Following the Springbok defeat at the hands of the French and the All Blacks win against the Italians, the Springboks have slumped back down to 2nd position and the All Blacks have regained 1st spot on the IRB rankings.
The latest rankings are:
IRB top 20: Previous week’s ranking in brackekts
1(2) NEW ZEALAND 90.52
2(1) SOUTH AFRICA 89.97
3(3) AUSTRALIA 85.63
4(5) FRANCE 83.20
5(4) IRELAND 83.20
6(8) ENGLAND 81.07
7(6) ARGENTINA 80.49
8(7) WALES 80.39
9(10) SCOTLAND 76.06
11(11) SAMOA 73.47
12(12) ITALY 71.23
13(14) JAPAN 69.68
14(13) CANADA 68.76
15(15) TONGA 67.53
16(16) RUSSIA 67.17
17(18) USA 66.87
18(17) GEORGIA 66.85
19(19) ROMANIA 64.85
20(20) URUGUAY 61.07
Oi vei!
Pls note the ABs did not earn any IRB points in Italy. This was only one team moving down – not also the other team (mine) moving up !
Whatever! We stay World Champs!!
What happens to Ireland when they beat the Boks! Do they move tops! You think I’m pushing it.
They all said the challenge would be to stay at the top… well, challenge is on.
I don’t think these ratings mean anything really. We will play Italy then Ireland and come home. Think ABs have more games to play than we have so they will go even further ahead of us. So how does it work then?
Then maybe in the 3 Nations we should get extra points or something like that as we beat ABs 3 times this year but sit behind them now.
Really don’t take these ratings serious. Winning the World Cup is more important and winning the Tri-Nations.
@Puma: Puma die ‘ratings’ is belangrik … as ons nr.1 is ! 😉
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