Last updated 16th March, 2008

Openside Rugby Rankings

An unbelievable turn around in Welsh form has seen them claim the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2008. A glorious victory, 29-12, over France at Cardiff gave them a clean sweep in the competition and saw them gain three more ranking points and claim seventh place in the Openside Rankings. They have gained an incredible 18 points since last November.

Despite losing three points in their loss in Cardiff, France still hold fifth spot in the rankings but England are now sniffing at a potential fifth placing after gaining a point in their victory over Ireland.

Italy snuck a point with a last minute drop goal win over Scotland but are still firmly entrenched in tenth spot in the Openside Rankings. Scotland are five points above them on 116 points.

So the story of the 2008 Six Nations tournament has to be the remarkable success of the Welsh rugby team claiming three places in the Openside Rankings. Of course the question now is was all this just a flash in the pan or are they for real? We shall find out in June when they travel to South Africa to face the current world champions, will the Springboks put the Welsh upstarts in their place or will they continue their meteoric rise in the rankings?

1   New Zealand-1 174
2   South Africa +0 155
3   Australia +0 153
4   Argentina-2 138
5   England-1 133
6   Ireland+3 133
7   France-3 132
8   Wales +0 130
9   Scotland+3 120
10   Italy+2 112
11   Lions+1 110
12   Russia+4 108
13   Pacific Islands-3 105
14   Fiji-1 102
15   Uruguay-1 100
16   Chile-3 100
17   Samoa-1 98
18   Romania+5 97
19   Tonga+1 95
20   Georgia-2 94
21   USA-3 88
22   Portugal +0 85
23   Spain +0 82
24   Japan+1 82
25   Canada+2 81
26   Namibia-4 69
27   Czech Rep.-4 40
 

Openside Ranking History

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157 156 156 163 163 163 172 173 178 178 178 175 174 174   New Zealand 1
141 140 137 139 139 139 143 143 151 152 152 154 155 155   South Africa 2
137 142 145 147 147 147 149 148 150 150 150 153 153 153   Australia 3
115 129 129 131 131 131 137 137 144 144 144 138 138 138   Argentina 4
135 131 131 123 124 125 120 120 136 136 133 133 133 133   England 5
136 134 134 141 141 145 141 141 130 130 127 133 133 133   Ireland 6
139 145 145 141 145 145 135 135 143 143 138 132 132 132   France 7
125 119 119 121 121 117 119 119 114 113 131 130 130 130   Wales 8
114 113 113 113 112 110 110 110 120 120 116 120 120 120   Scotland 9
100 106 106 121 117 118 116 116 114 114 111 112 112 112   Italy 10
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