Somme Cup
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somme-cup-203-7301998
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Somme Cup
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The Somme Cup is a rugby trophy first won by a New Zealand Army team, known as the Trench Blacks, during World War I in 1917. It is claimed that around 60,000 people watched the match, which was won 40-0 by the New Zealand team. The cup depicts a soldier throwing a grenade, and was created by Georges Chauvel in 1917, a French sculptor in the French Army at the time. The cup has been in a private collection since it was first won in the War. In September 2015 the New Zealand Defence Force's rugby
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somme_Cup
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date modified:
2021-02-08T02:01:19Z
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