2.8 What exactly is the Wooden Spoon?
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This article is from the Rugby Union FAQ, by roelofs@f2s.com (Mees Roelofs) with numerous contributions by others.
2.8 What exactly is the Wooden Spoon?
Historically, a wooden spoon was given to the Cambridge math student
with the lowest note. In Rugby, where the Spoon is particularly talked
about in the Six Nations, it has always been a bit unclear what exactly the
Wooden Spoon means. Some reckon a team only gets a Spoon when it loses all
its matches in the Championship, but it is usually thought that the team
ending last, regardless of its number of wins, gets the Spoon. In that
view, losing all matches is called a whitewash.
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