World Rugby Women's Rankings preview: 24 February, 2024

World Rugby has published the ranking permutations for the second match of the Rugby Europe Women's Championship 2024 in Lisbon this weekend.

Permutation highlights:

• Portugal will jump two places to 25th if they make a winning start to life in the Rugby Europe Women’s Championship 2024 against the Netherlands.
• They will gain another place if the winning margin is by more than 15 points.
• A draw would still lift Portugal up two places, while condemning their visitors to a one-place fall to 16th.
• The Netherlands will drop two places to 17th if beaten by the lower-ranked Portugal with Samoa and Fiji the beneficiaries.
• Defeat by more than 15 points would also drop the Netherlands below Hong Kong China.
• The Netherlands are unable to improve their rating with victory due to the 16.08 points difference between the teams before home weighting is factored in.

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Match officials:

• Jenny Lee (Spain) will make her test debut when she takes charge of Portugal against the Netherlands in Lisbon on Saturday.