logo World Rugby RankingsTM, September 2025

(computed from international matches played through September 4th, 2025)

"The original Internet rugby union world rankings"

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RankTeamPrevious rankingChange
1South Africa(1)
2New Zealand(2)
3France(3)
4Ireland(4)
5Australia(5)
6England(6)
7Fiji(7)
8Scotland(8)
9Argentina(9)
10Italy(10)
11Wales(11)
12Georgia(12)
13Japan(13)
14Samoa(14)
15Spain(15)
16Uruguay(16)
17United States(17)
18Portugal(18)
19Russia(20)+1
20Zimbabwe(19)-1
21Namibia(21)
22Chile(22)
23Romania(23)
24Tonga(24)
25Hong Kong(25)
26Brazil(26)
27Belgium(27)
28Canada(28)
29Netherlands(29)
30Algeria(30)
31Kenya(31)
32Paraguay(32)
33Switzerland(33)
34Germany(34)
35Poland(35)
36United Arab Emirates(36)
37South Korea(n/a)
38Sweden(37)-1
39Czech Republic(38)-1
40Denmark(39)-1
41Croatia(40)-1
42Lithuania(41)-1
43Luxembourg(42)-1
44Ukraine(44)
45Finland(45)
46Latvia(46)
47Moldova(47)
48Austria(48)
49Andorra(49)
50Israel(50)
51Malta(51)
52Cyprus(52)
53Norway(53)
54Turkey(54)
55Serbia(55)
56Bulgaria(56)
57Slovenia(57)
58Hungary(58)
59Bosnia(59)
60Montenegro(60)
61Estonia(61)
62Kosovo(62)


Number of match results that were used to compute the rankings:
690 (gross) 181.9 (time-weighted)
Number [%] of these results that are correctly predicted by these rankings:
552 [80.0%] (gross) 158.5 [87.1%] (time-weighted)

New results contributing to this month's rankings

2022-07-09     Hong Kong  23     South Korea  21
2023-06-17     Hong Kong  30     South Korea  10
2024-06-09     United Arab Emirates  36     South Korea  32
2024-06-22     Hong Kong  67     South Korea  7
2024-11-16     Zimbabwe  27     South Korea  22
2025-06-21     United Arab Emirates  38     South Korea  36
2025-07-04     Hong Kong  70     South Korea  22
2025-08-16     Australia  38     South Africa  22
2025-08-16     New Zealand  41     Argentina  24
2025-08-22     Canada  34     United States  20
2025-08-22     Tonga  30     Samoa  16
2025-08-23     South Africa  30     Australia  22
2025-08-23     Argentina  29     New Zealand  23
2025-08-23     Uruguay  78     Paraguay  10
2025-08-29     Fiji  32     Tonga  10
2025-08-30     Uruguay  28     Chile  16
2025-08-30     Japan  57     Canada  15

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See also

The World Rugby Rankings are updated monthly, shortly after the start of the month. (The most recently computed rankings can be found at https://wrr.live555.com/)

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