logo World Rugby RankingsTM, December 2024

(computed from international matches played through December 1st, 2024)

"The original Internet rugby union world rankings"

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


Number of match results that were used to compute the rankings:
627 (gross) 200.1 (time-weighted)
Number [%] of these results that are correctly predicted by these rankings:
513 [81.8%] (gross) 178.0 [88.9%] (time-weighted)

New results contributing to this month's rankings

2024-11-08     New Zealand  23     Ireland  13
2024-11-09     Australia  42     England  37
2024-11-09     Argentina  50     Italy  18
2024-11-09     France  52     Japan  17
2024-11-09     United States  21     Portugal  17
2024-11-09     Brazil  23     Hong Kong  10
2024-11-09     Chile  44     Canada  14
2024-11-09     Spain  33     Uruguay  24
2024-11-09     Romania  25     Tonga  15
2024-11-09     Czech Republic  49     Croatia  26
2024-11-10     Fiji  24     Wales  19
2024-11-10     South Africa  32     Scotland  15
2024-11-15     Ireland  22     Argentina  19
2024-11-16     Scotland  59     Portugal  21
2024-11-16     South Africa  29     England  20
2024-11-16     France  30     New Zealand  29
2024-11-16     United States  36     Tonga  7
2024-11-16     Japan  36     Uruguay  20
2024-11-16     Hong Kong  38     Brazil  17
2024-11-16     Netherlands  20     Chile  17
2024-11-16     Fiji  33     Spain  19
2024-11-16     Romania  35     Canada  27
2024-11-16     Poland  40     Lithuania  13
2024-11-17     Italy  20     Georgia  17
2024-11-17     Australia  52     Wales  20
2024-11-22     France  37     Argentina  23
2024-11-23     United States  26     Spain  23
2024-11-23     Ireland  52     Fiji  17
2024-11-23     Uruguay  23     Romania  21
2024-11-23     South Africa  45     Wales  12
2024-11-23     New Zealand  29     Italy  11
2024-11-23     Croatia  32     Lithuania  23
2024-11-23     Poland  22     Czech Republic  15
2024-11-24     Scotland  27     Australia  13
2024-11-24     England  59     Japan  14
2024-11-24     Georgia  22     Tonga  7
2024-11-30     Ireland  22     Australia  19
2024-11-30     Malta  10     Andorra  3
2024-11-30     Croatia  31     Luxembourg  31

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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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