Talk:Triple Crown (rugby union)

message: Prior to the new (2006) trophy donated by RBS, I recall a trophy carved from coal (and presumably treated in some way to prevent its erosion and soiling the hands of the dignitary charged with presenting it) being featured in the television preamble to a (then) 5 nations championship a few years ago.  Was this just a short lived novelty, or was it regarded as a genuine tangible award to the victorious side? Kevin McE 12:38, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Coal trophy

message: I think "Triple Crown" was attributed to James I/VI in Macbeth but am unsure.
:James I / VI did have a 'Triple Crown' but whether the rugby union one is named after it is another matter. It is possible, but I think it is impossible to say where it derivates from. The above link I cited for the 'lump of coal' says that the term is first recorded in the Irish Times and nobody knows what they origin was. I don't think we'll get a better answer than that. The Triple Crown disambig page says for example that a Triple Crown is often awarded in sport for the winning of three things - this in my view is a possible origin of the name. Of course it is possible that other sports copied the title from rugby.GordyB 20:26, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd guess there's a fair chance of that.  Certainly it must have its origins in a British sport played between the home nations, as a reference to James VI/I's rule over England, Scotland and Ireland, and rugby is the best candidate. Wouldn't surprise me if it was a Welshman who coined it originally, as it makes most sense as Wales "owning" England, Scotland and Ireland. FlagSteward (talk) 00:07, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: The Name Triple Crown

message: So if either of the home nations win all of the games they'd win both the Triple Crown and the Grand Slam? --Howard the Duck 04:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, Wales did it in 2005.GordyB 09:39, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grand Slam 

message: Means finishing bottom not losing all games. If you read the article on the wooden spoon, it comes from Cambridge awarding a wooden spoon for the person getting the bottom mark in maths. In other sports competitions e.g. the NRL - the bottom team gets the wooden spoon.
This article here  descibes Scotland as winning the wooden spoon even though they beat Wales.
Losing all games is a 'whitewash'.GordyB 10:07, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wooden spoon

message: The Oxford English dictionary give the fist use as "1899 Whitaker's Almanack 1900 648/2 In their last match at Cardiff against Wales, Ireland won by a try to nothing, securing the triple crown with three straight victories as in 1894." --PBS (talk) 14:38, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I added this to the article.Victor Yus (talk) 13:18, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  First use 

message: In my opinion, the table of past winners is a little inefficient. Would anyone be dead against the idea of grouping together the years with no winner as follows?
1883         	
1884         	
1885-90      	Not achieved
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1896-98      	Not achieved
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1904         	Not achieved
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1906         	Not achieved
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1910         	Not achieved
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1912         	Not achieved
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1915-19      	Not held due to World War I
1920         	Not achieved
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1922         	Not achieved
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1926-27      	Not achieved
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1929-32      	Not achieved
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1935-36      	Not achieved
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1939         	Not achieved
1940–46	Not held due to World War II
1947         	Not achieved
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1951         	Not achieved
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1953         	Not achieved
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1955-56      	Not achieved
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1958-59      	Not achieved
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1961-64      	Not achieved
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1966-68      	Not achieved
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1970         	Not achieved
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1972-75      	Not achieved
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1981         	Not achieved
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1983         	Not achieved
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1986-87      	Not achieved
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1989         	Not achieved
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1993-94      	Not achieved
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1999-01      	Not achieved
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DrFishcake (talk) 19:58, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Go for it - even better, put it into 5+ columns. FlagSteward (talk) 00:07, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table 

message: Great 77.75.244.13 (talk) 19:40, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hunting