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Wooden spoon

The wooden spoon is a 'prize' jokingly said to be awarded to a team that wins none of its matches in the Six Nations rugby union tournament. No physical trophy is awarded to denote this non-achievement, although it is not unheard of for British teams and sportspeople to award each other real wooden spoons in recognition of other poor performances, usually at amateur level.