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
18 Deans Trophy Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 1939 Queen Victoria School [15]

References

  1. ↑ "United Hospitals RFC Club History". United Hospitals RFC. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 2009-12-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) ()
  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.[ permanent dead link ]
  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."
  6. ↑ "Official RBS 6 Nations Rugby: History". Archived from the original on 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  7. ↑ "Domestic News".
  8. ↑ "ABSA Currie Cup Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  9. ↑ "Bagatelle, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 20 mars 1892". TOP 14 Orange : Histoire (in French). Ligue Nationale de Rugby. 2004-01-22. Retrieved 2010-12-24.
  10. ↑ "University of Toronto Intramurals - Mulock Cup History" . Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  11. ↑ "National Competitions". Union Argentina de Rugby. Archived from the original on 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
  12. ↑ "Anger at Cornish 'inbreds' remark". BBC News . 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  13. ↑ "National Competitions". New Zealand Rugby Union . Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  14. ↑ "Clifford Cup, the oldest club rugby tourney in SL". Daily News. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Fiji Rugby".
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