Rugby Union

Global Cup - Rugby Union

2023

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 New Zealand 120 21.8
2 France 86 15.5
3 Australia 64 11.6
4 Argentina 64 11.6
5 Fiji 60 10.9
6 Ireland 45 8.1
7 Great Britain 34 6.1
8 Samoa 24 4.4
9 United States 24 4.4
10 South Africa 16 2.9

2022

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 New Zealand 288 17.4 2
2 Australia 234 14.1 8
3 France 221 13.4 3
4 Great Britain 166 10.0 -3
5 Fiji 160 9.7 -1
6 Ireland 129 7.8 5
7 South Africa 109 6.6 -5
8 Canada 100 6.1
9 United States 96 5.8 -4
10 Argentina 88 5.3 -3

2021

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Great Britain 156 17.1 3
2 South Africa 122 13.3 3
3 New Zealand 120 13.2 -2
4 Fiji 104 11.4 2
5 United States 68 7.5 2
6 France 58 6.3 -3
7 Argentina 56 6.1 4
8 Kenya 48 5.3
9 Canada 48 5.3 -1
10 Australia 45 4.9 -8

2020

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 New Zealand 136 22.8 2
2 Australia 82 13.7 2
3 France 70 11.7 2
4 Great Britain 68 11.4 -2
5 South Africa 64 10.7 -4
6 Fiji 56 9.4 3
7 United States 32 5.4 1
8 Canada 32 5.4 3
9 Ireland 19 3.2 -3
10 Argentina 13 2.1 3

2019

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

Per Capita Cup - Rugby Union

2023

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 New Zealand 40220
2 Ireland 106205
3 Australia 385739 -1
4 France 784287 -1
5 Great Britain 1953810 -1
6 South Africa 3532619
7 Italy 5404043 -2
8 United States 13581375 -2
9 Japan 31667500 -2

2022

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 New Zealand 16758
2 Ireland 36941
3 Australia 105682 2
4 France 304053 6
5 Canada 366912 1
6 Great Britain 396425 -3
7 Argentina 500509
8 South Africa 519503 -4
9 Italy 1182134 2
10 United States 3395344 2

2021

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 New Zealand 40220
2 Ireland 110138
3 Great Britain 420821 1
4 South Africa 464818
5 Australia 551056 -3
6 Canada 764400 -1
7 Argentina 786514
8 Hong Kong 923688
9 Kenya 1035414
10 France 1165538 -7

2020

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 New Zealand 35488
2 Australia 302540 3
3 France 964583 3
4 Great Britain 965412
5 Canada 1146600 3
6 Italy 4728537 4
7 United States 10186031 2
8 Russia 12234137 4

2019

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

Rugby Union Tournaments

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IRB Sevens World Series 21 May 2023
Women's Sevens Wor... 14 May 2023
Women's 6 Nations 30 Apr 2023
6 Nations 18 Mar 2023
Women's Rugby Worl... 12 Nov 2022
TriNations 24 Sep 2022
Women's Sevens Wor... 11 Sep 2022
Sevens World Cup 11 Sep 2022
IRB Sevens World Series 29 May 2022
Women's Sevens Wor... 22 May 2022
Women's 6 Nations 30 Apr 2022
6 Nations 19 Mar 2022
TriNations 2 Oct 2021

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IRB Sevens World Series 26 Sep 2021
Olympics 8 Aug 2021
Women's 6 Nations 24 Apr 2021
6 Nations 26 Mar 2021
TriNations 12 Dec 2020
Women's 6 Nations 1 Nov 2020
6 Nations 31 Oct 2020
Women's Sevens Wor... 1 Jul 2020
IRB Sevens World Series 1 Jul 2020
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
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