logo World Rugby RankingsTM, April 2025

(computed from international matches played through April 5th, 2025)

"The original Internet rugby union world rankings"

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


Number of match results that were used to compute the rankings:
639 (gross) 182.5 (time-weighted)
Number [%] of these results that are correctly predicted by these rankings:
527.5 [82.6%] (gross) 162.2 [88.9%] (time-weighted)

New results contributing to this month's rankings

2025-03-08     France  42     Ireland  27
2025-03-08     Scotland  35     Wales  29
2025-03-08     Czech Republic  40     Luxembourg  16
2025-03-09     England  47     Italy  24
2025-03-15     Ireland  22     Italy  17
2025-03-15     England  68     Wales  14
2025-03-15     France  35     Scotland  16
2025-03-15     Belgium  31     Netherlands  10
2025-03-15     Switzerland  20     Germany  17
2025-03-16     Georgia  46     Spain  28
2025-03-16     Romania  21     Portugal  7
2025-03-29     Czech Republic  44     Lithuania  3
2025-03-29     Sweden  57     Luxembourg  18
2025-03-29     Spain  19     Portugal  7

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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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