The Rugby League Ledger

Another way of keeping score


Aberdare Shield: Match Log 1960–present

Aberdare Shield matches from 1960 to the most recent defence. Scores show the holder first. The earlier matches are on 1908–1959.

1960s

No.DateHolderScoreChallengerResult
876 Mar 1960Great Britain18–20FranceWon by France
8826 Mar 1960France17–17Great BritainDrawn, retained
8911 Jun 1960France8–8AustraliaDrawn, retained
902 Jul 1960France6–56AustraliaWon by Australia
9116 Jul 1960Australia5–7FranceWon by France
9223 Jul 1960France2–9New ZealandWon by New Zealand
936 Aug 1960New Zealand9–3FranceRetained
9424 Sep 1960New Zealand8–23Great BritainWon by Great Britain
951 Oct 1960Great Britain33–7FranceRetained
968 Oct 1960Great Britain10–3AustraliaRetained
9711 Dec 1960Great Britain21–10FranceRetained
9828 Jan 1961Great Britain27–8FranceRetained
9930 Sep 1961Great Britain11–29New ZealandWon by New Zealand
10021 Oct 1961New Zealand10–23Great BritainWon by Great Britain
1014 Nov 1961Great Britain35–19New ZealandRetained
10217 Feb 1962Great Britain15–20FranceWon by France
10311 Mar 1962France23–13Great BritainRetained
10417 Nov 1962France6–18EnglandWon by England
1057 Nov 1968England17–24WalesWon by Wales
1069 Mar 1969Wales13–17FranceWon by France
10723 Oct 1969France8–2WalesRetained
10825 Oct 1969France11–11EnglandDrawn, retained

1970s

No.DateHolderScoreChallengerResult
10925 Jan 1970France11–15WalesWon by Wales
11024 Feb 1970Wales7–26EnglandWon by England
11115 Mar 1970England9–14FranceWon by France
11225 Oct 1970France15–16New ZealandWon by New Zealand
11331 Oct 1970New Zealand17–27Great BritainWon by Great Britain
1147 Nov 1970Great Britain7–12AustraliaWon by Australia
11511 Nov 1970Australia7–4FranceRetained
11626 Jun 1971Australia3–24New ZealandWon by New Zealand
11725 Sep 1971New Zealand18–13Great BritainRetained
11816 Oct 1971New Zealand17–14Great BritainRetained
1196 Nov 1971New Zealand3–12Great BritainWon by Great Britain
1206 Feb 1972Great Britain10–9FranceRetained
12112 Mar 1972Great Britain45–10FranceRetained
12229 Oct 1972Great Britain27–21AustraliaRetained
1231 Nov 1972Great Britain13–4FranceRetained
1244 Nov 1972Great Britain53–19New ZealandRetained
12511 Nov 1972Great Britain10–10AustraliaDrawn, retained
1263 Nov 1973Great Britain21–12AustraliaRetained
12724 Nov 1973Great Britain6–14AustraliaWon by Australia
1281 Dec 1973Australia15–5Great BritainRetained
1299 Dec 1973Australia21–9FranceRetained
13016 Dec 1973Australia14–3FranceRetained
13115 Jun 1974Australia12–6Great BritainRetained
1326 Jul 1974Australia11–16Great BritainWon by Great Britain
13320 Jul 1974Great Britain18–22AustraliaWon by Australia
1341 Jun 1975Australia36–8New ZealandRetained
13514 Jun 1975Australia30–13WalesRetained
13621 Jun 1975Australia26–6FranceRetained
13728 Jun 1975Australia10–10EnglandDrawn, retained
13827 Sep 1975Australia24–8New ZealandRetained
13919 Oct 1975Australia18–6WalesRetained
14026 Oct 1975Australia41–2FranceRetained
1411 Nov 1975Australia13–16EnglandWon by England
14212 Nov 1975England0–25AustraliaWon by Australia
14329 May 1977Australia27–12New ZealandRetained
14411 Jun 1977Australia21–9FranceRetained
14518 Jun 1977Australia19–5Great BritainRetained
14625 Jun 1977Australia13–12Great BritainRetained
14724 Jun 1978Australia24–2New ZealandRetained
14815 Jul 1978Australia38–7New ZealandRetained
14922 Jul 1978Australia33–16New ZealandRetained
15015 Oct 1978Australia8–3WalesRetained
15121 Oct 1978Australia15–9Great BritainRetained
1525 Nov 1978Australia14–18Great BritainWon by Great Britain
15318 Nov 1978Great Britain6–23AustraliaWon by Australia
15426 Nov 1978Australia10–13FranceWon by France
15510 Dec 1978France11–10AustraliaRetained
1564 Feb 1979France15–8WalesRetained
15724 Mar 1979France6–12EnglandWon by England

1980s

No.DateHolderScoreChallengerResult
15829 Feb 1980England26–9WalesRetained
15916 Mar 1980England4–2FranceRetained
16021 Feb 1981England1–5FranceWon by France
1617 Jun 1981France3–26New ZealandWon by New Zealand
16221 Jun 1981New Zealand25–2FranceRetained
1633 Jul 1982New Zealand8–11AustraliaWon by Australia
16417 Jul 1982Australia20–2New ZealandRetained
1652 Oct 1982Australia38–2Papua New GuineaRetained
16624 Oct 1982Australia37–7WalesRetained
16730 Oct 1982Australia40–4Great BritainRetained
16820 Nov 1982Australia27–6Great BritainRetained
16928 Nov 1982Australia32–8Great BritainRetained
1705 Dec 1982Australia15–4FranceRetained
17118 Dec 1982Australia23–9FranceRetained
17212 Jun 1983Australia16–4New ZealandRetained
1739 Jul 1983Australia12–19New ZealandWon by New Zealand
1742 Oct 1983New Zealand60–20Papua New GuineaRetained
17514 Jul 1984New Zealand12–0Great BritainRetained
17622 Jul 1984New Zealand28–12Great BritainRetained
17728 Jul 1984New Zealand32–16Great BritainRetained
17818 Jun 1985New Zealand20–26AustraliaWon by Australia
17930 Jun 1985Australia10–6New ZealandRetained
1807 Jul 1985Australia0–18New ZealandWon by New Zealand
18119 Oct 1985New Zealand24–22Great BritainRetained
1822 Nov 1985New Zealand8–25Great BritainWon by Great Britain
1839 Nov 1985Great Britain6–6New ZealandDrawn, retained
18416 Feb 1986Great Britain10–10FranceDrawn, retained
1851 Mar 1986Great Britain24–10FranceRetained
18625 Oct 1986Great Britain16–38AustraliaWon by Australia
1878 Nov 1986Australia34–4Great BritainRetained
18822 Nov 1986Australia24–15Great BritainRetained
18930 Nov 1986Australia44–2FranceRetained
19013 Dec 1986Australia52–0FranceRetained
19121 Jul 1987Australia6–13New ZealandWon by New Zealand
19210 Jul 1988New Zealand66–14Papua New GuineaRetained
19317 Jul 1988New Zealand12–10Great BritainRetained
1949 Oct 1988New Zealand12–25AustraliaWon by Australia
1959 Jul 1989Australia26–6New ZealandRetained
19616 Jul 1989Australia8–0New ZealandRetained
19723 Jul 1989Australia22–14New ZealandRetained

1990s

No.DateHolderScoreChallengerResult
19827 Jun 1990Australia34–2FranceRetained
19919 Aug 1990Australia24–6New ZealandRetained
20027 Oct 1990Australia12–19Great BritainWon by Great Britain
20110 Nov 1990Great Britain10–14AustraliaWon by Australia
20224 Nov 1990Australia14–0Great BritainRetained
2032 Dec 1990Australia60–4FranceRetained
2049 Dec 1990Australia34–10FranceRetained
2053 Jul 1991Australia8–24New ZealandWon by New Zealand
20624 Jul 1991New Zealand0–44AustraliaWon by Australia
20731 Jul 1991Australia40–12New ZealandRetained
2086 Oct 1991Australia58–2Papua New GuineaRetained
20913 Oct 1991Australia40–6Papua New GuineaRetained
21012 Jun 1992Australia22–6Great BritainRetained
21126 Jun 1992Australia10–33Great BritainWon by Great Britain
2123 Jul 1992Great Britain10–16AustraliaWon by Australia
21315 Jul 1992Australia36–14Papua New GuineaRetained
21424 Oct 1992Australia10–6Great BritainRetained
21520 Jun 1993Australia14–14New ZealandDrawn, retained
21625 Jun 1993Australia16–8New ZealandRetained
21730 Jun 1993Australia16–4New ZealandRetained
2186 Jul 1994Australia58–0FranceRetained
21922 Oct 1994Australia4–8Great BritainWon by Great Britain
2205 Nov 1994Great Britain8–38AustraliaWon by Australia
22120 Nov 1994Australia23–4Great BritainRetained
2224 Dec 1994Australia74–0FranceRetained
22323 Jun 1995Australia26–8New ZealandRetained
2247 Jul 1995Australia20–10New ZealandRetained
22514 Jul 1995Australia46–10New ZealandRetained
2267 Oct 1995Australia16–20EnglandWon by England
22711 Oct 1995England46–0FijiRetained
22814 Oct 1995England46–0South AfricaRetained
22921 Oct 1995England25–10WalesRetained
23028 Oct 1995England8–16AustraliaWon by Australia
23112 Jul 1996Australia84–14FijiRetained
2326 Oct 1996Australia52–6Papua New GuineaRetained
23324 Apr 1998Australia16–22New ZealandWon by New Zealand
2349 Oct 1998New Zealand12–30AustraliaWon by Australia
23516 Oct 1998Australia36–16New ZealandRetained
23623 Apr 1999Australia20–14New ZealandRetained
23715 Oct 1999Australia22–24New ZealandWon by New Zealand
23822 Oct 1999New Zealand74–0TongaRetained
23929 Oct 1999New Zealand26–4Great BritainRetained
2405 Nov 1999New Zealand20–22AustraliaWon by Australia

2000s

No.DateHolderScoreChallengerResult
24121 Apr 2000Australia52–0New ZealandRetained
2427 Oct 2000Australia82–0Papua New GuineaRetained
24328 Oct 2000Australia22–2EnglandRetained
2441 Nov 2000Australia66–8FijiRetained
2454 Nov 2000Australia110–4RussiaRetained
24611 Nov 2000Australia66–10SamoaRetained
24719 Nov 2000Australia46–22WalesRetained
24825 Nov 2000Australia40–12New ZealandRetained
24913 Jul 2001Australia28–10New ZealandRetained
2507 Oct 2001Australia54–12Papua New GuineaRetained
25111 Nov 2001Australia12–20Great BritainWon by Great Britain
25217 Nov 2001Great Britain12–40AustraliaWon by Australia
25324 Nov 2001Australia28–8Great BritainRetained
25412 Jul 2002Australia64–10Great BritainRetained
25512 Oct 2002Australia32–24New ZealandRetained
25625 Jul 2003Australia48–6New ZealandRetained
25718 Oct 2003Australia16–30New ZealandWon by New Zealand
25823 Apr 2004New Zealand10–37AustraliaWon by Australia
25916 Oct 2004Australia16–16New ZealandDrawn, retained
26023 Oct 2004Australia32–12New ZealandRetained
26130 Oct 2004Australia12–8Great BritainRetained
26213 Nov 2004Australia12–24Great BritainWon by Great Britain
26320 Nov 2004Great Britain26–24New ZealandRetained
26427 Nov 2004Great Britain4–44AustraliaWon by Australia
26530 Nov 2004Australia36–24United StatesRetained
26622 Apr 2005Australia32–16New ZealandRetained
26715 Oct 2005Australia28–38New ZealandWon by New Zealand
26821 Oct 2005New Zealand26–28AustraliaWon by Australia
2695 Nov 2005Australia20–6Great BritainRetained
27012 Nov 2005Australia44–12FranceRetained
27119 Nov 2005Australia26–14Great BritainRetained
27226 Nov 2005Australia0–24New ZealandWon by New Zealand
2735 May 2006New Zealand12–50AustraliaWon by Australia
27414 Oct 2006Australia30–18New ZealandRetained
27521 Oct 2006Australia20–15New ZealandRetained
2764 Nov 2006Australia12–23Great BritainWon by Great Britain
27711 Nov 2006Great Britain4–34New ZealandWon by New Zealand
27825 Nov 2006New Zealand12–16AustraliaWon by Australia
27920 Apr 2007Australia30–6New ZealandRetained
28014 Oct 2007Australia58–0New ZealandRetained
2819 May 2008Australia28–12New ZealandRetained
28226 Oct 2008Australia30–6New ZealandRetained
2832 Nov 2008Australia52–4EnglandRetained
2849 Nov 2008Australia46–6Papua New GuineaRetained
28516 Nov 2008Australia52–0FijiRetained
28622 Nov 2008Australia20–34New ZealandWon by New Zealand
2878 May 2009New Zealand10–38AustraliaWon by Australia
28824 Oct 2009Australia20–20New ZealandDrawn, retained
28931 Oct 2009Australia26–16EnglandRetained
2907 Nov 2009Australia42–4FranceRetained
29114 Nov 2009Australia46–16EnglandRetained

2010s

No.DateHolderScoreChallengerResult
2927 May 2010Australia12–8New ZealandRetained
29324 Oct 2010Australia42–0Papua New GuineaRetained
29431 Oct 2010Australia34–14EnglandRetained
2956 Nov 2010Australia34–20New ZealandRetained
29613 Nov 2010Australia12–16New ZealandWon by New Zealand
2976 May 2011New Zealand10–20AustraliaWon by Australia
29816 Oct 2011Australia42–6New ZealandRetained
29928 Oct 2011Australia26–12New ZealandRetained
3005 Nov 2011Australia36–20EnglandRetained
30113 Nov 2011Australia56–14WalesRetained
30219 Nov 2011Australia30–8EnglandRetained
30320 Apr 2012Australia20–12New ZealandRetained
30413 Oct 2012Australia18–10New ZealandRetained
30519 Apr 2013Australia32–12New ZealandRetained
30626 Oct 2013Australia28–20EnglandRetained
3072 Nov 2013Australia34–2FijiRetained
3089 Nov 2013Australia50–0IrelandRetained
30916 Nov 2013Australia62–0United StatesRetained
31023 Nov 2013Australia64–0FijiRetained
31130 Nov 2013Australia34–2New ZealandRetained
3122 May 2014Australia30–18New ZealandRetained
31325 Oct 2014Australia12–30New ZealandWon by New Zealand
3141 Nov 2014New Zealand14–12SamoaRetained
3158 Nov 2014New Zealand16–14EnglandRetained
31615 Nov 2014New Zealand22–18AustraliaRetained
3173 May 2015New Zealand26–12AustraliaRetained
3181 Nov 2015New Zealand12–26EnglandWon by England
3197 Nov 2015England2–9New ZealandWon by New Zealand
32014 Nov 2015New Zealand14–20EnglandWon by England
32122 Oct 2016England40–6FranceRetained
32229 Oct 2016England16–17New ZealandWon by New Zealand
3235 Nov 2016New Zealand8–14AustraliaWon by Australia
32413 Nov 2016Australia36–18EnglandRetained
32520 Nov 2016Australia34–8New ZealandRetained
3265 May 2017Australia30–12New ZealandRetained
32727 Oct 2017Australia18–4EnglandRetained
3283 Nov 2017Australia52–6FranceRetained
32911 Nov 2017Australia34–0LebanonRetained
33017 Nov 2017Australia46–0SamoaRetained
33124 Nov 2017Australia54–6FijiRetained
3322 Dec 2017Australia6–0EnglandRetained
33313 Oct 2018Australia24–26New ZealandWon by New Zealand
33427 Oct 2018New Zealand16–18EnglandWon by England
3354 Nov 2018England20–14New ZealandRetained
33611 Nov 2018England0–34New ZealandWon by New Zealand
33722 Jun 2019New Zealand34–14TongaRetained
33825 Oct 2019New Zealand4–26AustraliaWon by Australia
3392 Nov 2019Australia12–16TongaWon by Tonga

2020s

No.DateHolderScoreChallengerResult
34025 Jun 2022Tonga6–26New ZealandWon by New Zealand
34116 Oct 2022New Zealand34–12LebanonRetained
34222 Oct 2022New Zealand68–6JamaicaRetained
34328 Oct 2022New Zealand48–10IrelandRetained
3445 Nov 2022New Zealand24–18FijiRetained
34511 Nov 2022New Zealand14–16AustraliaWon by Australia
34619 Nov 2022Australia30–10SamoaRetained
34714 Oct 2023Australia38–12SamoaRetained
34828 Oct 2023Australia36–18New ZealandRetained
3494 Nov 2023Australia0–30New ZealandWon by New Zealand
35027 Oct 2024New Zealand10–22AustraliaWon by Australia
35110 Nov 2024Australia20–14TongaRetained
35225 Oct 2025Australia26–6EnglandRetained
3531 Nov 2025Australia14–4EnglandRetained
3548 Nov 2025Australia30–8EnglandRetained
35515 Oct 2026Australia24–22New ZealandRetained
35625 Oct 2026Australia36–22FijiRetained
35731 Oct 2026Australia66–6Cook IslandsRetained