#Le Bleus

The official men's World Rugby rankings have, for some time now, been widely dismissed. Too often the prescriptive modelling does not accurately reflect the true balance of power. At present World Rugby's top fivereads: 1. South Africa (90.61) 2. France (88.88) 3. All Blacks (88.75) 4. Ireland (88.22) 5. England (84.50) This week, following the…

After contrasting results on Thursday, Denmark and France meet on Sunday with very different targets from their final match in Nations League Group A1 in Copenhagen (kick-off, 7.45pm BST). Denmark lost 2-1 in Croatia in midweek and surrendered top spot to their conquerors. A point adrift now, they must beat France and hope Austria do them a favour…