If nz go to 1, losing this summer series won't feel half as bad

"We were beaten by the BEST"

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Excellent stuff, mate!

Where would South Africa and wales have been if the result was the other way round?

Id say the South Africans are still tip, it's just their arm wrestle style that keeps the scoring low, unless it's against England…its great to see the All Blacks looking more like their usual selves too in their win against Ireland.

There are only eight teams that are competitive, the same eight that have dominated for the last fifty years, the rest don’t stand a chance.
Which is also what makes rugby boring and predictable.

South Africa must just forget about rankings and focus on preparing for next world cup!!! Rankings always change

Use the like button as a we need a "we reaction ASAP to the new South African squad for Saturday" button..

Springboks care more about RWC 2023 prep than keeping the No. 1 spot. They clearly know that even if they take the Welsh series 3-0 they could still end up losing No.1 due to Wales' low ranking and Ireland's weak play. Evidence: 14 changes for this weekend's match with 6 debuts. Go Bokke!

I never liked the wr ranking, it not show the true potential of any team, as for example an Italy that was behind Georgia and the others, or like France not being n°1 seen what powerhouse it is now.

the three sides with the best shot at winning the '23 world cup are in the first 3 ranking slots. That's good enough for me. I'll not nitpick those ranks, and then as you go down the list, the exact position isn't that important – if your side is in the top ten you got it goin' on.

Wales should be higher up. Even though they had a flurry of penalties against them last Saturday.

So South Africa can win all games against Wales and still drop below NZ?

I think your own power rankings are more logical, and reflective of the current forms than these world rankings. 🤗

As an irish man . I admire Italy for trying and trying again year after year in six nations 👍👍

from sbok support,sboks do their best to fall again,"if they will go on",same players that didnt perform same irritating boring poor kicking game slow game by no.9,ect……,then nz top again like always….the thing is nz are not stuborn arogant doing and select players that doesnt work over and ovee again,they adapt to new ruels and play and in play so quick and easy,also tackle the mistakes and poor play direcktly not waiting to loose or few narrow games then rush to do something…if something not working in a game they adopt in such way u dont even realized it……as a sbok i saluut nz for that…

Well both the Springboks and the AB's did not have a great 2021. Hopefully they can improve this year. But the team to watch and beat is the French. From a Springbok supporter

No doubt the best and most honest rugby analysis. South Africa – and yes All Blacks perenially the best so rugby championship going to be really interesting. Aussies real contenders now. Always prefer Boks to go to world cup as underdogs – then they are dangerous. Will France live up to expectations? Wonder. Southern Hemisphere will dominate once again. Draw of WC needs to be revised

Maybe there should be a world ranking for those teams that don't make the world ranking table, let them have there own ranking table.
PS- that would be very very interesting indeed.
PS- even if you do your own ranking table, see how you look at it !

According to Mike Brown, the first thing Eddie Jones said as the new England coach after the RWC 2015 debacle was – "You England are currently seventh in the world rankings. Japan are eighth and their tallest lock is six foot. It's fu*king unacceptable". You've got to hand it to Eddie. He knows how to make you laugh sometimes.

Wales are waaaay too low! That was the first game the boks have played in a while. All the northern hemisphere nations have played in the 6 Nations! Good win by the Kiwis!

Thanks for the vid.

How does france get points for japan thats ridiculous honestly

Sweet bro!

Alot of people are upset that ZA is number 1, people are not used to change the reason i say this is i was just scrolling away on Facebook and a page called rugby onslaught popped up and they made a meme about us with a pretty trashy caption on it tbh im disgusted if world rugby wants us to be the most hated side then we wilk gladly reinforce those principles as south africans if you cant win people over be what they say you are

Italy 🇮🇹 smashed Romania away from home, but last week were pushed hard in Lisbon and fortunate to beat a slowly improving Portugal side, the Iberien team could be a real force in Intercontinental repechage.

Georgia vs Italy will be such a banger! Can't wait.
Oh and you should definitely take a look on Algeria. They only joined World Rugby in 2019 and they are climbing fast! Won't be surprised if they become one of the new african powerhouse (by that I mean Namibia's level) in the future. Especially with their close history with France, there's clearly the potential to create some synergy with them.

Looking at this, I’d say England are very capable of losing to the 3 nations below us but at the moment I wouldn’t fancy us against any of the nations above us ! Thanks Eddie 🙄

Big game for Zimbabwe and Namibia this week as well in the semi final of the Africa Cup. Sure that result will have some affect on the rankings. Hoping the Sables boys can get a win over Namibia and get one step closer to getting to a World Cup again!

ahhh we were no 8 for ages but see we are now no 9 🙂

World Rugby is more corrupt than FIFA !!!!!!!!!!!!! BOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!

Never been a big fan of World rankings. But do impact WC pools is suppose

crazy coming into the week with the world champs in as underdogs at home🥴

France would have to be first to any non-bias rugby observer. Also, Fiji will be in the top 7 by the end of the world cup all things being equal. South Africa, NZ and France are in a league of their own.

In terms of rankings South Africa playing wales seems stupid, SA will win all three games and still drop below Nz

great vid

New Zealand gained nearly a whole point, ( 0.03) off. if we gain another nearly whole point we would be ahead of South Africa?