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In 1988, after playing football with the Calcutta Cup along Princes Street in Edinburgh with England's Dean Richards, Jeffrey received a six-month ban from the Scottish Rugby Union. [3] Richards received a one match sentence from the English Rugby Football Union. [2] The trophy was severely dented, and cost hundreds of pounds to repair.
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.
Richards played in four matches at the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987. [7] After the 1988 Five Nations Championship match between Scotland and England Richards received a one match ban from the Rugby Football Union after an incident post match which damaged the Calcutta Cup. [13]
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The third World Cup, held in South Africa, came in 1995. Pool play saw a narrow defeat by France, thanks to an injury-time try, and Scotland finished second in the pool. They were eliminated in the quarter-final against New Zealand. [42] Scotland won the last-ever Five Nations Championship in 1999 with a last minute win by Wales over England. [43]
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 ...
He was England's youngest captain, aged 22, and won 72 caps from 1988 to 1996, captaining England 59 times. Under his captaincy, England won Five Nations Grand Slam in 1991, 1992 and 1995, and reached the 1991 World Cup final. He played for Rosslyn Park and Harlequins at club level.