Back in the day, before drafts, salary caps and obscene paychecks, a team or nation could dominate the competition in ways that would make GameStop bow down out of respect. Following are some teams or countries that you know, and a few you may not. Just how a ‘dynasty’ is defined is up for debate, but for me 3 titles in 4 years does not count, nor would 4 titles over 6 years. For the record, I do not support any of the following teams.
Achievement: 5 VFL Premierships in 6 years (1955-1960)
Melbourne was stung into action following the painful loss in the 1954 Grand Final to Footscray. That Grand Final was to become the first of 7 in a row for the Demons of which they won 5. Coached by the ‘Red Fox’ Norm Smith and captained by Ron Barassi and John Beckwith, the Demons ushered in a faster, more disciplined game style that has become the trademark of modern football success. Melbourne FC celebrated its 150th birthday last year. How many professional teams worldwide lay claim to a history that long?
Achievement: 9 Championships in a row (1965-1973)
Japan’s most successful, most famous and most hated team dominated the Japanese Professional Post-Season series during the country’s rise to prominence as a world economic power. Big hitter Shigeo Nagashima, first baseman Sadaharu Oh and Manager Tetsuharu Kawakami led the team with powerful offense and set records that are still looked upon in awe in the modern, slightly less corrupt version of the Japanese game.
Achievement: 9 Serie A Scudetto in 15 years (1971/72 – 1985/86)
Giovanni Trappatoni, the most successful club manager in Italian club history, managed the Old Lady from 1976 to 1986. During this era, players such as Gaetano Scirea and Antonio Cabrini won every major trophy in European Football, including a World Cup in 1982 with Italy. Guiseppe Furino captained the team for most of its dominant years and was a household name along with Dino Zoff, Michael Platini and Sergio Brio. The age of greatness culminated with the European Cup in 1985, a day that was both one of Juventus FC’s greatest and saddest.
Achievement: 11 NSW Rugby Football League Premierships in a row (1956-1966)
In 1956, 62000 fans crammed into the SCG to see the Grand Final between Balmain and St George. The Dragons triumphed 18-12, heralding the first of their eleven Premierships on the trot. Coached by Ken Kearney between 1957-1962 and Norm Provan 1962-1965, St. George was unstoppable and became the greatest Rugby League club the world has ever seen. Eddie Lumsden, Reg Gasnier and Johnny Raper are among the legendary players who helped the team to its success. Undefeated in 1959 and amassing a win-loss record of 183 wins, 34 losses and 5 draws during its run of Premierships – an amazing achievement.
Achievement: 5 Stanley Cups in a row (1956-1960)
Toe Blake became coach of the Canadiens in 1955, reunited with his former ‘Punch Line’ teammate Maurice Richard and won the Stanley Cup five consecutive times. Incredibly, Montreal had appeared in the previous five Stanley Cup Finals too, losing four of them. Dickey Moore set numerous scoring records and was paired up with Richards and his younger brother Henri Richard to become the most potent forward line of its generation. Jacques Plante established himself as one of hockey’s greatest goaltenders during the era.
Achievement: 15 Davis Cup Championships (1950 – 1967)
Technically a team sport, Australia dominated Davis Cup tennis during this time, which spanned the tumultuous amateur to professional transition. Winning the tournament four times in a row on three occasions, most of the victories came over their great rivals – The United States. As opposed to the current game most of the titles were won on grass courts. The players who represented Australia read like a list of tennis royalty. Among them Frank Sedgman, Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Neale Fraser (above), Rod Laver, John Newcombe and Tony Roche.
Achievement: 10 Division 1 Championships (1975-1990)
Liverpool would win a major title in nearly every year between 1975 and 1990. In addition to the 10 League Championships, the club also bought home 2 FA Cups, 1 UEFA Cup, 4 League Cups and 4 European Cups. Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish shared the managerial duties, with the latter pairing up with the great Ian Rush to become one of football’s most dynamic partnerships on the field. Other players immortalized during Liverpool’s run of greatness include Alan Hansen, Kevin Keegan, Graeme Souness and Bruce Grobelaar.
Achievement: 10 World Series’ Championships (1947 – 1962)
The world’s most famous baseball team has won more World Series titles than any other. The post-World War 2 period is considered it’s finest and the great players to pull on the pinstripes during this time are now American folklore. Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle were among the stars for the Yankees as they made the Fall Classic their own winning 10 of their 13 World Series appearances in this time. Manager Casey Stengel was skilled in front of the media became a legend in New York during his career entering the Hall Of Fame in 1966.
Achievement: 11 NBA Championships (1957-1969)
Coach Red Auerbach proclaimed that “defense wins Championships” and who would argue with him, his Celtics winning title after title during his tenure. He won 9 championships and coached the team from 1951-1966. The Celtics were led on-court by Hall Of Famers Bill Russell, Bob Cousy and Tommy Heinsohn. Russell averaged an amazing 15.1 points per game, 22.5 rebounds per game, and 4.3 assists per game over his career. The Lakers were often the Celtic’s victims in the Finals and 8 consecutive NBA championships (1959-1966) is the longest streak of championships in U.S. professional sports.
Achievement: 11 NCAA Championships (1964-1975)
College basketball has never seen a dynasty like it and never will again. The legendary John Wooden was the common factor in this run of titles and his coaching record of 671-161 (.807) is staggering. During his time, the sport became a massive industry and television commodity but Wooden remained a humble and polite family man. What makes this dynasty so remarkable is that UCLA players were never on long-term contracts and would only spend 3 or 4 years at the team. Wooden constantly refreshed the team with talented players, and what players they were. Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Bill Walton, Sidney Wicks, Henry Bibby – the list goes on. In modern times with college players leaving early for the NBA, it would be nearly impossible for any other school to emulate UCLAs feats.
Contributor: DentShop
I’m sorry to anyone who thinks the Patriots are a dynasty. I would rank the Steelers, 49ers, Packers, and Cowboys above them. But the one team in American Football that always gets forgotten are the Cleveland Browns from 46-55. During that span they went 105-17-4 (83.33%), had a perfect 15-0 season in 1948 (24 years Before the Miami Dolphins’ perfect season), and went to 10 straight championship games winning 7. The team’s QB Otto Graham also played one year of professional basketball leading the Rochester Royals to the title. So for those who think Brady is God just remember Otto Graham. Two sports, 11 years, 11 championship appearances, 8 titles.
to those suggesting the pats are a dynasty now…when was their last SB title?
you can MAYBE include 01-04…but that ship has sailed…pats didnt cheat per se…but they are definitely no longer a dynasty (if they ever were)
and the bulls being left off this list is awful…i expected top 5 when i opened it…bulls EASILY win 8 in a row if jordan doesnt retire…and they SHOULD have been to another NBA final without jordan if not for a phantom foul on pippen in the closing seconds. they crushed teams like it was no ones business. 72-10 speaks for itself.
First of all look at how many superbowls the Steelers have. Ya! still not impressed? Wait till sunday. And you guys know why the patriots suck? CAUSE THEY ARE NOT THE STEELERS!
This list lost all credibility when you left off the 1980′s Edmonton Oilers 5 cups from 83 to 90 not to mention 6 nhl hall of famers on the same team Gretzky, Messier, Kurri, Coffey, Anderson and Fuhr
WHY IS A TENNIS TEAM IN FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM AT #1!@#!
Holy F-ing Christ! I Can’t Go On!
HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY AND CHINESE NEW YEAR ALL!!!!
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What about Manchester United since the inception of the premier league (1992-93) to present. In that time they’ve won the League 10/16 times, not to mention in 1995 & 1998 they were only a point away from winning, which would have gave them nine championships in a row. In that time they also have won the Champions League 2 times, the FA cup 4 times, the League cup twice, the Intercontinental cup, and the FIFA club world Cup. In that time they also won the Treble, the only team to ever win the true treble in one of the three toughest leagues in the world.
Port Adelaide Football Club.
From 1953, Port Adelaide played in every grand final for the rest of the decade and won a record six premierships in a row from 1954–1959.
Sorry for the image mixup – I have only just been able to get to the computer so it has taken me far too long to correct it! It has been a hard day – forgive me
Didn’t the Sovjet Union use to win everything in the olympic games back in the 70s?
Australian cricket team: 15 years of virtual supremacy. nothing more need be said.
disappointed not to see my team glasgow celtic first team ever to win 9 domestic championships winning the new european cup for the first time the first british team to do so in 67 but the most amazing thing about that lisbon lion team is that they where all born bred and lived within 20 miles of the stadium a feat that will NEVER happen again with all the money in football as the other side say big jock know thats why we won 9 in a row he knew alright that he had the best team in the world. Biased yes but the figures speak for themselves GREATEST TEAM EVER! Imho
Kudos to DentShop for putting a worldwide spin on this list. When I saw the title of the list I was pretty sure I was going to read about 9 US teams and one token foreign team.
Sure there’s a lot of other sporting dynasties, but I think this is a pretty damn good list.
United #7 – get a life! Liverpool is THE most successful club in Europe – we have more national and international “silverware” than any other football club – and that includes AC Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid!
tookyb #12 – you forgot to mention that the Australian Cricket Team is ranked #1 in Test Cricket; #1 in One Day Internationals and #2 in the Twenty/20 format!
However – the list might have also mentioned (and this REALLY hurts me to say it) Glasgow Rangers had a run of 10 consecutive Scottish Premier League titles in the 70′s as well as a cumulative total of (I think) 51 Scottish Premier League titles altogether. I guess, as a Glasgow Celtic supporter I shall just have to take comfort in the fact that though we have only 42 Premier League Titles (10 less than Rangers) but MORE Scottish FA Cup wins, more Double & Triple Crowns than Rangers and are the ONLY ‘Champions League Winning Team from Scotland’.
Up the Bhoys!
Who cares about league championships in Football. A much more impressive feat is winning the European Cup/Champions league and this list lacks two teams who are more deserving than Juve and Liverpool and that is Real Madrid who absolutely dominated the first editions of the EC and the Hungarian Golden 11 who was undefeated for 3 years in international football nad absolutely dominated like no other team in football ever has.
But the one fun thing about this list is that it is diverse and shows a lot of sports which is pretty impressive.
It’s interesting to think that these all happened in the past and we have yet to see these types of feats repeated. In a way these sports organizations learn that a dominating force like the teams have accomplished do not breed a profitable fan base. They have learned to control dominance with guidelines in player management and salary caps. Is this a bad thing or good thing? I don’t know. Good in some ways bad in others, but one thing is for sure these types of dominating feats in sports may never happen again.
How can you not have to Chicago Bulls Bynasty on there???? Jordan, Pippen, Kerr, Kuckoch(SP?), Rodman…come on! The fantastic 5! Chicago Bulls of the 1989 to 1998 lead by Michael Jordan. (6 NBA championships in 8 seasons 2 sets of three consecutive championships(91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98) They also won 6 division titles in 8 seasons and hold the best ever single regular season games won record in NBA history (72-10) during the 95/96 season. Or the USA Dream Team [12 Olympic gold medals, 1 silver and one bronze medal, 109-2 record (1936-2000)]…And what with all the soccer teams…soccer is the worst sport ever…
NFL – Cleveland Browns of the 1940s and 1950s (10 consecutive championship game appearances from 1946 to 1955: 4 AAFC titles, 3 NFL championships)
College FOOTBALL – Oklahoma 1948-1958 (National championships in 1950, 1955 & 1956. Eleven straight conference championships. Overall record of 106-9-2. Winning streaks of 31 and 47 games. A 100 game span with a record of 93-5-2.
NHRA – John Force from 1990 to 2006 14 of 14 driving titles in 17 seasons
MLB – New York Yankees from 1995 to 2007 (13 consecutive postseason appearances including 10 division titles, 6 AL pennants, 4 championships, and 3 wild card berths in 13 years
WRESTLING
Oklahoma State University
The Oklahoma State University wrestling team is among the most storied programs in all of college athletics. OSU’s 34 team titles are the most ever collected by a school in one sport. The Cowboys won eleven titles from 1928 to 1940, and ten more from 1954 to 1968) Strings of consecutive titles include:
* Back-to-back titles in 1948-49, 1958-59, 1961-1962, and 1989-90
* Three straight titles during 1933-35 and 1954-56
* Four straight titles during 1928-31 and 2003-06
* Seven straight titles during 1937-46 (no tournament was held
from 1943 to 1945)
The Cowboys have also produced 133 individual national champions, including the sport’s first-ever four-time champion, Pat Smith.
Sources: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty_(sports)]Wikipedia[/url]
Am I the only one here who likes Motor sports?
Where is the almighty Michael Shumacher, the living legend Valentino Rossi, or the unbeatable perfection of Sebastian Loeb???
I liked Fivestring63´s list better.
The New England Patriots in the Tom Brady era should be in the list and if not, than surely in the notable mentions. And why is the Montreal Canadiens in at number 6, they should be #3 because of the Richard bros. Nobody will break Henri Richard’s record with 11 stanley cup wins in their NHL career ever.
I can see why the UCLA basketball team is on the list but its pretty easy when they’re in the worst division. If there should be any mention of an NCAA team on the list, than there should be the Miami University Hurricanes from 2000-2005. Clinton Portis, Willis McGahee, Frank Gore, Najeh Davenport, and that’s only the running backs.
Oh! and youre forgetting Real Madrid and Manchester United also.
I’m one of the biggest Patriots fans, and I can objectively say that the Pats should not be on this list. They are a dynasty in terms of the NFL in the Super Bowl era, but not really a dynasty compared to these other teams. Bulls should be on there, but I disagree with people saying that they would have won 8 in a row easily if Jordan didn’t spend two years playing baseball. Jordan’s skills were diminishing and his father had just been murdered, he needed that break. And gatineau, there is no way the Hurricanes should be on there from 2000-2005, one championship in that span does not make a dynasty, doesn’t matter the great players they had. If you are going to talk about college football dynasties, the only ones that come to mind are Notre Dame’s 4 championships in 7 years from 1943-1949, Alabama’s 4 championships in 7 years from 1973-1979, and the less-popular one Minnesota’s 5 championships in 8 years from 1934-1941. You can make a better case for Miami from 1987-1991 than 2000-2005.
FC Bayern Munich has won the most titles in the Bundesliga history. 21 German championships ’32, ’69, ’72, ’73, ’74, ’80, ’81, ’85, ’86, ’87, ’89, ’90, ’94, ’97, ’99, ’00, ’01, ’03, ’05, ’06, ’08.
14 German Cups titles ’57, ’66, ’67, ’69, ’71, ’82, ’84, ’86, ’98, ’00, ’03, ’05, ’06, ’08
6 League Cups ’97, ’98, ’99, ’00, ’04, ’07
3 Supercups ’83, ’87, ’90
2 World club cups ’76, ’01
Champions League ’01
European Cup ’74, ’75, ’76
UEFA Cup winners Cup ’67
UEFA Cup ’96
The Chicago Bears are a dominant force in the NFL. League Championships (9)
NFL Championships (8)
1921, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1963
Super Bowl Championships (1)
1985 (XX)
Conference Championships (4)
NFL Western: 1956, 1963
NFC: 1985, 2006
Division Championships (17)
NFL Western: 1933, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946
NFC Central: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2001
NFC North: 2005, 2006
Playoff Appearances (24)
NFL: 1933, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1956, 1963, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2005, 2006
26 Hall of Famers – Most in NFL. 13 retired numbers – Most in NFL
Krav, Packers>Bears and to say the Bears are a dominate force is wrong.
Packers 12 League Championships>Bears 9 League Championships
Packers 3 Super Bowls>Bears 1 Super Bowl
Packers 8 Conference Championships>Bears 4 Conference Championships
The only thing the Bears have is more Division Titles and more Hall of Famers, while the Packers aren’t far behind with 21 Hall of Famers and 13 Division Titles. Packers have been in the playoffs 24 times, just like the Bears. And retired numbers is irrelevant since the team decides whose number to retire, they could retire 50 numbers if they wanted to. I hate both since both have beaten my beloved Patriots in the Super Bowl however.
Longball #137, excellent post! I would have guessed Iowa with Dan Gable was the most dominant wrestling program.
The Cleveland Browns absolutely should be mentioned. I live in the Bay Area and it drives me crazy when 49ers fans say Joe Montana is the best QB in history, by virtue of his four Super Bowl rings. Uhm, what about Otto Graham? He led his team to the championship game every single year of his career, winning seven of them. In fact, he was so great, he’s arguably the most important QB in 49ers history as well. If it wasn’t for him, it’s unlikely those two AAFC teams would have been absorbed into the NFL in the first place. Otto Graham, without question, the greatest QB in history, and the most underrated figure in American sports.
Anthony P=sore loser and bad speller. How does a team losses?
Too bad Melbournes 150th year was absolutely woeful… I sat there at every home game completely shocked at how terrible they were.
Sigh. Hopefully a better year this year…
Wally (116)
As for the “Awful Blacks”, how many Rugby World Cups have they won? One, back in the amateur days. Winning the big one makes you a dynasty team, so therefore the All Blacks – while great, are not good enough for this list.
So what country do you live in that gives you the right to call the All Blacks Awful? What ever country it is I can tell you that you have a sub 50% win rate against them. Because every country in the world does!
If winning the world cup is all that counts we throw away completely the preceding 83+ years of Test Rugby? No other competition counts except the World Cup? Goodbye Juventus from this list, Goodbye Liverpool. National premierships can’t be big enough to count. So the only Football (in the International sense) team that could be on this list is the 1958 -1970 Brazil with 3 WC from 4 tournaments. Oops according to the intro three from 4 does not count so no Football team qualifies at all from anywhere or any competition.
Cheers
Lee
Lee (K1w1taxi)
Quit while you are only down by a few points. I live in Japan, however I am an Australian. So this gives me the right, protected by the Australian Constitution that I should, nay – must, hava a crack at all New Zealand sporting teams regardless of their ability.
Your argument however holds no water. Do the All Blacks play in a club competition?
No they dont. Therefore they cannot win club competitions. Do Juventus play in World Cups?
No they dont, so again they cannot win that title. You can only win the competition you play in.
I never said the All Blacks history pre-World Cup should be disregarded, I am not sure where you got that from.
Wally (149)
I guess it was this bit
how many Rugby World Cups have they won? One, back in the amateur days. Winning the big one makes you a dynasty team, so therefore the All Blacks – while great, are not good enough for this list.
Liverpool and Juventus are both eligible for a higher form of the game than their respective premierships neither of them having dominated in Europe. In fact Real Madrid may be the only team to qualify on that criteria (I don’t know RM Euro record and don’t overly care). Bayern Munich’s hat Trick not being quite enough to qualify them.
As for your *Constitutional Right* you’ll soon lose that once we officially make you the West Island
Which will happen just after your Cricket and League Teams get up to standard :p
Cheers
Lee
k1w1taxi: Umm, who won the recent cricket series Aus v NZ? (3-0, wasn’t it?) Aus RL is also way stronger than NZ. It’s just that we don’t win the World Cup!
I saw a few comments about Canada’s World Junior team, and it is rightly justified:
The IIHF World Junior Under 20 Championship has been held for 33 years
Canada has won the Gold medal at the event 15 times, the Silver 6 times and Bronze 4 that means only 8 years that they have not won a medal in the tounrament. (the next most Gold medals was by the Soviet Union with 8, or 11 if you count the Russian gold as well)
The team has won Gold 5 times in a row twice (1993-1997 and 2004-2009)(also currently Champions and can potentially win a 6th Gold medal at the 2010 tournament) during which they posted records of 31-1-3 in the 90′s and 30-1 since 04′ as well as having an impressive 167-46-23 record for the entirety of the tournament. They have gone undefeated at 11 tournaments.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_national_junior_hockey_team
Did I forget to mention they were disqualified from the 1987 tournament for a bench brawl?
and one last point they have outscored there opponenents 1171-588
Olympiakos FC in Greece.
11 championships in the last 12 seasons in soccer
astraya (151) Ah but what happened when you met a Real Cricket team? We just softened you up for the Seth Efricans
As for the league, like Wally first stated about the All Blacks It doesn’t count if you can’t win the big ones.
Cheers
Lee
k1w1taxi: Losing 2-1 to an acknowledged strong team while you are rebuilding does not necessarily break a “dynasty”. If we look back in 2-3 years’ time, the recent Aus v SAf series may just be a blip, like Federer losing to Nadal occasionally, or it may really be the beginning of Australia’s slide to hmmm 2nd or 3rd place.
Be consistent: you can’t argue against Wally on the one hand and use his argument against me on the other, even if you follow it with a smiley face.
Either: the All Blacks and Kangaroos are both great teams due to their overall records, despite their World Cup records
Or: the All Blacks and Kangaroos are both crap teams despite their overall records, because of their World Cup records.
Take your pick.
astraya,
Actually I have no problem ranking Aussie as the No1 RL Team in the world. Sometimes (about 20%) we get lucky. So we have to make the most of it when we do. Next meeting we will lose by 40 points guaranteed.
As for the cricket I have to believe we softened you up for SA,or else I have to believe we are as rubbish as Zimbabwe and Bangladesh – Oh Hang on we are. But our new coach will change that(PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE). However I do believe that the Aussie team is on the slippery slope and in reality is already down to the third best country. Is it a blip? I suspect not. Major changes are required especially at the top (Ponting must go as captain). If that happens it should be a relatively short rebuilding phase, otherwise you might end up like us, we have been rebuilding since the losses of Wright, Hadlee and Coney.
Cheers
Lee
I wasn’t going to mention it because I assumed this was pro-teams…until #1 UCLA. What about NCAA Football? Particularly USC…one of only five teams to have 15 consecutive bowl game appearances and consistently in the top 10 (meh of BCS rankings but we gotta accept what we got until a viable solution can be produced).
If you want to include non-team sports…I don’t have statistics on hand but can’t deny that Russia’s got a lock on gymnastics.
k1w1taxi (157)
I am Aussie and I agree that our Cricket team has started it’s slide back down world rankings, albeit after ruling the world for 15 years in both forms of the game (test & ODI); and that 3rd is a fair summation of where we are at, behind Sth Africa and India… (England are dreaming if they think they are up there, and after all, their best player (KP) is a Sth African, somewhat of a tradition in English cricket). The Australian Cricket XI should be on the list.
I also agree with you re: Rugby League, Aussie is the best team in the world going around, even though we inexplicably lost the World Cup to NZ. As for RU, well of course the Blacks are the best team in the world. They are feared and (very well) respected by every Aussie I know, and for anybody to call them the Awful Blacks is a blight. My missus is a Kiwi, and the house gets a special buzz every year come Bledisloe time. Also, if the Wallabies are out of the World Cup, I get on the All Blacks without hesitation… just wish you guys could win another soon (if we can’t).
I have a question though, k1w1, do you ever thank your lucky stars that there is AFL (Australian Football), which poaches a vast chunk of men who play contact sport? AFL is the prime sport in 5 of the 7 Aussie states and territories (WA, SA, Vic, Tas & NT). (RL is also responsible for taking a lot of the rugby players from Qld and NSW). Thus, RU is the 3rd line winter contact sport for men in Australia. I wonder if we would be up there with the mighty All Blacks if AFL didn’t exist?
Ahh yes but the ARU are doing a mighty fine job raiding the NRL ranks these days. Such outstanding successes as Wendell, Mat Rogers, Lote (though I only include him because I don’t think the RU guys know how to use Lote properly, I fear what Dingo Deans might extract from him.)
Cheers
Lee
really boring list sorry but that just my opinion;) jfrater would be really cool if you made a list of most spectaculare identities of sports, or something in tha direction.
a list of when differnent sports where invented.
the best chairs, sofas, tables. man i could go on:P
this site rocks i keep coming back every day. its like an adiction:)
the mentioned feats are to say the least worth being on the list.
just to add i think, the australian cricket team from 1999 to 2008 and india winning the eight hockey olympics and seven in a row….
160. K1w1taxi
Lee – wft? I sat in the stadium in ’03 and watched Johnny Wilkinson kick the most inevitable field goal in history, because Rogers didnt have a pion of brain matter.
I must say that Sailor and Walker were jut as useless, and Gasnier is destined to be a disaster.
Lote on the other hand may yet prove to be something, but then he being coached by the best..
Lalalilo- I hear what your saying about the Hungarian national team but the greatest national team of all time are Brazil between 58-70. Three out of four world cups (probably the greatest honour in sport) and im English and i would admit that if Pele had not been literally kicked out the world cup who is to say they wouldnt have won it in 66.
Spart (164) That’s pretty much what I was getting at
I certainly wouldn’t let the ARU plan my investment strategy 
That’s a hell of a lot of development money wasted on those players.
Cheers
Lee
University of California Golden Bears Rugby: 24 of the past 29 US Collegiate championships (currently ranked number 1).
i am sure it has been said a few times already but the new zealand all blacks team is dominate on the world rugby stage.
What about Glasgow Rangers FC? 52 league titles and 110 in total, making them the most sucessful football team in history.
Rangers Football Club won 9 league titles in a row between the late eighties and early ninties and have won more trophies and their domestic league more times than any other football/soccer team in the history of the game. Surely they must get a look in?
GO HABS!
peter m. celtic done the very same thing a little earlier. they should both be on this list.
real madrid? wiith puskas and di stefano up front.?
is it just me or did they win the european cup five times in a row, and liverpool have won it five times in total?
another shambolic sports list
Where are the Iowa Hawkeye’s Wrestling team. 23 national championships in 35 years including 9 in a row.
Lance Armstrong cycling, Willie Mosconi pool 526 high run on March 19, 1954. His record still stands today in the year 2010, …
I have a suspicion that the author of this list is an “Aussie”, maybe ??
May I just say what a comfort to find someone that really knows what they are discussing on the net. You certainly realize how to bring an issue to light and make it important. More people should look at this and understand this side of your story. I was surprised you aren’t more popular because you surely possess the gift.
1954 Cleveland Indians……..111 – 43 .721 pct. Its too bad that they didn’t win the World Series against The Old New York Giants. That was the World Series in which Willie Mays made “The Catch”
Minor correction…..UCLA only won 10 NCAA titles in that span. They did not win their 11th title until 1995. The Bruins won in 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 (7 in a row!!!!) and then in 75. The Texas Western (now UTEP) Miners beat Kentucky in 1966s final and NC State beat Marquette in the 1974 final. Either way it was still an incredibly dominant run