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Utrecht Shield
Women's rugby union lineal title
Utrecht Shield
The Utrecht Shield is an unofficial rugby union lineal championship contested in international women's rugby union. The title follows a "title holder" system - similar to a boxing world title or New Zealand’s Ranfurly Shield, where the holder of the Shield defends it in each subsequent international match they play. If the holder loses, the winning team becomes the new holder. Named after the city of Utrecht, where the first women's rugby union test match, between the Netherlands and France, took place on 13 June 1982, the Shield celebrates the roots of the Women’s international game. France's victory in that match is treated as the first championship win, and the title is considered to have passed between national teams through successive Test matches since then. The Utrecht Shield is not an official competition organised by World Rugby, but rather a statistical and historical concept used by rugby historians and fans to track a continuous lineal champion. A men's version of the trophy...
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