14 in a row!
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@RaGe_X And to think - with Argentina playing a Lions-less-England, and SA playing France... it's not unlikely you could drop to 9th.
Too late for the WC draw, luckily - but still... not cool.
It's actually not too difficult to come up with a reasonably-realistic scenario of results where SA sinks to 10th... which would be fucking sad for the entire "rugby world". -
@Kruse said in One in a row .... seventeen in a row ...:
@RaGe_X And to think - with Argentina playing a Lions-less-England, and SA playing France... it's not unlikely you could drop to 9th.
Too late for the WC draw, luckily - but still... not cool.
It's actually not too difficult to come up with a reasonably-realistic scenario of results where SA sinks to 10th... which would be fucking sad for the entire "rugby world".It's getting to the point I would support playing a rebel Springbok side. No place for racism in sport.
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@TeWaio said in One in a row .... seventeen in a row ...:
If we're to go purely by the world rankings then you would also have to consider the rankings of both England and NZ and then takes those rankings away to get a net score.
In which case:-
Now they've equaled our streak, it is possible to compare the world ranking of the opposition at the time of each game, to determine whose streak is "better".
The sum world ranking of the 18 teams we defeated is 120. England's is 131.
So our streak was vs significantly better opposition on average - as I tell my dickhead pom mates who keep bringing up the fact we played Namibia/Georgia during ours, and conveniently forgetting they played Uruguay during theirs.
England's winning streak (October 15, 2015 to March 11, 2017) England ranking in bold
1 - Uruguay (19) 60-3 (RWC) 8
2 - Scotland (9) 15-9 8
3 - Italy (12) 40-9 6
4 - Ireland (8) 21-10 6
5 - Wales (4) 25-21 6
6 - France (8) 31-21 4
7 - Wales (5) 27-13 2
8 - Australia (2) 39-28 2
9 - Australia (2) 23-7 2
10 - Australia (4) 44-40 2
11 - South Africa (4) 37-21 2
12 - Fiji (10) 58-15 2
13 - Argentina (9) 27-14 2
14 - Australia (3) 37-21 2
15 - France (8) 19-16 2
16 - Wales (5) 21-16 2
17 - Italy (14) 36-15 2
18 - Scotland (5) 61-21 2 Total 62Sum 131. - 62 = net score 69
All Blacks' winning streak (August 15, 2015 to November 4, 2016) NZ No 1 all the way through so 18 in total
1 - Australia (3) 41-13
2 - Argentina (8) 26-16 (RWC)
3 - Namibia (20) 58-14 (RWC)
4 - Georgia (15) 43-10 (RWC)
5 - Tonga (12) 47-9 (RWC)
6 - France (7) 62-13 (RWC)
7 - South Africa (3) 20-18 (RWC)
8 - Australia (2) 34-17 (RWC)
9 - Wales (6) 39-21
10 - Wales (6) 36-22
11 - Wales (6) 46-6
12 - Australia (4) 42-8
13 - Australia (4) 29-9
14 - Argentina (7) 57-22
15 - South Africa (4) 41-13
16 - Argentina (7) 36-17
17 - South Africa (3) 57-15
18 - Australia (3) 37-10Sum 120.- 18 = 102
Rugby: All Blacks v England - Which winning streak is better?
Or in other words, such comparisons are pretty meaningless.
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@Catogrande yep, we only played teams ranked lower than us, so that alone made our run easier
Best outcome, IMO is if Ireland roll England this week, they sit on 18 with us, Ireland get a boost as giant killers again, NZ an England continue to roll on winning until they meet sometime in 2025 to win the best in the universe title.
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This 17 game streak is arguably more impressive than those ones
Match Score Date Location SAF v AUS 61-22 Sat, 23 Aug 1997 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria SAF v ITA 62-31 Sat, 08 Nov 1997 Bologna SAF v FRA 36-32 Sat, 15 Nov 1997 Lyon SAF v FRA 52-10 Sat, 22 Nov 1997 Parc des Princes, Paris SAF v ENG 29-11 Sat, 29 Nov 1997 Twickenham, London SAF v SCO 68-10 Sat, 06 Dec 1997 Murrayfield, Edinburgh SAF v IRE 37-13 Sat, 13 Jun 1998 Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein SAF v IRE 33-0 Sat, 20 Jun 1998 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria SAF v WAL 96-13 Sat, 27 Jun 1998 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria SAF v ENG 18-0 Sat, 04 Jul 1998 Newlands, Cape Town SAF v AUS 14-13 Sat, 18 Jul 1998 Subiaco Oval, Perth_AUS SAF v NZL 13-3 Sat, 25 Jul 1998 Athletic Park, Wellington SAF v NZL 24-23 Sat, 15 Aug 1998 Kings Park Stadium, Durban SAF v AUS 29-15 Sat, 22 Aug 1998 Ellis Park, Johannesburg SAF v WAL 28-20 Sat, 14 Nov 1998 Wembley Stadium, London SAF v SCO 35-10 Sat, 21 Nov 1998 Murrayfield, Edinburgh SAF v IRE 27-13 Sat, 28 Nov 1998 Lansdowne Rd, Dublin -
Again thought I'd dust this off as NZ nows sits on 3 in a row poised to go to 13 by the end of this year.
All we need is to go unbeaten v the Lions, sweep the Bled and Rugby Championship, and just turn up to Europe on the EOYT.
Easy.
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time to dust off this perennial favorite
By my calculations, if the All Blacks do another calendar year 100% wins, they'll be on 17 in a row on 25.11.2018.
They will deserve a lot of plaudits if so....beaten France, Aus, South Africa, Ireland, England along the way.
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Brilliant @wairau !
Glad it wasn't me
I did notice we are at 8 and it crossed my mind to reopen this thread.
Love your work.
I'll update the thread title.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Streaks ...We're coming for you Cyprus ... (8 in a row):
@canerbry said in Streaks ...We're coming for you Cyprus ... (8 in a row):
@rocky-rockbottom You are very occasionally funny
That's the kindest thing a Cantab has ever said to me.
Tearing up a bit here.
Come now... surely a Cantab has told you "you've got a reeeal purdy mouth" at least once?
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@canerbry said in Streaks ...We're coming for you Cyprus ... (8 in a row):
@mn5 It's a bit disturbing how obsessed all you Pig Island bogans are about incest.
We get that you lot don't find the concept disturbing, don't turn it back on us being the ones in the wrong.
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Poos
Back to none in a row
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