Records, the saying goes, are meant to be broken. But there are a select few sporting achievements in Australia that are unlikely to ever be threatened, let alone broken. And here are some of them: the feats that will stand the test of time.

Andrew Gaze: 101 Games with 40+ Points

The icon of Australian basketball, Andrew Gaze was the face of basketball in Australia for two decades in which he won seven NBL MVP awards with the Melbourne Tigers and retired as the all-time scoring leader with 18,908 points. His most amazing record, however, is the amount of times he hit 40-plus points in a game. Gaze achieved the feat 101 times. Leroy Loggins sits second on the list with 23 games. No current player has achieved the feat 10 times. With quarters reduced to 10 minutes and there being much less money in the NBL these days, no player will ever get the opportunity to get close to Gaze's record.

Archie Thompson: Most Goals in an International

The Melbourne Victory striker had a night to remember when the Socceroos took on American Samoa in Coffs Harbour as part of the 2002 World Cup qualification campaign. In Thompson's second international and first as a starter, he scored an astonishing 13 goals as Australia broke their own world record score of 22-0 over Tonga set two days earlier by winning 31-0. American Samoa, admittedly, had been hampered by passport issues and were forced to field three 15-year-old players but Thompson's feat is one that will not be matched by an Australian now the Socceroos have moved to the Asian confederation. Thompson's 13 goals surpassed the previous official international football record of seven though it has been speculated that Sophus Nielsen and Gottfried Fuchs both scored 10 each at the 1908 and 1912 Olympic Games. Thompson's tally also equalled the most goals in any senior soccer match, believed to have been held for 117 years by Scot John Petrie, who scored 13 for Arbroath in a Scottish Cup tie.

Bart Cummings: Most Melbourne Cup Wins

Bart Cummings is not known as the Cups king for no reason. He has twelve Melbourne Cups to his name and may well have his thirteenth within a month as So You Think, who many close to the stable believe Bart rates as his best horse ever, is heavily favoured to win it this year. 19th century trainer Etienne de Mestre and Lee Freedman are both in second spot with five Melbourne Cups apiece. The most amazing part about Cummings' Cups record is that he has achieved it over such a long period of time with Viewed's win in 2008 coming 43 years after he first won the race in 1965 with Light Fingers. He has had at least one Melbourne Cup win in four of the last five decades.

Don Bradman: Test Average of 99.94

The Don holds not only the most remarkable and unbreakable record in Australian sport but in world sport. 62 years after he retired, Bradman's Test batting average of 99.94 still defies belief. In the 133 year history of Test cricket, no other batsman who had at least 20 knocks has averaged more than 61 with South African Graeme Pollock, West Indian George Headley and English opener Herbert Sutcliffe the only other batsmen to retire with an average of over 60. The likes of Sobers, Tendulkar, Ponting, Lara and Greg Chappell averaged "only" a little more than half of Bradman. Despite better prepared pitches, less arduous playing and touring conditions, more powerful bats and a general decline (for the most part) in the standard of bowling in the time after Bradman's retirement, no player has even come close to being spoken of as being in the same league as The Don. The record is so extraordinary that the ABC decided to honour Bradman's average by taking the post office box 9994 in each capital city.

Frank Burge: Eight Tries in a Match

Ninety years ago, legendary Glebe forward and one of the two greatest try scoring forwards in the history of the game planted the ball down eight times in a 41-0 victory for the Dirty Reds over perennial battlers University. It was an incredible performance that has only been approached once with Eastern Suburbs try scoring wizard Rod O'Loan scoring 7 tries in the Roosters 61-5 win over University in 1935. Only six other players have scored six tries in Australian league history and none since 1950. Only seven players have scored five tries in a match in the last thirty years. It boggles the mind to think that one player scored eight tries in a match and with nobody getting close to the record since it was set and modern professionalism ensuring no player could dominate a match in such a fashion it is a record that won't ever get rolled.

John Coleman: 12 Goals on Debut

Legendary Essendon goalkicker John Coleman had arguably the most unforgettable debut in Australian rules history, booting 12 on debut against Hawthorn as the Bombers put the cleaners through Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Coleman had been a teenage sensation but was held back by Essendon. When other clubs came calling he was given his chance. He went on to become one of the greatest goalkickers in Australian rules history, booting 537 in only 98 games before his career was ended with a knee injury. Warren Ralph kicked nine for Carlton in '84 on debut and John Georgiades, who played only 15 games for Footscray after his epic debut, and Scott Cummings both kicked eight as first-gamers. Considering Fred Fanning's 18 is the most goals kicked in a game, and given the emphasis on defence in the modern game, it is inconceivable anyone will emerge to whack through 13 on debut.

St George Dragons: 11 Consecutive Premierships

Between 1956 and 1966, the St George Dragons won a record eleven straight NSWRL premierships. To put that in context, South Sydney are the only other team to win more than three straight titles, winning five on the trot from 1925 to 1929. Only five other teams have won three straight premierships and South Sydney (1953-55) and Parramatta (1981-83) are the only teams to hat-trick in the Grand Final Era. No team has won consecutive premierships in Australian rugby league since Brisbane in 1992-93. In the AFL, Collingwood hold the record of four straight flags, set in 1930. No English football team has won more than three consecutive titles. No NFL team has won three straight Super Bowls. The Yankees hold the MLB record with five straight World Series wins. The Boston Celtics are the only comparable team in major sports with eight straight NBA titles. Over their astonishing premiership run, they allowed only five tries in eleven Grand Finals, an astonishing indication of their dominance. Another indicator: the rules of rugby league were changed in 1967 with the four tackle rule introduced. The salary cap and the push for parity means no team will ever get close to eleven straight titles in any major Australian sport.

The Saints had an inauspicious start to their time in the big league, winning only two games in their first six years of existence. Perhaps their lowest point came against Geelong in the final round of the 1899 season. The Saints would score only a single point as they recorded their 48th straight loss. Fitzroy in 1953 is the only team to score eight points or fewer since the end of World War I. Better drainage, professionalism and simple mathematics mean St Kilda will hold that unenviable record of lowest score for many, many years to come.