Photo / PhotosportChristopher Reive looks at how the top teams are tracking ahead of the Rugby World Cup. South AfricaWorld ranking: 4The defending World Cup champions also mixed their form in 2022, finishing the year with eight wins and five losses in the test arena. Talking pointScotland have had quite the rise over the past couple of seasons, but will they be able to produce similar for in the World Cup? Talking pointFrance has been a happy World Cup hunting ground for Argentina in the past. JapanWorld ranking: 10After reaching the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time in 2019, Covid-19 settled into the world and ruined any sort of momentum Japan might have had.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 22, 2023 04:40 UTC