UAE up to 64th in World Rugby rankings

Following their Asia Rugby Championship Division II title, the UAE are also celebrating a rise in the World Rugby rankings.

Having beaten Guam 82-7 and then Thailand 50-12, the UAE benefited from two big victories in the space of three days to leave them six places higher than before the tournament in 64^th.

Kazakhstan beat Guam 17-10 in the third-place play-off but their earlier defeat to Thailand cost them three places in the rankings, and they are now 65th.

Hosts Thailand moved up one spot to 69^th as their win over Kazakhstan provided them with a boost in the rankings of one place up to 75^th.

Guam, who lost both of their matches fall five places to 74^th, one ahead of Thailand.

Elsewhere, Korea’s 52-14 win against Malaysia in Incheon in the Asia Rugby Championship opener was only worth nine-hundredths of a rating point and that was not enough for them to improve on their current position of 30th in the rankings.

Malaysia remain in 45^th, one place behind Sri Lanka, while Japan sit in 11^th as the region’s highest-ranked side in the world.

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