IRL Women's World Rankings
| Official rankings as of August 2026 | |||
| Rank | Change | Team | Pts % |
| 1 |  | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia | 100 |
| 2 | |  New Zealand | 64 |
| 3 | |  England | 40 |
| 4 | |  France | 25 |
| 5 | |  Samoa | 22 |
| 6 | |  Papua New Guinea | 19 |
| 7 |  6 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | 19 |
| 8 | |  Ireland | 18 |
| 9 |  2 |  Wales | 17 |
| 10 | |  Nigeria | 16 |
| 11 | 2 |  Cook Islands | 15 |
| 12 | |  Fiji | 13 |
| 13 | 2 |  Tonga | 12 |
| 14 | 2 |  United States | 12 |
| 15 | 4 |  Greece | 11 |
| 16 | 2 |  Netherlands | 10 |
| 17 | 3 |  Scotland | 8 |
| 18 | 1 |  Serbia | 4 |
| 19 | 1 |  Kenya | 4 |
| 20 | 1 |  Ghana | 4 |
| 21 | 2 |  Brazil | 3 |
| 22 | 2 |  Jamaica | 3 |
| 23 | 2 |  Italy | 2 |
| 24 | 2 |  Philippines | 2 |
| 25 | 1 |  Lebanon | 2 |
| 26 | 1 |  Uganda | 1 |
| 27 | |  Malta | 1 |
| 28 | |  Turkey | 1 |
| Complete rankings at www.internationalrugbyleague.com | |||
The IRL Women's World Rankings are the ranking system for women's national teams in the sport of rugby league football.[1] The rankings were first published in December 2017.[2][3]
Current calculation method
Match status
A weighting system has been implemented by the IRL to give more points to teams if they gain a victory over a major team in a major tournament, with friendlies ranked with considerably fewer points than any World Cup finals match or the final of Cups such as the European, Mediterranean and Pacific Cups.
Opponent strength
The IRL has organized the ranking so that a win against a very highly ranked opponent is a considerably greater achievement than a win against a low-rated opponent, so the strength of the opposing team is a factor.
Assessment period
All matches played over the last three years are included in the calculation of the rankings, but there is a weighting system implemented to put more emphasis on recent results.
Historical rankings
| Team | Dec 2017 | Jul 2018 | Dec 2018 | Jul 2019 | Nov 2019 | Jun 2020 | Dec 2021 | Jul 2022 | Dec 2022 | Jun 2023 | Dec 2023 | Jun 2024 | Dec 2024 | Jun 2025 | Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 | Aug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 ( ) | 22 | 28 ( 6) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Australia |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brazil |
– | – | – | 11 () | 13 (2) | 13 | 15 (2) | 17 (2) | 10 (7) | 10 | 11 (1) | 12 (1) | 20 (8) | 19 (1) | 23 (4) | 23 | 21 (2) |
| Canada |
4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 (1) | 5 | 6 (1) | 6 | 7 (1) | 7 | 7 | 8 (1) | 9 (1) | 10 (1) | 11 (1) | 13 (2) | 7 (6) |
| Cook Islands |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 (2) | 7 | 12 (5) | 11 (1) | 6 (5) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 (4) | 9 (1) | 9 | 9 | 11 (2) |
| England |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Fiji |
– | – | – | 9 () | 10 (1) | 10 | 9 (1) | 12 (3) | 18 (6) | 19 (1) | 21 (2) | 26 (5) | 16 (10) | 16 | 10 (6) | 12 (2) | 12 |
| France |
7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 (1) | 6 | 5 (1) | 5 | 5 | 4 (1) | 5 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ghana |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 () | 23 (2) | 24 (1) | 24 | 21 (3) | 19 (2) | 20 (1) |
| Greece |
– | – | – | – | – | 14 () | 16 (2) | 18 (2) | 11 (7) | 11 | 10 (1) | 9 (1) | 8 (1) | 7 (1) | 13 (6) | 11 (2) | 15 (4) |
| Ireland |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 14 () | 14 | 8 (6) | 8 | 9 (1) | 10 (1) | 7 (3) | 8 (1) | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Italy |
8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 13 (5) | 14 (1) | 13 (1) | 15 (2) | 19 (4) | 21 (2) | 22 (1) | 20 (2) | 21 (1) | 23 (2) |
| Jamaica |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 () | 24 (2) | 23 (1) | 23 | 25 (2) | 24 (1) | 22 (2) |
| Kenya |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 () | 20 (4) | 18 (2) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 (1) |
| Lebanon |
9 | 9 | 9 | 14 (5) | 14 | 15 (1) | 17 (2) | 19 (2) | 21 (2) | 21 | 27 (6) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 (1) | 25 (1) |
| Malta |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 () | 17 (1) | 19 (2) | 21 (2) | 25 (4) | 25 | 28 (3) | 27 (1) | 27 |
| Netherlands |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 () | 13 (5) | 13 | 13 | 15 (2) | 14 (1) | 16 (2) |
| New Zealand |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nigeria |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 () | 18 (5) | 17 (1) | 17 | 12 (5) | 10 (2) | 10 |
| Papua New Guinea |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 (2) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 (1) | 4 (1) | 5 (1) | 5 | 5 | 6 (1) | 6 | 6 |
| Philippines |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 () | 14 (5) | 14 | 15 (1) | 19 (4) | 20 (1) | 22 (2) | 22 | 24 (2) |
| Samoa |
– | – | – | 10 () | 12 (2) | 12 | 11 (1) | 16 (5) | 20 (4) | 20 | 20 | 25 (5) | 11 (14) | 12 (1) | 5 (7) | 5 | 5 |
| Scotland |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 () | 20 (1) | 17 (3) |
| Serbia |
– | – | – | 13 () | 9 (4) | 9 | 7 (2) | 8 (1) | 12 (4) | 12 | 12 | 11 (1) | 12 (1) | 14 (2) | 17 (3) | 17 | 18 (1) |
| Tonga |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 () | 15 (5) | 16 (1) | 13 (3) | 14 (1) | 15 (1) | 15 | 14 (1) | 15 (1) | 13 (2) |
| Turkey |
– | – | – | 12 () | 11 (1) | 11 | 10 (1) | 9 (1) | 13 (4) | 15 (2) | 17 (2) | 17 | 26 (9) | 26 | 26 | 28 (2) | 28 |
| Uganda |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 () | 22 (4) | 22 | 21 (1) | 24 (3) | 25 (1) | 26 (1) |
| United States |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 () | 17 (2) | 18 (1) | 16 (2) | 16 | 14 (2) | 11 (3) | 16 (5) | 16 | 14 (2) |
| Wales |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 13 () | 7 (6) | 9 (2) | 9 | 8 (1) | 7 (1) | 6 (1) | 6 | 7 (1) | 7 | 9 (2) |
| References: | [4] | [5] | [6] | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10][11] | [12][13] | [14] | [15] | [16][17] | [18][19] | [20][21] | [22][23] | [24][25] | [26][27] | [28][29] |
See also
References
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