The Western Bulldogs broke a decades-long run without a premiership by winning the AFL Grand Final, and the Cronulla Sharks are champions of the NRL for the first time ever.
Sixty two years is a long time to wait for anything, especially the ultimate success in a particular field.
But the taste of glory apparently makes the wait worth every second.
Just ask the Western Bulldogs, the AFL's newly minted champions.
The team from Melbourne's western suburbs had not won the competition since 1954 until Saturday.
In a tough, tight game, the Bulldogs pulled away in the last quarter to top the Sydney Swans 89-67 and set off scenes of emotion rarely witnessed even in top-level sporting success.
Jason Johannisen won the Norm Smith Medal for best player of the match, getting 33 disposals in the win.
And coach Luke Beveridge brought a tear to many eyes when, on the podium after the victory, he gave his medal for being the winning coach to Bob Murphy.
Murphy, the Bulldogs veteran and club captain, had missed the game and much of the season due to injury.
Speaking to Channel Seven after the triumph, Murphy summed up how, in the minds of many, the improbable has become reality.
"We must be dreaming. It's something else. We didn't even allow ourselves daydreams about this! Sons and daughters of the 'Scray we're bringing it home! Home!"
Meanwhile, in NRL history, Jack Gibson was one of rugby league's great coaches.
And he once said the Cronulla Sharks' quest to win the competition was so hopeless that waiting for them to be premiers was like leaving your front porch light on for Harold Holt.
Well, it may be time for Australia's 17th prime minister to return home.
The Sharks are Australia's rugby league champions for the first time after a dramatic 14-12 win over the Melbourne Storm.
Prop Andrew Fifita scored what turned out to be the winning try to put Cronulla back in front with slightly over 11 minutes to play.
The Sharks then held off a desperate Storm rally in the closing minutes to stay in front.
Veteran forward Luke Lewis won the Clive Churchill Medal for best player on the field for the night.
Like the Bulldogs in the AFL, the Sharks are emblematic of a community.
And, speaking to Channel Nine after the club's biggest win ever, Fifita did not forget the people whose support sustained the club for 50 years of heartache.
"Mate, honestly, you can't speak highly enough. The Shire is amazing at the moment. There's houses done up, there's streets (done up). There's a community getting behind. I just want to say thank you on behalf of all the players."
Meanwhile, in rugby union, another trip to play South Africa at altitude for Australia has produced another disappointing result.
Australia is now zero wins from seven matches in its history in Pretoria after an 18-10 defeat.
For the latest failure, coach Michael Cheika blames a lack of composure at key points in attack.
"We just got down the other end, and, I don't know, maybe we wanted to score too much. We didn't just keep our shape about us and get over the line, you know?"
Australia plays its final match of this year's Rugby Championship next weekend against Argentina, in Argentina.
It was a better weekend for Australians on the international stage in motorsport, with Daniel Ricciardo winning the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix.
It is his first Formula One race win since the Belgian Grand Prix of 2014.
And, with the winter sports in Australia coming to an end, the summer games are getting ready to go.
Football's A-League starts this Friday, when the Brisbane Roar take on the Melbourne Victory.
The next day, it is perhaps the marquee matchup of Round 1 when Sydney FC plld News Radio: The weekend's football finals have produced two of the biggest stories in Australian sport in a long time.bld News Radio: The weekend's football finals have produced two of the biggest stories in Australian sport in a long time.bays the Western Sydney Wanderers in the Sydney derby.
The pressure will be on right from the start, and Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold says he knows the stakes are high at his club, one of the biggest in the land.
"At this moment, we've got to make sure, at the end of the season, we're holding up a trophy. I've only been here for two years, but it's been six years since this club's had a trophy, and it's time to reward our fans."
Also next Saturday, Tim Cahill makes his debut for Melbourne City, as it plays the Wellington Phoenix.
