RR World Rankings – 10th March 2014

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8th / 9th Nov 2013 – 18th Nov 2013 – 25th Nov 2013 – 1st Dec 2013 
9th Dec 2013 – 22nd Dec 2013 – 3rd Feb 2014 – 10th Feb 2014– 24th Feb 2014

Welcome to RugbyRedefined’s Latest World Rankings and once again we welcome another country into the Fold. Lesotho last week played their first International with a match against Swaziland and in a very low scoring match the “Stallions” as Lesotho are known as had a victory against their neighbours 5 – 3.

In a week of late news also came the result of another forar for the Ivory Coast as they played lowly ranked Algeria in a Test in France . As most of the players ply their trade in the Top 14 and D2 Championships it is an opportunity for these countries to play the odd international match during a six nations window.  Algeria though this time pulled off a Major upset by defeat the “Elephants of the Coast”  by 7 pts and in doing so gaining 3 places on our rankings , while the COTE d’IVORIE dropped a massive 7 places to fall out of the World top 50.

We then had the penultimate rounds of the European Nations Cup Div1A matches that has already seen Georgia and Romania qualify for RWC2015 ,  but the question is in which position will they finish , and after last weekend it will come down to the Final Round while Russia will be looking to solidify their 3rd place spot to match the Reprecharge  Qualifying Match for RWC2015.

Lastly the Six Nations , a weekend full of emotion ! Brian O’Driscoll’s last game for Ireland in Ireland , Scotland looking for that elusive 2nd win of the Season only to fall Agonizingly close to France and England Winning the Triple Crown for the First time in Many a Year.

The Six Nations now basically comes down to Paris and Ireland vs France and Brian O’Driscoll’s Last Match for Ireland , Will we see the Fairytale end ? in BOD’s last and 141st Test Match ?.

Movers: (Up)  — > Movers: (Down)

RESULTS
Sat 22 Feb	Friendly	Lesotho	05 v 03	Swaziland
Sat 1 Mar	Friendly	Algeria	25 v 18	Ivory.Coast
Sat 8 Mar	Six Nations	IRELAND	46 v 07	ITALY
Sat 8 Mar	Six Nations	SCOTLAND	17 v 19	FRANCE		Pos	Movers Down	Change	Last.Pos	Rank
Sun 9 Mar	Six Nations	ENGLAND	29 v 18	WALES		6	IRELAND	-1	5	80.75
Sat 22 Feb	ENC/RWCQ	Romania	29 v 10	Belgium		7	WALES	-1	6	80.38
Sat 22 Feb	ENC/RWCQ	Russia	34 v 18	Portugal		22	PORTUGAL	-1	21	58.93
Sat.22.Feb.	ENC/RWCQ	Spain	17 v 24	Georgia		55	COTE d’IVORIE	-7	48	45.04
						97	SWAZILAND	-5	92	33.63
Pos	Movers Up	Change	Last.Pos	Rank		108	SLOVAKIA	-1	107	22.55
5	FRANCE	+2	7	81.40		109	NIGERIA	-1	108	22.35
21	SPAIN	+1	22	59.39		110	BRITISH.VIRGIN.ISLANDS	-1	109	21.45
107	ALGERIA	+3	110	23.44		130	Curacao	-1	129	11.90
129	Lesotho	+23	152	12.00		131	Benin	-1	130	11.60

FULL RANKINGS

0 = no Positional change – NEW ZEALAND (Weeks at #1 , 18wks)

Pos	Test Nations	Change	Last Pos	Rank
1	NEW ZEALAND	0	1	93.81
2	SOUTH AFRICA	0	2	89.33
3	AUSTRALIA	0	3	86.87
4	ENGLAND	0	4	85.67
5	FRANCE	2	7	81.40
6	IRELAND	-1	5	80.75
7	WALES	-1	6	80.38
8	SAMOA	0	8	77.33
9	ARGENTINA	0	9	76.44
10	SCOTLAND	0	10	75.47
11	FIJI	0	11	74.21
12	TONGA	0	12	73.21
13	JAPAN	0	13	72.06
14	ITALY	0	14	72.04
15	CANADA	0	15	70.76
16	GEORGIA	0	16	69.88
17	ROMANIA	0	17	68.66
18	USA	0	18	67.40
19	RUSSIA	0	19	62.03
20	URUGUAY	0	20	60.77
21	SPAIN	1	22	59.39
22	PORTUGAL	-1	21	58.93
23	NAMIBIA	0	23	58.79
24	KOREA	0	24	58.10
25	HONG KONG	0	25	56.36
26	GERMANY	0	26	56.20
27	CHILE	0	27	55.44
28	MOLDOVA	0	28	55.11
29	BELGIUM	0	29	54.42
30	ZIMBABWE	0	30	53.56
31	NETHERLANDS	0	31	52.86
32	POLAND	0	32	52.32
33	UKRAINE	0	33	52.17
34	KENYA	0	34	51.76
35	MOROCCO	0	35	51.18
36	MADAGASCAR	0	36	51.13
37	BRAZIL	0	37	50.95
38	PARAGUAY	0	38	50.09
39	SWITZERLAND	0	39	49.82
40	SRI LANKA	0	40	49.66
41	CYPRUS	0	41	48.94
42	SENEGAL	0	42	48.68
43	SWEDEN	0	43	48.64
44	MALTA	0	44	48.61
45	TUNISIA	0	45	48.25
46	KAZAKHSTAN	0	46	48.11
47	COOK ISLANDS	0	47	47.11
48	CZECH REPUBLIC	1	49	47.00
49	ARMENIA	1	50	46.85
50	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	1	51	46.38
51	UGANDA	1	52	46.36
52	LITHUANIA	1	53	46.06
53	BERMUDA	1	54	45.53
54	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	1	55	45.27
55	COTE d’IVORIE	-7	48	45.04
56	ISRAEL	0	56	44.83
57	SINGAPORE	0	57	44.54
58	CROATIA	0	58	44.42
59	PHILIPPINES	0	59	44.09
60	CHINESE TAIPEI	0	60	43.41
61	THAILAND	0	61	43.37
62	COLOMBIA	0	62	43.33
63	GUYANA	0	63	43.19
64	ANDORRA	0	64	42.61
65	CAYMAN ISLANDS	0	65	42.52
66	VENEZUELA	0	66	41.67
67	HUNGARY	0	67	40.81
68	CHINA	0	68	40.73
69	NIUE ISLANDS	0	69	40.45
70	SOLOMON ISLANDS	0	70	40.35
71	LATVIA	0	71	40.34
72	IRAN	0	72	40.30
73	MALAYSIA	0	73	40.20
74	DENMARK	0	74	40.14
75	PERU	0	75	40.13
76	BARBADOS	0	76	39.68
77	MEXICO	0	77	39.39
78	INDONESIA	0	78	39.38
79	INDIA	0	79	39.37
80	BOTSWANA	0	80	38.58
81	PAKISTAN	0	81	38.38
82	CAMEROUN	0	82	38.33
83	NIGERIA	0	83	37.92
84	SERBIA	0	84	37.81
85	JAMAICA	0	85	37.08
86	ZAMBIA	0	86	36.94
87	ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES	0	87	36.84
88	SLOVENIA	0	88	36.37
89	AUSTRIA	0	89	35.94
90	GUAM	0	90	35.70
91	BAHAMAS	0	91	35.68
92	BULGARIA	1	93	35.42
93	BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA	1	94	35.41
94	TAHITI	1	95	35.37
95	MONACO	1	96	35.17
96	LUXEMBOURG	1	97	34.61
97	SWAZILAND	-5	92	33.63
98	VANUATU	0	98	33.45
99	NORWAY	0	99	32.71
100	Gibraltar	0	100	32.00
101	GREECE	0	101	30.49
102	AMERICAN SAMOA	0	102	30.00
103	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	0	103	29.95
104	MAURITIUS	0	104	29.29
105	FINLAND	0	105	27.92
106	TURKEY	0	106	27.26
107	ALGERIA	3	110	23.44
108	SLOVAKIA	-1	107	22.55
109	NIGERIA	-1	108	22.35
110	BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	-1	109	21.45
111	BRUNEI	0	111	21.40
112	AZERBAIJAN	0	112	20.09
113	Bahrain	0	113	20.00
114	Cambodia	0	114	19.85
115	Laos	0	115	19.10
116	Libya	0	116	18.97
117	Lebanon	0	117	18.75
118	Tanzania	0	118	18.50
119	Egypt	0	119	18.07
120	Jordan	0	120	16.95
121	Reunion	0	121	16.50
122	Ghana	0	122	15.66
123	Ecuador	0	123	15.46
124	Costa Rica	0	124	14.75
125	Guatemala	0	125	14.27
126	St Lucia	0	126	13.50
127	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	127	12.50
128	Estonia	0	128	12.00
129	Lesotho	23	152	12.00
130	Curacao	-1	129	11.90
131	Benin	-1	130	11.60
132	Burkina Faso	-1	131	11.50
133	Burundi	-1	132	11.40
134	Chad	-1	133	11.30
135	Panama	-1	134	11.22
136	Dominican Republic	-1	135	11.20
137	Kyrgyzstan	-1	136	11.10
138	Macau	-1	137	11.00
139	Mali	-1	138	10.90
140	Martinique	-1	139	10.80
141	Mauritania	-1	140	10.70
142	Mayotte	-1	141	10.60
143	Mongolia	-1	142	10.50
144	New Caledonia	-1	143	10.40
145	Qatar	-1	144	10.20
146	Rwanda	-1	145	10.10
147	Togo	-1	146	9.90
148	Uzbekistan	-1	147	9.80
149	Wallis & Futuna	-1	148	9.70
150	Afghanistan	-1	149	9.60
151	El Salvador	-1	150	8.98
152	Nicaragua	-1	151	8.58

Past RugbyRedefined Rankings

8th / 9th Nov 2013 – 18th Nov 2013 – 25th Nov 2013 – 1st Dec 2013 
9th Dec 2013 – 22nd Dec 2013 – 3rd Feb 2014 – 10th Feb 2014– 24th Feb 2014

 

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