The Antim Cup is contested between the rugby union teams of Romania ("The Oaks") and Georgia ("The Lelos"). It is named after the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan who came from Georgia. Two Austrailian players make a heavy tackle on an England player Rugby union is a team sport that was (according to legend) developed from the rules used to play football at Rugby School in England. ... The Romania national rugby union team, nicknamed The Oaks, have long been one of the stronger European teams outside of the Six Nations tournament. ... The Lelos are the national rugby union team of the former Soviet Caucasian republic of Georgia. ... Georgia ( Georgian: საქართველო Sakartvelo), known from 1991 to 1995 as the Republic of Georgia, is a country to the east of the Black Sea in the southern Caucasus. ...
Georgia won the Antim Cup in 2005, defeating Romania by 20 points to 13 in Tblisi. View of Tiflis from the Grounds of Saint David Church, ca. ...
Rugby Supporters' League of Georgia (RML) will donate the AntimCup to the GEO and ROM Unions, and unveil it at the Official pre-match function to be held on Friday, 5th April, at 14 hrs
If this first match ends in a draw, then the Cup belongs to the team which has scored last in that match by any means (try, con, pen, dropgoal) and thus squared the score.
In an exteremely hypothetical event of a series of initial matches all ending in scoreless draws, the home team retains the Cup (NOT as holder) and brings it with them to the next match until the deadlock has been broken.
The Bledisloe Cup was donated in 1931 by the Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Bledisloe.
Established in 1999, the Lansdowne cup was donated to the Australian Rugby Union by the Lansdowne Club of Sydney as a perpetual trophy between Australia and Ireland.
The centre-piece was duly altered and on 13 September, 1902, the shield was presented by the Governor to G.H. Dixon, the Auckland delegate to the NZRFU.
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