England drop to No.2 in the world

France up to three

Following their two recent defeats in the RBS Six Nations, England let slip their No.1 Zurich World Ranking for the first time since December 2002.

Defeats to Ireand, and then France, see Clive Woodward's World Champions fall behind beaten RWC semi-finalists New Zealand in to second.

Grand Slam winners France move up to third place ahead of Australia whilst Scotland fall to their worst ever position in the Zurich World Rankings.

Zurich World Rankings (as of Mar 30, 2004)

(+1) 1 New Zealand 1315 (-)
(-1) 2 England 1280 (-59)
(+1) 3 France 1203 (+65)  (-)
(-1) 4 Australia 1199 (-) 
(-) 5 South Africa 1006
(-) 6 Ireland 970 (+39)
(-) 7 Argentina 873 (-)
(+1) 8 Wales 731 (+18)
(+1) 9 Samoa 689 (-)
(-2) 10 Scotland 678 (-71)
11 Fiji 568
12 Canada 557
(-) 13 Italy 552 (-4)
14 Tonga 518
15 United States 444
16 Japan 436
17 Romania 378 (+30)
18 Georgia 340 (-28)
(+1) 19 Portugal 315 (+23)
(-1) 20 Uruguay 298 (-)

(-) 21 Namibia 282 (-9)
(-) 22 Russia 281 (+5)
23 Morocco 273 (+12)
24 Tunisia 254
25 Chile 251
26 Cote d'Ivoire 237
(+2) 27 Korea 233
(+2) 28 Ukraine 232
(-3) 29 Czech Republic 229 (-8)
(+2) 30 Netherlands 226 (+8)
(-) 31 Germany 221
(-4) 32 Spain 219 (-15)
33= Cook Islands 216
33= Denmark 216
35 Poland 215
36 Switzerland 211
37 Slovenia 208
38 Latvia 203
39 Croatia 202
40= Zimbabwe 196
40= Sweden 196

42= Belgium 190 (-3)
42= Papua New Guinea 193
44 Hong Kong 188
45 Brazil 187
46 Chinese Taipei 185
47 Paraguay 171
48 Madagascar 173
49 Kenya 164
50 Arabian Gulf 163
51 Yugoslavia 150
52 Trinidad and Tobago 147
53 Austria 135
54 Hungary 133
55 Bermuda 132
56 Andorra 131
57 Malaysia 126
57 Moldova 126
59 Thailand 125
60 China 119

61 Singapore 112
62 Zambia 104
63 Uganda 101
64 Lithuania 98
65 Venezuela 94
66 Kazakhstan 91
67 Sri Lanka 90
68 Botswana 88
(+1) 69 Cayman Islands 83 (+4)
(-1) 70 Cameroon 79
71 Israel 77
72 Niue Island 76
73 Tahiti 68
74 Malta 66
75= Bosnia 63
75= Luxembourg 63
77 Bulgaria 58
78 Jamaica 45 (-3)
79= Solomon Islands 37
79= Peru 37
81 Monaco 36
82 Swaziland 34
83 Barbados 29
84= Mexico 26
84= Norway 26
86= Bahamas 24
86= Guyana 24
88= Vanuatu 23
88= Colombia 23