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Utrecht Shield
Awarded forRugby Union Lineal Title
History
First award13 June 1982; 43 years, 219 days ago
First winnerFrance
Most recentEngland 12 October 2024; 1 year, 98 days ago
Websiteraeburnandutrechtshields.com

The Utrecht Shield is a prestigious trophy in Women's rugby union, awarded to the current lineal champion. Unlike traditional tournament trophies, the Shield can only change hands when the holder is defeated in a sanctioned international match - similar in concept to boxing world titles or New Zealand’s Ranfurly Shield.[1]

Named after the city of Utrecht, where the first-ever women’s international rugby match between the Netherlands and France took place on 13 June 1982, the Shield celebrates the roots of the Women’s international game.[2] Being a lineal title, the shield winners at that first match would have been France who would have held it until they were beaten. It would then be held by the winners of that match until they were beaten themselves, and so on. This unique title does not belong to a tournament; instead, it is held by the team that most recently it, adding an extra layer of excitement to every match they play.[3]

The shield itself was first conceived by New Zealander; David Algie[1] in 2008 and was fabricated by an Edinburgh-based woodworker[2] and ex-Watsonian Women head coach Freddie Main.[4] Since then the shield challenges have become part of match reports by major news outlets, such as the BBC.[5]

Men's rugby union has its own version; the Raeburn Shield. Both of these shields have been highlighted by RugbyPass owned by World Rugby.[2]

List of shield holders

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List of every successful challenge
Match Defender Score Challenger Date SD Tenure
1 Netherlands 0-4[6]  France 13 June 1982 - -
2  France 0-10[7] Netherlands 1 May 1986 3 1418d (3y10m18d)
3 Netherlands 3-22[8]  France 31 May 1987 1 395d (1y30d)
4  France 0-13[8] Great Britain[Note 1] 4 March 1989 4 643d (1y9m4d)
5  England 6-19[9] United States 14 April 1991 6 771d (2y1m10d)
6 United States 6-17[10]  England 8 June 1993 1 786d (2y1m25d)
7  England 15-17[8]  France 23 February 1997 17 1356d (3y8m15d)
8  France 10-15[11]  England 4 April 1997 1 40d (1m12d)
9  England 0-67[8]  New Zealand 13 August 1997 1 131d (4m9d)
10  New Zealand 17-22[12]  England 16 June 2001 13 1403d (3y10m3d)
11  England 17-22[13]  France 1 March 2002 2 258d (8m13d)
12  France 0-30[14]  New Zealand 21 May 2002 4 81d (2m20d)
13  New Zealand 3-10[15]  England 21 November 2009 19 2741d (7y6m)
14  England 10-13[16]  New Zealand 5 September 2010 9 288d (9m15d)
15  New Zealand 0-10[17]  England 26 November 2011 0 447d (1y2m21d)
16  England 0-25[18] Ireland 9 February 2013 15 441d (1y2m14d)
17 Ireland 10-17[19]  England 22 February 2014 5 378d (1y13d)
18  England 0-13[20] Wales 8 February 2015 8 351d (11m17d)
19 Wales 7-28[21]  France 27 February 2015 1 19d
20  France 12-17[22] Italy 14 March 2015 0 15d
21 Italy 0-39[23]  France 6 February 2016 1 329d (10m23d)
22  France 8-10[24] Wales 28 February 2016 1 22d
23 Wales 13-20[25]  England 12 March 2016 0 13d
24  England 12-17[26]  France 18 March 2016 0 6d
25  France 13-17[27]  England 5 July 2016 1 109d (3m17d)
26 England  20-25[28]  New Zealand 19 November 2016 3 137d (4m14d)
27 New Zealand  21-29[29]  England 17 June 2017 4 210d (6m29d)
28 England  32-41[30]  New Zealand 26 August 2017 4 70d (2m9d)
29 New Zealand  27-30[31]  France 17 November 2018 4 448d (1y2m22d)
30 France  26-41[32]  England 10 February 2019 1 85d (2m24d)
31 England  13-28[33]  New Zealand 14 July 2019 6 154d (5m4d)
32 New Zealand  12-43[34]  England 31 October 2021 2 840d (2y3m17d)
33 England  31-34[35]  New Zealand 12 November 2022 16 377d (1y12d)
34 New Zealand  17-18[36]  France 21 October 2023 4 343d (11m9d)
35 France  20-29[37]  Australia 28 October 2023 0 7d
36 Australia  14-33[33]  Canada 11 May 2024 1 196d (6m13d)
37 Canada  12-21[34]  England 12 October 2024 3 154d (5m1d)
38 England  Ongoing 9 (as of 22nd August 2025) Ongoing


Most shield defences

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Most shield defences by each team
Team Total Chal. Cons.
1 England 90 13 17
2 New Zealand 42 6 19
3 France 15 8 4
4 Ireland 5 1 5
5 Canada 3 1 3
6 Wales 1 2 1
7 Italy 1 1 1
8 Netherlands 1 1 1
9 United States 1 1 1
10 Australia 1 1 1
Highest consecutive shield defences
No. Team Start Def. Score End Score Chal. Tenure
19 New Zealand 21 May 2002 France 0-30[14] 21 November 2009 3-10[15] England 2741d (7y6m)
17 England 8 June 1993 United States 6-17[10] 23 February 1997 15-17[8] France 1356d (3y8m15d)
16 England 31 October 2021 New Zealand 12-43[34] 12 November 2022 31-34[35] New Zealand 377d (1y12d)
15 England 26 November 2011 New Zealand 0-10[17] 9 February 2013 0-25[18] Ireland 441d (1y2m14d)
13 New Zealand 13 August 1997 England 0-67[8] 16 June 2001 17-22[12] England 1403d (3y10m3d)

See also

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Notes

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  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.

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