Wednesday 13 December 2017

World Ranking : 2015 / 2016 / 2017

Here is the second in a series of international ranking. They are colour coded for the Pacific, Europe, Americas and Africa/Middle East. No ranking system is perfect but if viewed as as a guide, then it has some merit. The points were shown in 2015 but not since then. Over this period, the number of nations has grown quickly. The Latin Americas in particular is an area of sudden growth.

Some big movers were Tonga and Lebanon, as you would  have expected. The Philippines too is going well and Hungary is rewarded with an active participation in international RL. Norway is another one to watch out for.


Rankings 2015
Rankings 2016
Rankings 2017

1 New Zealand 897 +1
1 Australia +1
1 Australia -

2 Australia 719 -1
2 New Zealand -1
2 New Zealand -

3 England 655 -
3 England -
3 England -

4 Samoa 280 -
4 Scotland +5
4 Tonga +10

5 France 209 -
5 Samoa -1
5 Fiji +2

6 Ireland 162 +1
6 France -1
6 Samoa -1

7 Fiji 147 -1
7 Fiji -
7 Scotland -3

8 Wales 132 +1
8 Ireland -2
8 France -2

9 Scotland 121 -1
9 Wales -1
9 Lebanon +12

10 USA 102 -
10 USA -
10 PNG +5

11 Serbia 72 +2
11 Serbia -
11 Ireland -3

12 Italy 65 -
12 Canada +1
12 Wales -3

13 Canada 62 +1
13 Italy -1
13 Italy -

14 PNG 60 -3
14 Tonga +2
14 USA -4

15 Russia 46 -
15 PNG -1
15 Jamaica +2

16 Tonga 40 -
16 Russia -1
16 Serbia -5

17 Belgium 40 +4
17 Jamaica +10
17 Canada -5

18 Malta 32 +6
18 Belgium -1
18 Malta +2

19 Germany 28 -1
19 Spain +2
19 Russia -3

20 Lebanon 27 +3
20 Malta -2
20 Belgium -2

21 Spain 26 +7
21 Lebanon -1
21 Spain -2

22 Cook Is 23 -5
22 Ukraine +1
22 Norway +4

23 Ukraine 22 -3
23 Germany -4
23 Greece +5

24 Greece 21 -2
24 Czech Rep +6
24 Philippines +9

25 Denmark 20 +1
25 Cook Is -3
25 Ukraine -3

26 Norway 19 -7
26 Norway -
26 Czech Rep -2

27 Jamaica 16 -
27 Denmark -2
27 Netherlands +3

28 Netherlands 15 -3
28 Greece -4
28 Germany -5

29 Sweden 15 +1
29 Sweden -
29 Hungary +9

30 Czech Rep 14 -1
30 Netherlands -2
30 Cook Is -5

31 South Africa 13 -
31 South Africa -
31 Sweden -2

32 Niue Is 4 New
32 Niue -
32 Chile +2

33 Hungary 2 -1
33 Philippines New
33 Niue -1

34 Latvia 2 -1
34 Chile New
34 Denmark -7

35 Morocco 0 -1
35 Vanuatu New
35 South Africa -4






36 Latvia -2
36 Vanuatu -1






37 Solomon Is New
37 El Salvador +2






38 Hungary -5
38 Thailand New






39 El Salvador New
39 Argentina New






40 Morocco -5
40 Colombia New










41 Japan New










42 Solomon Is -4










43 Brazil New










44 Uruguay New










45 Hong Kong New










46 Bulgaria New










47 Latvia -11










48 Morocco -8

Source: RLIF.

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