World Rankings

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Uganda climbed two places to 38th on the back of the victory in Dakar, while the Senegalese drop six places to 51st.

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FULL RANKINGS

POSITION TEAMS POINTS
1
(1)
NEW ZEALAND
94.78
2
(2)
ENGLAND
90.14
3
(3)
IRELAND
85.39
4
(4)
AUSTRALIA
84.63
5
(5)
SOUTH AFRICA
84.16
6
(6)
SCOTLAND
82.47
7
(7)
WALES
81.73
8
(8)
FRANCE
79.63
9
(9)
ARGENTINA
79.50
10
(10)
FIJI
78.80
11
(11)
JAPAN
73.79
12
(12)
GEORGIA
73.41
13
(13)
TONGA
71.72
14
(14)
ITALY
71.00
15
(15)
SAMOA
70.36
16
(16)
ROMANIA
70.27
17
(17)
USA
65.84
18
(18)
URUGUAY
63.15
19
(19)
SPAIN
63.15
20
(20)
RUSSIA
63.13
21
(21)
NAMIBIA
60.27
22
(22)
GERMANY
59.78
23
(23)
CANADA
59.47
24
(24)
HONG KONG
58.66
25
(25)
PORTUGAL
57.26
26
(26)
KENYA
57.17
27
(27)
BELGIUM
56.94
28
(28)
CHILE
54.76
29
(29)
BRAZIL
54.50
30
(30)
SWITZERLAND
53.63
31
(31)
KOREA
53.34
32
(32)
CZECH REPUBLIC
53.19
33
(33)
NETHERLANDS
53.19
34
(34)
POLAND
52.35
35
(35)
ZIMBABWE
51.17
36
(36)
MOLDOVA
50.29
37
(37)
UKRAINE
49.69
38
(38)
UGANDA
49.67
39
(39)
LITHUANIA
48.93
40
(40)
PARAGUAY
48.54
41
(41)
SRI LANKA
48.27
42
(50)
MOROCCO
48.24
43
(42)
KAZAKHSTAN
48.14
44
(43)
COLOMBIA
47.97
45
(44)
MALTA
47.72
46
(46)
MALAYSIA
47.31
47
(47)
COOK ISLANDS
47.11
48
(48)
TUNISIA
46.89
49
(45)
MADAGASCAR
46.76
50
(49)
GUYANA
46.56
51
(51)
SENEGAL
46.39
52
(52)
LATVIA
46.22
53
(53)
COTE D'IVOIRE
45.81
54
(54)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
45.51
55
(55)
CAYMAN ISLANDS
45.20
56
(56)
MEXICO
45.12
57
(57)
CROATIA
44.68
58
(58)
PHILIPPINES
43.44
59
(59)
ISRAEL
43.07
60
(60)
SINGAPORE
42.90
61
(61)
SWEDEN
42.57
62
(62)
VENEZUELA
41.14
63
(63)
LUXEMBOURG
40.49
64
(65)
CHINESE TAIPEI 40.27
65
(66)
ANDORRA
39.86
66
(67)
CHINA
39.58
67
(68)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
39.27
68
(64)
BOTSWANA
39.22
69
(69)
JAMAICA
38.76
70
(70)
HUNGARY
38.56
71
(71)
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
38.48
72
(72)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
37.93
73
(73)
GUAM
37.85
74
(74)
NIGERIA
37.71
75
(75)
SLOVENIA
37.68
76
(76)
BERMUDA
37.39
77
(77)
INDIA
37.12
78
(78)
SERBIA
36.90
79
(79)
PERU
36.82
80
(80)
THAILAND
36.76
81
(81)
PAKISTAN
36.74
82
(82)
ZAMBIA
36.72
83
(83)
BARBADOS
36.48
84
(84)
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
34.91
85
(85)
AUSTRIA
34.89
86
(86)
DENMARK
34.66
87
(87)
NIUE ISLAND
34.45
88
(88)
BAHAMAS
33.76
89
(89)
CAMEROON 32.33
90
(90)
SWAZILAND
32.04
91
(91)
TAHITI
31.79
92
(92)
NORWAY
31.59
93
(93)
UZBEKISTAN
31.29
94
(94)
MAURITIUS
31.27
95
(95)
RWANDA
30.98
96
(96)
SOLOMON ISLANDS
30.40
97
(97)
BULGARIA
29.94
98
(98)
MONACO 29.17
99
(99)
INDONESIA
28.73
100
(100)
GREECE
28.55
101
(101)
VANUATU
27.45
102
(102)
FINLAND
27.41
103
(103)
AMERICAN SAMOA 25.53

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Morocco still only 42nd after that banning a few years ago. Expect them to keep climbing. Definitely a top 30 side.

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Botswana down to 68th. Really have to wonder how they made it into the Silver Cup in the first place, to be honest...

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Curiously no change for any of those teams involved in the blowouts in African Cup competition - Kenya & Namibia despite their huge wins, Tunisia & Senegal despite their huge losses.

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1

(1)



New Zealand

94.78


2

(2)



England

90.14


3

(3)



Ireland

85.39


4

(4)



Australia

84.63


5

(5)



South Africa

84.16


6

(6)



Scotland

82.47


7

(7)



Wales

81.73


8

(8)



France

79.63


9

(9)



Argentina

79.50


10

(10)



Fiji

79.48


11

(11)



Japan

73.79


12

(12)



Georgia

73.41


13

(13)



Tonga

71.72


14

(14)



Italy

71.00


15

(15)



Romania

70.27


16

(16)



Samoa

69.67


17

(17)



USA

65.84


18

(18)



Uruguay

63.15


19

(19)



Spain

63.15


20

(20)



Russia

63.13


21

(21)



Namibia

61.40


22

(22)



Germany

59.78


23

(23)



Canada

59.47


24

(24)



Hong Kong

58.66


25

(25)



Kenya

57.55


26

(26)



Portugal

57.26


27

(27)



Belgium

56.94


28

(28)



Chile

54.76


29

(29)



Brazil

54.50


30

(30)



Switzerland

53.63


31

(31)



Korea

53.34


32

(32)



Czech Republic

53.19


33

(33)



Netherlands

53.19


34

(34)



Poland

52.35


35

(35)



Moldova

50.29


36

(37)



Uganda

49.85


37

(38)



Ukraine

49.69


38

(39)



Lithuania

48.93


39

(40)



Paraguay

48.54


40

(36)



Zimbabwe

48.43


41

(41)



Sri Lanka

48.27


42

(42)



Morocco

48.24


43

(43)



Kazakhstan

48.14


44

(44)



Colombia

47.97


45

(51)



Tunisia

47.94


46

(45)



Malta

47.72


47

(46)



Malaysia

47.31


48

(47)



Cook Islands

47.11


49

(48)



Madagascar

46.76


50

(49)



Guyana

46.56


51

(50)



Senegal

46.39


52

(52)



Latvia

46.22


53

(53)



Cote D'Ivoire

45.81


54

(54)



Trinidad & Tobago

45.51


55

(55)



Cayman Islands

45.20


56

(56)



Mexico

45.12


57

(57)



Croatia

44.68


58

(58)



Philippines

43.44


59

(59)



Israel

43.07


60

(60)



Singapore

42.90


61

(61)



Sweden

42.57


62

(62)



Venezuela

41.14


63

(63)



Luxembourg

40.49


64

(64)



Chinese Taipei

40.27


65

(65)



Andorra

39.86


66

(66)



China

39.58


67

(67)



Papua New Guinea

39.27


68

(68)



Botswana

39.22


69

(69)



Jamaica

38.76


70

(70)



Hungary

38.56


71

(71)



Bosnia & Herzegovina

38.48


72

(72)



United Arab Emirates

37.93


73

(73)



Guam

37.85


74

(74)



Nigeria

37.71


75

(75)



Slovenia

37.68


76

(76)



Bermuda

37.39


77

(77)



India

37.12


78

(78)



Serbia

36.90


79

(79)



Peru

36.82


80

(80)



Thailand

36.76


81

(81)



Pakistan

36.74


82

(82)



Zambia

36.72


83

(83)



Barbados

36.48


84

(84)



St Vincent and the Grenadines

34.91


85

(85)



Austria

34.89


86

(86)



Denmark

34.66


87

(87)



Niue Island

34.45


88

(88)



Bahamas

33.76


89

(89)



Cameroon

32.33


90

(90)



Swaziland

32.04


91

(91)



Tahiti

31.79


92

(92)



Norway

31.59


93

(93)



Uzbekistan

31.29


94

(94)



Mauritius

31.27


95

(95)



Rwanda

30.98


96

(96)



Solomon Islands

30.40


97

(97)



Bulgaria

29.94


98

(98)



Monaco

29.17


99

(99)



Indonesia

28.73


100

(100)



Greece

28.55


101

(101)



Vanuatu

27.45


102

(102)



Finland

27.41


103

(103)



American Samoa

25.53


Biggest Climbers
Position Teams Points
45

(51)



TUN

47.94
36

(37)



UGA

49.85
37

(38)



UKR

49.69
38

(39)



LTU

48.93
39

(40)



PAR

48.54
Biggest Fallers
Position Teams Points
40

(36)



ZIM

48.43
46

(45)



MLT

47.72
47

(46)



MAS

47.31
48

(47)



COK

47.11
49

(48)



MAD

46.76

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1 NZ has been at 1 since the beginning of the decade.
2 England has started the past 7 years at 8, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 6
3 Ireland has started the past 7 years at 6, 3, 7, 6, 6, 5, 4
4 Australia has started the past 7 years : 2, 5 3, 3, 2, 2, 3
5 SAfrica has started the past 7 years at 3, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2
6 Scotland has started the past 7 years : 9, 8, 9, 12, 10, 9, 10
7 Wales has started the past 7 years at : 4, 6, 6, 9, 8, 8, 7
8 Argentina has started the past 7 years: 5, 9, 10, 8, 7, 8, 7
9 France has started the past 7 years at 7, 7, 5, 4, 3, 6, 5
10 Fiji has started the past 7 years at : 11, 12, 11, 13, 16, 10, 10

So there has been overall improvement for England & Ireland despite dipping for a few years, overall declined for Australia & SA, gradual improvment for Scotland, nothing but minor fluctuation for Wales and Argentina, overall decline for France, and decline and recovery for Fiji.

Sorry, this is the correct version

POSITION TEAMS POINTS
1
(1)
NEW ZEALAND 93.99
2
(2)
ENGLAND 90.87
3
(4)
IRELAND 86.39
4
(3)
AUSTRALIA 85.49
5
(5)
SOUTH AFRICA 84.90
6
(6)
SCOTLAND 84.11
7
(7)
WALES 80.98
8
(9)
ARGENTINA 78.22
9
(8)
FRANCE 78.09
10
(10)
FIJI 77.93
11
(11)
JAPAN 75.66
12
(12)
GEORGIA 73.46
13
(15)
TONGA 71.87
14
(13)
ITALY 71.25
15
(14)
ROMANIA 69.58
16
(16)
SAMOA 69.03
17
(17)
USA 66.87
18
(18)
URUGUAY 65.63
19
(19)
RUSSIA 64.45
20
(20)
SPAIN 61.68
21
(21)
CANADA 61.13
22
(23)
HONG KONG 59.66
23
(22)
NAMIBIA 58.93
24
(28)
CHILE 58.18
25
(25)
PORTUGAL 57.79
26
(24)
GERMANY 56.53
27
(26)
NETHERLANDS 55.89
28
(27)
BRAZIL 55.61
29
(29)
BELGIUM 55.37
30
(30)
KENYA 54.24
31
(31)
KOREA 53.34
32
(33)
SWITZERLAND 53.33
33
(32)
CZECH REPUBLIC 53.28
34
(34)
POLAND 52.14
35
(35)
UGANDA 50.69
36
(36)
LITHUANIA 50.68
37
(37)
UKRAINE 49.05
38
(38)
MALTA 48.89
39
(39)
PARAGUAY 48.54
40
(40)
TUNISIA 48.49
41
(42)
COLOMBIA 48.36
42
(43)
SRI LANKA 48.27
43
(44)
MOROCCO 48.24
44
(45)
KAZAKHSTAN 48.14
45
(46)
ZIMBABWE 47.59
46
(41)
MOLDOVA 47.48
47
(47)
MALAYSIA 47.31
48
(48)
MADAGASCAR 46.76
49
(49)
GUYANA 46.56
50
(50)
SENEGAL 45.85
51
(51)
COTE D'IVOIRE 45.81
52
(52)
LATVIA 45.65
53
(53)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 45.51
54
(54)
CAYMAN ISLANDS 45.20
55
(55)
MEXICO 45.12
56
(56)
COOK ISLANDS 45.11
57
(57)
CROATIA 44.71
58
(58)
SINGAPORE 44.26
59
(59)
ISRAEL 43.64
60
(60)
PHILIPPINES 43.44
61
(61)
SWEDEN 42.84
62
(62)
VENEZUELA 41.87
63
(63)
LUXEMBOURG 41.20
64
(64)
CHINA 39.58
65
(65)
CHINESE TAIPEI 39.35
66
(66)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 39.27
67
(67)
BOTSWANA 39.22
68
(68)
ANDORRA 38.88
69
(69)
SLOVENIA 38.81
70
(70)
JAMAICA 38.76
71
(71)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 37.93
72
(72)
GUAM 37.85
73
(73)
HUNGARY 37.76
74
(74)
NIGERIA 37.71
75
(75)
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 37.69
76
(76)
THAILAND 37.68
77
(77)
BERMUDA 37.39
78
(78)
PAKISTAN 36.74
79
(79)
ZAMBIA 36.72
80
(80)
BARBADOS 36.48
81
(81)
AUSTRIA 35.79
82
(82)
INDIA 35.75
83
(83)
PERU 35.70
84
(84)
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 34.91
85
(85)
DENMARK 34.89
86
(86)
SERBIA 34.87
87
(87)
NIUE ISLAND 34.45
88
(88)
TAHITI 33.79
89
(89)
BAHAMAS 33.76
90
(90)
CAMEROON 32.33
91
(91)
SWAZILAND 32.04
92
(92)
UZBEKISTAN 31.29
93
(93)
MAURITIUS 31.27
94
(94)
RWANDA 30.98
95
(95)
SOLOMON ISLANDS 30.40
96
(96)
BULGARIA 29.94
97
(97)
NORWAY 29.52
98
(98)
MONACO 29.17
99
(99)
INDONESIA 28.73
100
(100)
GREECE 28.55
101
(101)
FINLAND 28.53
102
(102)
VANUATU 27.45
103
(103)
AMERICAN SAMOA 25.53

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[rowan]

Very little change at the top of the rankings since this time last year, in fact. Scotland is the biggest increase with 2 places to 7th, and Wales the biggest decrease with 2 to 7th.

The biggest improvers overall were Lithuania by 9, Brazil, Tunisia and Uganda by 8, Malayasia by 7, Morocco, Malta, Hungary, Tahiti and the Caymans by 6, Chile, Hong Kong and Zambia by 5, China and Thailand by 4, and Uruguay, Netherlands and PNG by 3.

Biggest fallers were St Vincent by 18, Moldova 12, Senegal 10, Zimbabwe and the Cooks, 8, India, 6, Norway and Peru, 5, Serbia, Andorra, Sweden and Mauritius, 4, and Canada, Namibia, Belgium, Korea, Kazakhstan and Uzbekhistan by 3.

Corrected. St Vincent were the biggest fallers, probably due in part to inactivity, not Slovenia as I originally wrote. Apologies to all Slovenians on board.

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Biggest improvers of the past 10 years: Israel by 34, Malaysia 32, Denmark 26, Guyana 23, Colombia 22, Holland, Switzerland, Bosnia 20, Senegal, Lithuania 19, Luxembourg 17, Nigeria 15, Guam 14, Malta 13, Zimbabwe, Botswana 11, Kenya, Venezuela, Latvia 8, Japan, Sri Lanka 7, Hong Kong, Jamaica 6

Joined rankings since 2007: Mexico now 55, Philippines 60, Pakistan 78, Uzbekhistan 92, Mauritius 93, Rwanda 94, Indonesia 98, Greece 99, US Samoa 102

Biggest fallers: UAE by 28, China, Peru 23, Monaco 22, Sweden 21, Solomons 20, Barbados, Niue 18, Moldova, Taipei 17, Croatia 15, Morocco, PNG 13, Kazakhstan 12, Hungary, Norway, Thailand, Bermuda, Vanuatu 11, St Vincent 10, Cameroon, Swaziland, Serbia 9, Korea, Paraguay, Zambia 8, Canada, Finland 7, SA, Cooks 6

NB: Inactivity may have played a part in some of the big fallers, Morocco are returning from a ban and climbing back up the rankings quickly, Cameroon and Nigeria are currently banned (though the latter features among the improvers nonetheless), & UAE was known as Arabian Gulf a decade ago.

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First rankings of the new year see Ghana and Costa Rica added at 93rd-equal, bringing the total number of teams to 105. Guatemala must surely be close, along with Algeria, of course.

1
(1)
NEW ZEALAND 93.99
2
(2)
ENGLAND 90.87
3
(3)
IRELAND 86.39
4
(4)
AUSTRALIA 85.49
5
(5)
SCOTLAND 84.11
6
(6)
SOUTH AFRICA 83.81
7
(7)
WALES 82.08
8
(8)
ARGENTINA 78.22
9
(9)
FRANCE 78.09
10
(10)
FIJI 77.93
11
(11)
JAPAN 75.66
12
(12)
GEORGIA 73.46
13
(13)
TONGA 71.87
14
(14)
ITALY 71.25
15
(15)
ROMANIA 69.58
16
(16)
SAMOA 69.03
17
(17)
USA 66.87
18
(18)
URUGUAY 66.48
19
(19)
RUSSIA 64.45
20
(20)
SPAIN 61.68
21
(21)
CANADA 60.28
22
(22)
HONG KONG 59.66
23
(23)
NAMIBIA 58.93
24
(24)
CHILE 58.18
25
(25)
PORTUGAL 57.79
26
(26)
GERMANY 56.53
27
(27)
NETHERLANDS 55.89
28
(28)
BRAZIL 55.61
29
(29)
BELGIUM 55.37
30
(30)
KENYA 54.24
31
(31)
KOREA 53.34
32
(32)
SWITZERLAND 53.33
33
(33)
CZECH REPUBLIC 53.28
34
(34)
POLAND 52.14
35
(35)
UGANDA 50.69
36
(36)
LITHUANIA 50.68
37
(37)
UKRAINE 49.05
38
(38)
MOROCCO 48.97
39
(39)
MALTA 48.89
40
(40)
PARAGUAY 48.54
41
(41)
COLOMBIA 48.36
42
(42)
SRI LANKA 48.27
43
(43)
TUNISIA 47.76
44
(44)
ZIMBABWE 47.59
45
(45)
MOLDOVA 47.48
46
(46)
MALAYSIA 47.31
47
(47)
MADAGASCAR 46.76
48
(48)
GUYANA 46.56
49
(49)
SENEGAL 45.85
50
(50)
COTE D'IVOIRE 45.81
51
(51)
LATVIA 45.65
52
(52)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 45.51
53
(53)
CAYMAN ISLANDS 45.20
54
(54)
MEXICO 45.12
55
(55)
COOK ISLANDS 45.11
56
(56)
CROATIA 44.71
57
(57)
SINGAPORE 44.26
58
(58)
ISRAEL 43.64
59
(59)
PHILIPPINES 43.44
60
(60)
SWEDEN 42.84
61
(61)
KAZAKHSTAN 42.14
62
(62)
VENEZUELA 41.87
63
(63)
LUXEMBOURG 41.20
64
(64)
CHINESE TAIPEI 39.35
65
(65)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 39.27
66
(66)
BOTSWANA 39.22
67
(67)
ANDORRA 38.88
68
(68)
SLOVENIA 38.81
69
(69)
JAMAICA 38.76
70
(70)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 37.93
71
(71)
GUAM 37.85
72
(72)
HUNGARY 37.76
73
(73)
NIGERIA 37.71
74
(74)
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 37.69
75
(75)
THAILAND 37.68
76
(76)
BERMUDA 37.39
77
(77)
ZAMBIA 36.72
78
(78)
BARBADOS 36.48
79
(79)
AUSTRIA 35.79
80
(80)
INDIA 35.75
81
(81)
PERU 35.70
82
(82)
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 34.91
83
(83)
DENMARK 34.89
84
(84)
SERBIA 34.87
85
(85)
TAHITI 33.79
86
(86)
BAHAMAS 33.76
87
(87)
CHINA 33.58
88
(88)
SWAZILAND 32.04
89
(89)
UZBEKISTAN 31.29
90
(90)
MAURITIUS 31.27
91
(91)
RWANDA 30.98
92
(92)
PAKISTAN 30.74
93
(93)
COSTA RICA 30.00
93
(93)
GHANA 30.00
95
(95)
BULGARIA 29.94
96
(96)
NORWAY 29.52
97
(97)
INDONESIA 28.73
98
(98)
FINLAND 28.53
99
(99)
NIUE ISLAND 28.45
100
(100)
CAMEROON 26.33
101
(101)
SOLOMON ISLANDS 24.40
102
(102)
MONACO 23.17
103
(103)
GREECE 22.55
104
(104)
VANUATU 21.45
105
(105)
AMERICAN SAMOA 19.53

[rowan]

Aside from France dropping below Fiji into an all-time low of 10th, the big news is Brazil are up to an all-time high of 25th, and are now the second-highest World Cup virgin after (22) Hong Kong. In fact, the difference between (21) Canada and Os Tupis is now only 3 points; the same as between (1) NZ & (2) England https://www.worldrugby.org/rankings/mru

[Lizard]

It looks like the only changes this week will be Spain switching with Russia for 19th, Uruguay moving into a tie with USA for 17th (perhaps depending on how rounding works) and the Netherlands just inching below Belgium.

Uruguay v USA, in Montevideo, in the final round of the ARC will be interesting.

[rowan]

Indeed.

[rowan]

1
(1)
NEW ZEALAND 93.99
2
(2)
ENGLAND 90.87
3
(3)
IRELAND 86.86
4
(4)
AUSTRALIA 85.49
5
(5)
SOUTH AFRICA 83.81
6
(6)
WALES 83.43
7
(7)
SCOTLAND 82.94
8
(8)
ARGENTINA 78.22
9
(9)
FIJI 77.93
10
(10)
FRANCE 77.43
11
(11)
JAPAN 75.66
12
(12)
GEORGIA 73.46
13
(13)
TONGA 71.87
14
(14)
ITALY 71.25
15
(15)
ROMANIA 69.58
16
(16)
SAMOA 69.03
17
(17)
USA 66.92
18
(18)
URUGUAY 66.92
19
(20)
SPAIN 63.26
20
(19)
RUSSIA 62.88
21
(21)
CANADA 60.15
22
(22)
HONG KONG 59.66
23
(23)
NAMIBIA 58.93
24
(24)
PORTUGAL 58.56
25
(25)
BRAZIL 56.81
26
(26)
CHILE 56.63
27
(27)
GERMANY 56.53
28
(29)
BELGIUM 55.37
29
(28)
NETHERLANDS 55.13
30
(30)
KENYA 54.24
31
(31)
SWITZERLAND 53.58
32
(32)
KOREA 53.34
33
(33)
CZECH REPUBLIC 53.28
34
(34)
POLAND 52.14
35
(35)
UGANDA 50.69
36
(36)
LITHUANIA 50.68
37
(37)
UKRAINE 49.05
38
(38)
MOROCCO 48.97
39
(39)
MALTA 48.89
40
(40)
PARAGUAY 48.54
41
(41)
COLOMBIA 48.36
42
(42)
SRI LANKA 48.27
43
(43)
TUNISIA 47.76
44
(44)
ZIMBABWE 47.59
45
(45)
MOLDOVA 47.48
46
(46)
MALAYSIA 47.31
47
(47)
MADAGASCAR 46.76
48
(48)
GUYANA 46.56
49
(49)
SENEGAL 45.85
50
(50)
LATVIA 45.65
51
(51)
COTE D'IVOIRE 45.56
52
(52)
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 45.51
53
(53)
CAYMAN ISLANDS 45.20
54
(54)
MEXICO 45.12
55
(55)
COOK ISLANDS 45.11
56
(56)
CROATIA 44.71
57
(57)
SINGAPORE 44.26
58
(58)
ISRAEL 43.64
59
(59)
PHILIPPINES 43.44
60
(60)
SWEDEN 42.84
61
(61)
KAZAKHSTAN 42.14
62
(62)
VENEZUELA 41.87
63
(63)
LUXEMBOURG 41.20
64
(64)
CHINESE TAIPEI 39.35
65
(65)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 39.27
66
(66)
BOTSWANA 39.22
67
(67)
ANDORRA 38.88
68
(68)
SLOVENIA 38.81
69
(69)
JAMAICA 38.76
70
(70)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 37.93
71
(71)
GUAM 37.85
72
(72)
HUNGARY 37.76
73
(73)
NIGERIA 37.71
74
(74)
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 37.69
75
(75)
THAILAND 37.68
76
(76)
BERMUDA 37.39
77
(77)
ZAMBIA 36.72
78
(78)
BARBADOS 36.48
79
(79)
AUSTRIA 35.79
80
(80)
INDIA 35.75
81
(81)
PERU 35.70
82
(82)
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 34.91
83
(83)
DENMARK 34.89
84
(84)
SERBIA 34.87
85
(85)
TAHITI 33.79
86
(86)
BAHAMAS 33.76
87
(87)
CHINA 33.58
88
(88)
SWAZILAND 32.04
89
(89)
UZBEKISTAN 31.29
90
(90)
MAURITIUS 31.27
91
(91)
RWANDA 30.98
92
(92)
PAKISTAN 30.74
93
(93)
COSTA RICA 30.00
93
(93)
GHANA 30.00
95
(95)
BULGARIA 29.94
96
(96)
NORWAY 29.52
97
(97)
INDONESIA 28.73
98
(98)
FINLAND 28.53
99
(99)
NIUE ISLAND 28.45
100
(100)
CAMEROON 26.33
101
(101)
SOLOMON ISLANDS 24.40
102
(102)
MONACO 23.17
103
(103)
GREECE 22.55
104
(104)
VANUATU 21.45
105
(105)
AMERICAN SAMOA 19.53

[rowan]

[rowan]

New rankings should be:

1 New Zealand 93.99
2 (↑3) Ireland 87.85 (+0.63)
3 (↓2) England 87.50 (-1.88)
4 Australia 85.49
5 (↑6) South Africa 83.81
6 (↓5) Scotland 83.80 (-0.63)
7 Wales 83.07
8 (↑10) France 79.44 (+1.88)
9 (↓8) Argentina 78.22
10 (↓9) Fiji 77.93
11 Japan 75.66
12 Georgia 73.80 (+0.34)
13 Tonga 71.87
14 Italy 71.13

[rowan]

Official:

[rowan]

Brazil up to 26th. Might we see them at a RWC in the 2020s??

Brazil are one place off matching their all-time best of 25th in the World Rugby Rankings after getting their 6 Naciones Sudamericano campaign off to a winning start with a 28-12 victory against Chile in Sao Paulo.

https://www.worldrugby.org/news/333142

[rowan]

[rowan]

https://www.worldrugby.org/rankings/mru

Going by the rankings, Hong Kong will be at the next World Cup

[Mikey Brown]

Wales 3rd? Wow. Other than that and Argentina it looks about fair.

[rowan]

England certainly on a downward spiral. Weren't they 2nd not long ago? Fiji will be overtaking them before long...

[Lizard]

There is no combination of results this weekend that would see England drop any further. At best, Scotland could get to within 0.32 rating points.

Fiji does have a chance to pick up some good points playing Scotland and France in November. If England lost all 4 (v NZ, Au, SA and Japan) then I suppose there could be a mathematical chance of that happening.

If Argentina have a storming TRC, they could perhaps become a threat to England but this doesn’t look likely on current form.

Overall, these rankings look about right. Wales at 3 perhaps looks a bit anomalous but actually Wales, Oz, SA and England (3rd to 6th) are all within 1.6 rankings points of each other (remembering that home advantage is considered to be worth 2 rankings points). That group is isolated 3.5 points behind 2nd placed Ireland and 2.5 ahead of Scotland in 7th.

[Lizard]

Actually, having a tinker with a points calculator, it looks as though Fiji could theoretically overtake England in November even if England beat Japan.

Unlikely though.