This is an almost 120 year old Rugby Union trophy that got dropped and split in two.

Video referred to in article is on twitter here.

Another article here claiming “white powder” on the shield.

Another image of white powder here.

  • TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    That’s the weird thing… This is a completely new piece of wood, the old one was so battered from all the celebrations over the years that they remade it with very similar wood, and took the metal pieces off and transferred them over.

    I’ve not seen a high enough res picture, but it almost looks to me like it split clean, so either bad wood, or if it was from laminated pieces, a bad glue job.