Article 60FJM Cook Cup for winner of Australia-England series to be renamed

Cook Cup for winner of Australia-England series to be renamed

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Mike Hytner
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The Cook Cup, a 25-year-old trophy contested by Australia and England, will be renamed after the two countries' rugby unions agreed to drop the reference to the British explorer before the upcoming Test series.

A new trophy is set to be unveiled in the build-up to the first Test in Perth on 2 July, and will be named the Ella-Mobbs Trophy after Indigenous Australian and Wallabies great Mark Ella and the former England winger Edgar Mobbs, who died while serving his country in the first world war.

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