The Top 20 of the Ruggas.co.za 1stXV rankings is slowly starting to show some early movements while a lot of action lower down on the rankings is starting to reflect the volatility of the new ranking formula that we adopted.
The major change is where we used to limit the gain or loss of log points to a maximum of two log points, this was increased to three log points allowing the performing 1stXV to move faster up toward number one, while the struggling 1stXVs will drop like a brick in water.
Ruggas.co.za 1stXV Rankings
This is our first Movers And Shakers article including the first three weeks of action.
Grey College, Paarl Gim and Affies lost ranking points during the first three weeks of action resulting in Paarl Boishaai who scraped home against Drostdy HTS moving up to second place ahead of arch-rivals Paarl Gim. Boishaai nor Affies did not gain any log points for their wins the past weekend against Drostdy HTS and Helpmekaar as Drostdy HTS and Helpmekaar have twenty ranking points less when they played.
The big loser in the Top 10 was Monnas who lost 2,637 log points after their loss against Welkom Gim resulting in Monnas dropping to 8th on the log. Hilton College dropped out of the Top 10 following their loss against Secunda two weeks ago.
Oakdale's surprise loss to Waterkloof sees them dropping four positions to fourteenth. Outeniqua (9) and Wynberg (10) move into the Top 10 while Glenwood at number eleven is now the top Kwa-Zulu ranked team.
Stellenberg's loss to Grey High at the Outeniqua Festival cost them 5 positions and they drop out of the Top 20 to 21st. Selborne lost one ranking point in week two which saw them also dropping 5 log positions to 23rd. A high-riding EG Jansen climbed 5 positions to number 19 after two great wins, while Waterkloof's much talked about win over Oakdale see them re-entering the top 20 at 20 climbing 8 ranking spots.
Welkom Gim climbed 13 positions in the first 3 weeks now ranked 34th while Secunda gained 17 positions to 40 and Die Anker joined Secunda in the top 50 at 42nd after climbing 12 positions. Kempton Park and Rustenburg are the other new faces in the Top 50.
Worrying in the top 50 in Nelspruit who dropped 18 positions to number 41. Parktown, Marais Viljoen, Brandwag (Uitenhage) and Montana (Bulls) are the teams dropping out of the Top 50.
Big movers in the Top 100 include Fichardt Park (+13), Worcester Gym (+14), Heidelberg Volkies (+14), Wesvalia (+14), St Benedicts (+15), Hugenote (Wellington) (+15), Witteberg (Griffons) (+18) and Eldoraigne (+18).