Saturday’s 29-20 win over England has seen the Springboks put extra daylight between themselves and the remainder of the chasing pack within the World Rugby rankings.
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RANKINGS SUMMARY
Heading into this previous weekend’s Check match motion, the Springboks, All Blacks and Eire (in that order) as the highest three rated groups on this planet, had been engaged in a three-way race for high honours within the rankings by the shut of the calendar 12 months.
And by the tip of the weekend’s motion, it was the Springboks who had opened up a two-point lead on the summit of the rankings.
HOW SPRINGBOKS LEFT RIVALS BEHIND
The Springboks’ ranking within the World Rugby Males’s Rankings has elevated to 92.78 factors following their 29-20 win over England at Twickengam Stadium in London on Saturday.
The Springboks had began the weekend with a 1.25-point benefit over New Zealand however they’re now two factors away from Eire, who’ve changed the All Blacks in second place within the rankings.
Eire picked up simply two-tenths of a degree for his or her hard-fought 22-19 win at dwelling to Argentina, however their new ranking of 90.78 factors places them in entrance of New Zealand, whose ranking dropped to 90.09 factors after they misplaced 30-29 to France at Stade de France in arguably the perfect recreation of this weekend’s Check fixtures.
France stay fourth within the rankings however proceed to shut the hole on the highest three, whereas the remainder of the positions within the high 10 remained the identical with outcomes falling as anticipated.
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UPDATED WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS AFTER WEEKEND TESTS