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Utrecht Shield
Awarded forRugby Union Challenge Trophy
History
First award13 June 1982; 42 years, 242 days ago
Final award11 May 2024; 275 days ago
Most recentCanada
Websiteraeburnandutrechtshields.com

The Utrecht Shield is a women's rugby union trophy. The trophy is awarded to the current lineal champion and can only be won from the current holder - It is a Title Holders Shield similar to a Boxing World Title or the Ranfurly Shield in New Zealand.

The trophy is named after Utrecht the site of the first ever international between the Netherlands and France, on 13 June 1982. This exciting title tracks the very roots of the international game, there is no tournament it can only be won from the current holder!

The Trophy - Shield

Brought to life by our very own David Algie - A true "project of passion"



The men's rugby union has its own version; the Raeburn Shield.

The proposed advantages are:

  • As it would be decided on a single game, there would be increased chances of producing a Title Holder from a non Top Tier nation, giving more chance for an underdog to win a title.
  • Title games would become more interesting, as the title holder would have something to play for, and the underdog would have extra motivation to lift their game.
  • These Title games would occur much more frequently than the World Cup.

List of shield holders

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List of every successful challenge
Match Defender Score Challenger Date SD Tenure
1 Netherlands 0-4[1] France 13 June 1982 - -
2 France 0-10[2] Netherlands 1 May 1986 3 1418d (3y10m18d)
3 Netherlands 3-22[3] France 31 May 1987 1 395d (1y30d)
4 France 0-13[3] Great Britain[Note 1] 4 March 1989 4 643d (1y9m4d)
5 England 6-19[4] United States 14 April 1991 6 771d (2y1m10d)
6 United States 6-17[5] England 8 June 1993 1 786d (2y1m25d)
7 England 15-17[3] France 23 February 1997 17 1356d (3y8m15d)
8 France 10-15[6] England 4 April 1997 1 40d (1m12d)
9 England 0-67[3] New Zealand 13 August 1997 1 131d (4m9d)
10 New Zealand 17-22[7] England 16 June 2001 13 1403d (3y10m3d)
11 England 17-22[8] France 1 March 2002 2 258d (8m13d)
12 France 0-30[9] New Zealand 21 May 2002 4 81d (2m20d)
13 New Zealand 3-10[10] England 21 November 2009 19 2741d (7y6m)
14 England 10-13[11] New Zealand 5 September 2010 9 288d (9m15d)
15 New Zealand 0-10[12] England 26 November 2011 0 447d (1y2m21d)
16 England 0-25[13] Ireland 9 February 2013 15 441d (1y2m14d)
17 Ireland 10-17[14] England 22 February 2014 5 378d (1y13d)
18 England 0-13[15] Wales 8 February 2015 8 351d (11m17d)
19 Wales 7-28[16] France 27 February 2015 1 19d
20 France 12-17[17] Italy 14 March 2015 0 15d
21 Italy 0-39[18] France 6 February 2016 1 329d (10m23d)
22 France 8-10[19] Wales 28 February 2016 1 22d
23 Wales 13-20[20] England 12 March 2016 0 13d
24 England 12-17[21] France 18 March 2016 0 6d
25 France 13-17[22] England 5 July 2016 1 109d (3m17d)
26 England 20-25[23] New Zealand 19 November 2016 3 137d (4m14d)
27 New Zealand 21-29[24] England 17 June 2017 4 210d (6m29d)
28 England 32-41[25] New Zealand 26 August 2017 4 70d (2m9d)
29 New Zealand 27-30[26] France 17 November 2018 4 448d (1y2m22d)
30 France 26-41[27] England 10 February 2019 1 85d (2m24d)
31 England 13-28[28] New Zealand 14 July 2019 6 154d (5m4d)
32 New Zealand 12-43[29] England 31 October 2021 2 840d (2y3m17d)
33 England 31-34[30] New Zealand 12 November 2022 16 377d (1y12d)
34 New Zealand 17-18[31] France 21 October 2023 4 343d (11m9d)
35 France 20-29[32] Australia 28 October 2023 0 7d
36 Australia 14-33[33] Canada 11 May 2024 1 196d (6m13d)

Most shield defences

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Most shield defences by each team
Team Total Chal. Cons.
1 England 81 12 17
2 New Zealand 42 6 19
3 France 15 8 4
4 Ireland 5 1 5
5 Wales 1 2 1
6 Italy 1 1 1
7 Netherlands 1 1 1
8 United States 1 1 1
9 Australia 1 1 1
10 Canada
Highest consecutive shield defences
No. Team Start Def. Score End Score Chal. Tenure
19 New Zealand 21 May 2002 France 0-30[9] 21 November 2009 3-10[10] England 2741d (7y6m)
17 England 8 June 1993 United States 6-17[5] 23 February 1997 15-17[3] France 1356d (3y8m15d)
16 England 31 October 2021 New Zealand 12-43[29] 12 November 2022 31-34[33] New Zealand 377d (1y12d)
15 England 26 November 2011 New Zealand 0-10[12] 9 February 2013 0-25[13] Ireland 441d (1y2m14d)
13 New Zealand 13 August 1997 England 0-67[3] 16 June 2001 17-22[7] England 1403d (3y10m3d)

Notes

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  1. ^ Great Britain was replaced by England, Scotland, and Wales. For the purposes of this trophy England are the team that act as the defender.

See also

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