The Six Nations continues this weekend with one of the most iconic games in world rugby as England take on Scotland for the Calcutta Cup. Following their last-gasp win over France, England have ...

The Calcutta Cup, the oldest trophy contested between any two international rugby union teams, will be on the line as England and Scotland face off at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, on Saturday ...

“Toonie” has turned Scotland into a consistently competitive force, yet a golden generation of players have yet to make a genuine challenge for the trophy ... by the Calcutta Cup that it ...

It may not be a fixture famed for deciding Rugby World Cups, nor a major intra-hemisphere clash, but the Calcutta Cup game between ... hands on the Six Nations trophy. But in round two, on an ...

Former Scotland captain Rory Lawson has accused Calcutta Cup referee Pierre Brousset of ... a 16-15 defeat to England to relinquish the trophy for the first time since 2020 but much of the ...

With leaders Ireland wobbling to a win in Cardiff, France Dublin-bound and the prospect of Italy and Wales to come - both distinct bonus-point birdie chances - England are in the title mix. Scotland ...

But what exactly is the Calcutta Cup and why do England and Scotland compete for the trophy? It all started on Christmas Day in 1872 when 20 Englishman and 20 Scotsman played a game of rugby union ...

And England needed every bit of targeted desperation to down a Scotland side that have been their nemesis during a 1,477-day run of Calcutta Cup success – the longest amount of time in the 154 ...