The Celtic Cup
The Eagles participate in the Celtic Cup Varsity; an annual one off challenge game against the Cardiff Redhawks who are the only other non-English team in the BUIHA.
The competition has been running for the past three years, the location alternating between Murrayfield and Cardiff Bay, Cardiff. Edinburgh are the current holders of the cup, having never been defeated in the competition so far.
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—Anonymous 9th century, Irish. “Epigram,” no. 121, A Celtic Miscellany (1951, revised 1971)
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