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]
1	Shute Shield	Sydney	1874	Waratah
3	Ulster Schools' Cup	Ulster	1876	The Royal School, Armagh	Royal Belfast Academical Institution	^[2]
4	Yorkshire Cup	Recreation Ground, Holbeck	1877	Halifax	York	^[3]
5	Calcutta Cup	Raeburn Place	1879	Scotland	England	^[4]
6	Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup	Ireland	1881	Meath Hospital	Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital	^[5]
7	Home Nations Championship	England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Italy	1883	England	Scotland	^[6]
8	Leinster Towns Cup	Ireland	1888	Blackrock College RFC		^[7]
9	Currie Cup	South Africa	1889	Western Province		^[8]
10	French Championship	Bagatelle, Paris	1892	Racing Club de France	Stade Français	^[9]
11	Mallett Cup	Cardiff	1893	Cardiff RFC Reserves	Canton RFC
12	Mulock Cup (University of Toronto Intramural Championship)	Toronto	1895	Faculty of Medicine		^[10]
13	River Plate Rugby Championship	Argentina	1899	Lomas Athletic Club	Buenos Aires Football Club	^[11]
14	Bottle Match	United Kingdom	1902	Camborne School of Mines	Royal School of Mines	^[12]
15	Ranfurly Shield	New Zealand	1904	Wellington	Auckland	^[13]
16	Clifford Cup	Sri Lanka	1911	United Services	All Ceylon	^[14]
17	Siam Cup	Channel Islands	1920	Jersey Reds	Guernsey
18	Deans Trophy	Fiji	1939	Queen Victoria School		^[15]

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