Rugby Union

Global Cup - Rugby Union

2019

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 South Africa 456 23.3
2 Great Britain 396 20.2
3 New Zealand 338 17.2
4 Australia 149 7.6
5 France 142 7.2
6 Ireland 120 6.1
7 Japan 100 5.1
8 United States 96 4.9
9 Fiji 80 4.1
10 Samoa 24 1.2

2018

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 New Zealand 216 20.5
2 South Africa 141 13.4 3
3 Great Britain 126 11.9 -1
4 Australia 114 10.8 -1
5 Fiji 104 9.9 3
6 France 88 8.3
7 United States 84 8.0 -3
8 Argentina 56 5.3 4
9 Ireland 38 3.6
10 Canada 28 2.7 -3

2017

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 New Zealand 244 20.2 1
2 Great Britain 229 19.0 2
3 Australia 125 10.4 2
4 United States 115 9.5 3
5 South Africa 114 9.5 -2
6 France 111 9.2 3
7 Canada 88 7.3 3
8 Fiji 85 7.0 -7
9 Ireland 50 4.2 3
10 Russia 20 1.7

2016

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Fiji 205 18.6 5
2 New Zealand 161 14.6 -1
3 South Africa 153 13.9
4 Great Britain 143 13.0 1
5 Australia 127 11.5 -3
6 Argentina 81 7.3 -2
7 United States 50 4.5 2
8 Japan 50 4.5
9 France 46 4.2 -1
10 Canada 30 2.7

2015

Top Positions Points % Chg
1 New Zealand 277 22.4 1
2 Australia 221 17.9 5
3 South Africa 211 17.0 3
4 Argentina 123 9.9 7
5 Great Britain 122 9.9 -4
6 Fiji 100 8.1 2
7 Ireland 78 6.3 -2
8 France 64 5.2 -4
9 United States 30 2.4
10 Italy 11 0.9 3

Per Capita Cup - Rugby Union

2019

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 New Zealand 14296
2 Ireland 39650
3 South Africa 123952
4 Great Britain 165778
5 Australia 165909
6 France 474117
7 Japan 1266700
8 Canada 1528800
9 United States 3395344
10 Italy 3438936

2018

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 New Zealand 22344
2 Ireland 126542
3 Australia 217318
4 South Africa 401434 2
5 Great Britain 522675 -1
6 France 762898 1
7 Argentina 786514
8 Canada 1310400 -3
9 Spain 1938707
10 United States 3880393 -2

2017

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 New Zealand 19780
2 Ireland 94404 1
3 Australia 197183 -1
4 Great Britain 286672 1
5 Canada 416945 2
6 South Africa 494073 -2
7 France 605912 1
8 United States 2834374 4
9 Italy 4203144 4
10 Russia 7340482

2016

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 New Zealand 26560
2 Australia 168861 1
3 Ireland 263220 -1
4 South Africa 313569
5 Great Britain 427874 1
6 Argentina 500645 -1
7 Canada 1112507
8 France 1395523 -1
9 Kenya 1876900
10 Japan 2553800

2015

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 New Zealand 15448
2 Ireland 56694
3 Australia 96885 2
4 South Africa 227319 3
5 Argentina 328727 4
6 Great Britain 499886 -2
7 France 1007393 -1
8 Italy 5323151 3
9 United States 10171333 1

Rugby Union Tournaments

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Rugby Union: World Cup 2 Nov 2019
TriNations 10 Aug 2019
Women's Sevens Wor... 16 Jun 2019
IRB Sevens World Series 2 Jun 2019
Women's 6 Nations 17 Mar 2019
6 Nations 16 Mar 2019
TriNations 6 Oct 2018
Women's Sevens Wor... 22 Jul 2018
Sevens World Cup 22 Jul 2018
Women's Sevens Wor... 10 Jun 2018
IRB Sevens World Series 10 Jun 2018
Women's 6 Nations 18 Mar 2018
6 Nations 17 Mar 2018

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TriNations 7 Oct 2017
Women's Rugby Worl... 26 Aug 2017
Women's Sevens Wor... 25 Jun 2017
IRB Sevens World Series 21 May 2017
6 Nations 19 Mar 2017
Women's 6 Nations 18 Mar 2017
TriNations 8 Oct 2016
Olympics 21 Aug 2016
IRB Sevens World Series 22 May 2016
6 Nations 19 Mar 2016
Rugby Union: World Cup 31 Oct 2015
TriNations 8 Aug 2015
IRB Sevens World Series 17 May 2015
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