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[Honor James]

Australia top the latest RLIF rankings which have been released today and feature 28 national Rugby League teams spread over five continents.

The Kangaroos have amassed 1,418.964 rating points which gives them a 100 per cent rating index putting them ahead of New Zealand in second place on 73 per cent and England in third on 55 per cent.

Papua New Guinea sit in fourth position with 291.7474 rating points and a rating index of 21 per cent.

With the 2013 Rugby League World Cup just around the corner, France have extended their lead over Wales in fifth place courtesy of their 28-16 victory on June 16.

Elsewhere, Ireland have overtaken USA into 11th place and below this Russia and Serbia are now level on 43 points with Russia moving up from 17th to 16th place, overtaking the Serbs courtesy of their victory in the Shield. Germany move up one place from 19th to 18th thanks to their Shield campaign and Canada draw virtually level on points with Malta in 20th position.

RLWC2013 tickets go on general sale on Friday October 26, one year out from the first match double-header at the Millennium Stadium.

For more information on the RLIF visit: http://www.rlif.com/

The full RLIF world rankings are as follows: (Team name, Rating points, Rating index)

Australia
1417.964
100%
New Zealand
1040.941
73%
England
779.2501
55%
PNG
291.7474
21%
France
251.0724
18%
Wales
240.6773
17%
Fiji
147.4178
10%
Samoa
127.6
9%
Tonga
105.3552
7%
Scotland
85.61752
6%
Ireland
79.99498
6%
USA
68.77781
5%
Italy
59.25739
4%
Lebanon
50.51217
4%
Cook Islands
47.48089
3%
Russia
43.38331
3%
Serbia
43.25831
3%
Germany
37.45972
3%
Norway
33.696
2%
Malta
25.7824
2%
Canada
25.00091
2%
Jamaica
20.5962
1%
Ukraine
18.1596
1%
South Africa
16.71041
1%
Czech Republic
12.82406
1%
Latvia
11.9392
1%
Denmark
6.8096
0%
Sweden
3.12
0%

PHIL CAPLAN
RLEF MEDIA OFFICER

[keighley]

Whilst there are some obvious lightweights in the list they do all exist. When I was a boy we had four rl nations in total. Pretty impressive growth really.

[deluded pom?]

How do Fiji, Samoa the Cooks and Tonga maintain such high rankings when they hardly ever play?

[deluded pom?]

Why does the OP have a list including Denmark yet the list on the RLIF link has them down as unranked? I also can't see any reference to a date to confirm when they were last updated?

Edited by deluded pom?, 29 July 2012 - 04:11 PM.

[EdinburghExile]

Seen on Twitter: unofficial rankings updated too:

https://twitter.com/...533042316816384 1 Australia 2224 2 New Zealand 1898 3 England 1801 4 Papua New Guinea 1400 5 Tonga 1349 6 Fiji 1330 7 Wales 1320 8 Samoa 1308 9 France 1306 10 Cook Islands 1244 11 Scotland 1097 12 Lebanon 1086 13 Ireland 1009 14 Italy 611 15 Russia 583 16 USA 476 17 Morocco 375 18 South Africa 366 19 Malta 312 20 Serbia 283 21 Ukraine 260 22 Greece 258 23 Germany 227 24 Denmark 210 25 Norway 209 +1 26 Latvia 195 27 Canada 180 28 Catalonia 176 29 Portugal 171 30 Jamaica 167 31 UAE 165 32 Belgium 160 33 Pakistan 149 34 Czech Republic 126 35 Japan 122 36 Hungary 114 37 Sweden 106 -1 38 Estonia 77

Edited by EdinburghExile, 29 July 2012 - 10:45 PM.

[brooza]

Why does the OP have a list including Denmark yet the list on the RLIF link has them down as unranked? I also can't see any reference to a date to confirm when they were last updated?

Because the RLIF haven't updated their website yet, this is from the RLEF.

http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/502/latest-world-rankings-released

[brooza]

RLWC2013 website now - http://www.rlwc2013....-rankings-ahead

[deluded pom?]

Because the RLIF haven't updated their website yet, this is from the RLEF.

http://www.rlef.eu.c...nkings-released

Thanks, you'd think the world rankings would be issued by the world governing body first wouldn't you?

[brooza]

Thanks, you'd think the world rankings would be issued by the world governing body first wouldn't you?

You'd think, but the website hasn't been updated yet