RFL Championship Leaders' Shield

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.

RFL Championship Leaders' Shield
Country England
 France
Presented byRFL Championship
History
First award2003
Most wins Featherstone Rovers
(5 titles)
Most recent Featherstone Rovers
(5th title)

History

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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

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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
20152018 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
  1. ^ Shield winners decided by win percentage in 2020 rather than points

Winners

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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 3 2021
3   Hull Kingston Rovers 0 2006
  Barrow Raiders 2009
  Toronto Wolfpack 2019

See also

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