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<blockquote data-quote="Brigantine" data-source="post: 819744" data-attributes="member: 73940"><p>That's a big call.</p><p></p><p>The gap in rankings points between 9th (Scotland) and 10th (Fiji) is 4.95 points.</p><p>That's bigger then the gap in between 3rd (South Africa) and 9th - 4.68 points.</p><p></p><p>Saying France will drop out of the top 10, is even more dramatic than saying South Africa will drop out of the top 8!</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">Starting at NZ (96.30) and dividing the table into classes of ~4 rankings points:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">1st Class >92.30 - NZ</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">2nd Class >88.30 - England</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">3rd Class >84.30 - Australia, South Africa</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">4th Class >80.30 - Argentina, Wales, Ireland, France, Scotland</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">5th Class >76.30 - </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">6th Class >72.30 - Fiji, Georgia, Japan</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">7th Class >68.70* - Italy, Romania, Samoa, Tonga</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 9px">mini 8th Class > 65.70* - </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 9px">9th Class > 61.70 - Remaining RWC 2011 and 2015 teams</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">Wait, NZ has a test vs Italy?!</span></p><p></p><p>[Update: I made a graph. Note the big gap at 78 points]</p><p><img src="http://www.therugbyforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4611&d=1476157465" alt="Number of teams near each Ranking Point level" height="313" width="504"><img src="http://www.therugbyforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4612&d=1476162345" alt="Ranking Points of teams by continent" height="313" width="504"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brigantine, post: 819744, member: 73940"] That's a big call. The gap in rankings points between 9th (Scotland) and 10th (Fiji) is 4.95 points. That's bigger then the gap in between 3rd (South Africa) and 9th - 4.68 points. Saying France will drop out of the top 10, is even more dramatic than saying South Africa will drop out of the top 8! [SIZE=1] Starting at NZ (96.30) and dividing the table into classes of ~4 rankings points: 1st Class >92.30 - NZ 2nd Class >88.30 - England 3rd Class >84.30 - Australia, South Africa 4th Class >80.30 - Argentina, Wales, Ireland, France, Scotland 5th Class >76.30 - 6th Class >72.30 - Fiji, Georgia, Japan 7th Class >68.70* - Italy, Romania, Samoa, Tonga [SIZE=1]mini 8th Class > 65.70* - 9th Class > 61.70 - Remaining RWC 2011 and 2015 teams[/SIZE] Wait, NZ has a test vs Italy?![/SIZE] [Update: I made a graph. Note the big gap at 78 points] <img src="http://www.therugbyforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4611&d=1476157465" alt="Number of teams near each Ranking Point level" height="313" width="504"><img src="http://www.therugbyforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4612&d=1476162345" alt="Ranking Points of teams by continent" height="313" width="504"> [/QUOTE]
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