RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET

GETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT’

THE GAME OF RUGBY IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING WORLD WIDE. THIS WEB SITE'S MAIN FUNCTION IS THE RESEARCHING, COLLECTING, COLLATING, RECORDING AND UPDATING OF INTERNATIONAL TEST RUGBY RESULTS AND RECORDS.

JULY 2019

Updated Monday 29 July
 
LATEST

World Test Rugby Rankings Updated (29/07)
Africa Test Rugby Rankings Updated (29/07)
Ivory Coast-Ghana Result Posted (29/07)
Test Rugby Fixtures Ahead for 31 July to 3 August (28/07)
Americas North Test Rugby Rankings Updated (28/07)
2019 International Test Rugby Results Updated (28/07)

Latest Data Stuff-Scroll down for details


TEST RUGBY RESULTS-Covering the Last Month

31/07/2019
Ivory Coast v Nigeria in Elmina (West Africa Series)

 

28/07/2019
Ivory Coast 22, Ghana 12 in Elmina (West Africa Series)


27/07/2019
New Zealand 16, South Africa 16 in Wellington (Rugby Championship)
Australia 16, Argentina 10 in Brisbane (Mandela Plate; Rugby Championship)
Japan 34, Fiji 21 in Kamaishi (Pacific Nations Cup)
United States 47, Canada 19 in Glendale (Pacific Nations Cup)
Samoa 25, Tonga 17 in Apia (Pacific Nations Cup)
Zimbabwe 31, Uganda 26 in Kampala (Victoria Cup)
Kenya 43, Zambia 23 in Kitwe (Victoria Cup)

 

20/07/2019
New Zealand 20, Argentina 16 in Buenos Aires (Rugby Championship)
South Africa 35, Australia 17 in Johannesburg (Mandela Plate; Rugby Championship)

New Zealand Maori 26, Fiji 17 in Rotorua


13/07.2019

Fiji 27, New Zealand Maoris 10 in Suva
Zimbabwe 39, Zambia 10 in Harare (Victoria Cup)
Kenya 16, Uganda 5 in Kampala (Elgin Cup; Victoria Cup)

 

29/06/2019
Hong Kong 64, South Korea 3 in Hong Kong (Asia Rugby Championship)
India 42, Indonesia 12 in Jakarta (Asia Rugby Championship; Division 3, Sth East)

 

TEST RUGBY FIXTURES AHEAD


03/08/2019
Japan v Tonga in Hanozono (Pacific Nations Cup)
Samoa v United States in Suva (Pacific Nations Cup)
Fiji v Canada in Suva (Pacific Nations Cup)
Zimbabwe v Kenya in Harare (Victoria Cup)
Ghana v Nigeria in Elmina (West Africa Series)

IMPORTANT RUGBY STUFF

For previews, reviews and results of test rugby to the end of 2015 go to http://rugby-international.blogspot.com/

LINKS TO OTHER RECOMMENDED RUGBY WEBSITES

 

Tier 2 Rugby Forum

This is an excellent forum for people interested in the game outside the top tier of world Rugby.

 

http://wrr.live555.com

Ross Finlayson began his rugby ranking system in 1996. ‘The original Internet rugby union world rankings’

INTERNATIONAL TEST RUGBY FIXTURES AND RESULTS

 

2019 International Rugby Fixtures and Results-Updated 28/07/2019
2018 International Rugby Fixtures and Results -
Updated 25/11/2018

2017 International Rugby Fixtures and Results -Updated 19/06/2019

 

GWC AND WORLD RUGBY RANKING TABLES

 

Note: World Rugby, unlike the GWC Rankings, does not exclude a nation if it does not participate in  
          international test rugby in any one year. The exclusions are in line with GWC Rankings policy
          and is not endorsed by World Rugby.

 

2019
World TableUpdated 29/07/2019
Africa Table -  Updated 29/07/2019
Asia Table – Updated 30/06/2019
Europe Table Updated 29/06/2019
Americas North TableUpdated 27/07/2019

 

2018
World Table-
Updated 17/03/2019

2017 GWC Rugby Rankings
2016 GWC Rugby Rankings
Archive
Created and uploaded 27.01.2017

 

YOUNGEST AND OLDEST TEST RUGBY PLAYERS

 

2015 Youngest and Oldest Test Rugby Players-Created 30.06.2016
2014 Youngest and Oldest Test Rugby Players-
Updated 21.06.2016
2013 Youngest and Oldest Rugby Test Players-
Updated 08.10.2015
2012 Youngest and Oldest Test Rugby Players-
Updated 03.03.2013

2011 Youngest and Oldest Test Rugby Players

2010 Youngest and Oldest Rugby Test Players

 

TEST RUGBY RECORDS

This is another new section added to rugbyinternational.net. it is a case of add as I go when I get time.

 

Individual Player Records Updated 10.09.2013

 

MATCH REPORT SHEETS AND COUNTRY LISTS UPDATED

 

COUNTRY DATA

This section hopes to cover each nation’s international rugby stats year-by-year.

This is a work in progress as I gradually upload the data for each nation. Click on the nation below and see where I’m up to.
If you can contribute to this data either by noticing errors or by adding to what I don’t have then contact me at rugint@bigpond.net.au
A special thanks to Stuart Farmer whose data on scrum.com for the main nations is, in most cases, my comparison.

 

Georgia’s test rugby data has been updated. The seasons 2012-13 to 2014-15 inclusive were added 12.02.2016

 

AUSTRALIA  ARGENTINA  BAHAMAS  BARBADOS  BENIN  BERMUDA  BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA  BRAZIL CANADA  CAYMAN ISLANDS  CHINESE TAIPEI  COLOMBIA DENMARK   ENGLAND  FIJI  FRANCE  GEORGIA  GUYANA  IRELAND  ITALY  IVORY COAST  JAMAICA JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN LUXEMBOURG  MADAGASCAR   MALI  MAURITUS  MEXICO  MOROCCO   NAMIBIA   NEW ZEALAND  NIGER  NIGERIA  NORWAY  PARAGUAY  PERU  PHILIPPINES PORTUGAL  ROMANIA  RUSSIA  ST VINCENT & GRENADINES  SAMOA SCOTLAND  SENEGAL SINGAPORE  SLOVAKIA  SOUTH AFRICA  SRI LANKA  SWEDEN  THAILAND TOGO  TONGA  TRINIDAD TOBAGO  UNITED STATES  VENEZUELA   WALES  ZAMBIA

 

58 nations added. Just 45 to go! Well over half way!

 

FIXTURES ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS


WEST AFRICA SERIES (25/07)

Venue: Edit. Nduom Stadium in Elmina
Teams: Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast
Fixtures: 28/07-Ghana v Ivory Coast
                31/07-Ivory Coast v Nigeria
                03/08-Ghana v Nigeria

 

Quote: ‘The three-nation rugby tournament will take place at the Nduom Stadium in Elmina, Central Region, between Ghana, Nigeria and Ivory Coast. This is part of a new rugby game format spearheaded by World Rugby’. APO Group on behalf of Ghana Rugby Football Union.

CHANGES TO 2019 INTERNATIONAL TEST RUGBY FIXTURES (18/07)

17/08-Italy v Russia in San Benedetto del Tronto-venue confirmed
07/09-Brazil v Uruguay-New fixture-venue TBC

 

06/07/2019
Kenya v Zimbabwe in Nairobi (Victoria Cup)-postponed

WEST AFRICA RUGBY TOURNAMENT (09/07)

PRESS RELEASE

Ghana Rugby Goes to West Africa Rugby (WAR) with Regional Rugby Tournaments

The first of a series of rugby encounters between West African nations are planned in the form of the Ghana Rugby Invitationals towards the end of July

ACCRA, Ghana, July 2, 2019/ -- Ghana Rugby (http://GhanaRugby.org/) announced a groundbreaking initiative on the development of the Game of Rugby Union in the sub-region of West Africa with the first series of international men’s fifteens and women’s sevens matches.

According to the President of Ghana Rugby, Mr Herbert Mensah, these series of matches is the first step towards the realisation of a vision he has been sharing with Rugby Africa and other rugby nations in the region.

“WARS (West African Rugby Series) was born out of the need of Ghana Rugby to get more international match exposure as far back as 2015. 

With the cancellation of flagship Rugby Africa tournaments this year this initiative was taken off the shelf and the planned regional matches for 2019 will serve as a precursor to WARS as envisaged when the idea first came up,” Mensah said.

The first of a series of rugby encounters between West African nations are planned in the form of the Ghana Rugby Invitationals towards the end of July.

In the week of 26 July to 3 August 2019 Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria will play in a Men’s Fifteens Tournament. This tournament is being supported by Rugby Africa with a tournament grant and through the provision of match officials. [My highlight]

The second session of the 2019 Ghana Invitationals is planned for a men’s and women’s sevens tournament between eight West African nations. Dates for this tournament has not been set as the event is also subject to finding a suitable sponsor or sponsors.

Mensah said, “The Ghana Invitationals will give the development of rugby in West Africa an enormous boost with a total of 40 women’s sevens matches and three men’s fifteens matches. After July the focus will move to prepare for the 2019 Sevens Rugby Olympics Qualifiers that will take place in October 2019 in Tunisia for women and in November 2019 in South Africa for men.”

Rugby Africa earlier this year cancelled the flagship Gold, Silver and Bronze Cups due to budget constraints and with the aim to introduce a new men’s fifteens tournament structure that will involve the 16 top rugby nations in Africa.

Mensah said that the core of rugby development for nations lies in youth development and in strengthening domestic leagues. He added that international participation and aiming for the dream of taking part in global rugby matches is essential to attract the attention of sponsors and to give players the motivation to embrace the game of rugby fully.

“Rugby is about building character based on its values of integrity, passion, solidarity, discipline and respect and this vision is embraced globally by 9.1 million players and 338 million fans affiliated via 124 national member unions in six regions. This makes rugby the second biggest team sport in the world with rugby in Africa experiencing unprecedented growth,” Mensah said.

Mensah continued to say that the Ghana Rugby 2019 Invitationals is a first step towards the realisation of his vision to eventually create a sustainable ‘West Africa Rugby Series’ (WARS) that will include club and national tournament structures for both men and women in the sub-region.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ghana Rugby Football Union.

 

TOURNAMENTS
 (In the Process of being revised and reorganised)

International
Churchill Cup
Cup of Nations
Updated 27.11.2016
Pacific Rim
Rugby Championship
Updated 18.09.2016
Rugby World Cup
Tri Nations
World Rugby/IRB Nations Cup

Africa
Africa Cup
Updated 13.11.2016
CAR Championships
Elgon Cup
Victoria Cup

Americas
Americas Rugby Championship
Updated 06.03.2017
Caribbean Championship
South American Championship/Cup
Updated 09.10.2016

 

Asia
Asia Rugby Championship
Updated 01.04.2017
Asia Games
Asia Nations
Cup of Nations

 

Europe
5 Nations
6 Nations
Updated 21.03.2017
Rugby Europe Championship (ENC) Updated 07.05.2017
FIRA/AER
FIRA

 

Oceania
Bledisloe Cup
Oceania Cup
Pacific Nations Cup

 

WEB SITE ARCHIVES

 

June 2019
May 2019

April 2019
March 2019
February 2019
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
August 2018
July 2018

June 2018
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018

February 2018

November 2017
October 2017
September 2017
August 2017
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017

April 2017

March 2017
February 2017
December 2016-January 2017
November 2016
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016