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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.
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 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.
He could, at least, look at regular Calcutta Cup hoistings as a mark of Scotland’s progress – after a game they could or should have won, the 32-year-old has not even that.
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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Triple Crown winners who succeeded only in sharing the Championship were England in 1954 (lost to France, shared the title with France and Wales) and 1960 (drew with France and shared the title with them), and Wales in 1988 (lost to France and shared the title with them). With the advent of game points, bonus points and points difference ...
19 March 1988: 34 Iwan Tukalo Scotland Ireland: 37–21 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 4 March 1989: 35 David Venditti France Ireland: 32–15 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 18 January 1997: 36 Émile Ntamack France Wales: 33–34 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 6 March 1999: 37 Austin Healey England Italy: 59–12 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 18 March 2000: 38 Brian O ...