Hillary Shield
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".The Hillary Shield is contested between England and New Zealand at rugby union. The first match was played on 29 November 2008 at Twickenham Stadium, London.
The trophy is named in memory of the New Zealand mountaineer and explorer, Sir Edmund Hillary. The shield was announced on 23 October 2008 by Jock Hobbs, the Chairman of the New Zealand Rugby Union.[1] It was made by silversmiths Thomas Lyte.[2][3]
Matches
| Host | Matches | England wins |
New Zealand wins |
Draws | England points |
New Zealand points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 171 | 227 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 89 | 114 |
| Overall | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 260 | 341 |
Results
See also
References
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- ↑ PA Sport "England honoured by new trophy" Template:Webarchive, Six Nations Site 2008-10-23. Retrieved on 2008-10-27.
- ↑ Hillary Shield unveiled for Twickenham test
- ↑ Thomas Lyte Silver creates The Hillary Shield to honour New Zealand legend, Sir Edmund Hillary
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