With just Englands match against Australia to come, we give our take on the true order of world rugby, ranking the Rugby Championship and Six Nations sides as 2016s rugby calendar nears its end.1. New ZealandThe worlds best side are still setting the benchmark as they finished the year with 12 wins from 13. Beauden Barrett, crowned World Rugby Player of the Year, is playing rugby on another level and they are the team to beat in 2017.2. EnglandThey have won every match this year and are hot on the All Blacks heels but will have to wait until 2018 before they have a crack at Steve Hansens side.3. IrelandIreland became the first side since England in 2003 to beat New Zealand, South Africa and Australia in a calendar year. They are showing marked improvement under Joe Schmidt with a new generation coming through.4. AustraliaThey started the year with a dismal series against England but have re-found their form. 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Yet the Packers had no trouble with protection or communication when Jason Spriggs replaced Lang at right guard and Don Barclay?took over for Taylor at left guard.McCarthy said Monday that Lang (back) and Taylor (hip) appear to have avoided serious injuries.The injuries gave McCarthy, Rodgers and quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt more time to consider what to do on the third-and-11 play that resulted in the long pass to Nelson, setting the stage for?Mason Crosbys last-second, 32-yard field goal.Aaron came over [to the sideline], and [one] suggestion was just to let it run down and go into overtime, McCarthy said Monday. But -- actually, Alex Van Pelt and I -- I said, I like the play call and lets take a shot at it.You can see he didnt break em out of the huddle immediately, so we kind of played it where we were going to leave, whatever how many seconds there were, [not] the whole time on the clock if we didnt convert.. ... The protection, the route combination and really Jordy setting that angle where Aaron can throw him open, and its obviously a great throw. Just execution.And I think the biggest play was ... not only after the completion of the play but just getting it all coordinated, make sure we had 11 [guys on the field] and getting Aaron taking the play clock down there to three seconds and then setting it up for Masons two kicks. ' ' '
