Historic Matches
| IRB World Rankings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 25 Rankings as of 19 November 2012 | |||
| Rank | Change* | Team | Points |
| 1 | New Zealand | 92.91 | |
| 2 | South Africa | 86.05 | |
| 3 | Australia | 85.94 | |
| 4 | France | 84.99 | |
| 5 | England | 81.96 | |
| 6 | Argentina | 79.89 | |
| 7 | Ireland | 79.04 | |
| 8 | Wales | 78.95 | |
| 9 | Samoa | 78.79 | |
| 10 | Scotland | 77.42 | |
| 11 | Italy | 76.61 | |
| 12 | Tonga | 74.51 | |
| 13 | Canada | 71.41 | |
| 14 | Fiji | 70.60 | |
| 15 | Japan | 70.09 | |
| 16 | United States | 66.86 | |
| 17 | Georgia | 66.75 | |
| 18 | Romania | 63.58 | |
| 19 | Spain | 63.09 | |
| 20 | Russia | 61.49 | |
| 21 | Portugal | 59.63 | |
| 22 | Uruguay | 59.37 | |
| 23 | Belgium | 59.17 | |
| 24 | Namibia | 58.45 | |
| 25 | Chile | 57.02 | |
| Japan's Historical Rankings | |||
England – Lost 3–6 (Tokyo, 1971)
Scotland – Won 28–24 (Tokyo, 1989)
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) – Won 155–3 (Taipei, 2002)
Wales – Lost 24–29 (Cardiff, 1983)
Zimbabwe – Won 52–8 (Rugby World Cup, Belfast, 1991)
Canada – Drew 12–12 (Rugby World Cup, Bordeaux, 2007)
In the 120–3 win over Taiwan, at 21 July 2002, Toru Kurihara, fullback of Suntory, scored 6 tries and kicked 15 conversions, establishing a world record of 90 points. The previous world record had been set by Eduardo Morgan of Argentina. The world record holder for tries scored in test matches is now Daisuke Ohata, with 69.
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