logo World Rugby RankingsTM, May 2025

(computed from international matches played through May 1st, 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(16)
17Portugal(17)
18Uruguay(18)
19Zimbabwe(19)
20Romania(20)
21Tonga(21)
22Russia(22)
23Namibia(23)
24Chile(24)
25Canada(25)
26Hong Kong(26)
27Brazil(27)
28Belgium(28)
29Netherlands(29)
30Kenya(30)
31Switzerland(31)
32Germany(32)
33Poland(33)
34Sweden(35)+1
35Czech Republic(36)+1
36Paraguay(34)-2
37Croatia(37)
38Lithuania(38)
39Luxembourg(40)+1
40Colombia(39)-1
41Ukraine(44)+3
42Denmark(42)
43Finland(43)
44Latvia(41)-3
45Austria(46)+1
46Andorra(50)+4
47Israel(51)+4
48Malta(49)+1
49Cyprus(52)+3
50Bulgaria(48)-2
51Moldova(45)-6
52Norway(54)+2
53Slovenia(55)+2
54Hungary(56)+2
55Bosnia(57)+2
56Montenegro(n/a)
57Turkey(47)-10
58Serbia(53)-5


Number of match results that were used to compute the rankings:
654 (gross) 182.5 (time-weighted)
Number [%] of these results that are correctly predicted by these rankings:
535.5 [81.9%] (gross) 161.2 [88.3%] (time-weighted)

New results contributing to this month's rankings

2022-10-08     Serbia  62     Montenegro  0
2022-10-29     Bosnia  20     Montenegro  18
2023-05-13     Montenegro  26     Turkey  24
2024-10-05     Bosnia  30     Montenegro  20
2025-04-12     Turkey  28     Serbia  12
2025-04-12     Ukraine  86     Hungary  10
2025-04-12     Poland  29     Sweden  25
2025-04-18     Bulgaria  19     Moldova  18
2025-04-18     Slovenia  39     Montenegro  22
2025-04-18     Denmark  13     Latvia  10
2025-04-26     Finland  20     Latvia  19
2025-04-26     Slovenia  34     Bosnia  21

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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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