Showing posts with label Triple Crown Trophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Triple Crown Trophy. Show all posts

Monday, February 9, 2009

Triple Crown Trophy

Despite the history of the Triple Crown there had never been a permanent trophy produced until 2006.
The Trophy is a silver dish measuring 42cm wide and 5cm deep and weighing a hefty three kilos. The Trophy was produced by Hamilton and Inches of Edinburgh and took over four months to make.

Triple Crown history:

  • The new Triple Crown Trophy was presented for the first time in 2006
  • The Triple Crown has been won 59 times
  • The four Home Unions have been competing against each other for 125 years, since the first international between England and Wales in 1882
  • The Triple Crown was first won in 1893 when Wales became the first holders of the then mythical trophy
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Six Nations Trophies

Different Trophies are awarded to the different categories of winners of Six Nations Championship.
like:
1. Championship Trophy
2. Triple Crown Trophy
Several other trophies are contested within the main competition, mostly as long-standing fixtures between pairs of teams.
Calcutta Cup - England versus Scotland; contested annually since 1879.

Centenary Quaich - A quaich is a celtic drinking vessel, and is contested between Celtic neighbours Scotland and Ireland. It was first contested in 1989, and the two teams play for it annually.

Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy - Contested between France and Italy in memory of Giuseppe Garibaldi; first awarded in 2007.

Millennium Trophy - Presented to celebrate Dublin's millennium in 1988 the Millennium Trophy is contested between England and Ireland.

Grand Slam - All nations: awarded when one nation defeats the other five.