The shield was donated by Marie Higgott, who’s father, a New Zealand-er, hand carved it from a single slab of totara wood. Totara is pronounced “Totra”.
| Year | Winner | Year | Winner | Year | Winner | Year | Winner |
| 1991 | Graham Watson | 1992 | Pat Pereira | 1993 | Eddie O’Connor-Smith | 1994 | Jon Hope |
| 1995 | George Mann | 1996 | Peter Conlan | 1997 | Paul Starr | 1998 | Paul Starr |
| 1999 | John Moore | 2000 | Vic Worobec | 2001 | Dave Neal | 2002 | David Wade |
| 2003 | John Simonetti | 2004 | Rob Johnson | 2005 | Del Poole | 2006 | Kevin Fairhead |
| 2007 | Alun Wyn-Jones | 2008 | Jason Oughton | 2009 | Jason Oughton | 2010 | Luke Gerrard |
| 2011 | Luke Gerrard | 2012 | Kevin Fairhead | 2013 | Mike Bunyan | 2014 | Mario Percic |
| 2015 | Sam Flottmann | 2016 | Rushabh Shah | 2017 | Mario Percic | 2018 | Kevin Fairhead |
| 2019 | Brendan Rigg | 2020 | Trevor Van Luinen | 2021 | Colin Boyle | 2022 | David Lee |
| 2023 | Sam Flottmann | 2024 | Jason Burgess | 2025 | Ben Ramsdale |