World Rankings

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TeamPoints 1 (?2) Ireland 92.81 (+2.69) 2 (?1) New Zealand 90.89 (-2.69) 3
Wales 86.70
4 (?5) South Africa 85.70 (+1.76) 5 (?4) England 85.54
6 (?7) Australia 82.75 (+0.24) 7 (?6) Scotland 80.99 (-1.76) 8
France 80.16 (+1.96) 9 (?10) Fiji 76.40
10 (?9) Argentina 76.04 (-1.96) 11
Japan 75.24
12 (?15) USA 74.10 (+1.78) 13 (?12) Tonga 73.84
14
Georgia 73.42 (+1.05) 15 (?13) Italy 73.07 (-0.24) 16 (?17) Samoa 66.57 (-1.05) 17 (?16) Romania 66.47 (-1.78) 18
Uruguay 65.37
19
Russia 65.20
20
Spain 65.06 (+1.97) 21
Canada 62.90 (+2.11) 22 (?24) Hong Kong 60.21 (+1.99) 23 (?28) Netherlands 58.71 (+2.20) 24 (?23) Portugal 58.30
25
Belgium 58.09
26 (?22) Namibia 57.68 (-1.97) 27
Brazil 56.81
28 (?26) Germany 55.71 (-2.11) 29 (?33) Switzerland 54.60 (+1.34) 30
Chile 54.36
31 (?32) Korea 53.59
32 (?29) Kenya 52.86 (-1.99) 33 (?31) Poland 51.64 (-2.20) 34
Lithuania 51.53
35
Ukraine 50.25
36 (?37) Colombia 49.84
37 (?38) Paraguay 49.59
38 (?39) Malta 49.48
39 (?40) Zimbabwe 49.28
40 (?36) Czechia 48.63 (-1.34) 41
Tunisia 48.53
42
Uganda 48.34
43
Sri Lanka 48.27
44
Cote D'Ivoire 46.59

Well done Ireland...times are a'changing...looks like the most competitive world cup looming, ever.

Also the hosts, Japan will most likely play in their first quarter finals.

Rugby as a game is the winner overall...Scotland, Japan and Georgia have stepped up and Ireland is phenominal...I'm looking very forward to WC Japan.

@Mike. You can do the calculations yourself. Click on the link and scroll down to do the calculations. Just fill in the predicted score/s and the calculations will be done automatically.

The two scenarios that have the bigggest influence on the rankings are a home loss and an away win. A home win and an away loss have a lesser influence on the rankings. Of course the margins of the loss/win have an additional influence. The methodology is explained on here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Rugby_Rankings Scroll down to Current calculation method.

Duplication.

I can’t find any news of Ireland now being ranked first on any of the websites. All the talk beforehand was that the ABs would remain No. 1 even with a loss.

On the other hand if Wales win, the Poms will likely move to 4 and the Boks to 5. There is an upper group of NZ and Ireland (used to be the Boks under HM)....and a second group fought out by Wales, England and South Africa. Oz appears to be stuck in outer darkness.

Monday 10 Dec 2012 - 24 June 2013. NZ 90.08-ZA 86.94 Monday 24 June 2013. NZ 90.08-ZA 87.03. Monday 26 August 2013. NZ 91.64-ZA 87.29. Just a few dates I plucked out the air. You can check them all on https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru?lang=en

One more at random date. 27 Oct 2014. NZ 93.15-ZA 90.41

The world rankings system does have a proviso to discriminate between home and away games. Go check. You get more points for an away win but you also get “penalised” more for a home loss.

I found the “flaw” in the calculator. It was actually a Seb flaw. Seb ticked the RWC box on the right which means that it was calculated as a RWC game. When you untick the RWC box it places NZ above Ireland. Had Ireland won by a bigger margin they would have been on top. I changed Ireland’s score to 30 to check it out. That put Ireland ahead of NZ

I did see an Irish victory coming mainly because the Kiwis were flat.Playing the Rugby Championship and then these overseas games has made thema prime target.Hats off to Ireland,did their homework and timed their fixtures.

Uhmmm. How many times have the South Africans been told that the end of the season story was a shyte excuse.

Thanks Cera...my mistake...should NOT have ticked RWC box...updated calc...my most humble apologies

It's now :-

1 NZ 92.24 (-1.35)

2 Ire 91.47 (+ 1.35)

then comes Wales,Eng, SA, Austr, Scot., France, Arg.

I think it's accurate now...sorry Kiwi's...you can send me the bill for cardiac medication

WR Men's Rankings

2018-11-12 CALCULATED #
TeamPoints 1
New Zealand 92.24 (-1.35) 2
Ireland 91.47 (+1.35) 3
Wales 86.70
4
England 85.54
5
South Africa 84.82 (+0.88) 6 (?7) Australia 82.63 (+0.12) 7 (?6) Scotland 81.87 (-0.88) 8
France 79.18 (+0.98) 9
Argentina 77.02 (-0.98) 10
Fiji 76.40
11
Japan 75.24
12
Tonga 73.84
13 (?15) USA 73.21 (+0.89) 14 (?13) Italy 73.20 (-0.12) 15 (?14) Georgia 72.90 (+0.52) 16
Romania 67.36 (-0.89) 17
Samoa 67.09 (-0.52) 18
Uruguay 65.37
19
Russia 65.20
20
Spain 64.07 (+0.99) 21
Canada 61.85 (+1.05) 22 (?24) Hong Kong 59.22 (+0.99) 23 (?22) Namibia 58.67 (-0.99) 24 (?23) Portugal 58.30
25
Belgium 58.09

1
New Zealand 92.24 (-1.35) 2
Ireland 91.47 (+1.35) 3 (?5) South Africa 86.31 (+2.37) 4
England 86.25 (+0.71) 5 (?3) Wales 85.21 (-1.49) 6
Scotland 82.38 (-0.37) 7
Australia 81.92 (-0.59) 8
France 79.81 (+1.61) 9
Argentina 76.51 (-1.50) 10
Fiji 75.77 (-0.63) 11
Japan 75.24
12
Tonga 73.84
13 (?15) USA 73.21 (+0.89) 14 (?13) Italy 73.20 (-0.12) 15 (?14) Georgia 72.90 (+0.52) 16
Romania 67.36 (-0.89) 17
Samoa 67.09 (-0.52) 18
Uruguay 65.37
19
Russia 65.20
20
Spain 64.07 (+0.99) 21
Canada 61.85 (+1.05) 22 (?24) Hong Kong 59.22 (+0.99) 23 (?22) Namibia 58.67 (-0.99) 24 (?23) Portugal 58.30
25
Belgium 58.09
26 (?28) Netherlands 57.62 (+1.10) 27
Brazil 56.81
28 (?26) Germany 56.76 (-1.05) 29 (?30) Chile 54.36
30 (?33) Switzerland 53.93 (+0.67) 31 (?29) Kenya 53.85 (-0.99)

According to Hanson in press interview after game he said that Ireland are No 1 now. Make of that what you like but Ireland would not feel comfortable with that label.

“In the meantime I used my memory of the EOY rankings - but would change my statement as to the gap between AB's and the Springboks. I would appreciate if you can help out iro the End of Year rankings.” Using your own memory instead of facts could be dangerous. The facts are: 1.The calculator is the official one used by World Rugby. You don’t need to wait for the official update from WR if you have all the scores. 2. The “Official update” by WR is only their update of their website on Monday Morning after the games of the weekend. 3. There is no need to speculate about what would the difference be for home and away results. The calculator has a built in tool to cater for home and away results. Had the NZ/Ireland game been in NZ but with the same end result, Ireland would probably have been at the top due to an away win. That is why SA gained so much and NZ lost so much when we beat them in NZ. 4. There is also a provision to cater for the margin. A win by more than fifteen points scores you more ranking points and the same goes for a big loss by more than fifteen points with a bigger loss of points. @Mike. My choice of dates were randomly chosen. Feel free to use your own dates to decide. I have to remind you, though, that your assertion was that “....Under Meyer the Springboks never [repeat NEVER] got within five points from the AB's in the rankings....”. I just chose a few random dates and refuted your assertion right there and then.

“.I know it does exist in SA rugby...the Boks have never overkilled...“ Not necessarily true. The game between SA and Uruguay where Tonderai Chavanga (was it? ) scored his (only) six tries come to mind. That one was a win by a 100+ margin for SA.