RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET WORLD INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2023 STANDINGS As at 19 March, 2023												WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS WORLD TABLE 2023 STANDINGS Adapted from https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru As at 20 March, 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
1	IRELAND	2	1	3	6	1	5	2	7		1	IRELAND	91.82	90.63	86.53	84.65	84.45	91.17	86.39	84.62	81.17
2	FRANCE	1	5	2	8	8	8	11	8		2	FRANCE	90.47	90.01	85.53	85.30	80.88	77.33	78.77	80.13	79.77
3	NEW ZEALAND *	3	6	6	3	2	4	1	1		3	NEW ZEALAND *	88.98	88.98	88.75	88.95	92.11	92.54	93.99	94.78	96.10
4	SOUTH AFRICA *	4	3	X	1	5	7	7	3		4	SOUTH AFRICA *	88.97	88.97	90.61		94.19	84.58	83.81	81.79	87.66
5	SCOTLAND	9	4	4	7	9	2	9	9		5	SCOTLAND	82.77	81.55	83.05	80.82	79.23	81.84	82.31	80.67	77.94
6	ENGLAND	5	2	1	2	3	1	3	5		6	ENGLAND	82.12	83.66	87.83	89.45	88.82	86.22	90.87	90.46	79.77
7	GEORGIA	6	11	10	11	14	15	14	14		7	AUSTRALIA *	81.80	81.80	83.92	83.08	81.90	82.40	85.49	86.35	89.33
8	AUSTRALIA  *	7	8	5	9	6	3	8	2		8	ARGENTINA *	80.72	80.72	80.58	80.31	78.31	77.05	78.22	79.91	82.59
9	WALES	8	7	8	4	4	6	6	4		9	WALES	78.08	78.09	81.56	79.36	85.02	87.24	80.98	82.55	83.49
10	ARGENTINA  *	10	9	7	13	10	10	10	6		10	JAPAN *	77.39	77.39	78.26		79.28	75.24	75.66	74.22	77.05
11	ITALY	11	19	13	14	12	11	5	11		11	GEORGIA	76.23	75.19	73.72	72.18	71.26	73.42	73.41	74.14	71.45
12	SAMOA  *	12	24	X	15	17	16	15	13		12	SAMOA *	76.03	76.03	73.59		70.72	68.78	69.03	71.25	70.36
13	FIJI  *	13	10	9	10	7	12	12	12		13	FIJI *	74.84	74.84	76.62	76.87	76.21	77.95	77.93	76.46	76.96
14	JAPAN  *	14	12	X	5	13	9	13	10		14	ITALY	74.63	75.95	70.51	70.88	72.04	72.75	71.25	72.47	72.74
15	TONGA  *	15	25	X	19	15	13	4	15		15	TONGA *	71.22	71.22	67.72		71.44	73.02	71.87	71.94	71.60
16	PORTUGAL	19	13	17	26	30	30	22	25		16	PORTUGAL	67.92	65.97	65.84	62.44	61.01	57.08	57.26	56.96	56.34
17	ROMANIA	18	17	15	21	20	14	16	17		17	URUGUAY *	66.24	66.24	66.40	67.02	67.41	66.82	63.15	60.66	62.11
18	SPAIN	16	14	11	18	18	19	18	23		18	UNITED STATES *	65.92	65.92	66.54		68.10	73.66	65.85	64.64	68.66
19	URUGUAY  *	17	20	12	12	19	17	19	21		19	ROMANIA	65.85	64.79	67.91	65.33	66.69	65.45	70.91	69.39	66.59
20	UNITED STATES  *	20	21	X	20	11	21	26	16		20	SPAIN	64.05	67.17	66.20	67.51	68.16	62.24	63.15	60.17	61.96
21	CHILE  *	21	15	X	27	24	22	25	34		21	NAMIBIA *	61.60	61.60	59.72		61.01	60.34	58.93	62.78	61.75
22	RUSSIA  *	22	16	14	16	21	20	28	20		22	CHILE *	60.89	60.89	59.88		53.83	54.36	56.48	55.08	56.92
23	NAMIBIA  *	23	18	X	17	26	24	20	19		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*	59.66	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	GERMANY	52.32				54.26	57.83	60.04	58.99	56.69
29	ALGERIA *	26	X	X	X	X	X	X	31		29	SOUTH KOREA *	52.62	52.62			53.11	53.59	53.34	55.50	56.70
30	ZIMBABWE  *	27	29	X	30	33	33	31	26		30	ZIMBABWE *	52.43	52.43	51.82		50.69	49.28	47.59	49.99	53.24
31	HONG KONG  *	29	X	X	22	27	25	29	24		31	POLAND	51.54
32	KENYA *	30	28	X	29	28	26	21	22		32	KENYA *	51.79	51.79	51.77		52.55	52.79	54.24	59.28	55.89
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 *	46.12	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