Is Manly the most successful club of the past decade ?
If we use finals appearances and titles won, it would be hard to argue otherwise.
As far as titles go, Manly have 2 and Brisbane, Penrith, Wests Tigers and St George each have 1. The Scum have 1 officially and the 2 that were stripped, although how long does it take for the effects of such rorting of the cap to really disappear ? In my book, they're still a few years off. The De$dogs have one in 2004 but again, hard on the back of cheating.
In terms of finals appearances the list goes,
9 - Brisbane, Scum
8 - Manly
7 - St George Illawarra
6 - Canberra, De$dogs
5 - Warriors, Nth Qld
4 - Roosters, Parramatta, Newcastle
3 - Cronulla, Wests Tigers, Penrith
2 - Souths, Gold Coast
As an aside, this makes Souths the least successful club given the Tits have only been around since 2007. (Stick that up your 20 premierships)
You can't include the Scum (serial cheats). And the fact we have 2 premierships over the Broncs 1, makes Manly the most successful club of the past decade.
[Edit - fixed up St George Illawarra ; St George as a club died in 1998 - I would have accepted "St Merge" by the way - C&C]
If we use finals appearances and titles won, it would be hard to argue otherwise.
As far as titles go, Manly have 2 and Brisbane, Penrith, Wests Tigers and St George each have 1. The Scum have 1 officially and the 2 that were stripped, although how long does it take for the effects of such rorting of the cap to really disappear ? In my book, they're still a few years off. The De$dogs have one in 2004 but again, hard on the back of cheating.
In terms of finals appearances the list goes,
9 - Brisbane, Scum
8 - Manly
7 - St George Illawarra
6 - Canberra, De$dogs
5 - Warriors, Nth Qld
4 - Roosters, Parramatta, Newcastle
3 - Cronulla, Wests Tigers, Penrith
2 - Souths, Gold Coast
As an aside, this makes Souths the least successful club given the Tits have only been around since 2007. (Stick that up your 20 premierships)
You can't include the Scum (serial cheats). And the fact we have 2 premierships over the Broncs 1, makes Manly the most successful club of the past decade.
[Edit - fixed up St George Illawarra ; St George as a club died in 1998 - I would have accepted "St Merge" by the way - C&C]
