RFL Championship Leaders' Shield

RFL Championship Leaders' Shield
Country England
 France
Presented byRFL Championship
History
First award2003
Most wins Featherstone Rovers
(5 titles)
Most recent Featherstone Rovers
(5th title)

The RFL Championship Leaders' Shield is a shield awarded to the team finishing the season top of Championship in the sport of rugby league football. Currently the Shield is awarded to the team finishing top of the Championship at the end of the regular season. The Championship play-offs determine the league Champions and promotion to Super League.

History

Since the formation of the Championship in 2003, the team finishing top of the league have been awarded the League Leaders' Shield before entering the playoffs to decide the Champions. Between 2015 and 2018 the league leaders were awarded the Championship title before The Qualifiers began. From 2019 the league reverted to a playoff series and the shield was awarded before the playoffs again.

Results

Year League leaders Pts[a] Runners up Pts
2003 Salford Red Devils 30 Leigh Centurions 30
2004 Leigh Centurions 28 Whitehaven 28
2005 Whitehaven 32 Castleford Tigers 30
2006 Hull KR 32 Widnes Vikings 28
2007 Castleford Tigers 51 Widnes Vikings 50
2008 Salford Red Devils 44 Celtic Crusaders 40
2009 Barrow Raiders 44 Halifax 43
2010 Featherstone Rovers 56 Halifax 50
2011 Featherstone Rovers 56 Leigh Centurions 53
2012 Featherstone Rovers 47 Leigh Centurions 44
2013 Featherstone Rovers 70 Sheffield Eagles 67
2014 Leigh Centurions 76 Featherstone Rovers 61
2015–2018 Not awarded due to the Super 8's system
2019 Toronto Wolfpack 52 Toulouse Olympique 47
2020 Competition abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Toulouse Olympique 100.00 Featherstone Rovers 90.48
2022 Leigh Centurions 50 Featherstone Rovers 47
2023 Featherstone Rovers 50 Toulouse Olympique 38
  1. ^ Shield winners decided by win percentage in 2020 rather than points

Winners

Club Wins Runners up Winning years
1 Featherstone Rovers 5 3 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2023
2 Leigh Centurions 3 2004, 2014, 2022
3 Salford Red Devils 2 0 2004, 2008
4 Whitehaven 1 1 2005
Castleford Tigers 2007
Toulouse Olympique 2021
5 Hull Kingston Rovers 0 2006
Barrow Raiders 2009
Toronto Wolfpack 2019

See also

References