Before the start of World Cup, Georgian national rugby team is in the 16th place with 70,30 points in International Rugby Board (IRB) ranking. Teams will not hold rating matches till September 9 and nothing will change.
Considering the results of last week’s matches, the front neighbor of Georgia has changed. Tonga beat Fiji 32:20, advanced with 3 places in ranking and is in the 12th place. Tonga earned 1,42 placed. Fiji lost points and is in the 15th place.
Tonga is not the only team which advanced in ranking. Wales and Scotland beat Argentina and Italy and advanced. “Wales” won over Argentina 28:13 and when Ireland lost against France 22:26, this team moved to the 7th place. Wales took its place. Because of losing against Scotland and France, Ireland lost three places. Scotland is in the 8th place and is close to Ireland. Argentina is in the 9th place. France is still in the 4th place. South Africa which beat New Zealand 18:5 is ahead of it. “Old Black” is in the first place but is only 3,89 points ahead of Australia. Japan beat USA 20:14 in Tokyo. Romania won over Ukraine 41:16 and earned 0,12 rating points. Romania is more than 4 points behind Georgia.
International Rugby Board (IRB) World Ranking for August 22
1 (1). New Zealanad 91, 46
2 (2). Australia 87, 75
3 (3). South Africa 85,70
4 (4). France 83,79
5 (5). England 81,82
6 (7). Wales 80,79
7 (6). Ireland 79,57
8 (9). Scotland 78,83
9 (8). Argentina 78,40
10 (10). Samoa 74,55
11 (11). Italy 73,88
12 (15). Tonga 72,49
13 (13). Japan 71,96
14 (14). Canada 71,56
15 (12). Fiji 70,83
16 (16). Georgia 70,30
17 (17). Romania 65,69
18 (18). USA 65,00
19 (19). Russia 61,93
20 (20). Namibia 61,43
21 (21). Portugal 60,67
22 (22). Uruguay 60,00
23 (23). Chile 59,52
24 (24). Spain 59,43
25 (25). Belgium 56,50
26 (26). Morocco 56,11
27 (27). Hong Kong 54,49
28 (28). Moldova 54,10
29 (29). Brazil 54,04
30 (30). CzechRepublic 53,78
31 (31). Kazakhstan 53,66
32 (32). Korea 53,51
33 (33). Ukraine 53,22
34 (34). Poland 52,88
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