List of oldest rugby union competitions

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The following article lists the oldest known rugby union competitions.

RankCompetitionLocationDateFirst winnerFirst Runner-upRef
1 United Hospitals Challenge Cup The Oval 1874 Guy's Hospital St George’s Hospital [1]
Shute Shield Sydney 1874Waratah
3 Ulster Schools' Cup Ulster1876 The Royal School, Armagh Royal Belfast Academical Institution [2]
4 Yorkshire Cup Recreation Ground, Holbeck 1877HalifaxYork [3]
5 Calcutta Cup Raeburn Place 1879Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Flag of England.svg  England [4]
6 Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup Ireland 1881 Meath Hospital Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital [5]
7 Home Nations Championship England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Italy 1883Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland [6]
8 Leinster Towns Cup Ireland 1888 Blackrock College RFC [7]
9 Currie Cup South Africa 1889 Western Province [8]
10 French Championship Bagatelle, Paris 1892 Racing Club de France Stade Français [9]
11Mallett Cup Cardiff 1893 Cardiff RFC Reserves Canton RFC
12Mulock Cup (University of Toronto Intramural Championship) Toronto 1895 Faculty of Medicine [10]
13 River Plate Rugby Championship Argentina 1899 Lomas Athletic Club Buenos Aires Football Club [11]
14 Bottle Match United Kingdom 1902 Camborne School of Mines Royal School of Mines [12]
15 Ranfurly Shield New Zealand 1904 Wellington Auckland [13]
16 Clifford Cup Sri Lanka 1911United ServicesAll Ceylon [14]
17 Siam Cup Channel Islands 1920 Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey Reds Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey

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  2. ↑ "Past Winners of Ulster Schools' Cup". BBC. 2003-03-14. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  3. ↑ Yorkshire Cup final programmes, including the 1978 Centenary Programme.
  4. ↑ "The Origin of the Calcutta Cup". RFU. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  5. ↑ "The Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup – the Oldest Trophy in World Rugby" (PDF). The Irish Medical Journal. October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-27."
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