The best & worst of times

General Rugby League
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WORST 70 FIRST LAST
TEAM ROUND YEAR ROUND YEAR W D L P F A D
Easts 9 1963 5 1967 6 2 62 14 592 1385 -793
University 11 1932 9 1937 7 1 62 15 623 1917 -1294
Newtown 17 1975 20 1978 7 2 61 16 752 1790 -1038
Parramatta 17 1956 14 1960 8 0 62 16 711 1683 -972
Annandale 13 1915 14 1920 7 3 60 17 413 1374 -961
Wests 1 1912 14 1916 11 0 59 22 478 1256 -778
Gold Coast 14 1991 17 1994 10 2 58 22 860 1711 -851
Souths 4 2002 1 2005 11 2 57 24 1229 2329 -1100
Newcastle 7 2015 4 2018 12 1 57 25 1168 2079 -911
Norths 2 1915 1 1920 12 3 55 27 520 1337 -817
Penrith 17 1977 20 1980 11 5 54 27 864 1635 -771
Cronulla 5 1967 8 1970 13 1 56 27 822 1432 -610
Canterbury 1 2020 2 2023 14 0 56 28 1037 1832 -795
South Queensland 1 1995 22 1997 14 1 51 29 844 1628 -784
Wests Tigers 19 2020 23 2023 15 0 55 30 1217 2007 -790
North Queensland 21 1998 16 2001 14 2 54 30 1200 1834 -634
Gold Coast Titans 20 2017 15 2020 16 0 54 32 1134 1858 -724
Illawarra 25 1986 22 1989 16 2 52 34 1003 1492 -489
Balmain 3 1972 6 1975 17 3 50 37 887 1573 -686
St George 6 1921 18 1926 18 3 49 39 744 1186 -442
Manly 1 1947 16 1950 19 2 49 40 838 1258 -420
Brisbane QF 2018 25 2021 21 1 48 43 1146 1914 -768
Canberra 1 1982 20 1984 23 0 47 46 1067 1755 -688
New Zealand 20 2019 21 2022 23 0 47 46 1212 1840 -628
St George Illawarra 8 2019 9 2022 23 0 47 46 1284 1735 -451
Perth 1 1995 18 1997 24 1 37 49 995 1425 -430
Glebe 5 1925 18 1929 23 4 43 50 718 1059 -341
Northern Eagles 5 2000 24 2002 26 1 43 53 1456 1962 -506
Melbourne 14 2000 7 2003 30 2 38 62 1736 1802 -66
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CURRENT 70
TEAM W D L P F A D
Penrith 56 0 14 112 1788 946 842
Melbourne 48 0 22 96 1945 1204 741
Souths 43 0 27 86 1852 1406 446
Easts 41 0 29 82 1610 1449 161
Cronulla 40 0 30 80 1654 1406 248
Parramatta 39 0 31 78 1650 1521 129
Brisbane 39 0 31 78 1623 1583 40
North Queensland 37 0 33 74 1655 1564 91
Manly 36 1 33 73 1802 1540 262
Canberra 35 0 35 70 1448 1662 -214
Newcastle 31 1 38 63 1385 1660 -275
New Zealand 29 0 41 58 1398 1754 -356
St George Illawarra 24 0 46 48 1374 1808 -434
Gold Coast Titans 23 0 47 46 1508 1878 -370
Canterbury 17 0 53 34 1145 1994 -849
Wests Tigers 16 0 54 32 1219 1998 -779
Redcliffe 9 0 15 18 520 631 -111
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BEST 80 FIRST LAST
TEAM ROUND YEAR ROUND YEAR W D L P F A D
St George 10 1956 8 1960 70 2 8 142 2089 927 1162
Penrith 25 2019 1 2023 68 1 11 137 2113 1019 1094
Souths 5 1925 3 1930 68 1 11 137 1627 713 914
Manly 3 1994 9 1997 66 1 13 133 2111 926 1185
Balmain 13 1914 7 1920 64 5 11 133 1401 557 844
Melbourne 6 2019 9 2022 65 0 15 130 2389 1052 1337
Easts 9 1933 MS 1938 61 7 12 129 1926 873 1053
Parramatta 13 1981 9 1984 61 1 18 123 1788 810 978
Canberra 2 1993 7 1996 60 2 18 122 2216 1041 1175
Brisbane 17 1995 GF 1998 60 2 18 122 2222 1078 1144
Canterbury 1 2002 1 2005 60 1 19 121 2396 1524 872
St George Illawarra 10 2008 10 2011 57 0 23 114 1714 1059 655
Newtown 7 1953 7 1957 54 5 21 113 1584 966 618
Glebe 14 1914 10 1920 56 1 23 113 1179 673 506
Wests PF 1959 15 1963 56 1 23 113 1372 937 435
Cronulla 18 2015 18 2018 54 1 25 109 1700 1383 317
Norths 21 1992 8 1996 51 5 24 107 1829 1139 690
North Queensland 20 2013 20 2016 53 0 27 106 2036 1318 718
Newcastle 1 2000 25 2002 52 2 26 106 2308 1711 597
New Zealand 26 2000 QF 2003 48 2 30 98 2023 1753 270
Wests Tigers 13 2009 15 2012 48 0 32 96 1783 1511 272
Illawarra 4 1991 4 1994 44 5 31 93 1384 985 399
Gold Coast Titans 21 2007 QF 2010 44 0 36 88 1648 1774 -126
Northern Eagles 1 2000 26 2002 30 1 45 61 1582 2118 -536
University 4 1923 1 1929 26 3 51 55 938 1188 -250
Gold Coast 16 1994 5 1998 23 3 54 49 1396 1977 -581
Annandale 5 1910 14 1915 19 3 58 41 652 1160 -508
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WORST 80 FIRST LAST
TEAM ROUND YEAR ROUND YEAR W D L P F A D
University 14 1931 9 1937 9 1 70 19 719 2119 -1400
Parramatta 7 1956 14 1960 9 1 70 19 814 1903 -1089
Newtown 20 1975 11 1979 9 2 69 20 879 2035 -1156
Annandale 4 1915 15 1920 9 3 68 21 483 1547 -1064
Easts 16 1962 5 1967 10 2 68 22 674 1500 -826
Gold Coast 4 1991 17 1994 12 2 66 26 960 1921 -961
Wests 6 1909 5 1915 13 1 66 27 583 1594 -1011
Souths 20 1999 1 2005 13 2 65 28 1367 2645 -1278
Newcastle 5 2015 12 2018 15 1 64 31 1315 2342 -1027
Norths 12 1914 8 1920 15 3 62 33 660 1485 -825
Canterbury 5 2020 18 2023 17 0 63 34 1212 2196 -984
North Queensland 20 1998 25 2001 16 3 61 35 1374 2121 -747
Wests Tigers 13 2020 27 2023 18 0 62 36 1396 2344 -948
Penrith 17 1977 8 1981 16 5 59 37 1031 1782 -751
Cronulla 1 1967 14 1970 19 1 60 39 999 1574 -575
Gold Coast Titans 26 2016 6 2020 20 0 60 40 1400 2128 -728
Illawarra 16 1986 2 1990 19 2 59 40 1116 1657 -541
Balmain 10 1992 1 1996 21 2 57 44 1167 1936 -769
Manly 1 1947 8 1951 24 2 54 50 1027 1433 -406
St George 1 1921 6 1927 24 3 53 51 891 1278 -387
Brisbane 24 2018 6 2022 26 1 53 53 1379 2126 -747
St George Illawarra 20 2018 4 2022 27 0 53 54 1487 1950 -463
New Zealand 13 2019 24 2022 27 1 52 55 1405 2103 -698
Canberra 1 1982 3 1985 28 0 52 56 1231 1973 -742
Glebe 2 1924 18 1929 28 4 48 60 820 1165 -345
Northern Eagles 1 2000 26 2002 30 1 45 61 1582 2118 -536
Melbourne 16 2000 19 2003 36 2 42 74 1948 2000 -52
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CURRENT 80
TEAM W D L P F A D
Penrith 66 0 14 132 2130 1034 1096
Melbourne 56 0 24 112 2243 1342 901
Souths 51 0 29 102 2141 1574 567
Easts 46 0 34 92 1862 1656 206
Parramatta 46 0 34 92 1927 1701 226
Cronulla 43 0 37 86 1864 1656 208
Canberra 42 0 38 84 1679 1862 -183
Brisbane 40 0 40 80 1749 1869 -120
North Queensland 39 0 41 78 1790 1851 -61
Manly 38 1 41 77 1971 1874 97
Newcastle 35 1 44 71 1604 1932 -328
New Zealand 33 0 47 66 1613 1962 -349
Gold Coast Titans 30 0 50 60 1748 2047 -299
St George Illawarra 28 0 52 56 1563 2056 -493
Canterbury 18 0 62 36 1293 2286 -993
Wests Tigers 18 0 62 36 1396 2344 -948
Redcliffe 9 0 15 18 520 631 -111
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BEST 90 FIRST LAST
TEAM ROUND YEAR ROUND YEAR W D L P F A D
St George 3 1957 11 1961 79 1 10 159 2297 962 1335
Souths 4 1924 3 1930 76 2 12 154 1751 775 976
Penrith 9 2020 23 2023 76 0 14 152 2404 1128 1276
Balmain 10 1914 1 1921 72 6 12 150 1597 632 965
Manly 12 1993 5 1997 74 1 15 149 2353 1044 1309
Melbourne 24 2018 9 2022 73 0 17 146 2584 1189 1395
Easts 2 1932 3 1938 67 5 18 139 2104 965 1139
Brisbane 17 1991 10 1995 68 1 21 137 2164 1255 909
Canberra 7 1993 22 1996 67 2 21 136 2473 1287 1186
Parramatta 13 1981 19 1984 67 1 22 135 1943 927 1016
Canterbury 16 2001 SF 2004 66 1 23 133 2647 1784 863
Glebe 2 1911 5 1917 63 2 25 128 1420 737 683
Newtown 6 1943 12 1948 62 3 25 127 1998 1264 734
Wests 5 1959 10 1963 62 2 26 126 1645 1154 491
St George Illawarra 7 2008 20 2011 61 1 28 123 1915 1217 698
Cronulla 15 2015 25 2018 61 1 28 123 1953 1586 367
Norths 22 1993 17 1997 57 6 27 120 2193 1339 854
Newcastle 1 1995 17 1998 58 3 29 119 1990 1453 537
North Queensland 21 2013 2 2017 59 0 31 118 2239 1506 733
Illawarra 20 1990 18 1994 50 5 35 105 1654 1173 481
Wests Tigers 26 2008 13 2012 52 0 38 104 1995 1741 254
New Zealand 22 2000 4 2004 51 2 37 104 2226 1976 250
Gold Coast Titans 10 2007 QF 2010 48 0 42 96 1815 2017 -202
University 13 1922 2 1929 29 3 28 61 1035 1348 -313
Gold Coast 22 1993 QF 1997 25 4 61 54 1545 2271 -726
Annandale 8 1910 13 1916 21 3 66 45 693 1256 -563
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WORST 90 FIRST LAST
TEAM ROUND YEAR ROUND YEAR W D L P F A D
University 10 1930 14 1936 10 1 79 21 844 2228 -1384
Annandale 8 1914 15 1920 10 3 77 23 555 1720 -1165
Parramatta 2 1957 1 1962 12 0 78 24 961 2124 -1163
Newtown 21 1975 22 1979 13 1 76 27 1050 2214 -1164
Gold Coast 22 1989 1 1994 13 3 74 29 1016 2110 -1094
Wests 9 1909 4 1916 14 1 75 29 648 1674 -1026
Souths 20 1999 12 2005 15 2 73 32 1555 2988 -1433
Easts 2 1962 1 1967 17 2 71 36 810 1629 -819
Newcastle 6 2015 24 2018 19 1 71 39 1505 2570 -1065
Canterbury 2 2020 26 2023 20 0 70 40 1411 2516 -1105
Norths 3 1914 9 1920 18 4 68 40 750 1589 -839
North Queensland 15 1998 4 2002 19 3 68 41 1512 2385 -873
Penrith 20 1976 21 1980 18 6 66 42 1157 1935 -778
Wests Tigers 3 2020 27 2023 22 0 68 44 1629 2517 -888
Gold Coast Titans 25 2016 15 2020 23 0 67 46 1566 2365 -799
Illawarra 17 1985 11 1989 23 1 66 47 1251 1806 -555
Cronulla 5 1967 6 1971 23 1 66 47 1215 1693 -478
Balmain 5 1971 6 1975 26 3 61 55 1196 1943 -747
New Zealand 2 2019 24 2022 30 1 59 61 1571 2323 -752
St George Illawarra 16 2018 10 2022 32 0 58 64 1658 2170 -512
Manly 1 1947 18 1951 31 2 57 64 1289 1546 -257
Canberra 1 1982 14 1985 32 1 57 65 1418 2174 -756
St George 2 1921 18 1927 31 4 55 66 1071 1386 -315
Brisbane 2 2019 25 2022 33 1 56 67 1595 2361 -766
Glebe 8 1923 17 1929 33 3 54 69 921 1256 -335
Melbourne GF 1999 13 2003 41 3 46 85 2256 2172 84
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CURRENT 90
TEAM W D L P F A D
Penrith 75 0 15 150 2400 1136 1264
Melbourne 64 0 26 128 2530 1506 1024
Souths 59 0 31 118 2490 1754 736
Easts 54 0 36 108 2138 1806 332
Parramatta 53 0 37 106 2091 1871 220
Cronulla 50 0 40 100 2160 1886 274
Canberra 49 0 41 98 1910 2024 -114
Manly 41 1 48 83 2143 2148 -5
Brisbane 41 0 49 82 1885 2182 -297
Newcastle 40 1 49 81 1778 2112 -334
North Queensland 40 0 50 80 1962 2149 -187
New Zealand 37 0 53 74 1773 2222 -449
Gold Coast Titans 34 0 56 68 1914 2278 -364
St George Illawarra 32 0 58 64 1753 2254 -501
Wests Tigers 22 0 68 44 1629 2517 -888
Canterbury 20 0 70 40 1425 2526 -1101
Redcliffe 9 0 15 18 520 631 -111
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BEST 100 FIRST LAST
TEAM ROUND YEAR ROUND YEAR W D L P F A D
St George 11 1957 9 1962 87 1 12 175 2474 1037 1437
Penrith 6 2020 GF 2023 85 0 15 170 2686 1270 1416
Souths 13 1923 3 1930 84 2 14 170 1905 864 1041
Melbourne 14 2018 9 2022 81 0 19 162 2829 1333 1496
Balmain 13 1914 6 1922 78 6 16 162 1711 712 999
Manly 12 1993 15 1997 79 3 18 161 2591 1226 1365
Easts 3 1931 6 1937 75 4 21 154 2320 1052 1268
Brisbane 15 1999 22 1995 75 1 24 151 2482 1458 1024
Parramatta 13 1981 GF 1984 74 1 25 149 2078 1035 1043
Canterbury 9 2001 1 2005 73 2 25 148 2863 1977 886
Canberra 18 1992 22 1996 72 2 26 146 2666 1411 1255
Newtown 14 1942 16 1948 68 4 28 140 2202 1387 815
Wests MSF 1958 14 1963 69 2 29 140 1840 1273 567
Glebe 5 1915 14 1922 69 1 30 139 1660 954 706
Cronulla 5 2015 SF 2018 67 1 32 135 2119 1769 350
Newcastle 19 1997 13 2001 65 4 31 134 2502 1920 582
St George Illawarra 16 2007 13 2011 65 1 34 131 2154 1457 697
Norths 1 1993 6 1997 62 7 31 131 2306 1489 817
North Queensland 22 2013 14 2017 64 0 36 128 2433 1694 739
Illawarra 16 1990 2 1995 55 6 39 116 1860 1361 499
New Zealand 8 2000 PF 2003 55 3 42 113 2352 2245 107
Wests Tigers 16 2008 14 2012 56 0 44 112 2203 1975 228
Gold Coast Titans 1 2007 PF 2010 52 0 48 104 1987 2225 -238
University 9 1921 2 1929 31 3 66 65 1103 1557 -454
Gold Coast 9 1994 18 1998 28 3 69 59 1623 2521 -898
Annandale 2 1910 3 1917 23 3 74 49 781 1419 -638
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WORST 100 FIRST LAST
TEAM ROUND YEAR ROUND YEAR W D L P F A D
University 9 1930 9 1937 12 1 87 25 909 2556 -1647
Parramatta 7 1956 16 1961 13 1 86 27 1065 2322 -1257
Annandale 10 1913 15 1920 12 4 84 28 648 1874 -1226
Gold Coast 18 1989 7 1994 15 3 82 33 1157 2395 -1238
Wests 9 1909 14 1916 16 1 83 33 716 1874 -1158
Newtown 13 1975 2 1980 16 2 82 34 1207 2398 -1191
Easts 14 1961 5 1967 18 4 78 40 918 1754 -836
Souths 14 1999 17 2005 19 3 78 41 1740 3208 -1468
Newcastle 3 2015 6 2019 22 1 77 45 1647 2757 -1110
North Queensland 18 1998 18 2002 22 3 75 47 1729 2784 -1055
Canterbury 16 1953 7 1959 22 3 75 47 1123 2056 -933
Penrith 17 1977 6 1982 22 5 73 49 1265 2100 -835
Norths 7 1913 9 1920 23 4 73 50 921 1726 -805
Illawarra 18 1985 22 1989 24 2 74 50 1385 2009 -624
Wests Tigers 18 2019 27 2023 27 0 73 54 1869 2716 -847
Cronulla 2 1967 13 1971 27 1 72 55 1351 1873 -522
Gold Coast Titans 14 2016 15 2020 28 1 71 57 1791 2546 -755
Balmain 15 1992 4 1997 31 2 67 64 1438 2349 -911
St George Illawarra 17 2019 26 2023 34 0 66 68 1937 2524 -587
Canberra 2 1982 25 1985 34 2 64 70 1572 2390 -818
New Zealand 2 2019 9 2023 35 1 64 71 1771 2530 -759
Manly QF 1998 2 2006 37 1 62 75 2236 2910 -674
Brisbane PF 2017 5 2002 38 1 61 77 1785 2540 -755
Glebe 15 1922 17 1929 37 3 60 77 1024 1413 -389
St George 1 1921 8 1928 38 4 58 80 1203 1464 -261
Melbourne 25 1999 19 2003 47 3 50 97 2450 2366 84
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CURRENT 100
TEAM W D L P F A D
Penrith 85 0 15 170 2686 1270 1416
Melbourne 72 0 28 144 2795 1638 1157
Souths 63 0 37 126 2686 1928 758
Easts 61 0 39 122 2420 1926 494
Parramatta 61 0 39 122 2319 1989 330
Canberra 55 0 45 110 2084 2161 -77
Cronulla 54 0 46 108 2363 2079 284
Newcastle 46 2 52 94 2021 2310 -289
Manly 46 1 53 93 2318 2349 -31
Brisbane 45 0 55 90 2034 2472 -438
North Queensland 44 0 56 88 2138 2355 -217
New Zealand 41 0 59 82 1914 2465 -551
Gold Coast Titans 34 0 66 68 2018 2638 -620
St George Illawarra 34 0 66 68 1935 2520 -585
Wests Tigers 27 0 73 54 1869 2716 -847
Canterbury 25 0 75 50 1559 2671 -1112
Redcliffe 9 0 15 18 520 631 -111
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32

Wow what a great deal of number crunching you have done, can’t say I understand it all, but the trend is clear;

Penrith best team of the last 50 years, second only to St George as best of all time.

Am I correct?

33

That is the gist of it. Just one more loss would have put us behind the Souths side of the 1920s, ironically the only other side to win more than 3 in a row.

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