WORLD RUGBY BAGS WORLD RANKINGS
Even World Rugby thinks their world rankings make no sense and need to be changed.
There was widespread surprise when the All Blacks beat the Wallabies 36-0 and the next day lost their world number one ranking to Wales who had beaten England.
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said he didn’t think the system made any sense and it turns out he has an ally in that, as World Rugby deputy chairman Gus Pichot agrees.
“It is a ranking that is badly done and I said it the first day I arrived at World Rugby,” he said.
“It has no order, it is all mathematical and I would say that it is almost a matter of marketing.
“Argentina, for example, plays all the games with the first three [New Zealand, Australia and South Africa] and Japan or Fiji win two or three games and are above Italy who also play in a very tough tournament like the Six Nations.
“This was demonstrated when Wales never beat New
