RFL Championship Leaders' Shield

RFL Championship Leaders' Shield

Country	England  France
Presented by	RFL Championship
History
First award	2003
Most wins	Featherstone Rovers (5 titles)
Most recent	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.

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

Year	League leaders	Pts[a]	Runners up	Pts
2003	Salford Red Devils	30	Leigh Centurions	30
2004	Leigh Centurions	28	Whitehaven	28
2005	Whitehaven	32	Castleford Tigers	30
2006	Hull KR	32	Widnes Vikings	28
2007	Castleford Tigers	51	Widnes Vikings	50
2008	Salford Red Devils	44	Celtic Crusaders	40
2009	Barrow Raiders	44	Halifax	43
2010	Featherstone Rovers	56	Halifax	50
2011	Featherstone Rovers	56	Leigh Centurions	53
2012	Featherstone Rovers	47	Leigh Centurions	44
2013	Featherstone Rovers	70	Sheffield Eagles	67
2014	Leigh Centurions	76	Featherstone Rovers	61
2015–2018	Not awarded due to the Super 8's system
2019	Toronto Wolfpack	52	Toulouse Olympique	47
2020	Competition abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Toulouse Olympique	100.00	Featherstone Rovers	90.48
2022	Leigh Centurions	50	Featherstone Rovers	47
2023	Featherstone Rovers	50	Toulouse Olympique	38

Winners

	Club	Wins	Runners up	Winning years
1	Featherstone Rovers	5	3	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2023
2	Leigh Centurions	3		2004, 2014, 2022
3	Salford Red Devils	2	0	2004, 2008
4	Whitehaven	1	1	2005
	Castleford Tigers			2007
	Toulouse Olympique			2021
5	Hull Kingston Rovers		0	2006
	Barrow Raiders			2009
	Toronto Wolfpack			2019

See also

• League Leaders' Shield
• Championship Grand Final

References

This page was last edited on 26 September 2023, at 00:04