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The Triple Crown
 A Brief History Of The Triple Crown the Triple Crown is contested annually by the national teams of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland as part of the Six Nations Championship. If any one team manages to win all their games against the other three, then they win the Triple Crown. No-one is altogether sure what the origins of the name 'Triple Crown' are. The Irish Times has the first recorded use of the term in its introduction to the newspaper's Ireland v Wales match report on Monday, 12 March 1894. The name may derive from the Triple Crown of James I/VI who was the first King to rule over England, Scotland and Ireland. Wales at that time was treated as being part of England and not a separate entity. In Act 4, scene I of Macbeth, Macbeth refers to King James' "treble sceptre". |
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