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A look at this week’s European club rugby rankings movement, plus a first snapshot of the community-voted player ratings for the 2025/26 season, from Rugby Ranker.

Club Rankings

Power Rating (our own margin-of-victory system) ratings, live as of 14 September 2026. See the full table on the Rugby Ranker club rankings page.

Risers

• Lyon (Top 14) — 79.86, +2.18
• Toulouse (Top 14) — 94.26, +1.77
• Pau (Top 14) — 85.35, +1.72
• Montpellier (Top 14) — 88.25, +1.53
• Biarritz (Pro D2) — 66.14, +1.20

Fallers

• Racing 92 (Top 14) — 77.97, -2.18
• Bordeaux (Top 14) — 88.92, -1.77
• Bayonne (Top 14) — 74.58, -1.72
• Vannes (Top 14) — 82.87, -1.53
• Colomiers (Pro D2) — 70.25, -1.20

Player Rankings

This is our first ratings snapshot of the season, so there’s no prior week to compare against yet — here’s how the top of the community-voted overall ratings looks right now on Rugby Ranker, based on 237 rated players.

• Antoine Dupont (Toulouse, Top 14) — 88 overall
• Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears, Japan League One D1) — 87 overall
• Ox Nché (Sharks, URC) — 86 overall
• Cobus Reinach (Stormers, URC) — 86 overall
• Cheslin Kolbe (Tokyo Sungoliath, Japan League One D1) — 86 overall
• Cam Roigard (Hurricanes, Super Rugby) — 86 overall
• André Esterhuizen (Sharks, URC) — 85 overall
• Embrose Papier (Bulls, URC) — 85 overall

Check back next week for the first real movers list, once we have a prior snapshot to compare against.