Dewar Shield

The Dewar Shield is a rugby union competition in Melbourne. It is the premier amateur rugby competition in Victoria. A total of eight teams from the Victorian Rugby Union compete for the trophy. Clubs must field teams in 3 grades, Dewar Shield Reserves and Dewar Shield 3rd Grade, to be eligible to compete.
A "Game of the week" is streamed on the Rugby Victoria Facebook Page.

WWW Official Site

History

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. One hundred years later in 2009 the current Melbourne Rugby Club once again won the premiership defeating Box Hill in the Grand Final for the same Dewar Shield. The Current Premiers are Power House who defeated Harlequins 45-29 in the Grand Final held at Box Hill
The Premier competition is contested by eight clubs with each club fielding three teams. Other senior competitions offered are Metro 2nd Division with an A, B & C Grade, Colts, Country, Women and Masters.
During this time, a number of clubs have dominated the 1st Grade results. Melbourne Rugby Club has the most number of Premierships with 20. Moorabbin holds the record for consecutive Premierships, winning six in a row from 1981 to 1986. Other prominent clubs during this 100-year period include Melbourne University, Power House and Navy.
Footscray and Endeavour Hills were promoted to the Premier division for the 2011 season.

Dewar Shield Clubs

Est.	Colours	Club	Location	Home Ground	Nickname	Admitted to Premier Grade	Premierships
1958		Box Hill	Box Hill	RHL Sparks Reserve	Broncos	1966	3
1979		Endeavour Hills	Endeavour Hills	Frog Hollow Reserve	Eagles	2007
1928		Footscray	Footscray	Henry Turner Memorial Reserve	Bulldogs	1928	3
1928		Melbourne Harlequins	Ashwood	Ashwood Reserve	Quins	1930	12
1909		Melbourne [Rugby Union Football Club\|Melbourne]	Armadale	Romanis Reserve, Orrong Park	Unicorns	1929	20
1909		Melbourne University	Parkville	Royal Park	Students	1910	6
1965		Moorabbin	Moorabbin	Keys Rd Reserve	Rams	1965	15
1933		Power House	Albert Park	Noel Clarke Field	House, The Society	1936	13
1923	[file:West Harbour Colours.svg\|40x40px\|.]	Kiwi Hawthorn	Hawthorn	Lewin Reserve	Kiwis	1987,	13

Winners

Victorian Rugby Union Premiership winners

Former clubs

East Melbourne
South Melbourne
St Kilda
Hawthorn
Kiwi
Navy
R.A.A.F
Boroondara/Kiwi-Hawthorn^a
South Melbourne
Southern Districts^b
Geelong
Northcote/Northern

^a Kiwi-Hawthorn now play in the Premiership competition.
^b Southern Districts now play in the Premiership competition.

Club websites

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