World Rugby Women's World Rankings

Global sports team ranking list

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Top 20 rankings as of 19 August 2024[1]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  England 096.90
2 Steady  New Zealand 089.32
3 Steady  Canada 089.13
4 Steady  France 087.27
5 Steady  Australia 078.00
6 Steady  Scotland 075.99
7 Increase2  United States 074.97
8 Decrease1  Wales 074.28
9 Decrease1  Italy 074.26
10 Steady  Ireland 073.53
11 Steady  Japan 067.83
12 Steady  South Africa 065.17
13 Steady  Spain 065.15
14 Steady  Fiji 061.19
15 Steady  Russia 061.10
16 Steady  Netherlands 058.98
17 Steady  Hong Kong 058.76
18 Steady  Samoa 058.48
19 Steady  Kazakhstan 055.23
20 Steady  Sweden 052.72
*Change from the previous week


The World Rugby Women's World Rankings is a ranking system for women's national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body.[2] Led by England as of June 2023,[3] they attempt to compare the strength of at any given time.

As a follow-on to the existing World Rugby Men's World Rankings, the teams of World Rugby's member nations are ranked based on their game results, with the most successful teams being ranked highest.

List of rankings leader

Team Start Date End Date Weeks Total
Weeks
 New Zealand 8 September 2003 3 December 2012 482 482
 England 3 December 2012 11 February 2013 10 10
 New Zealand 11 February 2013 19 June 2017 227 709
 England 19 June 2017 21 August 2017 9 19
 New Zealand 21 August 2017 16 November 2020 221 930
 England 16 November 2020 Present[a] 197 216

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ As of 26 August 2024.

References

  1. ^ "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ "The World Rugby Rankings in numbers". World Rugby. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Rugby Football Union announces enhanced and extended contracts for England's Red Roses players". Sky Sports. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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