[rugby] New world rankings

[snyper]

IRB World Rankings 20/11/2006

Position

Member Union Rating points

1(1) NEW ZEALAND 94.59

2(2) FRANCE 85.86

3(5) IRELAND 84.68

4(3) AUSTRALIA 84.63

5(4) SOUTH AFRICA 83.83

6(6) ARGENTINA 79.70

7(7) ENGLAND 79.55

8(8) SCOTLAND 77.72

9(9) WALES 77.02

10(10) SAMOA 73.86

11(11) FIJI 73.15

12(12) ITALY 72.20

13(13) CANADA 69.11

14(14) USA 68.73 :laugh:

15(15) ROMANIA 68.37

16(16) TONGA 66.04

17(17) GEORGIA 65.42

18(19) JAPAN 63.83

19(18) URUGUAY 63.45

20(20) RUSSIA 62.82

21(21) PORTUGAL 61.49

22(22) KOREA 60.21

23(23) NAMIBIA 59.31

24(24) CHILE 59.27

25(25) SPAIN 57.84

26(26) MOROCCO 56.50

27(28) GERMANY 55.62

28(27) HONG KONG 54.44

29(29) CZECH REPUBLIC 53.94

30(30) PARAGUAY 53.82

31(34) UKRAINE 53.07

32(32) TUNISIA 52.70

33(31) BELGIUM 52.58

34(33) BRAZIL 52.31

35(36) MOLDOVA 51.51

36(37) POLAND 50.78

37(35) NETHERLANDS 50.42

38(38) LATVIA 49.55

39(39) CROATIA 49.38

40(40) KENYA 49.03

41(41) SWEDEN 48.75

42(42) CHINESE TAIPEI 48.41

43(43) ARABIAN GULF 48.32

44(44) SRI LANKA 48.16

45(45) IVORY COAST 48.16

46(46) KAZAKHSTAN 47.95

47(47) MADAGASCAR 47.95

48(48) SWITZERLAND 47.13

49(49) CHINA 46.58

50(50) UGANDA 46.16

51(51) SINGAPORE 46.00

52(52) COOK ISLANDS 45.87

53(53) ZIMBABWE 45.51

54(54) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 45.09

55(55) MALTA 44.23

56(56) TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 43.97

57(57) CAYMAN 43.87

58(58) VENEZUELA 43.40

59(59) BARBADOS 43.13

60(60) DENMARK 42.92

61(61) ANDORRA 42.77

62(67) LITHUANIA 42.65

63(62) SENEGAL 42.13

64(63) SLOVENIA 41.90

65(64) PERU 41.75

66(65) MALAYSIA 41.70

67(66) BERMUDA 41.69

68(68) COLOMBIA 41.69

69(69) HUNGARY 41.36

70(70) ZAMBIA 41.35

71(71) SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 41.14

72(72) NIUE ISLANDS 40.96

73(73) THAILAND 40.80

74(74) GUYANA 40.35

75(75) AUSTRIA 39.97

76(76) ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 39.30

77(77) SOLOMON ISLANDS 39.06

78(78) JAMAICA 38.97

79(79) MONACO 38.81

80(80) BOTSWANA 38.64

81(81) CAMEROON 38.52

82(82) GUAM 38.13

83(83) LUXEMBOURG 37.93

84(84) SWAZILAND 37.57

85(85) ST. LUCIA 37.57

86(86) NORWAY 37.03

87(87) TAHITI 36.25

88(88) INDIA 36.20

89(89) NIGERIA 36.00

90(90) BAHAMAS 35.61

91(92) VANUATU 34.77

92(91) BULGARIA 34.10

93(93) ISRAEL 33.56

94(94) FINLAND 30.87

95(95) BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 30.25

[Powa]

I'm suprised that the USA are that high. Rugby isn't big over there.

[Kriz]

Pfft, Wales should be alot higher.

[The_Observer]

HAHAH AUSTRALIA 4th world cup is going NZ!!!!!

[Shibby]

Hey england would be higher if that useless Andy Robinson could manage, 9 wins out of what 24? Useless. Sure clive woodward struggled and had his down falls but hey at least england were a strong team

[snyper]

Ireland hammer south africa and rape Australia, yet they leap frog us in the new rankings released today? go figure...

[Syphonic]

These ratings are calculated in a very stupid way and should be ignored.

1(1) NEW ZEALAND	94.59
2(2) FRANCE	85.94
3(4) AUSTRALIA	85.55
4(5) SOUTH AFRICA	84.71
5(3) IRELAND	84.68
6(6) ARGENTINA	79.61
7(7) ENGLAND	78.68
8(9) WALES	77.02
9(8) SCOTLAND	76.81
10(10) SAMOA	73.86

Edited November 27, 2006 by Syphonic

[Powa]

Hey england would be higher if that useless Andy Robinson could manage, 9 wins out of what 24? Useless. Sure clive woodward struggled and had his down falls but hey at least england were a strong team

I'm pretty sure Robinson was involved in the England setup that won the World Cup.

It's a bad crop of players, the coach is hardly to blame for that. We are missing some big players, and we still haven't filled in the holes left by Martin Lawrence and Laurence Dallagio. Our forwards used to be our biggest asset, pushing around any other side. Yet now we look very average, especially with Andrew Sheridan out for so long.

[Michael_C]

These ratings are calculated in a very stupid way and should be ignored.

1(1) NEW ZEALAND	94.59
2(2) FRANCE	85.94
3(4) AUSTRALIA	85.55
4(5) SOUTH AFRICA	84.71
5(3) IRELAND	84.68
6(6) ARGENTINA	79.61
7(7) ENGLAND	78.68
8(9) WALES	77.02
9(8) SCOTLAND	76.81
10(10) SAMOA	73.86

Well they undoubtedly got the top spot right so that's a start.

[snyper]

Well they undoubtedly got the top spot right so that's a start.

I think i can for the 1st time confidently say Ireland will win the 6 nations, we have beaten france more times than they have beaten us in recent years, and they are the only competition to us at the moment in the northern hem.