This weekend's international matches largely reshuffled the cards regarding the world rankings. And this from the Top 3 in the world! Let's remember that at the end of September, Ireland regained first place from South Africa after the Springboks' defeat in Argentina. But after their success over Scotland, the double world champions regained the lead, followed by New Zealand who beat Ireland.
Ireland which plummets to 3rd place in the ranking, just ahead of France which, despite its great success against Japan, does not budge. Behind France, we no longer find England, which loses two places, but Argentina, which moves up a notch. Scotland, even if it was beaten, took advantage of the defeat of the XV de la Rose to still take a place as well.
The scenario is somewhat the same in the lower part of the Top 10. Largely beaten by Argentina, Italy loses two places, which benefits Australia then Fiji.
The world Top 10 as of November 11, 2024:
1 – South Africa (92, 46 points) +1
2 – New Zealand (91.21 points) +1
3 – Ireland (90.58 points) -2
4 – France (86,96 points)
5 – Argentine (85,60 points) +1
6 – Scotland (82.70 points) +1
7 – England (82.62 points) -2
8 – Australia (81.14 points) +1
9 – Fiji (80.07 points) +1
10 – Italy (78.67 points) -2
To summarize
This weekend's international matches largely reshuffled the cards regarding the world rankings. And this from the Top 3 in the world! Discover the Top 10 of the updated world ranking, and largely shaken up after this weekend of the November tour.
