The world's top players and teams
13 April 2012
| ZURICH WORLD TEAM | ||
| Position | Player | Country |
| Full-back | Leon MacDonald | New Zealand |
| Right wing | Austin Healey | England |
| Centre | Will Greenwood | England |
| Centre | Mike Catt | England |
| Left wing | Christophe Dominici | France |
| Fly-half | Gerald Merceron | France |
| Scrum-half | Rob Howley | Wales |
| Loose head | Tom Smith | Scotland |
| Hooker | Keith Wood | Ireland |
| Tight head | Phil Vickery | England |
| Lock | Martin Johnson | England |
| Lock | Danny Grewcock | England |
| Flanker | Owen Finegan | Australia |
| No 8 | Scott Quinnell | Wales |
| Flanker | Neil Back | England |
| WORLD'S TOP 10 TEAMS | ||
| 1 | Australia | 1211 points |
| 2 | New Zealand | 1190 |
| 3 | England | 1156 |
| 4 | South Africa | 1123 |
| 5 | France | 983 |
| 6 | Wales | 863 |
| 7 | Scotland | 826 |
| 8 | Ireland | 824 |
| 9 | Samoa | 673 |
| 10 | Argentina | 642 |