RR World Rankings – 2nd March 2015 |

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Another busy week last week in the world of International Rugby , with the 6 Nations , European Nations Cup and the NACRA Championships beginning , and a week that saw alot of movement in the RR World Rankings.

Ireland lead the way moving back up to 3rd place in the World Rankings with their victory of England in Dublin and a result that is setting up a mouth watering possibility of a Ireland vs New Zealand Rugby World Cup battle in October …

Wales got over the Line in Paris while the Scots let slip victory to Italy in the Dying seconds in Edinburgh which now see’s the lads from the Highlands sitting in 10th place and only stying in the TOP 10 by only 0.89 ranking points ahead of 11th place Fiji.

In Europe Russia caused a minor upset over RWC Qualifiers Romania , Georgia once again dominated the Spanish and Portugal were to strong for the visiting Germans.

In the Caribbean in only the second ever meeting between the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and St Lucia , BVI got across the line in the opening match of the South Zone League 22 – 14 and keep their record unbeaten against St Lucia , the BVI share the honours of this week’s biggest movers climbing 2 places from 121st to 119th with Belgium who moved from 30th place to 28th position.

New Zealand still lead the way for the 69th consecutive week.

Latest RESULTS
21-Feb-15	ENC 1B	Netherlands	21 v 23	Belgium
28-Feb-15	6 Nations	Scotland	19 v 22	Italy
28-Feb-15	6 Nations	France	13 v 20	Wales
28-Feb-15	ENC 1A	Russia	16 v 13	Romania
28-Feb-15	ENC 1A	Spain	13 v 26	Georgia
28-Feb-15	ENC 1A	Portugal	11 v 03	Germany
28-Feb-15	ENC 1B	Netherlands	18 v 10	Moldova
28-Feb-15	NACRA	BVI	22 v 14	St Lucia
1-Mar-15	6 Nations	Ireland	19 v 09	England

Pos	Movers Up	Change	Last.Pos	Rank
3	IRELAND	+1	4	86.37
9	SAMOA	+1	10	75.78
13	ITALY	+1	14	73.02
16	USA	+1	17	67.79
17	CANADA	+1	18	67.14
19	RUSSIA	+1	20	64.84
22	PORTUGAL	+1	23	58.40
26	HONG KONG	+1	27	55.82
28	BELGIUM	+2	30	55.44
32	NETHERLANDS	+1	33	52.46
119	BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	+2	121	18.30
126	MONGOLIA	+1	127	15.95

Pos	Movers Down	Change	Last Pos	Rank
4	ENGLAND	-1	3	85.10
10	SCOTLAND	-1	9	75.28
14	JAPAN	-1	13	72.42
18	ROMANIA	-2	16	67.00
20	URUGUAY	-1	19	63.90
23	NAMIBIA	-1	22	57.95
27	GERMANY	-1	26	55.68
29	MOLDOVA	-1	28	54.51
30	CHILE	-1	29	54.49
33	UKRAINE	-1	32	52.03
120	GUATEMALA	-1	119	18.12
121	EGYPT	-1	120	18.07
127	St LUCIA	-1	126	15.67

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FULL RANKINGS

NEW ZEALAND (Weeks at #1 , 69 wks)

0 = no Positional change , (#) = Positional change last week

NEW ZEALAND (Weeks at #1 , 69wks) / {RWC2015} = Qualified for 2015 RWC

RR Pos	Test Nations	Change	Last Pos	Rank
1	NEW ZEALAND {RWC2015}	0	1	93.70
2	SOUTH AFRICA {RWC2015}	0	2	88.21
3	IRELAND {RWC2015}	+1	4	86.37
4	ENGLAND {RWC2015}	-1	3	85.10
5	AUSTRALIA {RWC2015}	0	5	82.93
6	WALES {RWC2015}	0	6	82.83
7	FRANCE {RWC2015}	0	7	78.93
	NZ Maori			78.40
8	ARGENTINA {RWC2015}	0	8	78.28
	British & Irish Lions			76.00
9	SAMOA {RWC2015}	+1	10	75.78
10	SCOTLAND {RWC2015}	-1	9	75.28
11	FIJI {RWC2015}	0	11	74.39
12	TONGA {RWC2015}	0	12	74.17
13	ITALY {RWC2015}	+1	14	73.02
14	JAPAN {RWC2015}	-1	13	72.42
15	GEORGIA {RWC2015}	0	15	70.96
16	USA {RWC2015}	+1	17	67.79
17	CANADA {RWC2015}	+1	18	67.14
18	ROMANIA {RWC2015}	-2	16	67.00
19	RUSSIA	+1	20	64.84
20	URUGUAY {RWC2015}	-1	19	63.90
	Argentina Jaguars			63.77
	World XV			63.00
	Barbarians (UK)			63.00
21	SPAIN	0	21	61.56
22	PORTUGAL	+1	23	58.40
	Emerging Ireland			58.00
	Emerging Italy			58.00
23	NAMIBIA {RWC2015}	-1	22	57.95
24	ZIMBABWE	0	24	57.52
25	KOREA	0	25	57.22
26	HONG KONG	+1	27	55.82
27	GERMANY	-1	26	55.68
28	BELGIUM	+2	30	55.44
29	MOLDOVA	-1	28	54.51
30	CHILE	-1	29	54.49
31	KENYA	0	31	53.17
32	NETHERLANDS	+1	33	52.46
33	UKRAINE	-1	32	52.03
34	POLAND	0	34	51.30
35	CZECH REPUBLIC	0	35	51.23
36	BRAZIL	0	36	51.20
37	MOROCCO	0	37	51.18
38	TUNISIA	0	38	50.52
39	PARAGUAY	0	39	49.63
40	MALTA	0	40	48.73
41	SENEGAL	0	41	48.67
42	KAZAKHSTAN	0	42	48.45
43	LITHUANIA	0	43	47.74
	USA South			47.25
44	COOK ISLANDS	0	44	47.11
45	SWITZERLAND	0	45	47.08
46	SRI LANKA	0	46	46.95
47	CYPRUS	0	47	46.90
48	ARMENIA	0	48	46.85
49	GUYANA	0	49	46.79
50	CROATIA	0	50	46.26
51	SWEDEN	0	51	46.20
52	MADAGASCAR	0	52	45.75
53	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	0	53	45.50
54	PHILIPPINES	0	54	45.48
55	CAYMAN ISLANDS	0	55	45.41
56	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	0	56	45.27
57	COTE d’IVORIE	0	57	44.64
58	COLOMBIA	0	58	44.63
59	SINGAPORE	0	59	44.54
60	UGANDA	0	60	44.50
61	LATVIA	0	61	44.40
62	MEXICO	0	62	43.21
63	CHINESE TAIPEI	0	63	43.06
64	ISRAEL	0	64	42.70
65	MALAYSIA	0	65	42.53
66	CHINA	0	66	41.95
67	VENEZUELA	0	67	41.66
68	BERMUDA	0	68	41.59
69	ANDORRA	0	69	40.98
70	NIUE ISLANDS	0	70	40.45
71	SOLOMON ISLANDS	0	71	40.35
72	IRAN	0	72	40.04
73	HUNGARY	0	73	39.70
74	INDIA	0	74	39.61
75	BOTSWANA	0	75	39.39
76	THAILAND	0	76	39.30
77	SLOVENIA	0	77	38.99
78	PERU	0	78	38.84
79	INDONESIA	0	79	38.82
80	UZBEKISTAN	0	80	38.76
81	LUXEMBOURG	0	81	38.66
82	CAMEROON	0	82	38.33
83	BARBADOS	0	83	38.26
84	DENMARK	0	84	38.03
85	AUSTRIA	0	85	37.88
86	NIGERIA	0	86	37.80
87	JAMAICA	0	87	36.99
88	COSTA RICA	0	88	35.75
89	TAHITI	0	89	35.37
90	BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA	0	90	35.21
91	PAKISTAN	0	91	35.18
92	MONACO	0	92	35.17
93	GUAM	0	93	35.04
94	ZAMBIA	0	94	34.73
95	SERBIA	0	95	33.91
96	VANUATU	0	96	33.45
97	BULGARIA	0	97	33.34
98	MAURITIUS	0	98	33.19
99	BAHAMAS	0	99	32.99
100	ST. VINCENT & GRENADINES	0	100	32.84
101	GIBRALTAR	0	101	32.00
102	NORWAY	0	102	31.82
103	SWAZILAND	0	103	31.25
104	FINLAND	0	104	30.29
105	AMERICAN SAMOA	0	105	30.00
106	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	0	106	29.95
107	GREECE	0	107	28.55
108	TURKEY	0	108	26.66
109	ALGERIA	0	109	23.44
110	LEBANON	0	110	22.75
111	SLOVAKIA	0	111	22.55
112	NIGER	0	112	22.35
113	AZERBAIJAN	0	113	20.09
114	BAHRAIN	0	114	20.00
115	LAO	0	115	19.10
116	LIBYA	0	116	18.97
117	CAMBODIA	0	117	18.80
118	TANZANIA	0	118	18.50
119	BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	+2	121	18.30
120	GUATEMALA	-1	119	18.12
121	EGYPT	-1	120	18.07
122	BRUNEI	0	122	17.00
123	JORDAN	0	123	16.95
124	CURACAO	0	124	16.88
125	REUNION	0	125	16.50
126	MONGOLIA	+1	127	15.95
127	St LUCIA	-1	126	15.67
128	GHANA	0	128	15.66
129	ECUADOR	0	129	15.46
130	TURKS & CAICOS Islands	0	130	12.50
131	ESTONIA	0	131	12.50
132	EL SALVADOR	0	132	12.27
133	BURUNDI	0	133	12.21
134	QATAR	0	134	12.20
135	LESOTHO	0	135	12.00
136	BENIN	0	136	11.60
137	BURKINA FASO	0	137	11.50
138	CHAD	0	138	11.30
139	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	0	139	11.20
140	KYRGYZSTAN	0	140	11.10
141	MACAU	0	141	11.00
142	RWANDA	0	142	10.93
143	MALI	0	143	10.90
144	MARTINIQUE	0	144	10.80
145	MAURITANIA	0	145	10.70
146	MAYOTTE	0	146	10.60
147	NEW CALEDONIA	0	147	10.40
148	TOGO	0	148	9.90
149	WALLIS & FUTUNA	0	149	9.70
150	AFGHANISTAN	0	150	9.60
151	PANAMA	0	151	9.57
152	BELARUS	0	152	9.50
153	NICARAGUA	0	153	8.58
154	DEMOCRATIC Rep. of CONGO	0	154	6.86
155	NAURU	0	155	5.14