This set contains all 'Tier 1' nations, as well as the top nations who played multiple games against them during the year. For the first time, for their performances against the 'elite', we've added Fiji, Georgia and Samoa to the set, alongside recent additions Japan.
Countries included (14) are: Argentina, Australia, England, Fiji, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, Wales. As they did not play any home matches against the other countries during the year, Fiji and Georgia have had their home ratings estimated based on the whole data set.
All 14 countries have full team cards with try scorers (including extra scorers who scored only in matches not included in the set) and individual goal kicker ranges, separate home and away team ratings, and with separate control charts for home-and-away and neutral venue matches.
All matches (67) involving the countries included have been used to calculate the ratings in this set. You can use this set either to set-up a league or cup based tournament with them, or for just playing through the year's international matches.
After going unbeaten in 2022, France lost to Ireland in the European 6-Country Tournament, and then at their home World Cup beat New Zealand in the opener, before losing to South Africa in the quarter-finals. Ireland though went unbeaten during the year - until they as usual lost in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, to New Zealand.
England looked awful during the year, including a famous loss at home to Fiji, but came within a point of making the World Cup final, while South Africa would also win the final by a single point, over New Zealand. Fiji also had a famous win at the World Cup, beating Australia, as they made the quarter-finals in their place, where they lost yet another close knockout match to the team they beat in the summer, England.
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