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Rankings are based on the team's performance, with more recent results and more significant matches being more heavily weighted to help reflect the current competitive state of a team. The men's ranking system was introduced the month before the 2003 Rugby World Cup, with the first new rankings issued on 8 September 2003, when they were called ...
World Rank Tier Rank Points Player Position International team(s) Years active Caps Tries Con Pen DG Avg. PTS (per game) Ref 1 1 1598 Dan Carter: Fly-half New Zealand: 2003–2015 112 29 293 281 8 14.27 [1] 2 2 1271 Owen Farrell: Fly-half; Centre England (1237) British and Irish Lions (34) 2012–2023 119 10 201 268 5 10.68 [2] [3] 3 3 1246 ...
The most players (152) are active in clubs based in France, 106 of them in the Top 14, 32 in Pro D2, and 14 in Championnat Fédéral Nationale, Fédérale 1, 2, 3. Oldest player: P. J. van Lill of Namibia - (39 years, 297 days - vs Uruguay) [73] [74] Youngest player: Tornike Kakhoidze of Georgia - (20 years, 45 days - vs Fiji)
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New Zealand hold the record for the most matches played whilst defending the No. 1 World Ranking, playing 128 matches during that time. South Africa currently top the world rankings. Not shown on the table, but the other nations to have been ranked No. 1, are Wales , spending two weeks in the top spot in 2019, before relinquishing the No. 1 ...
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?
The 2023 Rugby World Cup was held in France from 8 September to 28 October 2023. Twenty teams qualified and each named an initial squad of 33 players, two more than at the previous World Cup. Squads were submitted before the tournament, and replacement players could be added during the tournament on injury grounds. [1]