World Rankings

[Gomersall]

https://www.intrl.sport/world-rankings/

[bamfordsbeans]

There are 51 countries mentioned in the mens rankings which is impressive.

However does anybody know the number of countries where there is domestic activity?

[The Rocket]

11 minutes ago, bamfordsbeans said:

There are 51 countries mentioned in the mens rankings which is impressive.

However does anybody know the number of countries where there is domestic activity?

51.

[Iceberg Slim]

9 minutes ago, bamfordsbeans said:

There are 51 countries mentioned in the mens rankings which is impressive.

However does anybody know the number of countries where there is domestic activity?

It’s hard to say. I would say most affiliate members of the irl would have some form of domestic activity as it requires a minimum amount of activity to hold affiliate membership. 
 

I would say almost all full members should have a domestic scene. So that would make about 17 nations. I would say that will change over the next few years with the addition of Greece Brazil USA Canada and a few others were probably looking at 22-25 full members by 2025

[Farmduck]

Those rankings have some glitches. Samoa ranks 3rd at 17% which should put them down at 8th. Obviously they got a lot of points from the WC so they would be 3rd but why 17%

Maybe it's 77%

And what's with the % anyway? They need to calculate the points to calculate the % so why not just use the points?

[Pulga]

1 hour ago, bamfordsbeans said:

There are 51 countries mentioned in the mens rankings which is impressive.

However does anybody know the number of countries where there is domestic activity?

49 by my count depending on what you mean by "domestic activity".

[Wellsy4HullFC]

3 hours ago, Farmduck said:

Those rankings have some glitches. Samoa ranks 3rd at 17% which should put them down at 8th. Obviously they got a lot of points from the WC so they would be 3rd but why 17%

Maybe it's 77%

And what's with the % anyway? They need to calculate the points to calculate the % so why not just use the points?

International Rugby League world rankings are based upon results over the past 4 years of competition. They are expressed as a percentage of the Number 1 ranked nation (i.e. the number 1 ranked nation is 100 - the other nations are expressed as a percentage)

Literally tells you before the rankings!

 

Also, Samoa says 87% next to it, not 17%. They may have corrected it since you saw it.

 

[Jughead]

Love looking at the list sporadically and seeing the growth of the sport. Approximately a quarter of all countries playing rugby league. Brilliant. 

[Farmduck]

2 hours ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:

International Rugby League world rankings are based upon results over the past 4 years of competition. They are expressed as a percentage of the Number 1 ranked nation (i.e. the number 1 ranked nation is 100 - the other nations are expressed as a percentage)

Literally tells you before the rankings!

 

Also, Samoa says 87% next to it, not 17%. They may have corrected it since you saw it.

 

You missed the point. They used to show the points tally and expressing it as % is a recent invention. My question is why not just show the points tally?

And yes they have made a few changes in the last few hours.

[Wellsy4HullFC]

3 hours ago, Farmduck said:

You missed the point. They used to show the points tally and expressing it as % is a recent invention. My question is why not just show the points tally?

And yes they have made a few changes in the last few hours.

I can't answer that unfortunately.

Maybe they decided it was easier to read? I don't know.

[Veridical]

7 hours ago, Farmduck said:

You missed the point. They used to show the points tally and expressing it as % is a recent invention. My question is why not just show the points tally?

And yes they have made a few changes in the last few hours.

Who knows for sure, but they probably just think it’s better to use numbers with a scale of 100 (round number with three digits) rather than… whatever the raw numbers would scale to.

[langpark]

On 21/12/2022 at 09:56, bamfordsbeans said:

There are 51 countries mentioned in the mens rankings which is impressive.

However does anybody know the number of countries where there is domestic activity?

I can tell you with certainty: Latvia, Belgium, Denmark, Hungary do not. Sweden still has a pulse, however nothing you can really call activity. 

Spain were at the Wheelchair World Cup, but I don't believe anything is happening domestically.

So if we remove those 6, we are down to 45. The other continents I am not sure, they are kess familiar to me.