Awarded for | Rugby Union Challenge Trophy |
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History | |
First award | 1982 |
Final award | 2023 |
Most recent | Australia |
Website | www |
The Utrecht Shield is a hypothetical women's rugby union trophy. The men's rugby union version is the Raeburn Shield. The trophy is named after Utrecht the site of the first ever international between the Netherlands and France, on 13 June 1982. The concept is that it is a Title Holders Shield, similar to a Boxing World Title or the Ranfurly Shield in New Zealand.
The proposed advantages are:
Match | Defender | Score | Challenger | Date | SD | Tenure |
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1 | Netherlands | 0-4 [1] | France | 13-06-1982 | - | - |
2 | France | 0-10 [2] | Netherlands | 01-05-1986 | 3 | 1418d (3y10m18d) |
3 | Netherlands | 3-22 [3] | France | 31-05-1987 | 1 | 395d (1y30d) |
4 | France | 0-13 [3] | Great Britain [Note 1] | 04-03-1989 | 4 | 643d (1y9m4d) |
5 | England | 6-19 [4] | United States | 14-04-1991 | 6 | 771d (2y1m10d) |
6 | United States | 6-17 [5] | England | 08-06-1993 | 1 | 786d (2y1m25d) |
7 | England | 15-17 [3] | France | 23-02-1997 | 17 | 1356d (3y8m15d) |
8 | France | 10-15 [6] | England | 04-04-1997 | 1 | 40d (1m12d) |
9 | England | 0-67 [3] | New Zealand | 13-08-1997 | 1 | 131d (4m9d) |
10 | New Zealand | 17-22 [7] | England | 16-06-2001 | 13 | 1403d (3y10m3d) |
11 | England | 17-22 [8] | France | 01-03-2002 | 2 | 258d (8m13d) |
12 | France | 0-30 [9] | New Zealand | 21-05-2002 | 4 | 81d (2m20d) |
13 | New Zealand | 3-10 [10] | England | 21-11-2009 | 19 | 2741d (7y6m) |
14 | England | 10-13 [11] | New Zealand | 05-09-2010 | 9 | 288d (9m15d) |
15 | New Zealand | 0-10 [12] | England | 26-11-2011 | 0 | 447d (1y2m21d) |
16 | England | 0-25 [13] | Ireland | 09-02-2013 | 15 | 441d (1y2m14d) |
17 | Ireland | 10-17 [14] | England | 22-02-2014 | 5 | 378d (1y13d) |
18 | England | 0-13 [15] | Wales | 08-02-2015 | 8 | 351d (11m17d) |
19 | Wales | 7-28 [16] | France | 27-02-2015 | 1 | 19d |
20 | France | 12-17 [17] | Italy | 14-03-2015 | 0 | 15d |
21 | Italy | 0-39 [18] | France | 06-02-2016 | 1 | 329d (10m23d) |
22 | France | 8-10 [19] | Wales | 28-02-2016 | 1 | 22d |
23 | Wales | 13-20 [20] | England | 12-03-2016 | 0 | 13d |
24 | England | 12-17 [21] | France | 18-03-2016 | 0 | 6d |
25 | France | 13-17 [22] | England | 05-07-2016 | 1 | 109d (3m17d) |
26 | England | 20-25 [23] | New Zealand | 19-11-2016 | 3 | 137d (4m14d) |
27 | New Zealand | 21-29 [24] | England | 17-06-2017 | 4 | 210d (6m29d) |
28 | England | 32-41 [25] | New Zealand | 26-08-2017 | 4 | 70d (2m9d) |
29 | New Zealand | 27-30 [26] | France | 17-11-2018 | 4 | 448d (1y2m22d) |
30 | France | 26-41 [27] | England | 10-02-2019 | 1 | 85d (2m24d) |
31 | England | 13-28 [28] | New Zealand | 14-07-2019 | 6 | 154d (5m4d) |
32 | New Zealand | 12-43 [29] | England | 31-10-2021 | 2 | 840d (2y3m17d) |
33 | England | 31-34 [30] | New Zealand | 12-11-2022 | 16 | 377d (1y12d) |
34 | New Zealand | 17-18 [31] | France | 21-10-2023 | 4 | 343d (11m9d) |
35 | France | 20-29 [32] | Australia | 28-10-2023 | 0 | 7d |
36 | Australia | 1 |
Team | Total | Chal. | Cons. | |
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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 |
No. | Team | Start | Def. | Score | End | Score | Chal. | Tenure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | New Zealand | 21-05-2002 | France | 0-30 [9] | 21-11-2009 | 3-10 [10] | England | 2741d (7y6m) |
17 | England | 08-06-1993 | United States | 6-17 [5] | 23-02-1997 | 15-17 [3] | France | 1356d (3y8m15d) |
16 | England | 31-10-2021 | New Zealand | 12-43 [29] | 12-11-2022 | 31-34 [33] | New Zealand | 377d (1y12d) |
15 | England | 26-11-2011 | New Zealand | 0-10 [12] | 09-02-2013 | 0-25 [13] | Ireland | 441d (1y2m14d) |
13 | New Zealand | 13-08-1997 | England | 0-67 [3] | 16-06-2001 | 17-22 [7] | England | 1403d (3y10m3d) |
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