RFL Championship Leaders' Shield

RFL Championship Leaders' Shield

Country	England France
Presented by	RFL Championship
History
First award	2003
Most wins	File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers (5 titles)
Most recent	File:Fevcolours.svg 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	Runners up	Pts
2003	File:Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils	30	File:Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions	30
2004	File:Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions	28	File:Haven colours.svg Whitehaven	28
2005	File:Haven colours.svg Whitehaven	32	File:Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers	30
2006	File:HKRcolours.svg Hull KR	32	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings	28
2007	File:Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers	51	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings	50
2008	File:Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils	44	File:Cruscolours.svg Celtic Crusaders	40
2009	File:Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders	44	File:Faxcolours.svg Halifax	43
2010	File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers	56	File:Faxcolours.svg Halifax	50
2011	File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers	56	File:Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions	53
2012	File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers	47	File:Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions	44
2013	File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers	70	File:Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles	67
2014	File:Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions	76	File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers	61
2015–2018	Not awarded due to the Super 8's system
2019	File:New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack	52	File:ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique	47
2020	Competition abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	File:ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique	100.00	File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers	90.48
2022	File:Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions	50	File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers	47
2023	File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers	50	File:ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique	38

Winners

	Club	Wins	Runners up	Winning years
1	File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers	5	3	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2023
2	File:Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions	3		2004, 2014, 2022
3	File:Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils	2	0	2004, 2008
4	File:Haven colours.svg Whitehaven	1	1	2005
	File:Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers			2007
	File:ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique		3	2021
3	File:HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers		0	2006
	File:Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders			2009
	File:New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack			2019

See also

• League Leaders' Shield
• Championship Grand Final