World Rankings

Shrimp

Hey,

After our victory over Scotland, we've moved up the ranks and have over taken England..

Here are the rankings as they stand:

1 (1) New Zealand 90.90

2 (2) Australia 88.58

3 (3) South Africa 85.78

4 (5) France 85.12

5 (6) Ireland 83.61

6 (4) England 83.50

7 (7) Wales 79.58

8 (8) Argentina 77.63

9 (10) Fiji 74.17

10 (9) Scotland 73.94

11 (11) Italy 71.25

12 (12) Samoa 70.13

13 (13) Romania 68.61

14 (14) Canada 68.12

15 (15) Uruguay 66.92

16 (16) USA 66.42

17 (17) Portugal 66.00

18 (18) Japan 65.00

19 (19) Tonga 62.72

20 (20) Georgia 60.85

21 (21) Korea 60.25

22 (22) Morocco 59.94

23 (23) Namibia 59.38

24 (24) Chile 58.79

25 (25) Russia 58.19

26 (26) Ukraine 57.66

27 (27) Czech Republic 56.83

28 (28) Hong Kong 55.50

29 (29) Germany 55.16

30 (30) Tunisia 54.09

31 (32) Spain 53.95

32 (31) Netherlands 53.49

33 (33) Paraguay 53.18

34 (34) Poland 52.70

35 (35) Brazil 51.55

36 (36) Chinese Taipei 50.93

37 (37) Croatia 49.99

38 (38) Moldova 49.21

39 (39) Switzerland 49.08

40 (40) Cote d'Ivorie 48.87

41 (41) China 48.82

42 (42) Denmark 48.31

43 (43) Singapore 47.98

44 (44) Madagascar 47.57

45 (45) Sweden 47.42

46 (46) Zimbabwe 47.36

47 (47) Venezuela 47.33

48 (48) Kazakhstan 46.86

49 (49) Kenya 46.67

50 (50) Belgium 46.55

51 (51) Trin & Tobago 46.36

52 (52) Arabian Gulf 45.63

53 (53) Slovenia 45.39

54 (54) Malta 45.02

55 (55) Cook Islands 44.68

56 (56) Bermuda 44.57

57 (57) Peru 44.16

58 (58) Sri Lanka 44.05

59 (59) Cayman Islands 43.97

60 (61) Thailand 43.60

61 (62) Papua N Guinea 43.52

62 (63) Latvia 43.49

63 (60) Andorra 43.41

64 (64) Zambia 43.09

65 (65) Serbia & Montenegro 42.30

66 (66) Lithuania 42.24

67 (67) Uganda 41.96

68 (68) Niue Island 40.83

69 (69) Malaysia 40.76

70 (70) Luxembourg 40.69

71 (71) Guam 40

72 (72) St Lucia 40

73 (73) St Vincent & G 40

74 (74) Austria 39.85

75 (75) Solomon Islands 39.67

76 (76) Cameroon 38.97

77 (77) Guyana 38.95

78 (78) Monaco 38.81

79 (79) Barbados 38.48

80 (80) Hungary 38.46

81 (81) Nigeria 38.35

82 (82) Botswana 38.25

83 (83) Senegal 38.02

84 (84) Colombia 37.95

85 (85) Jamaica 37.93

86 (86) Tahiti 37.62

87 (87) Swaziland 37.01

88 (88) Bulgaria 36.26

89 (89) Vanuatu 35.67

90 (90) Israel 35.42

91 (91) India 34.62

92 (92) Norway 34.40

93 (93) Bahamas 34.20

94 (94) Bosnia 30.53

95 (95) Finland 29.66

Trojan

Let's take it to 3rd with a win over England, France and Wales, and then 2nd with the Autumn Intls, and 1st with our second Grand Slam in a row in 2006.

I'll be right cheerful when that all happens.

Third_Echelon

nice to see that we are up there alright.

I reckon the england game wont be a walk in the park, but i think we can beat them... fingers crossed!!!

Nukem

Third_Echelon wrote:

I reckon the england game wont be a walk in the park,

If dear old Charlie is kickin it will be a cake walk.Only pbo i see is the forwards in the loose.Although our lineout is way better so kick the corners and p*ss Thompson off when he is through /again/.

The English looked flakey in the middle - nice and soft for BOD and D'arcy and besides the nglish are terrified of Murphy. With Tindall and Greenwood out they are a poor backline.

daveirl

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Nukem

daveirl wrote:

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Granted but they have been in a steady decline since - com'on they cant pick a good team their backline arent ther greatest they have a disinterested captain who is greedy everytime he gets ball in hand.

Do remember Ireland played Sh!te against Italy slightly better against Scotland and still one.If they hit the high gear we will win eas. But as said England are gunning for us now - all they have left is to fook up our run.

Wales V France : anyones views

[Jackass]

Nukem wrote:

Wales V France : anyones views

Had to double check there...thought for a second wales were in Cardiff for that one!!!

That is the defining weekend of the 6 nations, with the top 4 all playing eachother...the six nations will come out of that as a 2 horse race.

Although wales are flying, and france are flandering, i still have a feeling France will have another GS well in their sights since the "back from the dead" win over England, and they'll shock the welsh, and come out firing on all cylanders in Paris. Id go for france by less than 7.

In that weekend, i'd also go for Ireland by more than 7.

That would effectively set up a 6N/GS decider in Dublin rather than Cardiff.
I'd much prefer to have France in Dublin to decide the 6N and have to play a already beaten welsh side in Cardiff the following week for the GS than the other way around.

nl

Yea I think Ireland can beat France once Laporte keeps making the rediculous team selections he has been. How he is not playing Michelack and Servat from the start is beyond me!!
Michelack is undoubhidly one of the most tallented out-halfs there is in the six nations and if he is playing against Ireland we will be in trouble.

Nukem

DubGuy22 wrote:

Had to double check there...thought for a second wales were in Cardiff for that one!!!

Apologies (my fook up)

Amz

We'll have a huge psychological edge over England. They'll be doubting themselves and their ability to win, if Ireland can take full advantage of that then we're all good.

People are saying that if they'd beaten France it would have been better for us, yet that would have given them a boost and they'd have been far more cocky coming to Lansdowne Road than they will be having been beaten on Sunday.

The French haven't gelled yet and if Laporte keeps making ridiculous selections, as he has been doing, they won't have had time to gel when they finally come to Dublin. This will very much work to Ireland's favour, provided we don't lose any more players through injury in the mean time.