New Zealand’s worst position ahead of World Cup

A few days before the start World Cup With no further warm-up matches played, the World Rugby Rankings were defined. For the first time in its history, New Zealand It’s not in the top three. Watch 48 World Cup matches on Star+.

After a historic win against Springbox 35-7 at Twickenham, the All Blacks dropped two places in the World Rugby rankings. In this way, Marine took the fourth place, leading the way South Africa And FranceIt ranked second and third respectively.

Since the first presentation of the rankings in 2003, New Zealand has never been on the podium before the start of the World Cup. In 2003, before the World Cup in England, the All Blacks were in second place, below hosts and above Ireland.

In 2007, 2011 and 2015, the men in black dominated the rankings and held the top spot before the start of the World Cup. In 2019, Ireland occupied the top spot and New Zealand took the second spot, ahead of England, completing the podium.

Top 10 in World Rugby Rankings:

1- Ireland (91.82)
2- South Africa (91.08)
3- France (89.22)
4- New Zealand (89.06)
5- Scotland (84.01)
6- Argentina (80.86)
7- PG (80.28)
8- England (79.95)
9- Australia (79.87)
10- Wales (78.26)