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Wobbly Ball‎ about to start on BBC. Nearly went in nothing to do with Italy

Great match Steve, glad England came back in the 2nd half to win.

stevegwmonkseaton wrote:Nearly went in nothing to do with Italy

But, come 2:30pm tomorrow, it has everything to do with Italy (v Ireland in Rome) Steve.

PS OH agrees with Geotherm!

I agree with Geo also and I don't even understand the game...  Oh and Ghiro, it will have nothing to do with Italy...

stevegwmonkseaton wrote:Oh and Ghiro, it will have nothing to do with Italy...

As it happens the Azzurri seemed rather pleased with their win over Scotland (in Edinburgh) today!

Excellent performance and showed true Italian grit in not giving up.
Scotland once again snatched defeat from the jaws of Victory.

Think today's teams will have everything to do with it at the end of the day, but very well done Italia! I know some friends would add to this especially against Scotland.... But there is enough "warring" going on at the moment....

Well done England, or should that be Wales...

Don't know what you are all talking about but have recently been taxed with why a competition fought between burly Anglo Saxons and Caledonians is called the "Calcutta Cup".  With the usual warnings about Wikipedia and apologies if this is old hat to the rest of you, but now I know!

On Christmas Day 1872, a game of rugby, between 20 players representing England on one side and 20 representing Scotland, Ireland and Wales on the other, was played in Calcutta.

The match was such a success that it was repeated a week later — the game of rugby had reached India. These lovers of rugby wanted to form a club in the area and the aforementioned matches were the agents which led to the formation of the Calcutta Football Club in January 1873.

The Calcutta Club joined the Rugby Football Union in 1874. Despite the Indian climate not being entirely suitable for playing rugby, the club prospered during that first year. However, when the free bar had to be discontinued, the membership took an appreciable drop. Other sports, such as tennis and polo, which were considered to be more suited to the local climate, were making inroads into the numbers of gentlemen available. The members decided to disband but keen to perpetuate the name of the club, they withdrew the club's funds from the bank, which were in Silver Rupees, had them melted down and made into a cup which they presented to the RFU in 1878, with the provision that it should be competed for annually.

Great bit of information Perlasca, one which I would have likely never dreamed of looking up... Thanks.