The Calcutta Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between England and Scotland played annually in the Six Nations Championship.

On Christmas Day in 1872 a game of rugby union football was played in Calcutta, British India by a group of forty people (twenty-a-side), with one team representing England and the other Scotland.

[1][4][5] The trophy was presented by the club to the RFU and was used as “the best means of doing some lasting good for the cause of Rugby Football.”[4] The domed lid is surmounted by an elephant which is, it is said, copied from the Viceroy's own stock.

Jeffrey received a six-month ban from the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), whilst Richards was given a one-match sentence from England.

[7][8] The 2007 edition of the Cup was held by Jungle Crows, in which Future Hope Harlequins defeated CC&FC in final.

[9] The original and oldest Calcutta Cup is a silver trophy played for annually by the members of Royal Blackheath Golf Club.

It was a gift from the Royal Calcutta Golf Club in response to the presentation of a medal given by Blackheath.

It is only in recent years that the history of the original Calcutta Cup has been appreciated by sporting historians.