Bledisloe Cup

noun

rugby Union a trophy competed for, usually annually, by New Zealand and Australia since 1932

Word Origin for Bledisloe Cup

C20: after Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe (1867–1958), Governor General of New Zealand who donated the trophy

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