World Footy News

Following the 3-Test Series between Fiji and Nauru the WFN World Rankings have been updated. This is the first update since the completion of the 2011 International Cup and includes the recent win by the United States over Canada.

As mentioned in recent articles, Fiji have now played the required 8 games to be fully ranked in our unofficial system, entering at 11th. Nauru move into 5th, displacing South Africa. Samoa have not played an international match for over 4 years and so fall back to provisional ranking only.

Please note also Canada and USA have now played 36 matches each but no change occurred in their respective Rating Points after their last Match in August.

Read on for the full list and note that the full World Rankings pages have been updated.

World Footy News Australian Football World Rankings
as at 24th November 2012

Rank	Team		Points	Games	Rank Change
1		Australia	-	-	steady
2		Ireland	57.78	38	steady
3		Papua New Guinea	54.66	29	steady
4		New Zealand	53.00	33	steady
5		Nauru	51.17	22	+1
6		South Africa	49.03	22	-1
7		United States	45.87	36	steady
8		Tonga	44.73	9	steady
9		Great Britain	43.51	43	steady
10		Fiji	40.18	9	new
11		Canada	37.82	36	steady
12		Sweden	37.41	25	steady
13		Germany	37.37	10	steady
14		Denmark	37.06	41	steady
15		Peace Team	36.46	11	steady
16		China	34.36	11	steady
17		Japan	30.39	24	steady
18		Finland	29.02	13	steady
19		India	28.45	11	steady
Prov.		Samoa	41.85	18	-	** dormant
Prov.		Croatia	40.60	4	-	*
Prov.		France	38.23	7	-	*
Prov.		Iceland	35.64	4	-	*
Prov.		Spain	28.00	6	-	** dormant
Prov.		Timor-Leste	27.40	6	-	*

* Nations marked in grey with an asterisk have played less than eight (8) matches under our criteria, and currently hold provisional ranking points, but are not yet officially ranked.
** Spain and Samoa have not played for more than 4 years and so are also provisionally ranked. Spain must play an eligible match by 13/08/2013 to remain on the list (8 year cutoff rule).