Calcutta Cup
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Noun[edit]
Calcutta Cup (plural Calcutta Cups)
- (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.