Dewar Shield

For the English football competition devised by Sir Thomas Dewar, see Sheriff of London Charity Shield.

Dewar Shield
Sport	Rugby union football
Founded	1909
No. of teams	9
Country	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	Harlequin (2015)
Official website	www.melbournerebels.com.au

History

See also: Rugby union in Victoria

The Victorian Rugby Union senior competition was established in 1909 with five teams, namely East Melbourne, Melbourne, South Melbourne, St Kilda and University. The Melbourne Rugby Club of that time won the first year of the five-team competition for the new trophy the Dewar Shield (donated by the Scotch Whisky Distillery John Dewar and Sons). One hundred years later in 2009 the current Melbourne Rugby Club is the reigning premiers, defeating Box Hill in the Grand Final for the same Dewar Shield.

The Premier competition is contested by nine clubs with each club fielding three teams (Premier 1, Premier 2, and Premier 3). Other senior competitions offered are Metro 2nd Division with an A, B & C Grade, Colts (U20), Country, Women and Masters (over 35s).

During this time, a number of clubs have dominated the 1st Grade results. Melbourne Rugby Club has the most number of Premierships with 17. Moorabbin holds the record for consecutive Premierships, winning six in a row from 1981-1986. Other prominent clubs during this 100-year period include Melbourne University, Power House and Navy.^[1]

Footscray and Endeavour Hills were promoted to the Premier division for the 2011 season.

Media coverage

Local TV Channel 31 broadcasts one game a week on Wednesday evenings. The Rebel Army periodically have online text-based commentary of matches.

Premier Division clubs

Club	Location	Home ground	Nickname	Founded	First season
Box Hill	Box Hill	RHL Sparks Reserve	Broncos	1958	1966
Endeavour Hills	Endeavour Hills	Frog Hollow Reserve	Eagles	1979	2007
Footscray	Footscray	Henry Turner Memorial Reserve	Bulldogs	1928
Harlequin	Ashwood	Ashwood Reserve	Quins	1928	1930
Melbourne	Armadale	Romanis Reserve, Orrong Park	Unicorns	1909	1929
Melbourne University	Parkville	Royal Park	Students	1909	1910
Moorabbin	Moorabbin	Keys Rd Reserve	Rams	1965
Power House	Albert Park	Albert Park	The Society	1933	1936
Southern Districts	Seaford	Riviera Park	Pirates	1972

Dewar Shield winners

Victorian Rugby Union Premiership winners (from 1946 onwards):^[1]

2015 Harlequin
2014 Harlequin
2013 Harlequin
2012 Moorabbin
2011 Melbourne
2010 Melbourne
2009 Melbourne
2008 Power House
2007 Power House
2006 Power House
2005 Moorabbin
2004 Harlequin
2003 Melbourne
2002 Moorabbin
2001 Box Hill
2000 Box Hill
1999 Box Hill
1998 Melbourne
1997 Power House
1996 Kiwi-Hawthorn
1995 Moorabbin
1994 Moorabbin
1993 Kiwi-Hawthorn
1992 Harlequin
1991 Moorabbin
1990 Moorabbin
1989 Harlequin
1988 Moorabbin
1987 Power House
1986 Moorabbin
1985 Moorabbin
1984 Moorabbin
1983 Moorabbin
1982 Moorabbin
1981 Moorabbin
1980 Kiwis
1979 Kiwis
1978 Moorabbin
1977 Kiwis
1976 Kiwis
1975 Harlequin
1974 Power House
1973 Power House
1972 Kiwis
1971 Kiwis
1970 Kiwis
1969 Melbourne
1968 Power House
1967 Melbourne University
1966 Melbourne
1965 Melbourne
1964 Melbourne University
1963 Melbourne University
1962 Harlequin
1961 Melbourne University
1960 Melbourne University
1959 Melbourne University
1958 Power House
1957 Navy
1956 Power House
1955 Harlequin
1954 Melbourne
1953 Navy
1952 Navy
1951 Navy
1950 Melbourne
1949 Melbourne
1948 Melbourne
1947 Navy
1946 Navy

Former Premier Division clubs

(list may not be complete)

East Melbourne, St Kilda, South Melbourne
Hawthorne, Kiwi, Navy, R.A.A.F
Boroondara/Kiwi-Hawthorn^a

^a Kiwi-Hawthorn now play in the Second Division A competition.

References

1 2 "Dewar Shield". Melbourne Rebels. 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

External links

Melbourne Rebels official site § Dewar Shield

Club websites

Rugby union in Australia

Governing bodies

Overall	Australian Rugby Union

States	ACT and Southern NSW New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

National teams

Men's	Wallabies 7's U-20 Schoolboys Former: U-21 U-19

Women's	Wallaroos 7's

Other notable teams

Competitions

International	The Rugby Championship Oceania U20 Championship

Transnational	Super Rugby

National	National Rugby Championship (Horan-Little Shield) National Sevens Championship National U20 Championship National Women's Championship

Premier	Shute Shield Queensland Premier Rugby ACTRU Premier Division Dewar Shield

Hosted events	1987 Rugby World Cup 2003 Rugby World Cup Australian Sevens Australian Women's Sevens

Defunct	Australian Provincial Championship Australian Rugby Championship Australian Rugby Shield

Rugby union in

International trophies

World Rugby events

Men's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series U20 World Championship

Women's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series

Multi-sport events

Victorian Rugby Union

Member of the Australian Rugby Union

Super Rugby team	Rebels

NRC teams	Melbourne Rising

Dewar Shield	Box Hill Endeavour Hills Footscray Harlequin Melbourne Melbourne University Moorabbin Power House Southern Districts

Venues	AAMI Park

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