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Trophy Winners #4 – The GOATs in World Snooker (Mens) – 1969 to 2025

December 9, 2025 By Nigel Marriott

Mark Selby has become only the 4th player in Snooker history to win 10 Triple Crowns after prevailing over Judd Trump in the 2025 UK Championship. Only Ronnie O’Sullivan (23), Stephen Hendry (18) & Steve Davis (15) have won more Triple Crown tournaments.  Mark’s GOAThood is already confirmed as I wrote about last year but is he as dominant as the other GOATs (Greatest Of All Time)?

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Filed Under: Sport Tagged With: GOAT, Men, Rankings, Snooker, Triple Crown, Winners

Trophy Winners #3 – Rugby Union (Men) 1984 to 2025

October 4, 2025 By Nigel Marriott

South Africa have won back to back Rugby Championships for the first time ever.  That marks the last trophy to be won in the 2025 calendar year for men’s rugby worldwide and coincides with the start of the 2025/26 season in Europe.  This makes it a propitious time to update my list of all trophy winners in men’s rugby worldwide since 1984,

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Filed Under: Sport Tagged With: 6 Nations, Challenge Cup, Champions Cup, GOAT, Lions, Men, Premiership, Rankings, Rugby, Rugby Championship, Super Rugby, Top 14, URC, Winners, World Cup

Trophy Winners #4 – The GOATs of World Snooker (Mens) – 1969 to 2024

December 8, 2024 By Nigel Marriott

Judd Trump has won the 2024 UK Championship which is the 5th Triple Crown title of his career.  Does that make him a GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) in men’s Snooker?  Using the criteria I recommend in this article, Trump will become a GOAT if he wins another World Championship.

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