Utrecht Shield

Utrecht Shield

Awarded for	Rugby Union Challenge Trophy
History
First award	13 June 1982; 42 years, 242 days ago
Final award	11 May 2024; 275 days ago
Most recent	Canada
Website	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.

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

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

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

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

• List of rugby union competitions

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