Utrecht Shield

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Utrecht Shield
Awarded forRugby Union Challenge Trophy
History
First award1982
Final award2024
Most recent Canada
Website www.raeburnandutrechtshields.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.

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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

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

The proposed advantages are:

List of shield holders

List of every successful challenge
MatchDefenderScoreChallengerDateSDTenure
1 Netherlands 0-4 [1] France 13-06-1982--
2 France 0-10 [2] Netherlands 01-05-198631418d (3y10m18d)
3 Netherlands 3-22 [3] France 31-05-19871395d (1y30d)
4 France 0-13 [3] Great Britain [Note 1] 04-03-19894643d (1y9m4d)
5 England 6-19 [4] United States 14-04-19916771d (2y1m10d)
6 United States 6-17 [5] England 08-06-19931786d (2y1m25d)
7 England 15-17 [3] France 23-02-1997171356d (3y8m15d)
8 France 10-15 [6] England 04-04-1997140d (1m12d)
9 England 0-67 [3] New Zealand 13-08-19971131d (4m9d)
10 New Zealand 17-22 [7] England 16-06-2001131403d (3y10m3d)
11 England 17-22 [8] France 01-03-20022258d (8m13d)
12 France 0-30 [9] New Zealand 21-05-2002481d (2m20d)
13 New Zealand 3-10 [10] England 21-11-2009192741d (7y6m)
14 England 10-13 [11] New Zealand 05-09-20109288d (9m15d)
15 New Zealand 0-10 [12] England 26-11-20110447d (1y2m21d)
16 England 0-25 [13] Ireland 09-02-201315441d (1y2m14d)
17 Ireland 10-17 [14] England 22-02-20145378d (1y13d)
18 England 0-13 [15] Wales 08-02-20158351d (11m17d)
19 Wales 7-28 [16] France 27-02-2015119d
20 France 12-17 [17] Italy 14-03-2015015d
21 Italy 0-39 [18] France 06-02-20161329d (10m23d)
22 France 8-10 [19] Wales 28-02-2016122d
23 Wales 13-20 [20] England 12-03-2016013d
24 England 12-17 [21] France 18-03-201606d
25 France 13-17 [22] England 05-07-20161109d (3m17d)
26 England 20-25 [23] New Zealand 19-11-20163137d (4m14d)
27 New Zealand 21-29 [24] England 17-06-20174210d (6m29d)
28 England 32-41 [25] New Zealand 26-08-2017470d (2m9d)
29 New Zealand 27-30 [26] France 17-11-20184448d (1y2m22d)
30 France 26-41 [27] England 10-02-2019185d (2m24d)
31 England 13-28 [28] New Zealand 14-07-20196154d (5m4d)
32 New Zealand 12-43 [29] England 31-10-20212840d (2y3m17d)
33 England 31-34 [30] New Zealand 12-11-202216377d (1y12d)
34 New Zealand 17-18 [31] France 21-10-20234343d (11m9d)
35 France 20-29 [32] Australia 28-10-202307d
36 Australia 14-33 [33] Canada 11-05-20241

Most shield defences

Most shield defences by each team
TeamTotalChal.Cons.
1 England 811217
2 New Zealand 42619
3 France 1584
4 Ireland 515
5 Wales 121
6 Italy 111
7 Netherlands 111
8 United States 111
9 Australia 111
10 Canada
Highest consecutive shield defences
No.TeamStartDef.ScoreEndScoreChal.Tenure
19 New Zealand 21-05-2002 France 0-30 [9] 21-11-20093-10 [10] England 2741d (7y6m)
17 England 08-06-1993 United States 6-17 [5] 23-02-199715-17 [3] France 1356d (3y8m15d)
16 England 31-10-2021 New Zealand 12-43 [29] 12-11-202231-34 [33] New Zealand 377d (1y12d)
15 England 26-11-2011 New Zealand 0-10 [12] 09-02-20130-25 [13] Ireland 441d (1y2m14d)
13 New Zealand 13-08-1997 England 0-67 [3] 16-06-200117-22 [7] England 1403d (3y10m3d)

Notes

  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.

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