Rankings

[Chester Draws]

Japan are in the wrong time zone for the 6 Nations.

Games playing in the middle of the night don't attract viewers.

[Bones]

@sparky well consider it done then eh! UK government are nothing if not efficient.

[Machpants]

First time for a while that the ranking look pretty accurate, probably a slight adjustment after Wales lose to Boks and it'll be correct!

[Duluth]

1. England - 92.29
2. South Africa - 90.71
3. New Zealand - 89.92
4. Wales - 87.21
5. Ireland - 84.45
6. Australia - 81.90
7. France - 80.88
8. Japan - 79.28
9. Scotland - 79.23
10. Argentina - 78.31

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12280269

[sparky]

@Duluth Australia should be above Ireland. Nothing between NZ and SA. Hard to argue about the rest.

[booboo]

Third

[Bovidae]

There is extra weighting for RWC games so that means more movement with wins or loses.

[Kruse]

@booboo said in Rankings:

Third

From what I can see... as long as we win against Wales, no matter what happens in the final - we'll move back to 2nd.
Yay. (heavy sarcasm)

[Machpants]

@Kruse yup. If England win as expected we should be second, as we beat SA already

[Kirwan]

When's the next match scheduled against England? The buildup to that will be huge.

[sparky]

@Kirwan said in Rankings:

When's the next match scheduled against England? The buildup to that will be huge.

7 November 2020, Twickenham.

[Bovidae]

WR looks to have updated their rankings straight after the final.

[Machpants]

So when's the game vs boks next RC?

[pakman]

Based on RWC head to head those rankings are right. Or at least top 4.

[chimoaus]

@Machpants said in Rankings:

So when's the game vs boks next RC?

Looks like the schedule might not be out yet, just saw some rumors of an expanded comp next year?
"Following Japan’s success at this year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan, as well as Fiji’s status as one of the game’s sleeping giants, the SANZAAR unions (South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina) have reportedly agreed to include them in an expanded Rugby Championship."

Steven  /  Oct 31, 2019

The Rugby Championship will add two teams in 2020 - Ruck

Japan and Fiji will be invited to an expanded Rugby Championship, according to The Times. Following Japan’s success at this year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan, as well as Fiji’s…

[taniwharugby]

@chimoaus reckon that'd be great, make it like the 6N with home and away on alternate years

[cgrant]

The Fijians are all playing in European clubs. They won't be at their best in August and September.

[nzzp]

Remember, Japan has the population of France and the UK combined.

Or, NZ + Aus + SA + Argentina.

They are a massive opportunity, we've got rocks in our head if we're not trying to break into it. This was true before the RWC, and before we kicked the sunwolves out (or tried to base a team there without support)

[antipodean]

@nzzp said in Rankings:

Remember, Japan has the population of France and the UK combined.

Or, NZ + Aus + SA + Argentina.

They are a massive opportunity, we've got rocks in our head if we're not trying to break into it. This was true before the RWC, and before we kicked the sunwolves out (or tried to base a team there without support)

With the financial resources available in Japan, we'd be certifiable if we weren't heavily investing in supporting the growth of rugby over there. It could quite literally change the power structure of the game world wide.

[MajorRage]

You'll note England have already scheduled to play Japan twice in Japan mid next year.

and EOYT games have been organised with the other home nations.