After the end of season tours the Southern Hemisphere has shown once again that they rule the roost. While only 6 nations champs Wales managed a win in a thrilling game against Australia. Scotland gave the Springboks a scare and New Zealand steam rolled very one in their path with only the Welsh again having a great half against the number 1 ranked rugby team in the world. Here are the IRB World Rankings after the Europena tours:
Taken from: IRB.com World Rankings and correct as of 1 December 2008
| 1(1) |  NEW ZEALAND |
92.68 |
| 2(2) |  SOUTH AFRICA |
89.45 |
| 3(3) |  AUSTRALIA |
85.86 |
| 4(4) |  ARGENTINA |
81.56 |
5(6)  |
 WALES |
81.03 |
6(5)  |
 ENGLAND |
80.86 |
| 7(7) |  FRANCE |
79.49 |
| 8(8) |  IRELAND |
78.45 |
| 9(9) |  SCOTLAND |
76.76 |
| 10(10) |  FIJI |
75.24 |
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