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Classement mondial : un Top 10 quasi inchangé au bout d'un an

L'équipe de France pendant les hymnes nationaux contre la Nouvelle-Zélande au Stade de France. (Photo par Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images)

En 2024, l’intensité du rugby international n’a jamais faibli. Avec chaque grande nation disputant au moins 11 tests, et des équipes comme les Fidji et le Japon ayant vu leur calendrier gonfler grâce à la nouvelle édition de la Pacific Nations Cup, l’année a été une véritable orgie de rugby.

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Même après la Coupe du Monde, où la période post-compétition est souvent plus calme, le rugby a gardé son rythme effréné, avec de nouvelles vedettes qui ont émergé.

Malgré tout, une constante reste : le top 10 mondial, où neuf des dix premières équipes de l’année dernière conservent leur place.

L’Afrique du Sud, l’Irlande, la Nouvelle-Zélande et la France dominent toujours les quatre premières positions, dans le même ordre, mais l’écart entre les Bleus et leurs poursuivants s’est élargi, passant de 2,35 à 3,54 points. Quant à l’Angleterre, elle a cédé sa place à l’Argentine, désormais la plus proche du quartet de tête.

L’écart s’est resserré dans le Top 4

Au cours des 12 derniers mois, l’écart entre l’Afrique du Sud et l’Irlande en tête du classement mondial s’est réduit de manière significative, passant de 3,97 à seulement deux points. Les Springboks, malgré deux défaites d’un point, leur premier Rugby Championship depuis 2019 et un sans-faute lors de leur tournée européenne de fin d’année, ont vu leur cote baisser légèrement, passant de 94,54 points au 1er janvier à deux points d’écart en fin d’année.

L’Irlande, victorieuse du Grand Chelem au Tournoi des Six Nations, a amélioré sa cote de deux dixièmes, tandis que la Nouvelle-Zélande et la France ont connu des gains modérés de moins d’un point.

L’Angleterre, quant à elle, a dégringolé de la cinquième à la septième place, perdant 3,15 points, tandis que l’Écosse est restée stable à la sixième, mais avec une note légèrement en baisse. L’Argentine, forte de son meilleur Rugby Championship de tous les temps, a progressé de deux places pour s’installer à la cinquième, gagnant 4,29 points au passage.

Le Pays de Galles sort du Top 10

Revitalisée par l’arrivée de Joe Schmidt, l’Australie a grimpé au huitième rang, avec 4,04 points de plus que début 2024, après une année marquée par les séquelles d’une Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2023 décevante. De son côté, le Pays de Galles a connu une année catastrophique, perdant 6,63 points et sortant du top 10, remplacé par l’Italie, qui démarre l’année à la 11e place.

Les Fidji, vainqueurs de la Pacific Nations Cup et auteurs d’une victoire historique contre le Pays de Galles à l’extérieur, ont connu des hauts et des bas. Malgré des défaites lourdes contre la Nouvelle-Zélande, l’Écosse et l’Irlande, les Fidji ont accumulé assez de points positifs pour progresser au 9e rang, avec une note améliorée à 80,07 points.

Voici le top 10 mondial en 2024 :

  1. Afrique du Sud
  2. Irlande
  3. Nouvelle-Zélande
  4. France
  5. Argentine
  6. Écosse
  7. Angleterre
  8. Australie
  9. Fidji
  10. Italie

Cet article a été initialement publié en anglais sur RugbyPass.com et adapté en français par Willy Billiard.

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RedWarriors 1 hour ago
'Matches between Les Bleus and the All Blacks are rarely for the faint-hearted.'

I am not really sure how this tour benefits France beyond showing NZ ways to beat them. They already know how to beat NZ.

Ireland won a series there in 2022 which prompted a year long shift in strategy to specifically beat Ireland. This was confirmed recently by Will Jordan.

Winning tight matches isn’t necessarily about psychology. It’s about having weapons to get over the line. For SA that was a scrum to win penalties and a kicker to either kick the penalty over or down the line if a try is needed. See SA v England in 2023 SF.

England used their jacklers to win penalties to get them deep into the 22 a couple of times late against France. Ireland improvised with drop kicks to win versus SA.

NZ spent decades fretting over choking in RWCs. Their strategy was often to develop such an outstanding team that pressure wouldn’t come into it. All they needed to do (France 99, 07) was to use some of their prep to learn how to neuter their opponents.

NZ have learned that lesson well and it should have gotten them a RWC win in ‘23 after knocking Ireland out. They will do the same against France or attempt to.

It doesn’t matter with SA v NZ because those teams are set up to beat/not lose against each other.

I don’t see NZ whipping the French second string and there is no benefit in showing NZ their hand.

I don’t agree with the image of International Rugby or respect comment. International Rugby should put all their focus on expanding the game (Tier 2) which was the supposed purpose of a RWC not as a status symbol for Tier1As.

No offense to Marshall and NZ, but if they demand respect they should give some too. Ireland certainly were not respected after their 22 series win and France won’t be either.

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