Calcutta Cup

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

Calcutta Cup (plural Calcutta Cups)

  1. (rugby) A trophy won by the winner of the match between England and Scotland in the Six Nations competition.
    • 2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in The Guardian[1], London, archived from the original on 22 April 2018:
      The match was only a few minutes old when the second-row Jonny Gray squared up to [Dylan] Hartley and invited Courtney Lawes to join in. The message was clear: a side that had not won the Calcutta Cup for 10 years were going to fight for everything.