Malta maintained its international ranking of 20th when the RLIF rankings were released yesterday.

Australia head the rankings with New Zealand and England in pursuit, Papua New Guinea and France round off the top five.

Despite dropping 0.2176 points, the Malta national team crept closer to its 19th placed counterpart in Norway who it has defeated for the last two consecutive seasons.

Canada, who recently defeated 22nd ranked Jamaica climbed to 21st, and within 0.7815 points of Malta.

Malta takes on the 27th ranked Denmark on September 29 in Copenhagen in the final leg of the 2012 Dove Men+Care International Series.

RLIF Rankings: 1/ Australia, 2/ New Zealand, 3/ England, 4/ PNG, 5/ France, 6/ Wales, 7/ Fiji, 8/ Samoa, 9/ Tonga, 10/ Scotland, 20/ Malta

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In Maltese -By Andrew Zammit Manduca

MALTA ŻŻOMM IL-POŻIZZJONI TAĦĦA FIL-KLASSIFIKAZZJONI MONDJALI

Malta żammet il-klassifikazzjoni internazzjonali ta l-20 post meta l-klassifiki RLIF inħargu l-bieraħ.

L-Awstralja tmexxi l-klasifika b'New Zealand u l-Ingilterra fl-insegwiment, Papua New Guinea u Franza jalqu l-ewwel ħames posizzjonijiet.

Minkejja waqqet 0.2176 punti, it-tim nazzjonali ta' Malta qerbet lejn ill-kontraparti taħħa mqiegħda fid-19 il-post in-Norveġja li tilfet kontra Malta għall-aħħar żewġ staġuni konsekuttivi.

Kanada, li reċentement rebħet it-22 kklassifikati Ġamajka telgħu fil-21, 0.7815 punti taħt Malta.

Malta tilgħab kontra il-27 kklassifikati Danimarka fid-29 ta’ Settembru  f'Kopenħagen fil-parti finali tas- Serje Internazzjonali Dove 2012 Men+Care.

Klassifiki RLIF: 1 / Awstralja, 2 / New Zealand, 3 / Ingilterra, 4 / PNG, 5 / Franza, 6 / Wales, 7 / Fiġi, 8 / Samoa, 9 / Tonga, 10 / Skozja, 20 / Malta

2012-07-31, 20:17