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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
Leigh Centurions
(5 titles)
Most recent York Knights
(1st 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 Ref
2003 Salford Red Devils 30 Leigh Centurions 30 [1]
2004 Leigh Centurions 28 Whitehaven 28 [2]
2005 Whitehaven 32 Castleford Tigers 30 [3]
2006 Hull KR 32 Widnes Vikings 28 [4]
2007 Castleford Tigers 51 Widnes Vikings 50 [5]
2008 Salford Red Devils 44 Celtic Crusaders 40 [6]
2009 Barrow Raiders 44 Halifax 43 [7]
2010 Featherstone Rovers 56 Halifax 50 [8]
2011 Featherstone Rovers 56 Leigh Centurions 53 [9]
2012 Featherstone Rovers 47 Leigh Centurions 44 [10]
2013 Featherstone Rovers 70 Sheffield Eagles 67 [11]
2014 Leigh Centurions 76 Featherstone Rovers 61 [12][13]
2015 Leigh Centurions 43 Bradford Bulls 37 [13][14]
2016 Leigh Centurions 43 London Broncos 34 [15]
2017 Hull Kingston Rovers 39 London Broncos 36 [16][17]
2018 Toronto Wolfpack 41 London Broncos 33 [18][19]
2019 Toronto Wolfpack 52 Toulouse Olympique 47 [18][20]
2020 Competition abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Toulouse Olympique 100.00 Featherstone Rovers 90.48 [21]
2022 Leigh Centurions 50 Featherstone Rovers 47 [22]
2023 Featherstone Rovers 50 Toulouse Olympique 38 [23][24]
2024 Wakefield Trinity 50 Toulouse Olympique 37 [25][26]
2025 York Knights 40 Toulouse Olympique 38 [27][28]
  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 Rovers532010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2023
Leigh Centurions2004, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022
3 Salford Red Devils202004, 2008
Hull Kingston Rovers2006, 2017
Toronto Wolfpack2018, 2019
6 Toulouse Olympique142021
7 Whitehaven12005
Castleford Tigers2007
9 Barrow Raiders02009
Wakefield Trinity2024
York Knights2025

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "2003 LHF Healthplan National League One". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  2. ↑ "2004 LHF Healthplan National League One". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  3. ↑ "2005 LHF Healthplan National League One". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  4. ↑ "2006 LHF Healthplan National League One". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  5. ↑ "2007 LHF Healthplan National League One". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  6. ↑ "2008 LHF Healthplan National League One". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  7. ↑ "2009 Co-operative Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  8. ↑ "2010 Co-operative Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  9. ↑ "2011 Co-operative Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  10. ↑ "2012 Co-operative Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  11. ↑ "2013 Kingstone Press Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  12. ↑ "2014 Kingstone Press Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  13. 1 2 "Championship winner Leigh Centurions round off regular season in style". Manchester Evening News. July 17, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  14. ↑ "2015 Kingstone Press Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  15. ↑ "2016 Kingstone Press Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  16. ↑ "2017 Kingstone Press Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Hull KR vs Toulouse LIVE - score updates, pictures and more as Rovers lift Championship league leaders shield". Hull Daily Mail. July 16, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  18. 1 2 "Wolfpack clinches League Leaders' Shield with win over Widnes". Toronto Sun. July 21, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  19. ↑ "2018 Betfred Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  20. ↑ "2019 Betfred Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  21. ↑ "2021 Betfred Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  22. ↑ "2022 Betfred Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  23. ↑ "2023 Betfred Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  24. ↑ "Featherstone Rovers champions but there's still 'heaps wrong': 'Miserable' James Ford demands more in order to win promotion". Love Rugby League. September 4, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  25. ↑ "2024 Betfred Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  26. ↑ "Wakefield Trinity celebrate sealing top spot with impressive eight-try display at Halifax". Wakefield Express. August 26, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  27. ↑ "2025 Betfred Championship". Rugby League Project. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  28. ↑ "York Knights lift League Leaders' Shield as Championship play-off line-up confirmed". The Yorkshire Post. September 14, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
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