League 1 Shield

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The League 1 Shield was a competition that is played at the end of the regular rugby league season in the League 1 Super 8s of the League 1 (rugby league).

Structure

The teams that do not qualify for the Super 8s in League 1 play each other once more, if there is an odd number of teams then each team takes a bye round. The top two teams play each other in the Shield Final at the home of the team finishing first.

League 1 Shield finals

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|Year

|Winner

|Score

|Runner up

|Venue

|Attendance

2016

|{{leagueicon|gateshead|16}} Newcastle Thunder

|31–26

|{{leagueicon|crusaders|16}} North Wales Crusaders

|Kingston Park

|

2017{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugby-league.com/kingstone_press_leagues/article/51093/hunslet-win-league--shield|title=Rugby-league.com}}

|Hunslet

|32–12

|London Skolars

|South Leeds Stadium

=Summary of winners=

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!

!Club

!Wins

!Last win

!Runners-up

!Last final

=1

|Newcastle Thunder

|1

|2016

|0

|2016

=1

|Hunslet

|1

|2017

|0

|2017

=3

|London Skolars

|0

|N/A

|1

|2017

=3

|North Wales Crusaders

|0

|N/A

|1

|2016

See also

References

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