logo World Rugby RankingsTM, May 2012

(computed from international matches played through May 1st, 2012)

"The original Internet rugby union world rankings"

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RankTeamPrevious rankingChange
1New Zealand(1)
2Australia(2)
3South Africa(3)
4Wales(4)
5England(5)
6Tonga(6)
7France(7)
8Ireland(8)
9Argentina(9)
10Italy(10)
11Scotland(11)
12Samoa(12)
13Japan(13)
14Fiji(14)
15Georgia(15)
16Canada(16)
17United States(17)
18Romania(18)
19Chile(19)
20Russia(20)
21Spain(21)
22Namibia(22)
23Uruguay(23)
24Ukraine(24)
25Portugal(25)
26Belgium(27)+1
27Poland(26)-1
28Germany(29)+1
29Moldova(30)+1
30Czech Republic(31)+1
31Netherlands(32)+1
32Cyprus(38)+6
33Hong Kong(33)
34Sweden(34)
35Lithuania(35)
36Brazil(39)+3
37Tunisia(28)-9
38Croatia(37)-1
39Malta(36)-3
40Switzerland(47)+7
41Bosnia(40)-1
42Latvia(41)-1
43Armenia(48)+5
44Andorra(49)+5
45Denmark(42)-3
46Israel(43)-3
47Hungary(44)-3
48Austria(45)-3
49Monaco(58)+9
50Slovakia(52)+2
51Serbia(46)-5
52United Arab Emirates(53)+1
53Kazakhstan(54)+1
54South Korea(55)+1
55Slovenia(50)-5
56Norway(51)-5
57Azerbaijan(65)+8
58Philippines(64)+6
59Sri Lanka(56)-3
60Paraguay(59)-1
61Bulgaria(60)-1
62Greece(61)-1
63Luxembourg(62)-1
64Finland(63)-1
65Taiwan(67)+2
66Singapore(57)-9
67Iran(68)+1
68Thailand(69)+1
69India(70)+1
70Malaysia(66)-4
71China(71)
72Guam(72)
73Indonesia(73)
74Pakistan(74)


Number of match results that were used to compute the rankings:
748 (gross) 199.0 (time-weighted)
Number [%] of these results that are correctly predicted by these rankings:
588.5 [78.7%] (gross) 168.6 [84.7%] (time-weighted)

New results contributing to this month's rankings

2012-04-06     Tunisia  15     United Arab Emirates  7
2012-04-07     Belgium  20     Poland  13
2012-04-07     Netherlands  40     Moldova  26
2012-04-14     Andorra  9     Serbia  7
2012-04-14     Austria  19     Slovenia  5
2012-04-15     Sri Lanka  36     Taiwan  8
2012-04-15     Philippines  37     Singapore  20
2012-04-18     Sri Lanka  35     Singapore  10
2012-04-18     Philippines  34     Taiwan  12
2012-04-21     Poland  32     Netherlands  19
2012-04-21     Malta  22     Sweden  14
2012-04-21     Croatia  45     Serbia  14
2012-04-21     Israel  44     Hungary  5
2012-04-21     Denmark  28     Austria  22
2012-04-21     Luxembourg  26     Finland  3
2012-04-21     Philippines  28     Sri Lanka  18
2012-04-21     Taiwan  49     Singapore  31
2012-04-27     Hong Kong  85     United Arab Emirates  10
2012-04-28     Japan  87     Kazakhstan  0
2012-04-28     Lithuania  48     Latvia  8
2012-04-28     Croatia  31     Malta  16
2012-04-28     Cyprus  94     Bulgaria  3

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