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Sean Murphy

Jinx the Seal backs Scotland to keep Calcutta Cup in Murrayfield clash

Ahead of one of the most hotly contested matches in the rugby union calendar, an animal charity in the south of England has raised a few smiles with their latest video on social media.

The Cornish Seal Sanctuary has shared a clip of one of their rescue animals, Jinx, picking her winner of the upcoming Calcutta Cup at BT Murrayfield this weekend.

With Scotland set to go head to head with England in the Six Nations match, the popular seal has chosen Scotland as her winner for the tie.

The short video shared on social media site shows a keeper at the sanctuary holding up two trays, one with an England flag and the other with the Saltire of Scotland.

As the Flower of Scotland plays in the background, the clip which has been viewed over 600k times and has over 36k likes, shows Jinx, a seal that was rescued by the charity in 2017, choose Scotland.

Posting the short clip, staff at the sanctuary wrote: "Jinx has placed her bet!"

Loving the clip, the official Team Scotland account posted: "This wins the internet for today."

While another follower joked: "The fact you put the bucket of fish behind England and she still went for Scotland."

A Scotland rugby fan then posted: "Please let this be true."

Seeing the funny side, the official England Rugby account replied: "We forgive you Jinx."

The animal charity, which rescues vulnerable seal pups, provides a permanent home to those who cannot be released back to the wild due to medical issues.

Most pups are successfully released, but on occasions, a few require ongoing care and medication for the rest of their lives.

Always in need of donations, you can help support them here.

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