Misplaced Pages

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "League 1 Shield" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The topic of this article may not meet Misplaced Pages's notability guideline for sports and athletics. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "League 1 Shield" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

League 1 Shield

Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	2016
Number of teams	8
Country	England  Wales (RFL)
Holders	Hunslet (1st title)
Broadcast partner	Sky Sports

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

Year	Winner	Score	Runner up	Venue	Attendance
2016	Newcastle Thunder	31–26	North Wales Crusaders	Kingston Park
2017	Hunslet	32–12	London Skolars	South Leeds Stadium

Summary of winners

See also

• Rugby League Super 8s
• League 1 Super 8s
• Championship Shield

References

1. "Rugby-league.com".

External links

• Sports

• RFL League One
• 2016 establishments in England