Issued on 30 June 2002, the Zurich World Rankings, placed Ireland in sixth place, after New Zealand, England, Australia South Africa and France.

Here are the Zurich World Rankings Top 20 as of June 30 2002.

1 New Zealand

2 England

3 Australia

4 South Africa

5 France

6 Ireland

7 Scotland

8 Wales

9 Argentina

10 Samoa

11 Canada

12 Italy

13 Fiji

14 Tonga

15 Japan

16= Romania

16= United States

18 Georgia

19 Namibia

20 Uruguay

The next update will be on August 1, 2002.