World Rugby Men’s Rankings
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World Rugby Men’s Rankings are the official global standings that rate and compare the performance of international men’s rugby union teams.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| World Rugby Rankings | 3 |
| World Rugby Men’s Rankings canonical | 2 |
| World Rugby rankings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2378874 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: World Rugby Men’s Rankings Context triple: [World Rugby, hasOfficialRankingSystem, World Rugby Men’s Rankings]
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A.
World Rugby
World Rugby is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of rugby union worldwide.
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B.
2019 Rugby World Cup
The 2019 Rugby World Cup was the ninth edition of the men's Rugby World Cup, hosted by Japan and notable as the first tournament held in Asia.
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C.
2015 Rugby World Cup
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of rugby union’s premier international tournament, held in England and won by New Zealand’s All Blacks, who became the first team to claim three World Cup titles.
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D.
World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (regional involvement)
The World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (regional involvement) is a regional international rugby union competition featuring Pacific and other invited national teams, organized in part by Oceania Rugby.
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E.
Rugby Group
The Rugby Group is an association of leading independent boarding schools in the United Kingdom, known for their academic prestige and shared educational interests.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Rugby Men’s Rankings Target entity description: World Rugby Men’s Rankings are the official global standings that rate and compare the performance of international men’s rugby union teams.
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A.
World Rugby
World Rugby is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of rugby union worldwide.
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B.
2019 Rugby World Cup
The 2019 Rugby World Cup was the ninth edition of the men's Rugby World Cup, hosted by Japan and notable as the first tournament held in Asia.
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C.
2015 Rugby World Cup
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of rugby union’s premier international tournament, held in England and won by New Zealand’s All Blacks, who became the first team to claim three World Cup titles.
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D.
World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (regional involvement)
The World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (regional involvement) is a regional international rugby union competition featuring Pacific and other invited national teams, organized in part by Oceania Rugby.
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E.
Rugby Group
The Rugby Group is an association of leading independent boarding schools in the United Kingdom, known for their academic prestige and shared educational interests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rugby union ranking
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sports ranking ⓘ world ranking system ⓘ |
| administeredBy | World Rugby ⓘ |
| appliesTo | men’s national rugby union teams ⓘ |
| basedOn |
match results
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results between international teams ⓘ team performance ⓘ |
| category |
World Rugby Men’s Rankings
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
World Rugby rankings
international sports rankings ⓘ |
| coverage | global ⓘ |
| dataType | continuous ranking points ⓘ |
| excludes | non-test matches ⓘ |
| genderCategory | men ⓘ |
| governingBody | World Rugby ⓘ |
| governingBodyHeadquarters | Dublin ⓘ |
| hasSeparateRanking | World Rugby Women’s Rankings ⓘ |
| includes |
Rugby World Cup matches
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Six Nations Championship matches ⓘ The Rugby Championship matches ⓘ test matches ⓘ |
| introducedBy | World Rugby ⓘ |
| language |
English
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French ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
World Rugby
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surface form:
World Rugby competitions and performance department
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| nameChangeReason | rebranding of IRB to World Rugby ⓘ |
| originalName | IRB World Rankings ⓘ |
| output | ordered list of men’s national rugby union teams ⓘ |
| rankingCriterion |
home advantage adjustment
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importance of match ⓘ margin of victory or defeat ⓘ recent match performance ⓘ relative team strength ⓘ |
| region | world ⓘ |
| scope |
international teams
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national teams ⓘ |
| sport | rugby union ⓘ |
| startDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| status | official ranking ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | results over multiple years with weighting toward recent matches ⓘ |
| updateFrequency |
after international matches
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weekly ⓘ |
| usedFor |
measuring performance of national teams
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seeding for Rugby World Cup ⓘ seeding for some international tournaments ⓘ |
| uses |
points-based rating system
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ranking points ⓘ |
| website | https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: World Rugby Men’s Rankings Description of subject: World Rugby Men’s Rankings are the official global standings that rate and compare the performance of international men’s rugby union teams.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
World Rugby Rankings
this entity surface form:
World Rugby Rankings
this entity surface form:
World Rugby rankings
this entity surface form:
World Rugby Rankings