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The World Rugby Rankings is a ranking system for national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body. There are separate men's and women's rankings. The teams of World Rugby's member nations are ranked based on their game results, with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
After back to back losses to Australia and Argentina, New Zealand has dropped to third place on rugby’s ranking list, its lowest point since the ranking system began. New Zealand lost to ...
The release of World Rugby rankings this week was accompanied by little fanfare, though at a glance it seemed to represent one of the most significant power shifts in the global game for several ...
World Ranking [a] Trophy/Other comp. Ref. Home Away 4 February Scotland: Twickenham Stadium, London 23 29 2023 Six Nations Championship: Loss Scotland: Owen Farrell 6th Calcutta Cup [66] [67] 12 February Italy: Twickenham Stadium, London 31 14 Win England: 6th — [68] [69] 25 February Wales: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 10 20 Win England: 6th ...
South Africa currently top the world rankings. Not shown on the table, but the other nations to have been ranked No. 1, are Wales, spending two weeks in the top spot in 2019, before relinquishing the No. 1 spot to New Zealand, and France who held No. 1 for a week in 2022. Tenures are correct as of the last ranking update on 16 October 2023:
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A lopsided draw sees the world’s top five nations in the men’s rankings all in one half of the draw, opening up a route to the semi-finals for two sides from Pool C and Pool D.
World Rugby publishes and maintains the World Rugby Rankings of the men's national rugby union teams (and more recently also for women's teams [56]). The concept was launched in October 2003, at the start of that year's world cup in Australia. The rankings are calculated using a Points Exchange system, whereby nations take points off each other ...