Winning Grand Finals

[NTA]

Waratahs 2014 is pretty much the only "live" experience where I've seen my team win something big.

[foobaNZ]

Most recent only:

Lions 2022 (Shield & NPC)
Canes 2016
ABs 2015 (Obviously we've won every other trophy regularly)
BCs WTC final 2021
Thunder (never - Adams era only)

Those are the only teams I'm really heavily invested in watching / supporting though.

Hopefully we can snag an ODI WC in my lifetime. T20 would be nice although it's my least favourite form of cricket.

[bayimports]

I thought these days it was all about participation and whining and not so much about winning..

fuck winning anyway overrated

[Kiwiwomble]

@bayimports said in Winning Grand Finals:

fuck winning anyway overrated

wouldn't know

[Yeetyaah]

Fun fact, every time the Crusaders have won Super Rugby in a world cup year, the All Blacks don't win the RWC. Time to stop winning please

[Kiwiwomble]

@Yeetyaah i knew it was their fault!

can i add too that....the highlanders won in 2015 so maybe we try that again?

[ACT Crusader]

@NTA said in Winning Grand Finals:

Waratahs 2014 is pretty much the only "live" experience where I've seen my team win something big.

Never happened and Joubert was wrong

[Nepia]

@mariner4life Surely your Cowboys are a decent chance of winning again sometime?

I'm in the same boat with all my teams (less options than you as I don't care about Aussie and American only sports) but beating Wellington to win the shield and beating BoP to deny them a final were like grand finals for me.

[NTA]

@ACT-Crusader said in Winning Grand Finals:

@NTA said in Winning Grand Finals:

Waratahs 2014 is pretty much the only "live" experience where I've seen my team win something big.

Never happened and that Joubert was wrong

FIFY

[ACT Crusader]

All Blacks - 87, 11, 15. But I also rate the 96 Bok series, 93 and 05 Lions series, 03 Bledisloe series as massive wins.

Crusaders and Canterbury - read the wiki page

NZ/AKL Warriors - so close yet so far! 2011 loss probably hurt more than 02. 02 great to be there and all that but never felt we would win it. 2011 what a team we had.

NZ Breakers - 3 peat from 11-13 and then again in 15. Losing in 2016 and last season were hard to stomach.

SA Spurs - 99, then the others in the 2000’s. Had to wait 10 years for the Admiral to get a chip.

St Kilda - when you look up heartbreak in the dictionary…. Nothing. Zero. Zilch

Philly Eagles - 2017 loooong time coming. Last year arggghhhhh, hurt more than 04.

[junior]

@mariner4life said in Winning Grand Finals:

@dogmeat said in Winning Grand Finals:

Black Caps Inaugural Test Championship

yes! thank you. internal crisis averted

COVID-affected, though, so does its really count?

[Snowy]

@junior said in Winning Grand Finals:

@mariner4life said in Winning Grand Finals:

@dogmeat said in Winning Grand Finals:

Black Caps Inaugural Test Championship

yes! thank you. internal crisis averted

COVID-affected, though, so does its really count?

Yes it bloody does!

[mooshld]

Abs 87,11,15
Crusaders and Canterbury so plenty.

Then it's Scotland so never

For top 14 it's Pau when we avoided relegation last year we partied like we won does that count.

Finally playing I only ever made two finals Christchurch U18 4th div. We lost.

Senior div 6 we won. Timpsons Tigers!

[Stargazer]

Just add the Black Ferns and you've 6 RWCs.

[Canes4life]

To pretty much copy @foobaNZ
Lions 2000, 2022 (NPC titles) 2008, 2022 (Ranfurly Shield)
Canes 2016
Firebirds Super Smash winners 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021 / Plunket Shield 2004, 2020 / Ford Trophy 2014, 2019
ABs 2011 and 2015 RWC's (Obviously we've won every other trophy regularly)
BCs WTC final 2021
Team NZ America's Cup wins especially watching the racing up close in 2021
Giants (NFL) 2008 and 2012

[Smudge]

ABs 2015
Highlanders 2015
Black Caps WTC 2021
Otago rugby 1998 (yes, held the shield since then but that trophy has been sullied recently ... )
Otago Volts - last won the Plunket Shield in the mid-1980s when the Volts moniker was just a twinkle in a marketing man's eye. Have had limited overs success since then, but meh.
Don't really support any clubs other than Albion cricket club in Dunedin and that's not a comp chock-full of sides so they've done OK.

[canefan]

Black Caps won the WTC but come up short in the short forms

49ers made a SB and were one play from beating the Ravens, one drive from beating the Chiefs

I'm still dining out on our sole Hurricanes SR title with no second helping in sight

Lakers won the COVID championship but look some way from ascending again

Every year it's our year for the Warriors

Breakers came close last year but no cigar

[MajorPom]

Victories:

AB's 2015, ICC World Test Champs, England Womans Football Euros, NZ Womans Rugby WC, Chelsea Champs League 21, Max Verstappen 2021.

Heartbreaks

RWC 2023, England Womans WC Final Football, CWC 2019, Super Rugby 2023 (Chiefs).

Thats the recent ones.

[antipodean]

All Blacks (2015)
Kiwis (2008)
Balmain Tigers (2005)
Waratahs (2014)
Richmond Tigers (2020)
LFC (2019, 2022)
Auckland (2018)
Penrith Emus (hahaha)
Detroit Tigers (Never, they last won in 84 and I didn't support them then)
And for NHL, strangely I've never picked a team although I love watching it.

Putting it like that, it's much better than I originally presumed.

[booboo]

The Black Ferns last year was good fun for us bandwagoneers.

Otherwise it's just the ABs and BCs that I'm really invested in.

I have favoured Super and NPC teams, and a useless AFL team, but I don't lose too much nervous energy over them.

Which is kind of cool cause then I can just enjoy the sport. Not to say I was completely neutrally, but I don't need therapy if my favoured team loses.