Rugby World Cup 2023 men's teams' rankings

I could be ignorant in how rankings are calculated, but that doesn't matter, here they are below from https://www.world.rugby

Note this was on 21st August and the All Blacks were 2nd.

I love it, even after the All Blacks historic defeat by South Africa and France's win over Australia, on 26th and 27th August respectively, the All Blacks are still 2nd. *

As a side note, especially for those ambivalent or against the haka, do you really think it helps the All Blacks performance? **

-A.M.

* yes I know it's just an indication and you can't base a team or guess the Cup outcome on their ranking

** this could be used as an excellent example to finish any argument over whether the haka should be performed