The Crusaders have been voted the most successful Australasian sporting team of the past 25 years.
The award from Gainline Analytics analysed 122 teams across 14 competitions since 1993 and judged the nine-time Super Rugby champions top of the pile.
The Crusaders first won a Super Rugby title in 1998, with their most recent success coming this year. They were the only New Zealand sporting side to make the top-25 list.
"We wanted to understand what success looked like. It was about good governance and winning but winning continuously, not just winning a title then falling away," Gain Line Analytics director and former Wallabies prop Ben Darwin told the Sydney Morning Herald.
"In 2011 they did something we've never seen before, they basically played the entire season away from their home ground because of the earthquake and they still made the final. To pull that off is pretty extraordinary, particularly with all the extra things that come with earthquakes, like family stress and constantly changing environments.
