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Championship Shield
Current season or competition:
2016 Super 8s
SportRugby league
Instituted2015
Number of teams8
Country England (RFL)
Holders Bradford Bulls (1st title)
Most titles Featherstone Rovers
Bradford Bulls (1 title)
Broadcast partnerSky Sports

The Championship Shield is a competition that is played at the end of the regular rugby league season in the Bottom 8 of the Super 8s.

Structure

At the end of the regular season the bottom 8 Championship teams carry points they have earned forward and play each other once more, home or away. After 7 more rounds the bottom two teams are then relegated to League 1 and the top four teams qualify for the play off for the Championship Shield.

Championship Shield Winners

Year Winner Score Runner up Venue Attendance
2015 Featherstone Rovers 36-4 London Broncos Halton Stadium 4,179
2016 Bradford Bulls 27-16 Sheffield Eagles Odsal Stadium

Winners

Club Wins Last win Runners-up Last final lost
=1 Bradford Bulls 1 2016 0 N/A
=1 Featherstone Rovers 1 2015 0 N/A
=3 London Broncos 0 N/A 1 2015
=3 Sheffield Eagles 0 N/A 1 2016

Venues

City Venue Years
1 Widnes Halton Stadium 2015
2 Odsal Odsal Stadium 2016

Appearances

Name Apps Years
1 Dewsbury Rams 2 2015, 2016
Whitehaven RLFC 2 2015, 2016
Workington Town 2 2015, 2016
2 Batley Bulldogs 1 2015
Featherstone Rovers 1 2015
London Broncos 1 2015
Doncaster RLFC 1 2015
Hunslet Hawks 1 2015
Bradford Bulls 1 2016
Halifax 1 2016
Oldham Roughyeds 1 2016
Sheffield Eagles 1 2016
Swinton Lions 1 2016

See also

References