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Utrecht Shield
Awarded forRugby Union Challenge Trophy
History
First award1982
Final award2023
Most recentAustralia
Websitewww.utrechtshield.com

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:

  • 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[edit]

List of every successful challenge
Match Defender Score Challenger Date SD Tenure
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

Most shield defences[edit]

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
Highest consecutive shield defences
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)

Notes[edit]

  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[edit]

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