RFL Championship Leaders' Shield

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RFL 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
(5 titles)
Most recent Fevcolours.svg 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.

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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

YearLeague leadersPts [a] Runners 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
2015–2018 Not awarded due to the Super 8's system
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 100.00 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 90.48
2022 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 50 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 47
2023 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 50 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 38
2024 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 50 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 37
2025 YorkRLFCcolours.png York Knights 40 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 38
  1. ↑ Shield winners decided by win percentage in 2020 rather than points

Winners

ClubWinsRunners upWinning years
1 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 532010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2023
2 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 32004, 2014, 2022
3 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 202004, 2008
4 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 142021
5 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 12005
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 2007
6 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 02006
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 2009
New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack 2019
YorkRLFCcolours.png York Knights 2025

See also

References

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