Schools: Rugby Rankings 2011-12. Week 4

The entire table has had something of a shuffle this week as a few surprise results occurred during in the past number of days:

Methody’s victory over Belfast rivals RBAI did nothing to change their respective positions (1st and 8th), but the teams that lie between them is a different matter, with Ballyclare HS moving back into 2nd with a win over Wallace HS (Wallace now in 7th place), despite their midweek defeat to Limavady GS, who are still unbeaten and now in 4th position.

Their cause was helped by Ballymena Academy moving down into 3rd after a great result at home for Regent House who move back into the top-ten at 9th.

BRA might start to worry about their prospects for this year after losing out to RS Dungannon; while there was only one place between them last week, most would have expected BRA to win this game comfortably. As it is, Dungannon hold onto 13th place while BRA slip down into 16th.

Portadown College may also feel that, while it hasn’t quite burst, the bubble is certainly deflating. After an unbeaten start in five games, Portadown have now lost two on the bounce, their latest defeat at the hands of Sullivan Upper who move up two places into 12th to sit just under the College team in 11th.

Final mention this week goes to Dalriada who finally managed to secure a win this season, and a good one at that as their opponents, Cambridge House, were seven places above them in last week’s table. As it is, Dalriada now find themselves in 25th while Cambridge move down three places into 23rd.

Important fixtures for this Saturday (29-10-11):

Cambridge House v Rainey ES: A match for two teams who are not only close geographically, but also in the rankings

Foyle & L’Derry v Coleraine AI: The north-west derby heads to the Walled City

RS Armagh v RBAI: Belfast Inst have another tough away fixture this week against high-fliers Armagh

Schools Rugby Rankings 2011-12. Week 4

Rank	Team	Win %	Opponent Rating	Score	Previous Score	Previous Ranking
1	Methodist College	100.0%	0.563	0.962	0.973	1
2	Ballyclare HS	75.0%	0.537	0.795	0.784	4
3	Ballymena Academy	77.8%	0.504	0.777	0.833	2
4	Limavady GS	100.0%	0.419	0.768	0.716	7
5	RS Armagh	100.0%	0.370	0.743	0.794	3
6	Campbell College	70.0%	0.487	0.707	0.725	6
7	Wallace HS	50.0%	0.663	0.692	0.749	5
8	RBAI	57.1%	0.558	0.673	0.679	8
9	Regent House	66.7%	0.526	0.639	0.570	11
10	Foyle & L’Derry College	71.4%	0.454	0.606	0.593	10
11	Portadown College	71.4%	0.452	0.569	0.603	9
12	Sullivan Upper	71.4%	0.396	0.552	0.466	14
13	RS Dungannon	55.6%	0.442	0.508	0.490	13
14	Coleraine AI	42.9%	0.507	0.474	0.428	17
15	Grosvenor GS	50.0%	0.385	0.443	0.439	16
16	Belfast Royal Academy	25.0%	0.637	0.432	0.528	12
17	Belfast HS	50.0%	0.435	0.427	0.419	18
18	Bangor GS	20.0%	0.762	0.390	0.458	15
19	Down HS	25.0%	0.679	0.371	0.366	21
20	Omagh Academy	50.0%	0.339	0.364	0.355	22
21	Banbridge Academy	33.3%	0.494	0.353	0.410	19
22	Rainey ES	28.6%	0.548	0.334	0.328	23
23	Cambridge House	40.0%	0.362	0.316	0.388	20
24	Portora RS	16.7%	0.664	0.276	0.277	24
25	Dalriada	16.7%	0.577	0.255	0.144	27
26	Friends’ School	14.3%	0.453	0.217	0.229	25
27	Lurgan College	66.7%	0.083	0.202	0.217	26
28	Carrickfergus GS	0.0%	0.578	0.140	0.137	28
29	Larne GS	0.0%	0.431	0.133	0.130	29
30	Antrim GS	0.0%	0.333	0.119	0.115	30
31	Wellington College	0.0%	0.222	0.112	0.108	31
32	Strabane GS	0.0%	0.000	0.106	0.101	32

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