Except for Canada-Russia result and Hong Kong's European tour in December, the GWC Rankings World Table is all but finalised. Yesterday's results saw some spectacular rises and falls. This is the beauty (and possible fault) of the GWC Ranking system.
New Zealand 39, France 12
This result propelled New Zealand to the top of the World Table for 2009, retaining their 2008 position. The result dropped France to 2nd place, and South Africa to 3rd.
Ireland 15, South Africa 10
South Africa were bounced again after this result. Ireland rose to 3rd, South Africa dropped from 3rd to 4th, Scotland to 5th, Australia to 6th.
Australia's win over Wales could not stop it dropping dramatically, as Wales was below them on the ladder.
Argentina 9, Scotland 6
This result had dramatic effects. Perhaps a little unjustly, it promoted Argentina to 5th, whilst it pushed Scotland, Australia, England (who had defeated Argentina) and Wales down a place
The other results did not have any effect on the table.
GWC 2009 RUGBY RANKINGS
World Table-2008 place in brackets
| 1 | NEW ZEALAND (1) |
| 2 | FRANCE (8) |
| 3 | IRELAND (7) |
| 4 | SOUTH AFRICA (2) |
| 5 | ARGENTINA (9) |
| 6 | SCOTLAND (6) |
| 7 | AUSTRALIA (4) |
| 8 | ENGLAND (5) |
| 9 | WALES (3) |
| 10 | ITALY (10) |
| 11 | FIJI (12) |
| 12 | SAMOA (13) |
| 13 | JAPAN (14) |
| 14 | TONGA (11) |
| 15 | CANADA (17) |
| 16 | UNITED STATES (18) |
| 17 | GEORGIA (15) |
| 18 | NAMIBIA (22) |
| 19 | PORTUGAL (21) |
| 20 | RUSSIA (19) |
| 21 | ROMANIA (16) |
| 22 | SPAIN (20) |
| 23 | URUGUAY (23) |
| 24 | CHILE (24) |
| 25 | MOROCCO (25) |
| 26 | KOREA (26) |
| 27 | TUNISIA (27) |
| 28 | HONG KONG (28) |
| 29 | BRAZIL (29) |
| 30 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (30) |
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Not that it was great performance from the Pumas, but still a great way to end their autumn tour with a win. Next year will be a challenging one for Argentina's rugby as they geared for the two major events that they will enter over the next two years.
ReplyDeleteFirst will be the 2011 RWC, which I'm sure the whole world of rugby will be eager to see just how would the Pumas perform this time their epic journey in 2001.
A year later, the Pumas will finally make their long awaited debut in a proper international annual competition when they will take part in the Southern Hemisphere Tri-Nations (which will be renamed as the Four Nations).
These are great times for Argentine rugby one which there is plenty optimism involved.
By the way, I've just written my own match report on the game in Murrayfield. Please drop by my blog and give us your thoughts/opinion about how do you see the future of the Los Pumas?
Welcome John
ReplyDeleteEven though, v Scotland excluded, both the Pumas and the Jaguars did not perform all that well in 2009, they are certainly setting up a good grounding for propective players for both events you mention. The Jaguars, for example, have played nearly a dozen games this season, from Namibia, CONSUR A, then v Uruguay again, and now the November tour. I feel their future looks good and I predict they will be serious World Cup finalists within a few World Cup.