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From The Ashes to the NFL: what are sport’s most one-sided rivalries?

9 January 2026

20 minutes

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As England's men's cricketers lose another Ashes series in Australia what are the most one-sided rivalries in sport?

Since 1945, England's men's cricketers have managed just five series wins down under. Ahead of this weekend's NFC playoff, Green Bay Packers have won 26 of their last 32 meetings at Chicago Bears' Soldier Field - that includes winning 14 of their last 16 meetings there. But are contests that are so dominated by one team or individual, healthy for their respective sport or for competition as a whole?

Former Packers Director of Football and one of the most respected voices in the NFL, Andrew Brandt, explains to Ed Harry why upon arrival in Green Bay you quickly realise why the rivalry between two of the oldest teams in the NFL is so special.

German sports journalist, Constantin Eckner, discusses the men's football rivalry between his home country and England and why the Germans - with four World Cups to England's one - don't see it in quite the same way as the English.

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