Championship Leaders' Shield

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Championship Leaders' Shield
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Flag of France.svg  France
Presented by RFL Championship
History
First award2003
Most wins Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers and
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions (4 titles each)
Most recent ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique
(1st title)

The Championship Leaders' Shield [1] is a trophy awarded to the team finishing the season top of RFL Championship in the sport of rugby league football. Similar to the Super League the championship is ultimately decided on the basis of a play-off series ending with a Grand Final, therefore the Shield is often regarded as a lesser prize.

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Shield winners

YearLeague leadersPtsRunners upPts
2003 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 30 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 30
2004 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 28 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 28
2005 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 32 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 30
2006 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 32 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 28
2007 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 51 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 50
2008 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 44 Cruscolours.svg Celtic Crusaders 40
2009 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 44 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 43
2010 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 56 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 50
2011 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 56 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 53
2012 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 47 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 44
2013 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 70 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 67
2014 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 76 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 61
2015 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 43 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 37
2016 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 43 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 34
2017 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 39 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 37
2018 New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack 41 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 33
2019 New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack 52 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 47
2020 Competition abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 100.00a Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 90.48a

Winners

ClubWinsWinning years
1 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 42010, 2011, 2012, 2013
1 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 42004, 2014, 2015, 2016
3 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 22004, 2008
3 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 22006, 2017
3 New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack 22018, 2019
6 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 12005
6 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 12007
6 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 12009
6 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 12021

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References

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