RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET WORLD INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2023 STANDINGS As at 2 October 2023											WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS WORLD TABLE 2023 STANDINGS Adapted from https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru As at 2 October  2023 Note: World Rugby update their rankings on Mondays Greenich MT
2023	WORLD TABLE	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015			WORLD TABLE	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015		Moved up
1	IRELAND	2	1	3	6	1	5	2	7		1	IRELAND	93.79	90.63	86.53	84.65	84.45	91.17	86.39	84.62	81.17		Moved down
2	FRANCE	1	5	2	8	8	8	11	8		2	FRANCE	90.59	90.01	85.53	85.30	80.88	77.33	78.77	80.13	79.77		No Movement
3	SOUTH AFRICA	4	3	X	1	5	7	7	3		3	SOUTH AFRICA	89.70	88.97	90.61		94.19	84.58	83.81	81.79	87.66
4	SCOTLAND	9	4	4	7	9	2	9	9		4	NEW ZEALAND	87.69	88.98	88.75	88.95	92.11	92.54	93.99	94.78	96.10
5	NEW ZEALAND	3	6	6	3	2	4	1	1		5	SCOTLAND	83.43	81.55	83.05	80.82	79.23	81.84	82.31	80.67	77.94
6	WALES	8	7	8	4	4	6	6	4		6	ENGLAND	83.24	83.66	87.83	89.45	88.82	86.22	90.87	90.46	79.77
7	FIJI	13	10	9	10	7	12	12	12		7	WALES	83.17	78.09	81.56	79.36	85.02	87.24	80.98	82.55	83.49
8	ENGLAND	5	2	1	2	3	1	3	5		8	FIJI	81.16	74.84	76.62	76.87	76.21	77.95	77.93	76.46	76.96
9	GEORGIA	6	11	10	11	14	15	14	14		9	ARGENTINA	79.31	80.72	80.58	80.31	78.31	77.05	78.22	79.91	82.59
10	AUSTRALIA	7	8	5	9	6	3	8	2		10	AUSTRALIA	77.48	81.80	83.92	83.08	81.90	82.40	85.49	86.35	89.33
11	PORTUGAL	19	13	17	26	30	30	22	25		11	ITALY	75.93	75.95	70.51	70.88	72.04	72.75	71.25	72.47	72.74
12	ARGENTINA	10	9	7	13	10	10	10	6		12	JAPAN	75.51	77.39	78.26		79.28	75.24	75.66	74.22	77.05
13	ITALY	11	19	13	14	12	11	5	11		13	GEORGIA	72.68	75.19	73.72	72.18	71.26	73.42	73.41	74.14	71.45
14	JAPAN	14	12	X	5	13	9	13	10		14	SAMOA	72.23	76.03	73.59		70.72	68.78	69.03	71.25	70.36
15	SAMOA	12	24	X	15	17	16	15	13		15	TONGA	70.29	71.22	67.72		71.44	73.02	71.87	71.94	71.60
16	TONGA	15	25	X	19	15	13	4	15		16	PORTUGAL	68.78	65.97	65.84	62.44	61.01	57.08	57.26	56.96	56.34
17	UNITED STATES	20	21	X	20	11	21	26	16		17	URUGUAY	67.39	66.24	66.40	67.02	67.41	66.82	63.15	60.66	62.11
18	ROMANIA	18	17	15	21	20	14	16	17		18	UNITED STATES	66.22	65.92	66.54		68.10	73.66	65.85	64.64	68.66
19	SPAIN	16	14	11	18	18	19	18	23		19	ROMANIA	64.56	64.79	67.91	65.33	66.69	65.45	70.91	69.39	66.59
20	URUGUAY	17	20	12	12	19	17	19	21		20	SPAIN	64.05	67.17	66.20	67.51	68.16	62.24	63.15	60.17	61.96
21	NAMIBIA	23	18	X	17	26	24	20	19		21	NAMIBIA	60.56	61.60	59.72		61.01	60.34	58.93	62.78	61.75
22	CHILE	21	15	X	27	24	22	25	34		22	CHILE	60.49	60.89	59.88		53.83	54.36	56.48	55.08	56.92
23	RUSSIA  *	22	16	14	16	21	20	28	20		23	CANADA	60.46	60.46	61.80		61.12	62.95	59.47	63.95	62.65
24	CANADA	24	22	X	25	22	18	27	18		24	HONG KONG CHINA	59.80	59.66			61.23	58.11	59.66	56.50	57.17
25	NETHERLANDS	28	26	X	X	X	X	X	X		25	RUSSIA *	58.06	58.06	58.60	62.12	63.09	65.20	64.12	63.25	63.54
26	GERMANY	X	X	X	28	25	23	17	27		26	NETHERLANDS	55.84	53.12	56.82
27	BELGIUM	25	23	16	23	16	29	X	X		27	BELGIUM	54.58	55.97	54.86	57.17	55.74	58.09	56.94
28	POLAND	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		28	SOUTH KOREA	53.46	52.62			53.11	53.59	53.34	55.50	56.70
29	ALGERIA *	26	X	X	X	X	X	X	31		29	ZIMBABWE *	52.43	52.43	51.82		50.69	49.28	47.59	49.99	53.24
30	ZIMBABWE  *	27	29	X	30	33	33	31	26		30	GERMANY	52.32				54.26	57.83	60.04	58.99	56.69
31	HONG KONG CHINA	29	X	X	22	27	25	29	24		31	KENYA *	51.79	51.79	51.77		52.55	52.79	54.24	59.28	55.89
32	KENYA *	30	28	X	29	28	26	21	22		32	POLAND	51.54
33	SOUTH KOREA	31	X	X	31	31	31	24	28		33	UGANDA *	47.25	47.25				48.34	50.69	47.44
34	MALAYSIA	32	X	X	38	X	X	X	30		34	IVORY COAST *	46.24	46.24			47.57	46.59
35	UGANDA *	33	X	X	X	29	27	30	X		35	MALAYSIA	45.82	46.12			46.12	46.26			43.53
36	SENEGAL *	34	X	X	X	39	38	X	X		36	SENEGAL *	43.22	43.22				44.82	45.85	48.79
37	IVORY COAST  *	35	X	X	36	41	X	X	X		37	ALGERIA *	36.25	36.25
38	BURKINA FASO *	36	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		38	BURKINA FASO *	31.05	31.05
39	BERMUDA  *	37	X	X	40	X	X	X	X		X	BRAZIL  *			53.31	57.71	58.89	56.81	55.91	50.67	48.44
40	GIBRALTAR  *	38	X	X	37	43	X	X	X		X	COLOMBIA *			51.87		51.92	49.84	48.36	47.97
41	JAMAICA *	39	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	SWITZERLAND *					52.60	53.24
X	COLOMBIA  *	X	27	X	32	35	35	33	X		X	MEXICO *					47.55	45.66	45.12	45.62
X	BRAZIL  *	X	30	18	24	23	28	23	35		X	PARAGUAY *					46.90	49.59	48.54	49.46	50.46
X	MEXICO  *	X	X	X	33	37	36	34	X		X	CAYMAN ISLANDS *					42.99
X	PARAGUAY  *	X	X	X	34	36	34	32	33		X	TUNISIA *						48.53	47.26		49.11
X	SWITZERLAND  *	X	X	X	35	40	X	X	X		X	MOROCCO *						46.33
X	CAYMAN ISLANDS  *	X	X	X	39	X	X	X	X		X	COOK ISLANDS *						45.11
X	TUNISIA *	X	X	X	X	32	32	X	29		X	GUYANA *						43.15
X	MOROCCO *	X	X	X	X	34	X	X	X		X	PAPUA NEW GUINEA *								39.27
X	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES *	X	X	X	X	42	X	X	X		X	KAZAKHSTAN *									48.14
X	COOK ISLANDS *	X	X	X	X	44	X	X	X	* Yet to qualify in 2023
X	GUYANA *	X	X	X	X	45	X	X	X
X	PAPUA NEW GUINEA *	X	X	X	X	38	37	35	X
X	KAZAKHSTAN *	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	32
	* Yet to qualify in 2023