The Calcutta Cup, which is one of the oldest trophy cup still in competition (and also still the original cup from when it was first made), is competed between the English and Scottish rugby teams. This is the 116th time the cup was competed for, and for the last 5 encounters, it has switched sides each time. But today, it seemed as if it would sit on the English trophy shelf for the following year, as England were favourites, especially after the complete change in game-play the previous week. Scotland improved over the course of the tournament, but still didn’t seem strong enough for the taking.
Scotland did start the game well and had close sights of the try line a couple of times, but unfortunately, the English backs tend to run fast and caught them out just short. But the English got tries in, and they were rather impressive. I really am not sure how the team transformed from how they were, but it seemed there really was a different team out there. England were just too superior for the Scots, and beat them by 26 points to 12.
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