All 121 reigns of the Aberdare Shield in order, from Wales in 1908 to the present day. The inaugural match decided the first holder, so it isn’t counted as a defence.
| # | Holder | Won | Won from | Defences | Lost | Lost to | Days held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wales | 1 Jan 1908 | First holder | 1 | 28 Dec 1908 | England | 362 |
| 2 | England | 28 Dec 1908 | Wales | 4 | 9 Apr 1910 | Wales | 467 |
| 3 | Wales | 9 Apr 1910 | England | 0 | 10 Dec 1910 | England | 245 |
| 4 | England | 10 Dec 1910 | Wales | 1 | 18 Oct 1911 | Australia | 312 |
| 5 | Australia | 18 Oct 1911 | England | 1 | 6 Dec 1911 | England | 49 |
| 6 | England | 6 Dec 1911 | Australia | 6 | 7 Feb 1923 | Wales | 4,081 |
| 7 | Wales | 7 Feb 1923 | England | 0 | 1 Nov 1923 | England | 267 |
| 8 | England | 1 Nov 1923 | Wales | 11 | 1 Feb 1936 | Wales | 4,475 |
| 9 | Wales | 1 Feb 1936 | England | 5 | 16 Apr 1939 | France | 1,170 |
| 10 | France | 16 Apr 1939 | Wales | 0 | 23 Feb 1946 | England | 2,505 |
| 11 | England | 23 Feb 1946 | France | 0 | 12 Oct 1946 | Wales | 231 |
| 12 | Wales | 12 Oct 1946 | England | 0 | 16 Nov 1946 | England | 35 |
| 13 | England | 16 Nov 1946 | Wales | 2 | 20 Sep 1947 | Wales | 308 |
| 14 | Wales | 20 Sep 1947 | England | 0 | 18 Oct 1947 | New Zealand | 28 |
| 15 | New Zealand | 18 Oct 1947 | Wales | 1 | 20 Dec 1947 | Great Britain | 63 |
| 16 | Great Britain | 20 Dec 1947 | New Zealand | 4 | 1 Jul 1950 | Australia | 924 |
| 17 | Australia | 1 Jul 1950 | Great Britain | 1 | 11 Jun 1951 | France | 345 |
| 18 | France | 11 Jun 1951 | Australia | 0 | 30 Jun 1951 | Australia | 19 |
| 19 | Australia | 30 Jun 1951 | France | 0 | 21 Jul 1951 | France | 21 |
| 20 | France | 21 Jul 1951 | Australia | 0 | 4 Aug 1951 | New Zealand | 14 |
| 21 | New Zealand | 4 Aug 1951 | France | 0 | 6 Oct 1951 | Great Britain | 63 |
| 22 | Great Britain | 6 Oct 1951 | New Zealand | 2 | 22 May 1952 | France | 229 |
| 23 | France | 22 May 1952 | Great Britain | 0 | 25 Oct 1952 | Wales | 156 |
| 24 | Wales | 25 Oct 1952 | France | 0 | 16 Sep 1953 | England | 326 |
| 25 | England | 16 Sep 1953 | Wales | 1 | 10 May 1956 | France | 967 |
| 26 | France | 10 May 1956 | England | 0 | 1 Nov 1956 | Australia | 175 |
| 27 | Australia | 1 Nov 1956 | France | 0 | 17 Nov 1956 | Great Britain | 16 |
| 28 | Great Britain | 17 Nov 1956 | Australia | 0 | 1 Dec 1956 | Australia | 14 |
| 29 | Australia | 1 Dec 1956 | Great Britain | 0 | 15 Dec 1956 | Great Britain | 14 |
| 30 | Great Britain | 15 Dec 1956 | Australia | 4 | 17 Jun 1957 | Australia | 184 |
| 31 | Australia | 17 Jun 1957 | Great Britain | 2 | 5 Jul 1958 | Great Britain | 383 |
| 32 | Great Britain | 5 Jul 1958 | Australia | 1 | 26 Jul 1958 | New Zealand | 21 |
| 33 | New Zealand | 26 Jul 1958 | Great Britain | 0 | 9 Aug 1958 | Great Britain | 14 |
| 34 | Great Britain | 9 Aug 1958 | New Zealand | 1 | 5 Apr 1959 | France | 239 |
| 35 | France | 5 Apr 1959 | Great Britain | 0 | 31 Oct 1959 | Australia | 209 |
| 36 | Australia | 31 Oct 1959 | France | 0 | 21 Nov 1959 | Great Britain | 21 |
| 37 | Great Britain | 21 Nov 1959 | Australia | 1 | 6 Mar 1960 | France | 106 |
| 38 | France | 6 Mar 1960 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 Jul 1960 | Australia | 118 |
| 39 | Australia | 2 Jul 1960 | France | 0 | 16 Jul 1960 | France | 14 |
| 40 | France | 16 Jul 1960 | Australia | 0 | 23 Jul 1960 | New Zealand | 7 |
| 41 | New Zealand | 23 Jul 1960 | France | 1 | 24 Sep 1960 | Great Britain | 63 |
| 42 | Great Britain | 24 Sep 1960 | New Zealand | 4 | 30 Sep 1961 | New Zealand | 371 |
| 43 | New Zealand | 30 Sep 1961 | Great Britain | 0 | 21 Oct 1961 | Great Britain | 21 |
| 44 | Great Britain | 21 Oct 1961 | New Zealand | 1 | 17 Feb 1962 | France | 119 |
| 45 | France | 17 Feb 1962 | Great Britain | 1 | 17 Nov 1962 | England | 273 |
| 46 | England | 17 Nov 1962 | France | 0 | 7 Nov 1968 | Wales | 2,182 |
| 47 | Wales | 7 Nov 1968 | England | 0 | 9 Mar 1969 | France | 122 |
| 48 | France | 9 Mar 1969 | Wales | 2 | 25 Jan 1970 | Wales | 322 |
| 49 | Wales | 25 Jan 1970 | France | 0 | 24 Feb 1970 | England | 30 |
| 50 | England | 24 Feb 1970 | Wales | 0 | 15 Mar 1970 | France | 19 |
| 51 | France | 15 Mar 1970 | England | 0 | 25 Oct 1970 | New Zealand | 224 |
| 52 | New Zealand | 25 Oct 1970 | France | 0 | 31 Oct 1970 | Great Britain | 6 |
| 53 | Great Britain | 31 Oct 1970 | New Zealand | 0 | 7 Nov 1970 | Australia | 7 |
| 54 | Australia | 7 Nov 1970 | Great Britain | 1 | 26 Jun 1971 | New Zealand | 231 |
| 55 | New Zealand | 26 Jun 1971 | Australia | 2 | 6 Nov 1971 | Great Britain | 133 |
| 56 | Great Britain | 6 Nov 1971 | New Zealand | 7 | 24 Nov 1973 | Australia | 749 |
| 57 | Australia | 24 Nov 1973 | Great Britain | 4 | 6 Jul 1974 | Great Britain | 224 |
| 58 | Great Britain | 6 Jul 1974 | Australia | 0 | 20 Jul 1974 | Australia | 14 |
| 59 | Australia | 20 Jul 1974 | Great Britain | 7 | 1 Nov 1975 | England | 469 |
| 60 | England | 1 Nov 1975 | Australia | 0 | 12 Nov 1975 | Australia | 11 |
| 61 | Australia | 12 Nov 1975 | England | 9 | 5 Nov 1978 | Great Britain | 1,089 |
| 62 | Great Britain | 5 Nov 1978 | Australia | 0 | 18 Nov 1978 | Australia | 13 |
| 63 | Australia | 18 Nov 1978 | Great Britain | 0 | 26 Nov 1978 | France | 8 |
| 64 | France | 26 Nov 1978 | Australia | 2 | 24 Mar 1979 | England | 118 |
| 65 | England | 24 Mar 1979 | France | 2 | 21 Feb 1981 | France | 700 |
| 66 | France | 21 Feb 1981 | England | 0 | 7 Jun 1981 | New Zealand | 106 |
| 67 | New Zealand | 7 Jun 1981 | France | 1 | 3 Jul 1982 | Australia | 391 |
| 68 | Australia | 3 Jul 1982 | New Zealand | 9 | 9 Jul 1983 | New Zealand | 371 |
| 69 | New Zealand | 9 Jul 1983 | Australia | 4 | 18 Jun 1985 | Australia | 710 |
| 70 | Australia | 18 Jun 1985 | New Zealand | 1 | 7 Jul 1985 | New Zealand | 19 |
| 71 | New Zealand | 7 Jul 1985 | Australia | 1 | 2 Nov 1985 | Great Britain | 118 |
| 72 | Great Britain | 2 Nov 1985 | New Zealand | 3 | 25 Oct 1986 | Australia | 357 |
| 73 | Australia | 25 Oct 1986 | Great Britain | 4 | 21 Jul 1987 | New Zealand | 269 |
| 74 | New Zealand | 21 Jul 1987 | Australia | 2 | 9 Oct 1988 | Australia | 446 |
| 75 | Australia | 9 Oct 1988 | New Zealand | 5 | 27 Oct 1990 | Great Britain | 748 |
| 76 | Great Britain | 27 Oct 1990 | Australia | 0 | 10 Nov 1990 | Australia | 14 |
| 77 | Australia | 10 Nov 1990 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 Jul 1991 | New Zealand | 235 |
| 78 | New Zealand | 3 Jul 1991 | Australia | 0 | 24 Jul 1991 | Australia | 21 |
| 79 | Australia | 24 Jul 1991 | New Zealand | 4 | 26 Jun 1992 | Great Britain | 338 |
| 80 | Great Britain | 26 Jun 1992 | Australia | 0 | 3 Jul 1992 | Australia | 7 |
| 81 | Australia | 3 Jul 1992 | Great Britain | 6 | 22 Oct 1994 | Great Britain | 841 |
| 82 | Great Britain | 22 Oct 1994 | Australia | 0 | 5 Nov 1994 | Australia | 14 |
| 83 | Australia | 5 Nov 1994 | Great Britain | 5 | 7 Oct 1995 | England | 336 |
| 84 | England | 7 Oct 1995 | Australia | 3 | 28 Oct 1995 | Australia | 21 |
| 85 | Australia | 28 Oct 1995 | England | 2 | 24 Apr 1998 | New Zealand | 909 |
| 86 | New Zealand | 24 Apr 1998 | Australia | 0 | 9 Oct 1998 | Australia | 168 |
| 87 | Australia | 9 Oct 1998 | New Zealand | 2 | 15 Oct 1999 | New Zealand | 371 |
| 88 | New Zealand | 15 Oct 1999 | Australia | 2 | 5 Nov 1999 | Australia | 21 |
| 89 | Australia | 5 Nov 1999 | New Zealand | 10 | 11 Nov 2001 | Great Britain | 737 |
| 90 | Great Britain | 11 Nov 2001 | Australia | 0 | 17 Nov 2001 | Australia | 6 |
| 91 | Australia | 17 Nov 2001 | Great Britain | 4 | 18 Oct 2003 | New Zealand | 700 |
| 92 | New Zealand | 18 Oct 2003 | Australia | 0 | 23 Apr 2004 | Australia | 188 |
| 93 | Australia | 23 Apr 2004 | New Zealand | 3 | 13 Nov 2004 | Great Britain | 204 |
| 94 | Great Britain | 13 Nov 2004 | Australia | 1 | 27 Nov 2004 | Australia | 14 |
| 95 | Australia | 27 Nov 2004 | Great Britain | 2 | 15 Oct 2005 | New Zealand | 322 |
| 96 | New Zealand | 15 Oct 2005 | Australia | 0 | 21 Oct 2005 | Australia | 6 |
| 97 | Australia | 21 Oct 2005 | New Zealand | 3 | 26 Nov 2005 | New Zealand | 36 |
| 98 | New Zealand | 26 Nov 2005 | Australia | 0 | 5 May 2006 | Australia | 160 |
| 99 | Australia | 5 May 2006 | New Zealand | 2 | 4 Nov 2006 | Great Britain | 183 |
| 100 | Great Britain | 4 Nov 2006 | Australia | 0 | 11 Nov 2006 | New Zealand | 7 |
| 101 | New Zealand | 11 Nov 2006 | Great Britain | 0 | 25 Nov 2006 | Australia | 14 |
| 102 | Australia | 25 Nov 2006 | New Zealand | 7 | 22 Nov 2008 | New Zealand | 728 |
| 103 | New Zealand | 22 Nov 2008 | Australia | 0 | 8 May 2009 | Australia | 167 |
| 104 | Australia | 8 May 2009 | New Zealand | 8 | 13 Nov 2010 | New Zealand | 554 |
| 105 | New Zealand | 13 Nov 2010 | Australia | 0 | 6 May 2011 | Australia | 174 |
| 106 | Australia | 6 May 2011 | New Zealand | 15 | 25 Oct 2014 | New Zealand | 1,268 |
| 107 | New Zealand | 25 Oct 2014 | Australia | 4 | 1 Nov 2015 | England | 372 |
| 108 | England | 1 Nov 2015 | New Zealand | 0 | 7 Nov 2015 | New Zealand | 6 |
| 109 | New Zealand | 7 Nov 2015 | England | 0 | 14 Nov 2015 | England | 7 |
| 110 | England | 14 Nov 2015 | New Zealand | 1 | 29 Oct 2016 | New Zealand | 350 |
| 111 | New Zealand | 29 Oct 2016 | England | 0 | 5 Nov 2016 | Australia | 7 |
| 112 | Australia | 5 Nov 2016 | New Zealand | 9 | 13 Oct 2018 | New Zealand | 707 |
| 113 | New Zealand | 13 Oct 2018 | Australia | 0 | 27 Oct 2018 | England | 14 |
| 114 | England | 27 Oct 2018 | New Zealand | 1 | 11 Nov 2018 | New Zealand | 15 |
| 115 | New Zealand | 11 Nov 2018 | England | 1 | 25 Oct 2019 | Australia | 348 |
| 116 | Australia | 25 Oct 2019 | New Zealand | 0 | 2 Nov 2019 | Tonga | 8 |
| 117 | Tonga | 2 Nov 2019 | Australia | 0 | 25 Jun 2022 | New Zealand | 966 |
| 118 | New Zealand | 25 Jun 2022 | Tonga | 4 | 11 Nov 2022 | Australia | 139 |
| 119 | Australia | 11 Nov 2022 | New Zealand | 3 | 4 Nov 2023 | New Zealand | 358 |
| 120 | New Zealand | 4 Nov 2023 | Australia | 0 | 27 Oct 2024 | Australia | 358 |
| 121 | Australia | 27 Oct 2024 | New Zealand | 7 | Current holder | 741 |