14 in a row!
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If this potential record is differentiating tier 1 from the rest. Why will it include wins v Georgia, Tonga, Namibia.
A claytons record.
More impressed with Cyprus.
Even more impressed with the 67-69 streak (albeit Bokless), and the Saffas 1990s streak (with the risk of not investigating who they beat)
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@Rapido said in 16 in a row ...:
If this potential record is differentiating tier 1 from the rest. Why will it include wins v Georgia, Tonga, Namibia.
A claytons record.
More impressed with Cyprus.
Even more impressed with the 67-69 streak (albeit Bokless), and the Saffas 1990s streak (with the risk of not investigating who they beat)
Well, the differentiation is that the Tier 1 record is against all teams ranked 1 and below. The Tier 2 record is all teams ranked 11 and below. I guess we can come up with another record for Tier 1 wins against other Tier 1 teams if it makes you feel better.
I'm happy with the Tier 1 record as it is
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Ok, I'm willing to start talking about a record now.
Has anyone else realised that Australia will be aiming to match their August "one in a row" record come October 22.
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@No-Quarter said in 16 in a row ...:
@Rapido said in 16 in a row ...:
If this potential record is differentiating tier 1 from the rest. Why will it include wins v Georgia, Tonga, Namibia.
A claytons record.
More impressed with Cyprus.
Even more impressed with the 67-69 streak (albeit Bokless), and the Saffas 1990s streak (with the risk of not investigating who they beat)
Well, the differentiation is that the Tier 1 record is against all teams ranked 1 and below. The Tier 2 record is all teams ranked 11 and below. I guess we can come up with another record for Tier 1 wins against other Tier 1 teams if it makes you feel better.
I'm happy with the Tier 1 record as it is
The 65-69 record is all against Tier 1 Nations (if you include the BIL as well).
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- New Zealand are going for the world record for most consecutive test victories in rugby.
- Really, how many is that then?
- Err 18.
- 18?
- Yeah, they share it at the moment with South Africa who also got to 17
- Anyone else?
- No - well err yes, Namibia as well - they won 17 on the trot too.
- Ok, so if New Zealand get to 18 then they'll have the world record for consecutive test wins. right? Bye bye South Africa and Namibia.
- Right. Well, err not quite. For Tier One nations.
- Tier One nations?
- Yeah, a record for tier one nations - the highest level.
- I see, playing other Tier One nations, you mean?
- Yeah, well eh, no, they've played Tier Two nations as well.
- Ok, so New Zealand are aiming to surpass a record they currently share with SA and Namibia playing Tier One or Tier Two nations?
- Yes.
- And who has the actual world record for most consecutive rugby test wins?
- Eh, that would be err, Cyprus.
- Cyprus?
- Yeah Cyprus - they got 24.
- And New Zealand currently have?
- Err 16.
- Right.
Go Moufflons.
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@Pot-Hale
Well, I guess we should just put that whole thing to bed.
Just 3 wins next year, and the whole "Tier 1" distinction is irrelevant, yeah?
Kinda like us only ever having won the World Cup at home... this team sweeping all that bullshit aside, making things simple. -
Well Cyprus has the record with the massive caveat that they never played any Tier 1 teams. Which makes the record largely irrelevant as the teams they beat are not even professional. Hence why it gets discounted by many, and rightly so. Not that hard to understand is it?
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Pfft Cyprus.
They aren't even an IRB member.
"Cyprus are not a full member of the International Rugby Board, so none of their international matches count towards the IRB World Rankings."
May as well be talking about Feilding Yellows 4ths winning 114 games in a row.
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Have Cyprus played any teams we might play?
Just asking cos I am to lazy to look for myself....
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Imagine how Aaron Smith will feel if we lose a tight one tonight. Knock the record on its head, lose your place, get dragged over the front pages by tabloid gutter journalism... would be tough times.
Caveat: it'll take something special by the Bokke to win tonight, but even so.
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Cyprus win streak includes two games against Finland and we would propably take a hiding from south-Auckland u16's. The strongest outfit they played was a powerhouse called Latvia, yes I understand it is hard to understand for people who don't follow the sport, butfor everyone who does, it shouldn't really be comparatible with the AB's record.
I remeber when the big boys told me about the lead-up to the home match, the Cyprus team arrived on wednesday and spent three days on the piss and after the match said it was the toughest game they played so far, wonder why...
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So all those teams are amateurs?
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@taniwharugby
Yes.The streak mostly consists sides that now play in Rugby Europe conference 1 or 2. The ladder is as follows:
Six Nations
RE championship (Georgia, Romania..) 6 teams total
RE trophy (Poland, Ukraine, Moldova..) 6 teams total
Conference 1(2pools 5 teams each)
Conf 2 (2 pools, 5 each)
So they won the majority of their games against sides that are 4 steps down from Six Nations, then won against Slovenia, who at the time might have been higher than conf 2 and lost to Latvia who now sit at conf 1.
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Comparing the abs to Cyprus is absolutely farking ridiculous. It's like comparing the record of a Super Rugby team with a lower division pub team.
That record was established against teams tier 1 nations would beat with only 10 men.
I can't believe anyone believes there is any basis for comparison.
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If the ABs were really concerned about this record, they'd spend a week playing Latvia and Luxembourg to knock it off.
Nonetheless, if the question is, "which rugby team has won the most consecutive international matches?", the answer is "Cyprus". We need to win our next nine matches to take that mantle.
Let's face it - if our soccer team racked up the longest streak by beating the likes of Samoa and Tonga, we'd be claiming it.
