A breif summary of winners in Super rugby:
* From 1992, to 2009 - only 6 teams have ever won the competition
* 2 of those so long ago it's a distant memory
* Which leaves us with only 4 winning outfits in the last 10 years
* The NSW Waratahs have not won a thing, in 19 years of Super Rugby. Not the only ones, but as they are the power house financially, politically, demographically and geographically of Australian rugby (and SA and NZ power bases of their times have all produced at least one win), the Australian master plan isn't working - no wonder since they keep basing on the NSW Waratahs....)
* Only 3 of those 6 teams have a 100% win ratio in the big game, the final
* The Brumbies have the poorest win:loss ratio in finals of all teams who have played the finals. even though they deserve credit for going to the finals the second most times of all teans. But no-one remembers who lost....
Super 6
1992 - Queensland (now the Reds)
Super 10
1993 - Transvaal (then the Cats and now the Lions)
1994 - Queensland (now the Reds)
1995 - Queensland (now the Reds)
Super 12
1996 - Blues
1997 - Blues
1998 - Crusaders
1999 - Crusaders
2000 - Crusaders
2001 - Brumbies
2002 - Crusaders
2003 - Blues
2004 - Brumbies
2005 - Crusaders
Super 14
2006 - Crusaders
2007 - Bulls
2008 - Crusaders
2009 - Bulls
2009 -
Team Wins Runner-up
Team Won Runner Up
Crusaders 7 2
Blues 3 1
Brumbies 2 3
Reds 3 0
Bulls 2 0
Lions 1 0
Sharks 0 3
Waratahs 0 2
Highlanders 0 1
Hurricanes 0 1
Chiefs 0 1
Wins by Country
Country Wins Runner-up
New Zealand 10 6
Australia 2 5
South Africa 2 3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_14#Past_winners
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Waratahs scrum smashes the Bulls
I was very impressed with the NSW Waratahs scrum in Round 3 vs the Bulls. Destroyed them. Too early in the competition to judge the Bulls scrum, but traditionally they have been the gold standard.
The scrum coach Michael Foley deserves the credit for this. In the past members of that pack have been the proud owners of highly used roller skates.
The ernomity of this task was not lost on the Sydney Morning Herald Journalist late last year when he wrote:
The former test hooker leaves the Wallabies coaching team after three seasons, during which he has been instrumental in achieving major gains in Australian forward play - to the extent that a pack which was often laughed at is now accepted as being of international standard.
But that challenge could be in the mini-league compared to getting the Waratahs pack sorted out next year, especially as they will be without three vital players - their lineout leader Dan Vickerman, and back-rowers Rocky Elsom and David Lyons.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/opinion/columnists/greg-growden/592444/i-Foley-focused-on-filling-big-gaps-in-Tahs-pack-i
Now all they need to do is become a winning outfit, something they have never been in the 19 odd years of Super Rugby History.
The scrum coach Michael Foley deserves the credit for this. In the past members of that pack have been the proud owners of highly used roller skates.
The ernomity of this task was not lost on the Sydney Morning Herald Journalist late last year when he wrote:
The former test hooker leaves the Wallabies coaching team after three seasons, during which he has been instrumental in achieving major gains in Australian forward play - to the extent that a pack which was often laughed at is now accepted as being of international standard.
But that challenge could be in the mini-league compared to getting the Waratahs pack sorted out next year, especially as they will be without three vital players - their lineout leader Dan Vickerman, and back-rowers Rocky Elsom and David Lyons.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/opinion/columnists/greg-growden/592444/i-Foley-focused-on-filling-big-gaps-in-Tahs-pack-i
Now all they need to do is become a winning outfit, something they have never been in the 19 odd years of Super Rugby History.
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