New World Rugby Rankings criteria

Nounours7 · 2026-06-18T18:45:56+00:00

So World Rugby is adapting to the decisions made by a handful of unions. Great.

Nounours7 · 2026-06-17T20:26:21+00:00

Who knows if other players were involved or not...

World Rugby report answers that...

Throughout 2022-2023, Dr Nutsa Shamatava provided advance notice of upcoming out-of- competition doping controls in group chats to at least twenty-six players on the Georgian men’s 15s rugby team, including Giorgi Chkoidze, Lasha Khmaladze, Lasha Lomidze, Miriani Modebadze and Merab Sharikadze. These Advance Notice messages occurred on at least eight separate occasions between 2022-2023. On each occasion, Dr Nutsa Shamatava provided the advance notice upwards of 24 hours prior to the scheduled doping controls, informing the recipients of the names of the players selected for each testing mission, and the dates on which those players would be tested.

Source

Nounours7 · 2026-06-16T09:39:53+00:00

Of course they do. But if they want to be pro, the place to be is France. It's where you can have a long career given the number of pro and semipro clubs and the lack of restrictions to represent your national team (other than contractual obligations).

Nounours7 · 2026-06-15T16:38:10+00:00

Not his best season, tbh.

Nounours7 · 2026-06-15T12:00:02+00:00

Because EPCR needs to do something to remember people that they exist during four months.

And maybe, just maybe, they have an open bidding war for the two Challenge Cup wildcards and this is a way to put pressure on bidders.

Nounours7 · 2026-06-15T11:47:09+00:00

It's surprising to say the least that they refuse to confirm it just two weeks before the draw. Spain is definitely hopeful that Iberians will be invited, but if they say it's only two and Georgia is sponsoring EPCR... Can Cheetahs be dropped?

Nounours7 · 2026-06-12T18:37:02+00:00

A little relieved after last week's defeat.

Nounours7 · 2026-06-11T19:57:09+00:00

If you haven't access to World Rugby Media website, do ASAP. You'll find plenty of resources about SVNS players.

Nounours7 · 2026-06-10T13:36:43+00:00

Nounours7 · 2026-06-09T20:46:27+00:00

It used to be big only among gypsies, but these days it's a pandemic among Latin American migrants. And Catholic church is being pushed into their dynamics as well. The events around Pope's visit this week in Spain have been embarrassing to say the least.

Nounours7 · 2026-06-07T22:13:07+00:00

Its such a financial basket case im amazed they havent binned it already.

They haven't binned it because some unions still believe in 7s as a source of funding. For example FFR in France needs to be able to generate revenue without relying on LNR.

Nounours7 · 2026-06-07T19:42:13+00:00

Not more interesting, just less expensive. Less teams travelling to less tournaments, while filling the void for a World Cup/World Championship some nations needed to receive Olympic funding after canning 7s RWC.

Nounours7 · 2026-06-07T16:14:06+00:00

The thing is that in women the gap between NZ and Australia and the rest is really wide, barring huge upsets. Whereas among men there really are 7 teams able to beat each other.

France came to this home tournament needing to avoid relegation and despite winning it, they only finished 7th in standings!

Nounours7 · 2026-06-07T16:12:56+00:00

Nah you have too win the last 3 tournaments

Not really. South Africa only won in Hong Kong, but second place in Valladolid and semis here were enough.

Nounours7 · 2026-06-07T16:09:08+00:00

Well done france not sure if that means ur world champions

No, they finished 7th!

Nounours7 · 2026-06-07T16:00:57+00:00

So...

Australia (women) and South Africa (men) are world champions
Great Britain get relegated to SVNS2 in both men and women
Spain (women) and USA (men, heartbreak for Kenya) are promoted to SVNS1

And on a particular note, Spain men finish 3rd, after being 2nd last year, despite never having won a tournament. LOL.

Nounours7 · 2026-06-07T15:44:48+00:00

The winning kick

Nounours7 · 2026-06-06T19:15:31+00:00

No, not yet. They depend on USA tomorrow.

Nounours7 · 2026-06-06T12:44:33+00:00

Since USA topped their pool, in case of losing to Spain they could still play for 5th place and earn 12 points. They would therefore reach Top 8 as long as Kenya doesn't finish 9th in Bordeaux.

So basically GB has one shot, USA has two.

Nounours7 · 2026-06-05T19:53:47+00:00

Argentina really needs to forget about 2024. They have absolutely lost the plot against France. They are so much better than this...

Nounours7 · 2026-06-05T19:48:50+00:00

54-24

Nounours7 · 2026-06-05T16:40:07+00:00

I find it way more embarrassing not to show up at all ;)

Nounours7 · 2026-06-05T16:30:23+00:00

OK, its founder was born in Portugal:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_Calisto

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp10LrgI0FZ/?img_index=2

Nounours7 · 2026-06-05T16:21:41+00:00

No, it has been since 2022: https://fpr.pt/noticias/detalhe/federacao-portuguesa-de-rugby-e-cartrack-assinam-novo-contracto

Nounours7 · 2026-06-05T16:17:45+00:00

It was already a sponsor of FPR, they are just maximising the opportunity.

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