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The Ray Gravell Memorial Shield is a hypothetical rugby union trophy played for by the 4 Welsh regions, Cardiff Blues, Dragons, Scarlets and Ospreys during League, Cup and European matches when playing each other. The idea came from a New Zealander (undercoverkiwi) on the Welsh Rugby forum, Gwlad! (http://nugwlad.freeforums.net). The trophy is named after Llanelli and Wales rugby legend Ray Gravell who sadly passed away on 31st October 2007. The concept is that it is a Title Holders Shield, similar to a Boxing World Title or the Ranfurly Shield in New Zealand. To retain the trophy, the holders must win or draw the next match against a fellow region.

It was decided that the “trophy” would be awarded in the first Llanelli Scarlets match after Ray’s passing. It was the Scarlets who won that opening game 17-12 against the Ospreys.

Results

2007

27/12: Scarlets - Won v Ospreys (home, 17-12)

2008

01/01: Dragons - Won v Scarlets (home, 15-13)

25/04: Ospreys - Won v Dragons (home, 16-3)

06/05: Dragons - Won v Ospreys (home, 18-10)

10/09: Scarlets - Won v Dragons (away, 25-27)

20/12: Scarlets - Retained v Cardiff Blues (home, 27-13)

27/12: Ospreys - Won v Scarlets (home, 20-6)

31/12: Ospreys - Retained v Cardiff Blues (away, 12-16)

2009

18/04: Ospreys - Retained v Scarlets (away, 19-28)

30/04: Ospreys - Retained v Dragons (home, 27-18)

24/10: Cardiff Blues - Won v Ospreys (home, 20-12)

27/12: Cardiff Blues - Retained v Dragons (home, 42-13)

2010

01/01: Ospreys - Won v Cardiff Blues (home, 26-0)

29/01: Dragons - Won v Ospreys (home, 40-19)

27/03: Dragons - Retained v Ospreys (home, 28-20)

23/04: Cardiff Blues - Won v Dragons (away, 14-20)

18/09: Cardiff Blues - Retained v Dragons (home, 43-21)

22/10: Scarlets - Won v Cardiff Blues (away, 10-16)

27/12: Ospreys - Won v Scarlets (home, 60-17)

31/12: Cardiff Blues - Won v Ospreys (home, 27-25)

2011

29/01: Ospreys - Won v Cardiff Blues (away, 7-29)

02/04: Ospreys - Retained v Cardiff Blues (home, 21-21)

15/04: Dragons - Won v Ospreys (home, 32-28)

29/04: Dragons - Retained v Cardiff Blues (home, 28-15)

25/11: Scarlets - Won v Dragons (home, 22-12)

26/12: Scarlets - Retained v Ospreys (home, 22-14)

30/12: Scarlets - Retained v Dragons (away, 6-10)

2012

24/03: Scarlets - Retained v Cardiff Blues (away, 14-26)

05/05: Scarlets - Retained v Cardiff Blues (home, 29-20)

21/09: Ospreys - Won v Scarlets (away, 16-23)

30/11: Ospreys - Retained v Cardiff Blues (home, 33-12)

26/12: Ospreys - Retained v Scarlets (home, 32-3)

31/12: Ospreys - Retained v Dragons (away, 3-14)

2013

26/01: Dragons - Won v Ospreys (home, 18-14)

22/03: Ospreys - Won v Dragons (home, 52-19)

30/03: Ospreys - Retained v Cardiff Blues (Millennium Stadium, 16-23)

25/10: Ospreys - Retained v Dragons (home, 40-17)

15/11: Cardiff Blues - Won v Ospreys (away, 13-21)

20/12: Ospreys - Won v Cardiff Blues (away, 19-22)

26/12: Ospreys - Retained v Scarlets (away, 6-10)

2014

03/01: Ospreys - Retained v Scarlets (home, 17-12)

21/03: Ospreys - Retained v Cardiff Blues (home, 34-9)

20/04: Ospreys - Retained v Dragons (Millennium Stadium, 10-20)

12/09: Ospreys - Retained v Dragons (away, 15-17)

12/10: Ospreys - Retained v Cardiff Blues (home, 26-15)

14/11: Dragons - Won v Ospreys (away, 35-51)

26/12: Dragons - Retained v Cardiff Blues (away, 17-23)

2015

01/01: Cardiff Blues - Won v Dragons (away, 9-11)

04/04: Dragons - Won v Cardiff Blues (home, 25-21)

25/04: Scarlets - Won v Dragons (Millennium Stadium, 10-29)

10/05: Scarlets - Retained v Cardiff Blues (home, 16-6)

30/10: Scarlets - Retained v Dragons (home, 25-15)

26/12: Ospreys - Won v Scarlets (away, 26-27)

2016

01/01: Ospreys - Retained v Dragons (home, 12-7)

26/03: Scarlets - Won v Ospreys (away, 16-25)

02/04: Cardiff Blues - Won v Scarlets (away, 22-28)

17/04: Cardiff Blues - Retained v Dragons (home, 28-8)

30/04: Ospreys - Won v Cardiff Blues (Principality Stadium, 27-40)

07/10: Ospreys - Retained v Cardiff Blues (home, 46-24)

29/10: Ospreys - Retained v Dragons (home, 35-17)

18/11: Ospreys - Retained v Cardiff Blues (away, 7-31)

27/12: Ospreys - Retained v Scarlets (home, 19-9)

2017

01/01: Ospreys - Retained v Dragons (away, 0-10)

15/04: Cardiff Blues - Won v Ospreys (Principality Stadium, 17-35)

06/05: Cardiff Blues - Retained v Dragons (away, 24-26)

06/10: Cardiff Blues - Retained v Dragons (home, 43-29)

28/10: Scarlets - Won v Cardiff Blues (home, 30-17)

17/11: Dragons - Won v Scarlets (home, 23-18)

26/12: Cardiff Blues - Won v Dragons (away, 17-22)

31/12: Scarlets - Won v Cardiff Blues (away, 11-14)

2018

05/01: Scarlets - Retained v Dragons (home, 47-13)

Next Fixture: 28/04 - Dragons v Scarlets (Principality Stadium)

Shields Won

Ospreys - 31 (Won 10, Retained 21)

Scarlets - 16 (Won 8, Retained 8)

Cardiff Blues - 13 (Won 8, Retained 5)

Dragons - 11 (Won 8, Retained 3)

Longest unbeaten run: Ospreys (7 matches) - 20/12/2013 - 14/11/2014