Opinion
9 days ago International Rugby Top 100: The unluckiest players not to make the list
Some players were unlucky to miss out on our men's Top 100 list. Here are 10 who could have made it.
Paul Williams
12 Dec 2024, 7:43
Mens International Rankings
Points
1
South Africa
92.78
2
Ireland
90.78
3
New Zealand
90.36
4
France
88.51
5
Argentina
84.97
6
Scotland
83.34
7
England
82.31
8
Australia
81.52
9
Fiji
80.07
10
Italy
78.64
11
Wales
74.01
12
Georgia
73.85
13
Japan
72.95
14
Samoa
72.68
15
USA
70.02
16
Portugal
68.82
17
Uruguay
67.06
18
Spain
65.98
19
Tonga
65.46
20
Romania
63.01
21
Chile
61.72
22
Hong Kong China
59.49
23
Canada
59.18
24
Netherlands
58.56
25
Russia
58.06
26
Namibia
57.87
27
Zimbabwe
57.16
28
Brazil
56.53
29
Belgium
56.51
30
Switzerland
56.04
31
Sweden
54.1
32
Germany
52.95
33
Poland
51.62
34
Kenya
51.55
35
Korea
50.77
36
Czechia
49.7
37
Paraguay
48.35
38
Philippines
47.8
39
Mexico
47.71
40
Morocco
47.47
41
Sri Lanka
47.39
42
Croatia
47.12
43
Uganda
46.87
44
Malta
46.75
45
Colombia
46.17
46
Tunisia
46.1
47
Trinidad & Tobago
45.97
48
Madagascar
45.76
49
Cook Islands
45.11
50
United Arab Emirates
44.18
51
Lithuania
44.17
52
Malaysia
43.88
53
Ukraine
43.62
54
Cayman Islands
43.61
55
Luxembourg
43.29
56
Senegal
43.17
57
Moldova
43.11
58
Latvia
42.77
59
Algeria
42.69
60
Guyana
42.4
61
Singapore
42.13
62
Cote D'Ivoire
41.69
63
Israel
41.24
64
Kazakhstan
40.49
65
Chinese Taipei
39.77
66
Jamaica
39.76
67
Bulgaria
38.99
68
Zambia
38.83
69
Nigeria
38.37
70
Austria
37.51
71
Bermuda
37.2
72
Denmark
37.14
73
Barbados
36.88
74
Thailand
36.86
75
Venezuela
36.78
76
Guam
36.38
77
Botswana
36.21
78
Finland
35.18
79
Hungary
35.15
80
Peru
35.05
81
China
34.91
82
Slovenia
34.48
83
Turkey
34.43
84
St Vincent and the Grenadines
33.84
85
Serbia
33.82
86
Papua New Guinea
33.68
87
Ghana
33.27
88
Andorra
32.77
89
India
31.83
90
Qatar
31.31
91
Uzbekistan
31.28
92
Burkina Faso
31.05
93
Mauritius
30.56
94
Pakistan
30.13
95
Iran
30
95
Laos
30
95
Nepal
30
98
Rwanda
29.78
99
Costa Rica
29.75
100
St Lucia
28.92
101
Niue Island
28.63
102
Bosnia & Herzegovina
28.46
103
Bahamas
27.58
104
Burundi
26.16
105
Eswatini
26.04
106
Norway
24.58
107
Solomon Islands
23.97
108
Cameroon
23.12
109
Indonesia
21.95
110
Monaco
17.17
111
Greece
16.55
112
Vanuatu
15.29
113
American Samoa
13.53
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Defence is awful! Coaching terrible. Smith kicking out of hand to line out needs to be better. JVP doesn’t deserve to be in a England shirt for a while
What a 💩game.
1. Score flatters us.
2. This isn't winning ugly. This is winning fugly.
Is Andrew Brace fucking retarded? Biased knacker.
Let’s wait for the TMO to check that he’s happy with the try before we get excited.
Well if that’s not forward.
Lol. Forward my ass.
Tmo is a poes.
100% try
Anyone sports man bet?
Ye there a thing in the corner of my screen
going wide to quick just need 1 runner to come in and she will open right up
ONG what a try
are you watching from here?
I'm like 100% sure that spring box is gonna win
only seeing stats
Someone called it.
Im confused, where is the video??
What video are you looking for? Rugbypass don’t have this live stream.
same here. i am refreshing hoping
19:40. Ahh nooo.
I thought it was 17:40.
Going to have to braai again then and have a few more drinks.
First scrum is going to be huge.
5/3 split it is 😎
Team Announced.
Holy Sh1t. If the boks were playing in a RWC final on Saturday. That would be the team.
If I was an England player, I’d quietly cry in the shower tonight.
Wow. What a team.
Boks by 44 points.
Rassie is going for the jugular.
WILL THIS TEAM ANNOUNCMENT EVER HAPPEN. HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE!
Eish. I still feel for a 5/3 split.
Imagine DDA and Esterhuisen in the 23.
Esterhuisen’s comment - that it would be great running at his old team mate Marcus Smith - makes me think playing Esterhuisen would be tactically quite good.
And let’s face it. DDA or Esterhuisen in the bomb squad is almost like having a 7 flank on the bench.
I’d go Williams, Esterhuisen and Pollard on the bench. Marco van Staden out.
(Man I’d love to see Hanekom on - but then Kwagga would have to go… Wales it is Cameron).
Williams, Manie, DDA, Kriel, KLA, Chesie, Fassi.
The anticipation around this team announcement is killing me.
Springboks by between 10 and 44 points.
GO SPRINGBOKS GO !YOU ARE NUMERO UNO!😍 FROM YOUR KIWI BUDDIES.......ALL BLACKS!🙃FROM DOWN UNDER TOO!🤑