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The IRL Men's World Rankings are the ranking system for men's national teams in the sport of rugby league football. The teams of the member nations of the International Rugby League, rugby league football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. A point system is used ...
The South African Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in South Africa.The Association was formed in 1998. [1] [2]In 2011, South African Rugby League instituted a new constitution which saw the countries first national league since the apartheid ban – the Rhino Cup. [3]
Over the next several years, rugby league lay dormant in South Africa and it was not until the 1960s when talks of creating a national side began. After much discussion within South Africa, it was eventually agreed for a national side to play a touring Great Britain and then undertake a tour of Australasia. The first South African national side ...
Where do the 20 competing nations sit ahead of the tournament?
IRL Men's World Rankings; Official rankings as of 21 December 2022: Rank Change Team Pts % 1 3 Australia: 100.00 2 1 New Zealand: 93.00 3 4 Samoa: 87.00 4 1 England: 73.00 5 3 Tonga: 58.00 6 1 Papua New Guinea: 47.00 7 1 Fiji: 45.00 8 5 Lebanon: 36.00 9 France: 28.00 10 6 Wales: 23.00 11 1 Ireland: 23.00 12 8 Cook Islands: 20.00 13 8 Jamaica ...
The 2022 South African Rugby League season was the twelfth season of domestic rugby league in South Africa.Two competitions were contested, the Rhino Cup (First Division) and Protea Cup (Second Division), with twelve clubs taking part overall.
Rugby league in South Africa Interview during the 2017 South Africa school's finals Country South Africa Governing body South African Rugby League National team(s) South Africa First played 1950s National competitions World Cup Club competitions Rhino Cup Protea Cup Rugby league is a team sport played in South Africa. There has been multiple attempts to establish the sport in the country ...
A weighting system has been implemented by the IRL to give more points to teams if they gain a victory over a major team in a major tournament, with friendlies ranked with considerably fewer points than any World Cup finals match or the final of Cups such as the European, Mediterranean and Pacific Cups.