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Southern Hemisphere Sports Domination?

Chatting to a mate of mine about sports while watching the Proteas whop Pakistan today, we decided that it's pretty sweet to live in the Southern Hemisphere. We both decided that the Southern Hemisphere (SH) dominates the world of sports in many areas.I decided that I should do some research in to this, and guess what I found? I found a lot of tables by alot of sources, took me a few minutes to find some reliable ranking pages but it has been done. Below you will see the tables for Rugby, Football, Hockey, Cricket and Netball.RED teams are Southern Hemisphere

RUGBY
IRB World Rankings 23/10/2006
Position(last week) Member Union Rating points
1(1) NEW ZEALAND 92.91
2(2) FRANCE 87.53
3(3) SOUTH AFRICA 87.05
4(4) AUSTRALIA 86.13
5(5) IRELAND 82.01
6(6) ENGLAND 79.66
7(7) SCOTLAND 77.72
8(8) ARGENTINA 77.49
9(9) WALES 76.34
10(10) SAMOA 73.86
CRICKET ODI LG ICC ODI Championship Table
1 Australia 128
2 South Africa 123
3 New Zealand 114
4 Pakistan 111
5 India 111
6 Sri Lanka 108
7 West Indies 106
8 England 97
9 Bangladesh 34
10 Zimbabwe 30
11 Kenya 0
TEST MATCH LG ICC Test Championship Table
1 Australia 130
2 England 119
3 Pakistan 112
4 India 111
5 Sri Lanka 103
6 South Africa 94
7 New Zealand 92
8 West Indies 72
9 Zimbabwe 28
10 Bangladesh 2
FOOTBALL

Fifa World Football Rankings For October 2006

Rank Team PtsOct 06 +/-RankSep 06 +/-PtsSep 06
1 Brazil 1649 0 19
2 Italy 1550 0 0
3 Argentina 1479 0 7
4 France 1462 0 0
5 England 1434 0 0
6 Netherlands 1322 0 0
7 Spain 1309 0 0
8 Portugal 1301 0 0
9 Germany 1229 0 0
10 Czech R 1223 0 0
NETBALL 1 New Zealand2 Australia 3 Jamaica4 England 5 South Africa6 Samoa 7 Barbados 8 Fiji 9 USA10 Trinidad & Tobago HOCKEY Women 1. Netherlands 2.Australia 3.Argentina 4.Germany5.China6.Japan7.Spain 8.New Zealand 9.Korea10.USA Men 1.Germany 2.Australia 3.Spain4.Netherlands5.Pakistan6.Korea7.India 8.Argentina 9.England 10.New Zealand11.South Africa

So there they are... and I think I was wrong... SH is not the place to be in terms of sports. We (when I say we I include all nations, continents and states in the SH for a full list visit Wikipedia) need to do some work, hit the streets, crack the gyms, pump the iron and inject... no wait, thats illegal!!From the top:Rugby4 out of the top 10, 3 of those in the top 4.That pretty good. CricketOne Day Internationals: 5 out of the top 10, 3 of those in the top 3.Test Matches: 4 out of the top 10, 1 in the top position.Thats awesome, Cricket we definately dominate.Football2 in the top 10, 2 of those in the top 3.Thats not so good.Hockey5 out of the top 10, 2 of those in top 2. Thats pretty damn goodNetballMen: 4 out of top 10.Women: 3 out of top 10.Hockey Not So Good.So on average: We are dominated in 3 out of the above 5 sports. we only dominate in 2, Hockey and Cricket and that is merely because we have teams in the top 3.I think that in terms of the above sports there are a few countries that we all need to thank as SH inhabitants:Australiahttp://www.smashleftwingscum.com/2006_01_01_archive.htmlNew ZealandSouth AfricaBrazilhttp://www.colorfotos.com.br/brasil/flag/xflag.htmWithout these four countries, we would have no teams in any of the rankings in the top 5.