World Rugby Ranking: South Africa alone at the top at the end of the World Cup

Italy, both for men and women, confirms its positions in the rankings

World Rugby Ranking: South Africa alone at the top at the end of the World Cup – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images

The tenth edition of the Rugby World Cup has also reached its epilogue. An epilogue that couldn’t have been more epic, considering that in the final the two most successful nations in the history of the competition clashed, both with 3 victories before the battle at the Stade de France: South Africa and New Zealand.

At the end of 80 very tough minutes the Springboks, reigning world champions, confirmed their place for the fourth time. They resisted all the All Blacks’ comeback attempts (despite the numerical inferiority for a large part of the match) and snatched another very narrow victory 12-11. A success which, in addition to launching them into the Olympus of rugby as the most successful team in the history of the World Cup, cements their primacy in the World Rugby Ranking.

Thanks to this latest success on French soil, South Africa confirms its first place in the world rankings, edging out New Zealand which loses 1.75 points and climbs to third place, behind Ireland in second place.

With France remaining stable in fourth place, England finds space behind the Blues who, by winning the 2023 Rugby World Cup final, obtains 1.74 points and moves away from Scotland, stuck in sixth place. Argentina, the national team beaten by the English, at least maintains seventh position but Wales threatens it less than a tenth of a point away.

For the rest, nothing else changes in the men’s ranking. Italy remains in eleventh place between Fiji and Japan but can at least smile for having improved by two positions compared to the start of the 2023 Rugby World Cup (click here to see what the standings looked like before the start of the World Cup).

As regards the women’s ranking, coach Raineri’s Italy, thanks to the latest success during the WXV against the USA, confirms the seventh place achieved last week, moving closer to Wales and keeping Scotland, also victorious, at a distance. England dominates at the top, followed by New Zealand and France.

World Rugby Ranking: the ranking at the end of the 2023 World Cup, with South Africa alone in command

World Rugby Ranking maschile

1 South Africa 94.54 (+1.75)
2 (↑3) Ireland 90.57
3 (↓2) New Zealand 89.80 (-1.75)
4 France 87.81
5 England 85.46 (+1.74)
6 Scotland 83.43
7 Argentina 80.68 (-1.74)
8 Wales 80.64
9 Australia 77.48
10 Fiji 76.38
11 Italia 75.93
12 Japan 74.27
13 Portugal 72.78
14 Georgia 72.68
15 Samoa 72.23
16 Tonga 71.57
17 Uruguay 67.39
18 USA 66.22
19 Spain 64.05
20 Romania 63.28

World Rugby Ranking femminile

1 England 94.60 (+0.05)
2 New Zealand 92.14
3 France 89.35 (-2.00)
4 Canada 84.82 (-0.05)
5 Australia 80.97 (+2.00)
6 Wales 77.30
7 Italia 75.61 (+1.37)
8 (↑9) Scotland 74.37 (+1.08)
9 (↓8) USA 72.02 (-1.37)
10 Ireland 71.52 (+0.42)
11 Japan 69.38 (-1.08)
12 Spain 64.89 (-0.42)
13 South Africa 64.37 (+0.47)
14 Russia 61.10
15 (↑16) If 60.02
16 (↓15) Samoa 59.57 (-0.47)
17 (↑19) Fiji 58.65 (+1.57)
18 (↓17) Hong Kong China 58.31
19 (↑20) Sweden 56.01
20 (↓18) Kazakhstan 55.97 (-1.57)

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