I Fixed The Rugby World Rankings 2024. Top 20 Rugby Nations Of 2024. Who is the Number One???

[@BarryBurmeister]

Wildcard, I'm a South Africa, I love listening to your rugby insight. Your passion for the game of rugby, is amazing, keep it up, rugby needs personalities like yourself. You are an asset to the game!!!

[@Wildkard]

@@BarryBurmeister thanks for supporting mate appreciate it!

[@markbph2336]

THE WILDCARD RANKINGS ARE THE ONES THAT COUNT....! you are onto it as usual wildcard. your pasion for rugby is unmatched. keep up tge good work...!

[@Wildkard]

@@markbph2336 cheers mate thanks for watching my content!!!!

[@robertwhite9621]

You have the energy of a toddler on red bull, the insight of a supercomputer and the ranting anger of a coked up homeless man. I mean all of these as a complement.

[@Wildkard]

one of those is true!

[@wakaroawaata1586]

Stuff the other rankings, your spot on with the real rankings wild kard, your absolutely BASED.

[@Wildkard]

@@wakaroawaata1586 cheers mate thanks for supporting

[@thenomad47]

Ah, finally, Rugby Rankings I can trust

[@FillyRab]

Fiji #7 Toso Viti Toso!

[@B0bb3jaan]

Love your rankings. Respect from South Africa

[@elsterver]

Merry Christmas wildcard , as always a good and fair reflection of the year

[@Wildkard]

@@elsterver merry xmas to u too mate

[@Giuliana95Videos]

Good job Wildkard!! 😁Merry Christmas!! Greetings from Argentina

[@Wildkard]

@@Giuliana95Videos merry xmas!

[@Mzansi74]

Interesting! Surprised to see the inclusion of Belgium and Poland! However, it depends against whom you played. Wales only played top sides, which is what reflects in the World Rugby rankings. All the best from South Africa!

[@Wildkard]

@@Mzansi74 yeah wales got some tough games

[@newchannelname3395]

@@Mzansi74 yeah, he's designed a system that really rewards games played against weaker opposition, something that isn't a problem with the official rankings

[@Anotherperson-m5b]

❤hee heee! Absolutely.

[@francescomartiradonna6995]

One small mistake, on the ABs card vs Bokke, you have both games at 18-12, one game was 31-27 😉 good analysis, I agree.

[@zusiphesicwebu9196]

These are rankings I can respect.

[@sashwinpaul9628]

Great to see you in action. Keep it Real!

[@karlsav]

Love your work Wildkard - your rankings video has generated some good discussion. However there are inconsistencies in your rules that you have applied (and said so in the comments) . Correct me if I am wrong with any of my comments below: - Your rankings system is based ONLY on 2024 results - You had a cut off for amount of matches played to avoid inflation of rankings so excluded some teams as a result. You don't actually state the minimum matches played. - RE Championship and Pacific Nations Cup are classed as T2, the rest are T3. So: - You remove Germany and Netherlands because they didnt play enough games (otherwise their ranking would be inflated as you mentioned on video -and in the comments) . Netherlands are one of the dark horses to nab a 2027 RWC Spot who pushed Georgia and nearly beat Spain only for a missed kick at the end . Germany beat Belgium this year. They each played 6 games in 2024 (5 RE Championship plus 1 November test each - Netherlands v Chile and Germanyv UAE) - You include Poland because they did play enough matches (7 total) yet didnt win a single game in the RE Championship finished 8th, get relegated then inflate the back end of their 2024 season in the RE Trophy division (T3) with victories against 2 x T3 teams. - You include Samoa who only played 6 games in 2024...... If you are going to include Samoa (who played 6 tests) , Poland (who got relegated but played in the same competition as Germany and Netherlands) , Belgium (who finished 7th in RE Championship but played quite a few friendly tests outside of the RE Championship) then surely you have to include ALL teams from said competitions you apply results to ? If you count results against teams that ARE NOT in your rankings (ie Poland v Netherlands and Belgium v Germany) then you should count all teams , not some or exclude the results against teams you have not included from the same competiton. If you are going to exclude Germany and Netherlands for only playing 6 games, then you have to exclude Samoa.... they only played 6 games. If you are going to do this again, here are some suggestions to refine your ranking system: - Any competition (outside of T1) that is a direct qualifier to the world cup should be classed as T2. RE Championship, Africa Cup, Asian Cup, South America and Pacific Nations Cup. They already are by WR standards, but in your current rules only RE Championship and Pacific Nations Cup. - Assess all teams in said competition who play against each other otherwise you have teams like Poland and Belgium included , who finished 8th and 7th respectively in their competition.

[@bobbob3681]

These ratings are great. Merry Christmas mate, Im looking forward to seeing your super rugby reviews in a couple months

[@Wildkard]

@@bobbob3681 cant wait for suaalii to play

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

oui je trouve que ton classement est assez bon, il colle à la réalité....continues comme cela !

[@robcrocker348]

Love it your tops mate 🤣🤣 keep the passion and love of the greatest game in the world. Cheers from Durban

[@Wildkard]

@@robcrocker348 hey cheers mate thanks a million

[@pierrechardaire8525]

In the Six Nations: italy won 2, drew 1, lost 2, and finished fifth. Scotland won 2, lost 3, were beaten by Italy, and finished fourth. This is all because of this ridiculous bonus point systems. In fact, the rules are that a nation that gets a grand slam is given some extra points to avoid the even more ridiculous possibility of a grand slam nation finishing second.

[@Ann-l7x]

We need to start talking about the first 24 teams, and not just the first 20. Since 24 teams will be in the next world cup. In fact, maybe even the first 30 to follow the up/down of the teams vying for inclusion. Other than that, agree with your analysis.

[@Wildkard]

@@Ann-l7x so i cut 2 teama from the list cos they had inflated results due to a lack of matches if i counted those wales would be 21

[@Ann-l7x]

@Wildkard With tier 2 getting more game time with tier 1 nations, it would be interesting to see how this influences the rankings in a year's time. Eg Portugal vs SA. In the past we would have had a test series of, say, 3 Ireland matches against SA, but this year we had 2 Irish + 1 Portugal. I think Georgia is touring SA next year. Which is great for tier 2 nations, and will bring down the top scores somewhat, I imagine.

[@Wildkard]

@@Ann-l7x yeah the schedule makes a huge difference to a teams score

[@debeerpaul]

Well done!

[@opetaiaseni1955]

Nice job brass👍 Merry christmas from Fiji

[@Wildkard]

merry xmas mate

[@I_renounce_satan]

You go wildkard

[@saints16o5o87]

Scotland would happily have came for 2 tests in Australia rather than Americas. It would have made the Wallabies year a lot worse though while still being same for Scotland. Problem is only 4 actual SH nations to tour in our summer and 6 Nations up north, so 2 lose out and Scotland and Italy have been those nations recently. Arguably the Wallabies padded their stats by playing Wales 3 times this year. Keep it up.

[@Wildkard]

@@saints16o5o87 not padding considering wales is a t1 nation, where as USA and cananda is t2 and probably wont bear wales.

[@bobbob3681]

At the start of the season 3 wales games seemed great for the wallabies. They beat us by 40 in the rwc. A tour of the americas on the other hand, did not seem competitive.

[@Whisky-Raider]

Also, Scotland being a T1 nation must play others tiers as a part world rugby development programme.

[@saints16o5o87]

@@Wildkard I'm not sure the SRU get much say in schedule . When Scotland last came to Australia it was 1 test Sydney during lions tour of NZ and one on the rain about 2012 . Both Scotland wins. Wales aren't looking great right now so worked out well for Wallabies. I am glad it's looking better a strong Wallabies team is vital for rugby, the Australian way of playing has always been most entertaining.

[@rabbitss11]

Great job, Wildkard

[@revanomichael]

Brilliant! ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! A list I can finally agree with 🎉

[@leonkruger8075]

Love the logic used for the rankings. Noticed that you did not add any score for the Springboks in their last game against Wales? all the other teams have points there, but the Boks only has a 0.

[@Wildkard]

cos wales was too far below boks to give points

[@janhbhugo5085]

Nice !

[@w0tnessZA]

Awesome video mate! I always enjoy your content bro! Why you're not at 100k subscribers is beyond me. People are missing out! Chz!

[@Wildkard]

@@w0tnessZA youtube mate no one knows

[@RugbyLover86]

Cuz he doesn’t show the Irish rispek g

[@dimitardobrev3296]

Such a fantastic ranking system Wildkard. Makes sense. I checked the Belgium Brazil game, it looks like men's union.

[@Wildkard]

@@dimitardobrev3296 cheers mate thanks i didn expcet brazil to win against belgium

[@tristangamz2679]

Next time to make it more fair you should probably consider Perth as a home ground for the boks

[@rooftile883]

😂

[@Wildkard]

perfontine! but of course! brisberg too!

[@qcsorter4626]

Well done Wildcard on attempting to devise a way of ranking rugby nations. I've seen too many commentators decry the current system without proposing an alternative. As you have found out though, it is very difficult to come up with a structure that accurately reflects real strength. I would doubt that anyone would expect to see Belgium beating Wales or Italy beating England any time soon!

[@Wildkard]

@@qcsorter4626 thats true the draw really makes a difference

[@newchannelname3395]

@@qcsorter4626 in what sense is this system an improvement on the WR system?

[@francoisvantonder5817]

Well done Wildkard!

[@davidgallahair1206]

Wales...wow...Welsh fan is ripping down trees barehanded after this ranking

[@Kid_Senekal]

Wildkard, the hero we don't deserve ❤

[@RugbyLover86]

Ireland are best team in the world bruv

[@caesarxv4831]

France's July tests are breaking a bit the rankings, because as usual it's the A team by everything but the name And because they play their own tournament after those tests, SANZAAR teams have quite and advantage your rankings, you should maybe calculate it by counting the Rugby championship matches before the July tests

[@Wildkard]

thats france's decision and if they play too few games i have to remove the team from the rankings all together

[@garethmckee5927]

It’s sad, but Wales being 19th is flattering. We will get better, just going to take a few seasons.

[@Dreyno]

So if I am to take a macro view of this, the rankings needed to be fixed because Ireland are ahead of New Zealand? So points that are collated based on results over a period need to be tweaked to change the rankings because…………….?

[@Wildkard]

@@Dreyno no mate, it needs to be fixed cos it doesent reflect how the teams performed overall in 2024

[@Dreyno]

@ I say it does.

[@Dreyno]

@ And for context, New Zealand lost to Argentina this year, Ireland didn’t. New Zealand lost twice to South Africa and Ireland lost one and won one against them. New Zealand had one competitive tournament this year and came second. Ireland had one competitive tournament and won it. So I’m fine with the official rankings.

[@Ho3n3r]

​@@DreynoNew Zealand didn't lose to England though. Also, they beat Ireland convincingly in Dublin. Swings and roundabouts. Rankings reflect that.

[@Dreyno]

@@Ho3n3r Which is why they are fine over a period of time. That’s the point.

[@Pierrelotz]

IRB should adopt the Wildcard ranking system

[@jameswyatt4443]

I believe there is a website that has a ranking using far more advanced metrics, which considers things like rotation. I forget what it’s called though.

[@carlosl-f2433]

Now fix the coach of the year too!

[@Wildkard]

😅

[@patrysnel1392]

Of course it's Rassie...everybody knows it but not everyone wants to admit it!

[@dairet1945]

So by the wildcard ranking system the ABs can lose more matches than Ireland and France and earn more ranking points, nah no thanks the world rugby system is more accurate. The ABs extra matches v Australia, Argentina and Japan etc dont make them a better side.

[@Wildkard]

yeah right cos i am aussie and we all know australians love the all blacks

[@designmanagementconsultanc4143]

Wow watch out for Belguim, Spain, Portugal and Georgia

[@cnoc500]

Scotland sent a largely Development Squad on their Americas Tour and still managed to pump Australia - so wynd yer neck in Bruce 🎉

[@Wildkard]

@@cnoc500 australia is not in america, but rest of that is true

[@Dan-ks9vz]

USA beat Spain in the autumn, and I believe ur spreadsheet had USA losing points and Spain gaining them from that game. Good work nonetheless, from a rare eagles fan

[@Wildkard]

@@Dan-ks9vz oh sry about that mate that woulf be my bad

[@JOATMOFA]

Nice spreadsheet skills mate! I'm a big Google Sheets fan! Did you also hear about Rassie's pending 'knighthood'?

[@Wildkard]

@@JOATMOFA hahah they game knighthood in south africa?? He deserve one tho. The kiwis gave them out after just 1 win

[@JOATMOFA]

@@Wildkard Nah, we don't have such things - last guy that got something similar was Nelson Mandela - he got "O.M."

[@HannesNeven]

Geez its so painful to be a Boks fan I have to watch for 32:54 min before we get to THE GREATEST TEAM in the World 🤪

[@Ho3n3r]

Something went wrong with your last line for Argentina? The points won and the added points total don't match up - and then you took the Home score as theirs - which was actually France's.

[@Wildkard]

oh my bad sry about that

[@adrenalinrush2709]

100% om point. as per usual

[@mfp4136]

Proper order restored

[@ManuelDumont-l1w]

Until everyOne plays the Same-amount of games, against Tier 1(& even tier 2)

[@ManuelDumont-l1w]

An Away & Home game, I shud add .

[@don_chanGD]

are you having a stroke mate

[@ManuelDumont-l1w]

@don_chanGD Go STROKE your DIC(tator-POO💩tin)

[@ManuelDumont-l1w]

@don_chanGD Go STROKE ur DIC(tator-POO💩tin)

[@ManuelDumont-l1w]

@don_chanGD Go STROKE ur DIC(tator-POO💩tin)

[@RugbyLover86]

13-8 bro we in your head

[@petermcintosh2638]

Ha ha, I had to wait till the end to tell me what we all know, sucks to be a springbok supporter🎉. Rassie for president.😅

[@davidgallahair1206]

Eddies Balls?!?!!! omfg I just spit hot coffee on my dog!!! Efffing hilarious!!!!

[@johnstrac]

"A" teams and Barbarian games never counted though, did they ?

[@Wildkard]

nah

[@carolinejohannes6022]

Spreadsheet incorrect for the springbok all blacks game 1 results. - 31/27 not 18/12.

[@Wildkard]

yes but the points would be the same

[@deonbester1408]

You've got a score wrong there between SA vs NZ?

[@Wildkard]

yeah but it doesnt matter cos the over all points exchange is the same

[@LeighRichards27]

Wales 19th??? Blimey you still havent forgiven us for that world cup group game in france last year 😉

[@erhardtjoubert3455]

To be fair Wales did not have a good 2024

[@Wildkard]

@@LeighRichards27 i was gona do top 15 but had to to top 20 to include wales

[@LeighRichards27]

Can't argue with that mate - we've been embarrassing 😢​@@erhardtjoubert3455

[@LeighRichards27]

​@@Wildkardyeah no question we (Wales) are in a spiral - hard to see when it's going to end. I fear another 6N whitewash and I'm not confident about our tour to Japan after that.

[@kromkindkaroo]

Um I hate to be this guy but I do believe Kenya and Zimbabwe and Namibia should be ranked higher and the Africa Cup as well as the Sudamerica Cup should be given the T2 status in your rankings. Teams that could be better in your rankings and beat your Europeans teams: Zimbabwe, Namibia, Uruguay, Chile and Kenya

[@Wildkard]

@@kromkindkaroo i agree but they havent played enough games so their ranking would be artificially high. Like chile would be almost top 10

[@karlsav]

Zimbabwe played 7 tests this year (would have been 8 if the Netherlands test wasnt cancelled)

[@timald974]

France is underrated

[@patrickpb3353]

Scotland don’t get any points from their Americas tour. Get a life.

[@patrickpb3353]

Still talking about this. They didn’t get any points you tw#t.

[@patrickpb3353]

That said don’t object to your overall assessment. Just your narrative.

[@Wildkard]

@patrickpb3353 in the context of making this list they did. Not a narrative its maths.

[@RugbyLover86]

G your wrong Ireland won the RWC by 13-8 bro

[@RugbyLover86]

Im the biggest Māori fan of Irish rugby g stop being racist against Irleand

[@paulwilson2651]

Nothing sexist about saying the truth. Women don't sell as many tickets as the men.

[@Wildkard]

yes but removing the word "women" from womens rugby world cup is utter disgraceful and misleading

[@yasserwallaby5835]

SH teams play way more games than NH teams? LOL.... the difference is just about 2 games, "way more" is an over-statement 😆.

[@Wildkard]

@@yasserwallaby5835 even 2 games out of a season of 12 games is a lot

[@Irish780]

Ireland 3 well maby but if we get it together ❤️

[@justjanse4286]

Your ranking is a bit wrong, nz 3rd, with the bokke taking 1 and 2😂

[@Wildkard]

rememeber the b team only played half the games so they would be 6th or somthing

[@justjanse4286]

@Wildkard 😂

[@Edgycoo]

I think the boks were very lucky to get 2 home games vs the abs

[@markcarter1928]

Its not about luck. Its rotation. Next year we play 2 games in new zealand. It's always been like that.

[@Edgycoo]

@markcarter1928 yes well that is lucky isnt it. Abs and boks are the traditionally the top teams. For either to have that benefit over the other is extremely fortunate.

[@ablewilling2778]

@@markcarter1928no it hasn’t always been like that. It’s just recently changed from home and away

[@Edgycoo]

@@ablewilling2778 I also think it would be very easy to rectify with no more flying at all in any way. Boks stay put and abs fly to them, then to arg then to aus and the stay put in nz. boks then fly to arg then to nz then to aus and return home. aus then do the circuit and finally argentina. Everyone had one home and one away vs every team. Absolutely easy to schedule.

[@ablewilling2778]

@@Edgycoo agree mate. Makes sense

[@newchannelname3395]

this is just the same as the current system but worse. the guy spent the whole video trashing scotland, only to design a system that massively overestimates their performance.

[@Wildkard]

i hate scotland so much i inflate their score. makes sense

[@newchannelname3395]

@Wildkard i don't think you hate Scotland, but you do criticise them at multiple points for padding their fixtures with games against tier 2, but u design a ranking system that rewards them for doing just that My whole point was that your attitude doesn't make sense. Your ranking system is worse than the system used by WR because of an issue that you yourself identified and claimed to have fixed.

[@Wildkard]

@newchannelname3395 1. i gave the north americans fewer points to start with so scotland didn get inflated numbers that would have pushed scotland to number 1. 2. this is done with the exact same formula used by world rugby ranking. So if u dont like it go write to world rugby 3. Pretty much everyone thinks this makes more sense than World rugby's ranking. Maybe u should watch the video before posting comments making no sense.

[@anthonyafonso3599]

Relax....2025 has not happened yet

[@karlvanrooyen7402]

100 %

[@johnstrac]

Dude, calm yourself.

[@JPmaxlevel]

France 4th? hahahah BS

[@Wildkard]

@@JPmaxlevel only lost 2 this year

[@JPmaxlevel]

@Wildkard yes that's what i mean 🤣 i should have written " only 4th ". same for the beat clubs in the world, toulouse 3rd and Larochelle 6th 😂 i don't get it ...

[@moreyfede]

Scotland not only plays with almost no Scottish players. They also play only easy games..... c'mooooonnnn

[@Wildkard]

@@moreyfede 😅

[@melthenning9140]

The last chart is incorrect, bro. You need to swap the Irish games around 😉