham Stadium, London 41 18 Win England: 3rd — [22] [23] 27 February Wales: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff: 40 24 Loss Wales: 4th — [24] [25] 13 March France: Twickenham Stadium, London 23 20 Win England: 3rd Le Crunch [26] [27] 20 March Ireland: Aviva Stadium, Dublin: 32 18 Loss Ireland: 4th ...
Scotland won the Calcutta Cup for the first time since 2000. England's defeat meant no team was able to win the Grand Slam . Scott Murray 's suspension meant he missed his first match in the Championship, bringing to an end a run of 36 consecutive appearances.
France won with a Grand Slam, for the fourth time, while England won the Calcutta Cup, in their only win. Originally the opening matches of the Championship were due to be played on the 17th January with England v Scotland at Twickenham and Wales v Ireland at Cardiff but both matches were called off due to the bad weather and postponed until ...
The 1971 Scotland versus England rugby union match, also known as the Rugby Union Centenary International, [2] was an international rugby union match played between Scotland and England on 27 March 1971, the centenary of the match between the two teams played in 1871.
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