List of oldest rugby union competitions

The following article lists the oldest known rugby union competitions.

Rank	Competition	Location	Date	First winner	First Runner-up	Ref
1	United Hospitals Challenge Cup	The Oval	1874	Guy's Hospital	St George’s Hospital	[1]
2	Ulster Schools' Cup	Ulster	1876	The Royal School, Armagh	Royal Belfast Academical Institution	[2]
3	Yorkshire Cup	Recreation Ground, Holbeack	1877	Halifax	York	[3]
4	Calcutta Cup	Raeburn Place	1879	Scotland	England	[4]

Other long established rugby union competitions include:

Competition	Location	Date	First winner	First runner-up	Ref
Shute Shield	Sydney	1874	Waratah
Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup	Ireland	1881	Meath Hospital	Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital	[5]
Home Nations Championship	United Kingdom	1883	England	Scotland	[6]
Leinster Towns Cup	Ireland	1888	Blackrock College RFC		[7]
Currie Cup	South Africa	1889	Western Province		[8]
French Championship	Bagatelle, Paris	1892	Racing Club de France	Stade Français	[9]
Mulock Cup (University of Toronto Intramural Championship)	Toronto	1895	Faculty of Medicine		[10]
River Plate Rugby Championship	Argentina	1899	Lomas Athletic Club	Buenos Aires Football Club	[11]
Bottle Match	United Kingdom	1902	Camborne School of Mines	Royal School of Mines	[12]
Ranfurly Shield	New Zealand	1904	Wellington	Auckland	[13]
Clifford Cup	Sri Lanka	1911	United Services	All Ceylon
Siam Cup	Channel Islands	1920	Jersey Reds	Guernsey

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