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Rugby | World Rugby Rankings: 27 June, 2025

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World Rugby has published the permutations for the men's rankings this week in its preview.

 

World Rugby has published the ranking permutations for the Namibia v Italy match in Windhoek on Friday.

Permutation highlights:

  • Italy cannot improve their rating with victory over Namibia due to the 19.90 rating points between the teams before home weighting is factored in.
  • The Azzurri cannot fall from 10th place this weekend even if beaten by more than 15 points, but only just, as such a defeat would cut their advantage over Georgia below to 0.08 rating points.
  • Namibia will climb two places if they can beat Italy for the first time since 1991, jumping above Hong Kong China and Canada.
  • A win by more than 15 points would lift the Welwitschias an additional place to 22nd with Belgium slipping one place.

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Match officials:

  • Andrew Brace (Ireland) will referee this fixture for the second time, having been in the middle for Italy's 52-8 victory over Namibia at Rugby World Cup 2023 in France.

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