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Aberdare Shield: Reign History

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.

#HolderWonWon fromDefencesLostLost toDays held
1Wales1 Jan 1908First holder128 Dec 1908England362
2England28 Dec 1908Wales49 Apr 1910Wales467
3Wales9 Apr 1910England010 Dec 1910England245
4England10 Dec 1910Wales118 Oct 1911Australia312
5Australia18 Oct 1911England16 Dec 1911England49
6England6 Dec 1911Australia67 Feb 1923Wales4,081
7Wales7 Feb 1923England01 Nov 1923England267
8England1 Nov 1923Wales111 Feb 1936Wales4,475
9Wales1 Feb 1936England516 Apr 1939France1,170
10France16 Apr 1939Wales023 Feb 1946England2,505
11England23 Feb 1946France012 Oct 1946Wales231
12Wales12 Oct 1946England016 Nov 1946England35
13England16 Nov 1946Wales220 Sep 1947Wales308
14Wales20 Sep 1947England018 Oct 1947New Zealand28
15New Zealand18 Oct 1947Wales120 Dec 1947Great Britain63
16Great Britain20 Dec 1947New Zealand41 Jul 1950Australia924
17Australia1 Jul 1950Great Britain111 Jun 1951France345
18France11 Jun 1951Australia030 Jun 1951Australia19
19Australia30 Jun 1951France021 Jul 1951France21
20France21 Jul 1951Australia04 Aug 1951New Zealand14
21New Zealand4 Aug 1951France06 Oct 1951Great Britain63
22Great Britain6 Oct 1951New Zealand222 May 1952France229
23France22 May 1952Great Britain025 Oct 1952Wales156
24Wales25 Oct 1952France016 Sep 1953England326
25England16 Sep 1953Wales110 May 1956France967
26France10 May 1956England01 Nov 1956Australia175
27Australia1 Nov 1956France017 Nov 1956Great Britain16
28Great Britain17 Nov 1956Australia01 Dec 1956Australia14
29Australia1 Dec 1956Great Britain015 Dec 1956Great Britain14
30Great Britain15 Dec 1956Australia417 Jun 1957Australia184
31Australia17 Jun 1957Great Britain25 Jul 1958Great Britain383
32Great Britain5 Jul 1958Australia126 Jul 1958New Zealand21
33New Zealand26 Jul 1958Great Britain09 Aug 1958Great Britain14
34Great Britain9 Aug 1958New Zealand15 Apr 1959France239
35France5 Apr 1959Great Britain031 Oct 1959Australia209
36Australia31 Oct 1959France021 Nov 1959Great Britain21
37Great Britain21 Nov 1959Australia16 Mar 1960France106
38France6 Mar 1960Great Britain22 Jul 1960Australia118
39Australia2 Jul 1960France016 Jul 1960France14
40France16 Jul 1960Australia023 Jul 1960New Zealand7
41New Zealand23 Jul 1960France124 Sep 1960Great Britain63
42Great Britain24 Sep 1960New Zealand430 Sep 1961New Zealand371
43New Zealand30 Sep 1961Great Britain021 Oct 1961Great Britain21
44Great Britain21 Oct 1961New Zealand117 Feb 1962France119
45France17 Feb 1962Great Britain117 Nov 1962England273
46England17 Nov 1962France07 Nov 1968Wales2,182
47Wales7 Nov 1968England09 Mar 1969France122
48France9 Mar 1969Wales225 Jan 1970Wales322
49Wales25 Jan 1970France024 Feb 1970England30
50England24 Feb 1970Wales015 Mar 1970France19
51France15 Mar 1970England025 Oct 1970New Zealand224
52New Zealand25 Oct 1970France031 Oct 1970Great Britain6
53Great Britain31 Oct 1970New Zealand07 Nov 1970Australia7
54Australia7 Nov 1970Great Britain126 Jun 1971New Zealand231
55New Zealand26 Jun 1971Australia26 Nov 1971Great Britain133
56Great Britain6 Nov 1971New Zealand724 Nov 1973Australia749
57Australia24 Nov 1973Great Britain46 Jul 1974Great Britain224
58Great Britain6 Jul 1974Australia020 Jul 1974Australia14
59Australia20 Jul 1974Great Britain71 Nov 1975England469
60England1 Nov 1975Australia012 Nov 1975Australia11
61Australia12 Nov 1975England95 Nov 1978Great Britain1,089
62Great Britain5 Nov 1978Australia018 Nov 1978Australia13
63Australia18 Nov 1978Great Britain026 Nov 1978France8
64France26 Nov 1978Australia224 Mar 1979England118
65England24 Mar 1979France221 Feb 1981France700
66France21 Feb 1981England07 Jun 1981New Zealand106
67New Zealand7 Jun 1981France13 Jul 1982Australia391
68Australia3 Jul 1982New Zealand99 Jul 1983New Zealand371
69New Zealand9 Jul 1983Australia418 Jun 1985Australia710
70Australia18 Jun 1985New Zealand17 Jul 1985New Zealand19
71New Zealand7 Jul 1985Australia12 Nov 1985Great Britain118
72Great Britain2 Nov 1985New Zealand325 Oct 1986Australia357
73Australia25 Oct 1986Great Britain421 Jul 1987New Zealand269
74New Zealand21 Jul 1987Australia29 Oct 1988Australia446
75Australia9 Oct 1988New Zealand527 Oct 1990Great Britain748
76Great Britain27 Oct 1990Australia010 Nov 1990Australia14
77Australia10 Nov 1990Great Britain33 Jul 1991New Zealand235
78New Zealand3 Jul 1991Australia024 Jul 1991Australia21
79Australia24 Jul 1991New Zealand426 Jun 1992Great Britain338
80Great Britain26 Jun 1992Australia03 Jul 1992Australia7
81Australia3 Jul 1992Great Britain622 Oct 1994Great Britain841
82Great Britain22 Oct 1994Australia05 Nov 1994Australia14
83Australia5 Nov 1994Great Britain57 Oct 1995England336
84England7 Oct 1995Australia328 Oct 1995Australia21
85Australia28 Oct 1995England224 Apr 1998New Zealand909
86New Zealand24 Apr 1998Australia09 Oct 1998Australia168
87Australia9 Oct 1998New Zealand215 Oct 1999New Zealand371
88New Zealand15 Oct 1999Australia25 Nov 1999Australia21
89Australia5 Nov 1999New Zealand1011 Nov 2001Great Britain737
90Great Britain11 Nov 2001Australia017 Nov 2001Australia6
91Australia17 Nov 2001Great Britain418 Oct 2003New Zealand700
92New Zealand18 Oct 2003Australia023 Apr 2004Australia188
93Australia23 Apr 2004New Zealand313 Nov 2004Great Britain204
94Great Britain13 Nov 2004Australia127 Nov 2004Australia14
95Australia27 Nov 2004Great Britain215 Oct 2005New Zealand322
96New Zealand15 Oct 2005Australia021 Oct 2005Australia6
97Australia21 Oct 2005New Zealand326 Nov 2005New Zealand36
98New Zealand26 Nov 2005Australia05 May 2006Australia160
99Australia5 May 2006New Zealand24 Nov 2006Great Britain183
100Great Britain4 Nov 2006Australia011 Nov 2006New Zealand7
101New Zealand11 Nov 2006Great Britain025 Nov 2006Australia14
102Australia25 Nov 2006New Zealand722 Nov 2008New Zealand728
103New Zealand22 Nov 2008Australia08 May 2009Australia167
104Australia8 May 2009New Zealand813 Nov 2010New Zealand554
105New Zealand13 Nov 2010Australia06 May 2011Australia174
106Australia6 May 2011New Zealand1525 Oct 2014New Zealand1,268
107New Zealand25 Oct 2014Australia41 Nov 2015England372
108England1 Nov 2015New Zealand07 Nov 2015New Zealand6
109New Zealand7 Nov 2015England014 Nov 2015England7
110England14 Nov 2015New Zealand129 Oct 2016New Zealand350
111New Zealand29 Oct 2016England05 Nov 2016Australia7
112Australia5 Nov 2016New Zealand913 Oct 2018New Zealand707
113New Zealand13 Oct 2018Australia027 Oct 2018England14
114England27 Oct 2018New Zealand111 Nov 2018New Zealand15
115New Zealand11 Nov 2018England125 Oct 2019Australia348
116Australia25 Oct 2019New Zealand02 Nov 2019Tonga8
117Tonga2 Nov 2019Australia025 Jun 2022New Zealand966
118New Zealand25 Jun 2022Tonga411 Nov 2022Australia139
119Australia11 Nov 2022New Zealand34 Nov 2023New Zealand358
120New Zealand4 Nov 2023Australia027 Oct 2024Australia358
121Australia27 Oct 2024New Zealand7Current holder741
Days for the current reign are counted to 7 November 2026.