World Rugby Rankings Scraper

World Rugby Rankings Scraper

Scrape the official World Rugby rankings for men's and women's 15s and 7s, up to a million rows per run. Each row includes the team, rank, points, and previous position. No API key or login. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

World Rugby publishes the definitive rankings for international rugby teams, but there is no public API to pull the data in bulk. This actor reads the live rankings tables directly and returns every team's current standing, points, and rank change in a clean, flat format. It covers Men's 15s, Women's 15s, Men's 7s, and Women's 7s.

Who uses it	What they scrape World Rugby for
Sports journalists	Pull the latest rankings into a match preview or news article.
Rugby analysts	Track ranking movements over a season to spot trends.
Fantasy rugby platforms	Feed current team strengths into a player valuation model.
Betting data providers	Incorporate official rankings into pre-match odds calculations.

What it does

This Actor collects the official World Rugby rankings for a chosen format and returns each team as a row with its rank, points, and previous rank.

• 🏉 Four ranking formats: Men's 15s, Women's 15s, Men's 7s, and Women's 7s, selectable with one dropdown.
• 📊 Flat row output: Every team comes back as one row with rank, points, and previous rank, ready for a spreadsheet.
• ⚡ Live data: Each run hits the live World Rugby site, so you always get the rankings as they stand right now.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with World Rugby data

📰 Power a rugby news dashboard.

A sports outlet runs the actor daily to update a live rankings widget on their site with the latest Men's 15s standings.

📈 Model team strength over time.

An analyst collects Women's 7s rankings every week and plots the points trend to identify rising nations before a tournament.

🎮 Seed a fantasy rugby engine.

A fantasy platform pulls the Men's 15s rankings to weight player projections based on their national team's current standing.

📊 Feed a betting model.

A data provider scrapes all four ranking formats and joins them with match schedules to calculate implied strength differentials.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
No API needed	Reads the public rankings page directly, no registration or key.
Always current	Pulls live data on every run, not a cached snapshot.
Fixed schema	Every row has the same columns, so your pipeline never breaks.
Bulk export	Save up to a million rows as CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

How it compares

No other Store actor targets World Rugby the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

	World Rugby Rankings Scraper	Build it in-house	By hand
Setup	Run it now, zero config	Days of engineering	None, but hours per pull
When World Rugby changes	Maintained for you	You fix it	You re-learn the page
Proxies, retries, anti-bot	Built in	Your problem	Browser only
Output	Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export	Whatever you build	Copy-paste
Cost	Pay per result	Engineering time	Analyst hours

Configure the run

Choose a ranking type from the dropdown and set a maximum number of teams to return. The actor reads the live table and stops once it hits your limit. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
  "maxItems": 10
}

A larger pull:

{
  "maxItems": 200
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.021 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$2.10
1,000 results	$21.00
10,000 results	$210.00

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the World Rugby Rankings Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to World Rugby through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/world-rugby-rankings-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

Check that you selected a valid ranking type from the dropdown. If the World Rugby site layout changed, the actor may need an update; contact support with a sample run ID.

The actor returns fewer teams than I expected.

The rankings table contains a fixed number of teams (usually around 20 to 100 depending on the format). If you set maxItems higher than the actual table size, you will get all available teams.

My run timed out.

The actor makes a single request to the rankings page and should complete in seconds. A timeout may indicate a temporary network issue; retry the run.

The points column shows a different value than I saw on the site.

The actor scrapes the live page, so the value reflects the moment of the run. Rankings can change between your manual check and the actor's execution.

FAQ

Question	Answer
Which ranking formats can I scrape?	You can choose Men's 15s, Women's 15s, Men's 7s, or Women's 7s from the input dropdown. The actor scrapes one format per run.
How often is the data updated?	The actor reads the live World Rugby rankings page on every run, so you get the rankings exactly as they appear at that moment.
Can I get historical rankings?	This actor scrapes the current rankings table only. It does not pull historical data or past rankings from previous weeks.
What fields does each row contain?	Each row includes the team name, current rank, ranking points, and the previous rank, all in a flat structure.
Is there a limit on how many teams I can scrape?	Free users are limited to 10 teams as a preview. Paid users can scrape up to 1,000,000 rows, which covers the full rankings table many times over.
Do I need an API key or login?	No. The actor reads the public World Rugby rankings page directly, so no registration or API key is required.
What output formats are supported?	You can export the dataset as CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML from the Apify platform.
Can I scrape multiple ranking types in one run?	No, each run scrapes one ranking type. To get all four, run the actor four times with a different rankingType each time.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by World Rugby. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.