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The World Rugby Rankings is a ranking system for national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body. There are separate men's and women's rankings. The teams of World Rugby's member nations are ranked based on their game results, with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
The opening match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup was played between hosts France and three-time champions New Zealand. France won 27–13, courtesy of tries from Damian Penaud and Melvyn Jaminet . Mark Tele'a scored the first try of the tournament for New Zealand after less than two minutes, making it the quickest try in an opening match of a ...
Men's Rugby World Cup: Top 12 teams from previous World Cup (the top 3 in each group) plus 8 nations from regional qualifying tournaments. 1987: 2023: Quadrennial Women's Rugby World Cup: 12 top national women's teams 1991: 2021: Quadrennial [1] Men’s Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales: 1883: 2023: Annually
Where do the 20 competing nations sit ahead of the tournament?
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Ireland, France, South Africa and New Zealand shape as the tournament favourites – but how far down our rankings are England and Wales after a difficult 2023 so far?
Pool B of the 2023 Rugby World Cup began on 9 September 2023 and concluded on 8 October 2023. The pool included holders and world-number-two ranked side South Africa, fellow automatic qualifiers and world-number-one-ranked side Ireland, and world-number-five-ranked side Scotland. They are joined by Romania and Tonga. [1]
World Ranking [a] Trophy/Other comp. Ref. Home Away 4 February Scotland: Twickenham Stadium, London 23 29 2023 Six Nations Championship: Loss Scotland: Owen Farrell 6th Calcutta Cup [66] [67] 12 February Italy: Twickenham Stadium, London 31 14 Win England: 6th — [68] [69] 25 February Wales: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 10 20 Win England: 6th ...