Top 10 Best Rugby League Teams of All Time

The Top Ten
St George Dragons 1956-1966

11 consecutive premierships - a recognized world record.

More Immortals than any other club.

Rules had to be changed in order to beat them. Teams had to be introduced (Cronulla and Penrith) in order to beat them. They didn't lose at home for well over two years.

Never before, never again. No one gets close to the Mighty Dragons.

The statistics say it all: 11 straight premierships and an absolute plethora of Immortals. No other team anywhere, ever, has or will come close. D4L

Has to be number one. I think a lot of people voting here would not have seen them play, which is why they are not ranked first.

Wigan 1987-1996

Some awesome teams in this lineup. However, I'm voting for the team that not only totally dominated its own league (with very entertaining football) but also dominated the Aussie teams when they played them (WCC and Sydney 7's). When I was growing up, this Wigan team was basically the GB team too - Hanley, Offiah, Gregory, Lydon, Edwards, the list goes on.

And to all the Aussies out there, yes, your teams are historically the best (can't argue with that), but this Wigan team would have dominated the Sydney comp in its day. No one can or could dispute that.

Melbourne Storm 2000s-2010s

This team is the best team in the pro era because they reached four grand finals in a row from 2006-2009. I think that record won't be broken in the pro era. They also have the best fullback ever, Billy "The Kid" Slater.

They have won the premiership two times and the World Club Challenge two times.

Queensland Maroons 2006-2013
Brisbane Broncos 1990s

Best club side in rugby league history. Most well-known, most popular, richest, most watched/attended rugby club side in the world. They have had arguably the greatest players of all time play for them: Lockyer, Lewis, and Langer. Add the best prop forwards of all time, Lazarus, Webcke, and Petero Civoniceva, and three of the greatest centers of all time, Gene Miles, Hodges, and Folau. They also have the highest revenue of any rugby club in the world across both codes.

The Broncos of the 1990s were close to unbeatable. Best team of all time.

Leeds Rhinos 2007-2012

I am now 76 years old and have seen most of the Australians mentioned in the list of the 10 greatest players. I would add one to the list, and that would be the greatest second-row forward I have ever seen - Gordon Tallis. Of the Great Britain players, I would put Ellery Hanley up there.

All wonderful players, but I only ever saw one genius. That was Lewis Jones.

Won when it mattered. Although having seen eight Challenge Cup final defeats in my time as a fan probably leaves them behind Wigan's '80s/'90s team.

Has there been a spell of dominance in England greater in the British game? They were arguably the best team in the world for five years running.

Canberra Raiders 1987-1995

An amazing side that changed the game, and unlike some of the sides here, they played in a national competition.

Champion team in that era.
I can't believe the Storm are in this. They had their premierships stripped.

A dream team with both attack and defense being brutal, fast, and powerful.

Australia Kangaroos 2013
St Helens 2004-2011

Wigan may have been dominant in the '80s, but that was only when they were one of the few "professional teams" of that era. Bring on Super League, where there's a level playing field for everyone, and look who dominates - The Saints!

They were not called the entertainers for nothing. The first team in the professional era to do the treble. Two world club championships and a special team. They should be much higher.

One of the best of all time. Shame the English game has become so poor and is unfortunately fast becoming more boring than Union.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1980s

Back when they and their supporters didn't have a horrible reputation.

Best team ever. Can't believe they're only 12th. They should be in the top 5. Leeds Rhinos suck, lost against Storms earlier in 2018.

The greatest era of rugby league, the toughest era, and an era they dominated.

The Newcomers

? Melbourne Storm 2017
? NSW Blues 1908-1980
The Contenders
South Sydney Rabbitohs 1920s

One of the best teams ever! SSTID. They have won 20 premierships - says it all.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 1980s

The 1995 team was nearly unbeatable, and it is nearly a crime that they slipped up against Canterbury in the Grand Final.

Even now, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are the most consistent and best.

Queensland Maroons 1980s
Bradford Bulls 2000-2005

The best Super League team of all time.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2002

They beat the record for the most consecutive wins by winning 17 matches in a row.

Sydney Roosters 2002-2004

They have won the most World Club Challenges!

Parramatta 1981-1986

The last team to win three in a row and also one of the few teams to ever do it. They also played in four grand finals in a row.

The names in that all-star backline were some of the best ever to grace a footy field, bar none!

Go Eels! They may not have the most wins, but they are still a great team - my team.

North Queensland Cowboys 2015
Widnes Vikings 1978-1979
Hull FC 1914

Had the first superstar of the game, Billy Batten, and others like Harrison.

Wests Tigers 2005
Warrington Wolves 2013

The only team never to be relegated from top-flight UK rugby league! Warrington at position 26?

Newcastle Knights 1990s
Huddersfield 1914-1915
New Zealand 2008
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