FloRugby's Professional Club Power Rankings: Feb. 4, 2026

Glasgow stays on top, Leinster and the Saints chase, the Stormers slide again & Japan League One pauses. It's FloRugby's Professional Club Power Rankings.

Feb 4, 2026 by Philip Bendon

FloRugby's Professional Club Power Rankings: Feb. 4, 2026

Glasgow Warriors tightened its grip on the top spot in this week’s FloRugby Professional Club Power Rankings after a 31-22 bonus-point win over Munster at a sold-out Scotstoun, a result that underlined the depth behind Franco Smith’s frontliners, as Six Nations squads peeled away.

A much-changed Glasgow side ran in four first-half tries to build a 28-5 cushion, then held firm as Munster steadied late.

Skipper Stafford McDowall framed it as a club standard, rather than a one off.

“Something we pride ourselves on here massively is that whoever steps into the jersey does the same job,” McDowall said.

Smith called it “a tough one” and added, “we are excited to get five points against Munster who are a very tough team to play.”

Leinster stayed in touch at the top of the ladder with a 28-20 bonus-point win over Edinburgh at the Aviva Stadium, turning a 15-7 halftime deficit into control through repeated close-range pressure.

Flanker Scott Penny powered in a second-half hat trick, later describing it as a response game.

“In the first half, we weren’t really up to the standard that we hold ourselves to, and Edinburgh were really testing us,” Penny said. “But there was a really good response in the second half.”

The URC weekend also delivered another twist in South Africa, with the Hollywoodbets Sharks handing the DHL Stormers a second straight league defeat, this time 36-24 at Kings Park.

Winger Jaco Williams scored two of the Sharks’ five tries as they overturned a 17-14 halftime deficit and continued to squeeze a Stormers side that had set the early pace.

In Belfast, Ulster edged Cardiff Rugby 21-14 in a tight contest that kept both teams near the playoff line.

Ulster coach Richie Murphy said, “We are delighted with the win. We were made to work really hard, especially in the second half.”

Cardiff’s Corniel van Zyl pointed to the resilience in defeat, saying, “the way the boys fought back to stay in the fight was really pleasing to see.”

Further down the URC slate, the Vodacom Bulls rolled to a 52-17 win over the Lions in Johannesburg, while Connacht beat Zebre 31-15 in Italy with back-row forward Sean Jansen scoring twice.

In Treviso, Benetton and Scarlets finished 20-20 again, matching last season’s scoreline in a game played in thick fog after the break.

Scarlets No. 8 Fletcher Anderson, the player of the match, called the conditions a novelty.

“We rocked up, and it was a little bit foggy, but coming out for the second half, we couldn’t really see the crowd,” he said.

In England, competitive rugby carried on through the PREM Rugby Cup, where Gloucester squeezed past the Bristol Bears 16-8 at Ashton Gate in a rain-soaked West Country derby, while Saracens won 35-12 away to the Newcastle Red Bulls in stormy conditions.

The Exeter Chiefs ran up a 59-14 win over the Sale Sharks at Sandy Park, and the Northampton Saints took the East Midlands derby 40-22 over Leicester Tigers at Franklin’s Gardens.

Japan League One, meanwhile, had a bye week, so the Japanese clubs held their positions in the rankings without any new results feeding into the model.

The overall picture is a familiar one at the top, with URC and Premiership contenders dominating the first page, but the margins are tightening behind Glasgow.

Leinster remains within striking distance, Northampton continues to travel well across competitions, and Bath and Bristol are still carrying Champions Cup form into domestic weeks.

With the next block of fixtures arriving after the international window, the coming recalculation points are likely to be sharper, not softer, because squads will look different and the results will be less predictable.

Power Rankings Method In Brief

These power rankings use a rating system that updates after every match.

Teams start from a common baseline, then move up or down based on three big ideas: opponent strength, match context and performance.

Beating a strong side is worth more than beating a struggling one, and away results carry more weight than home results.

The margin matters, but it is capped, so one freak scoreline does not break the table.

Competition strength also is considered so that elite European matches have more impact than lower tier games. The model is designed to be consistent week to week, reward sustained form and avoid overreacting to a single result.

FloRugby's Professional Club Power Rankings: Feb. 4, 2026

1 Glasgow Warriors 1,676
2 Leinster 1,668
3 Northampton Saints 1,663
4 Bath 1,642
5 Bristol Bears 1,640
6 Stade Francais 1,584
7 Leicester Tigers 1,582
8 Toulouse 1,582
9 Montpellier 1,574
10 Saitama Wild Knights 1,563
11 Ulster 1,562
12 Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo 1,561
13 Vodacom Bulls 1,560
14 DHL Stormers 1,559
15 Sale Sharks 1,557
16 Hollywoodbets Sharks 1,553
17 Toulon 1,553
18 Bordeaux Bègles 1,552
19 Castres 1,551
20 Kobelco Kobe Steelers 1,543
21 Kubota Spears 1,543
22 Saracens 1,532
23 Racing 92 1,530
24 Pau 1,529
25 Exeter Chiefs 1,515
26 Tokyo Sungoliath 1,514
27 Cardiff Rugby 1,509
28 Shizuoka BlueRevs 1,508
29 Edinburgh 1,498
30 BlackRams Tokyo 1,489
31 Munster 1,489
32 Emirates Lions 1,487
33 Benetton 1,485
34 Ospreys 1,479
35 ASM Clermont Auvergne 1,473
36 Urayasu D Rocks 1,473
37 Harlequins 1,468
38 Toyota Verblitz 1,467
39 Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars 1,453
40 Scarlets 1,453
41 MIE Honda Heat 1,452
42 Bayonne 1,439
43 Cheetahs 1,436
44 Yokohama Canon Eagles 1,436
45 Connacht 1,430
46 La Rochelle 1,423
47 Black Lion 1,419
48 Newcastle Red Bulls 1,420
49 Zebre 1,409
50 Dragons 1,405
51 Lyon 1,397
52 Perpignan 1,380
53 Gloucester Rugby 1,346
54 Montauban 1,254

Subscribe To Watch Rugby All Year Long With A FloRugby Annual Subscription

A FloRugby annual subscription includes live and on-demand access to the United Rugby Championship, Investec Champions Cup, EPCR Challenge Cup, PREM Rugby and more across FloRugby and the FloSports app.

How To Watch Rugby Matches In The United States On FloRugby

Professional club rugby in Europe all streams on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States. FloRugby and FloSports also are the U.S. home to:

FloRugby also is home to match archives and match replays.

Join The Rugby Conversation On FloRugby Social

Follow us on Twitter @florugby
Follow us on Instagram @florugby
Watch us on YouTube
Like us on Facebook