RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET WORLD INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2015 STANDINGS As at 24 December 2016											IRB RUGBY RANKINGS STANDINGS As at 12 December 2016
WORLD TABLE		15	14	13	12	11	10	09			WORLD TABLE	PTS
1	NEW ZEALAND	1	4	1	2	1	4	1		1	NEW ZEALAND	94.78
2	IRELAND	7	1	9	8	6	7	3		2	ENGLAND	90.46
3	ENGLAND	5	8	7	1	8	2	8		3	AUSTRALIA	86.35
4	TONGA	15	14	18	6	10	14	14		4	IRELAND	84.62
5	ITALY	11	7	13	12	12	10	10		5	WALES	82.55
6	WALES	4	2	6	11	5	9	9		6	SOUTH AFRICA	81.79
7	SOUTH AFRICA	3	3	2	5	3	1	4		7	SCOTLAND	80.67
8	AUSTRALIA	2	9	3	4	2	3	7		8	FRANCE	80.13
9	SCOTLAND	9	5	4	7	9	5	6		9	ARGENTINA	79.91
10	ARGENTINA	6	6	12	9	7	8	5		10	FIJI	76.46
11	FRANCE	8	11	8	3	4	6	2		11	JAPAN	74.22
12	FIJI	12	12	15	13	15	11	11		12	GEORGIA	74.14
13	JAPAN	10	13	5	14	13	13	13		13	ITALY	72.47
14	GEORGIA	14	15	10	21	16	15	17		14	TONGA	71.94
15	SAMOA	13	10	11	10	11	12	12		15	SAMOA	71.25
16	ROMANIA	17	17	16	22	18	21	21		16	ROMANIA	69.36
17	GERMANY	27	27	X	X	X	24	25		17	UNITED STATES	64.66
18	SPAIN	23	21	22	20	21	19	X		18	CANADA	63.95
19	URUGUAY	21	18	21	17	22	22	22		19	RUSSIA	63.25
20	NAMIBIA	19	26	X	23	19	20	18		20	NAMIBIA	62.78
21	KENYA	22	X	X	X	25	X	X		21	URUGUAY	60.66
22	PORTUGAL	25	22	20	16	23	18	19		22	SPAIN	60.17
23	BRAZIL	35	X	27	X	26	X	X		23	KENYA	59.28
24	KOREA	28	X	X	X	X	X	X		24	GERMANY	58.99
25	CHILE	34	X	26	31	X	30	X		25	PORTUGAL	56.88
26	UNITED STATES	16	16	14	18	17	17	16		26	BELGIUM	56.87
27	CANADA	18	20	17	15	14	16	15		27	HONG KONG	56.50
28	RUSSIA	20	19	19	19	20	23	20		28	KOREA	55.50
29	HONG KONG	24	23	23	25	24	28	26		29	CHILE	55.08
30	UGANDA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		30	BRAZIL	50.75
31	ZIMBABWE	26	25	X	27	X	X	X		31	ZIMBABWE	49.99
32	PARAGUAY	33	X	X	29	X	X	X		32	PARAGUAY	48.77
33	COLOMBIA	X	28	X	X	X	X	X		33	COLOMBIA	48.66
34	MEXICO	X	29	28	X	X	X	X		34	TUNISIA	48.19
35	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		35	KAZAKHSTAN	48.18
X	TUNISIA *	29	X	25	26	X	29	X		36	UGANDA	47.74
X	MALAYSIA *	30	X	X	X	X	X	X		37	MEXICO	45.62
X	ALGERIA *	31	X	X	X	X	X	X		38	MALAYSIA	45.55
X	KAZAKHSTAN *	32	X	X	X	X	27	X		39	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	39.27
X	BELGIUM *	X	24	24	24	X	26	X
X	MADAGASCAR *	X	X	29	X	X	X	X
X	SRI LANKA *	X	X	30	X	X	X	X
X	POLAND *	X	X	31	X	X	X	X
X	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES *	X	X	X	28	27	X	X
X	BERMUDA *	X	X	X	30	X	X	X
X	NORWAY *	X	X	X	X	X	31	X
X	NETHERLANDS *	X	X	X	X	X	25	23
X	CZECH REPUBLIC *	X	X	X	X	X	X	24
* Did not played cross-continental test rugby in 2016 Note: Providing the side has played cross-continental test rugby in the last 7 years a side can remain on the world table providing they are playing at the highest level in their continent; e.g-6 Nations, Rugby Championship, REC 1A, Asia Top 3, Pacific Nations Cup, CONSUR Cup, Africa Cup 1A
											IRB RUGBY RANKINGS
AFRICA TABLE		15	14	13	12	11	10	09			AFRICA TABLE	PTS
1	SOUTH AFRICA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	SOUTH AFRICA	81.79
2	NAMIBIA	2	2	2	8	X	2	2		2	NAMIBIA	62.78
3	KENYA	4	4	4	3	2	6	3		3	KENYA	59.28
4	UGANDA	8	9	6	2	5	5	4		4	ZIMBABWE	49.99
5	ZIMBABWE	3	3	3	4	4	10	9		5	SENEGAL	48.79
6	SENEGAL	11	8	8	7	6	8	11		6	TUNISIA	48.19
7	MADAGASCAR	5	5	5	6	7	11	5		7	UGANDA	47.74
8	MOROCCO	X	X	10	9	X	4	8		8	MADAGASCAR	47.43
9	TUNISIA	7	6	7	5	3	3	6		9	IVORY COAST	45.76
10	ALGERIA	6	10	X	15	X	22	26		10	MOROCCO	45.18
11	IVORY COAST	10	7	9	11	X	7	7		11	BOTSWANA	40.99
12	BOTSWANA	9	11	11	10	10	12	13		12	NIGERIA	37.73
13	NIGERIA	14	14	12	14	22	X	17		13	ZAMBIA	35.80
14	MAURITIUS	12	12	15	13	12	13	15		14	MAURITIUS	33.86
15	ZAMBIA	13	13	13	12	8	14	10
16	CONGO KINSHASA	16	16	23	X	X	20	23
17	RWANDA	17	17	21	X	20	26	25
18	LESOTHO	18	20	X	X	X	X	X
19	GHANA	23	X	17	X	15	17	21
20	TOGO	24	X	19	X	18	19	22
21	BURUNDI	X	18	22	X	21	27	28
22	MALAWI	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
X	REUNION *	25	X	X	X	11	15	14
X	SWAZILAND *	19	19	X	16	X	X	27
X	MALI *	20	X	18	X	13	21	24
X	NIGER *	21	X	14	X	14	16	19
X	BENIN *	22	X	20	X	19	22	X
X	BURKINO FASO *	15	15	16	X	16	18	20
X	CONGO BRAZZAVILLE *	X	X	24	X	X	29	24
X	CAMEROUN  *	X	X	X	X	9	X	12
X	CHAD *	X	X	X	X	17	X	23
X	TANZANIA *	X	X	X	X	X	21	16
X	EGYPT *	X	X	X	X	X	23	X
X	MAURITANIA *	X	X	X	X	X	24	X
X	LIBYA *	X	X	X	X	X	25	X
X	MAYOTTE *	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
	* Did not play in 2016
											IRB RUGBY RANKINGS
ASIA TABLE		15	14	13	12	11	10	09			ASIA TABLE	PTS
1	JAPAN	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	JAPAN	74.22
2	HONG KONG	2	2	3	3	2	4	3		2	HONG KONG	56.50
3	KOREA	3	3	2	2	6	3	2		3	KOREA	55.50
4	MALAYSIA	8	10	11	11	9	9	11		4	SRI LANKA	48.71
5	SRI LANKA	4	7	6	7	5	8	8		5	KAZAKHSTAN	48.14
6	SINGAPORE	7	5	8	9	7	5	6		6	MALAYSIA	45.55
7	PHILIPPINES	5	4	4	6	8	12	15		7	PHILIPPINES	44.20
8	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	9	6	5	4	3	X	X		8	SINGAPORE	42.90
9	THAILAND	11	11	10	10	11	11	10		9	CHINA	39.58
10	QATAR	X	12	14	21	20	X	X		10	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	38.49
11	LEBANON	12	14	18	22	22	24	X		11	GUAM	37.85
12	IRAN	13	13	12	12	12	13	12		12	THAILAND	36.76
13	GUAM	16	19	17	15	15	16	16		13	UZBEKISTAN	31.29
14	UZBEKISTAN	14	15	20	24	23	21	21=		14	INDONESIA	28.73
15	LAOS	X	21	21	18	18	19	X
16	INDONESIA	18	18	15	16	16	17	17
17	JORDAN	20	X	X	23	21	25	X
18	SAUDI ARABIA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
X	INDIA *	15	16	13	13	13	14	13
X	CHINA *	17	17	16	14	14	10	9
X	MONGOLIA *	19	22	X	X	X	23	X
X	KAZAKHSTAN *	6	8	7	5	4	2	4
X	CHINESE TAIPEI *	10	9	9	8	10	7	7
X	PAKISTAN *	X	20	19	17	17	15	18
X	CAMBODIA *	X	23	22	20	19	18	19
X	BRUNEI *	X	24	23	19	X	20	20
X	KYRGYZSTAN  *	X	X	X	X	X	22	21=
*	Did not play in 2016
											IRB RUGBY RANKINGS
SOUTH AMERICA RUGBY TABLE		15	14	13	12	11	10	09			SOUTH AMERICA RUGBY TABLE	PTS
1	ARGENTINA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	ARGENTINA	79.91
2	URUGUAY	3	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	URUGUAY	60.66
3	CHILE	2	5	3	3	3	3	3		3	CHILE	55.08
4	BRAZIL	5	4	4	4	4	4	4		4	BRAZIL	50.75
5	PARAGUAY	4	3	5	5	5	5	5		5	PARAGUAY	48.77
6	COLOMBIA	6	6	8	6	8	8	6		6	COLOMBIA	48.66
7	VENEZUELA	8	7	6	7	6	7	7		7	VENEZUELA	41.14
8	PERU	7	8	7	8	7	6	8		8	PERU	36.82
9	ECUADOR	9	9	9	11	X	X	X
10	GUATEMALA	10	12	11	10	X	X	X
11	COSTA RICA	11	11	10	9	9	9	9
12	PANAMA	13	13	X	X	X	X	X
13	EL SLAVADOR	12	10	12	12	X	X	X
											IRB RUGBY RANKINGS
EUROPE TABLE		15	14	13	12	11	10	09			EUROPE TABLE	PTS
1	ENGLAND	2	1	2	2	2	3	2		1	ENGLAND	89.84
2	WALES	1	3	1	1	4	5	4		2	IRELAND	84.62
3	IRELAND	3	2	6	4	5	2	1		3	WALES	82.55
4	SCOTLAND	5	6	4	6	3	4	5		4	SCOTLAND	80.67
5	FRANCE	4	4	3	3	1	1	3		5	FRANCE	80.13
6	ITALY	6	5	5	5	6	6	6		6	GEORGIA	74.14
7	GEORGIA	7	7	7	7	7	8	7		7	ITALY	72.47
8	ROMANIA	9	8	8	8	8	7	10		8	ROMANIA	69.36
9	RUSSIA	8	9	15	13	11	9	9		9	RUSSIA	63.25
10	SPAIN	10	10	17	14	9	11	11		10	SPAIN	60.17
11	GERMANY	21	15	10	10	15	13	12		11	GERMANY	58.99
12	PORTUGAL	11	11	16	12	10	10	8		12	PORTUGAL	56.88
13	POLAND	19	17	11	9	12	12	16		13	BELGIUM	56.87
14	NETHERLANDS	18	19	19	16	22	21	19		14	NETHERLANDS	54.93
15	SWITZERLAND	15	22	20	22	24	24	26		15	CZECH REPUBLIC	52.73
16	MOLDOVA	20	14	9	18	13	16	14		16	POLAND	52.04
17	UKRAINE	12	16	12	11	17	17	13		17	SWITZERLAND	51.84
18	BELGIUM	13	12	18	15	14	14	17		18	MOLDOVA	51.58
19	CZECH REPUBLIC	17	13	13	19	16	15	15		19	UKRAINE	51.34
20	ISRAEL	16	25	24	27	32	29	28		20	MALTA	47.67
21	CROATIA	14	23	23	23	21	20	20		21	LITHUANIA	47.49
22	MALTA	23	20	21	20	19	23	21		22	LATVIA	45.63
23	SWEDEN	22	18	14	17	18	18	22		23	CROATIA	44.64
24	LITHUANIA	24	21	22	21	20	19	18		24	SWEDEN	44.59
25	LATVIA	26	24	26	26	23	22	23		25	ISRAEL	42.78
26	ANDORRA	25	27	25	24	26	26	24		26	LUXEMBOURG	40.63
27	CYPRUS	27	26	29	29	34	35	38		27	ANDORRA	40.58
28	LUXEMBOURG	28	28	34	33	38	37	36		28	SLOVENIA	40.38
29	SLOVENIA	29	30	35	30	28	27	33		29	BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA	37.30
30	SERBIA	30	32	28	25	27	28	25		30	HUNGARY	36.81
31	AUSTRIA	31	29	31	35	30	31	32		31	SERBIA	36.27
32	HUNGARY	33	33	30	32	31	33	30		32	AUSTRIA	34.87
33	DENMARK	32	31	27	28	29	30	29		33	NORWAY	32.96
34	BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA	34	34	33	38	39	39	39		34	DENMARK	32.88
35	NORWAY	38	36	37	34	33	32	31		35	BULGARIA	29.94
36	FINLAND	36	37	38	37	37	38	37		36	FINLAND	28.71
37	BULGARIA	35	35	32	31	36	34	35
38	TURKEY	37	39	39	39	X	X	X
39	ESTONIA	41	40	X	41	X	42	X
40	SLOVAKIA	39	X	40	40	40	40	X
41	MONTENEGRO	40	X	X	X	X	X	X
42	BELARUS	X	41	X	X	X	X	X
X	GREECE *	X	38	36	36	35	36	34
X	AZERBAIJAN *	X	X	41	42	41	41	41
X	ARMENIA *	X	X	X	X	25	25	27
X	MONACO *	X	X	X	X	X	X	40
	* Did not play in 2016
											IRB RUGBY RANKINGS
RUGBY AMERICA NORTH TABLE		15	14	13	12	11	10	09			RUGBY AMERICA NORTH TABLE	PTS
1	UNITED STATES	1	1	2	2	2	2	2		1	UNITED STATES	64.66
2	CANADA	2	2	1	1	1	1	1		2	CANADA	63.95
3	MEXICO	4	4	9	9	8	X	X		3	MEXICO	45.62
4	GUYANA	8	6	5	4	3	X	X		4	GUYANA	45.35
5	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	3	7	6	6	4	3	3		5	TRINIDAD TOBAGO	46.25
6	CAYMAN ISLANDS	5	3	3	7	9	6	6		6	CAYMAN ISLANDS	42.88
7	BERMUDA	7	5	4	3	5	4	4		7	BERMUDA	39.22
8	BAHAMAS	6	10	8	8	7	X	X		8	JAMAICA	38.76
9	BARBADOS	9	8	7	5	6	5	5		9	BARBADOS	36.94
10	TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	15	16	15	X	X	X	X		10	ST VINCENT GRENADINES	34.91
11	CURACAO	11	11	11	14	X	X	X		11	BAHAMAS	33.76
12	JAMAICA	X	9	10	10	10	X	X
13	ST VINCENT & GRENADINES	12	14	14	13	X	X	X
X	BR. VIRGIN ISLANDS *	10	15	12	11	11	X	X
X	US VIRGIN ISLANDS *	13	12	X	X	X	X	X
X	ST LUCIA *	14	13	13	12	12	X	X
	* Did not play in 2016
											IRB RUGBY RANKINGS
OCEANIA TABLE		15	14	13	12	11	10	09			OCEANIA TABLE	PTS
1	NEW ZEALAND	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	NEW ZEALAND	94.78
2	AUSTRALIA	2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	AUSTRALIA	86.97
3	FIJI	4	4	4	4	3	4	3		3	FIJI	76.46
4	SAMOA	3	3	3	3	5	3	4		4	TONGA	71.94
5	TONGA	5	5	5	5	4	5	5		5	SAMOA	71.25
6	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	6	X	7	X	6	6	6		6	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	39.27
7	TAHITI *	7	X	9	X	X	X	X
X	AMERICAN SAMOA *	8	X	X	X	X	X	X
X	SOLOMON ISLANDS *	9	X	8	X	7	X	X
X	COOK ISLANDS *	X	6	6	X	X	X	7
X	NIUE *	X	X	X	X	8	X	8
X	VANUATU *	X	X	X	X	9	X	9
	* Did not play in 2016