Sunday, November 22, 2009

World Rugby Rankings: Scotland's Rapid Rise

The GWC Rugby Rankings is my system for rankings rugby nations at the international level. There are two main categories, or 'tables' as I call them. There is the 'World Table' open to any country that plays outside its georgraphical continent, and then a table for nations within a geographical region. It works as a simple 'tennis' ladder. You replace the team you defeat. There is some jigging of places at the end of a tournament, or end of a test series, to reflect the real team's placing.The system is better explained at http://www.rugbyinternational.net/, scroll down to 'Important Rugby Stuff', then rankings. For the history of my rankings go to the menu at the left.

Scotland's 9-8 win over Australia caused the most changes on the World Table this weekend

Scotland moved up to 4th, Australia dropped to 5th
Ireland, England, Argentina and Wales all drop a place as a result

Wales 33, Argentina 16, was the only other result that affected the World Table.

Wales and Argentina swapped places, Wales to 8th, Argentina to 9th.

The Top 20 Nations on the World Table are..

1FRANCE
2SOUTH AFRICA
3NEW ZEALAND
4SCOTLAND
5AUSTRALIA
6IRELAND
7ENGLAND
8WALES
9ARGENTINA
10ITALY
11FIJI
12SAMOA
13JAPAN
14TONGA
15CANADA
16UNITED STATES
17GEORGIA
18NAMIBIA
19PORTUGAL
20RUSSIA

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