The Springboks continued to claim there dominance over world rugby with a hard-fought 32-14 win over Italy in Turin on Saturday.
In the meantime, England secured a well-deserved 33-19 victory over New Zealand at Twickenham in London, simply their ninth win over the All Blacks in 120 years of Checks.
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In consequence, the Springboks have opened some respiration house between themselves and the remainder of the world.
Whereas South Africa didn’t decide up any factors for his or her win, the second-placed All Blacks misplaced 1.03 factors.
That meant a 2.73 hole between the 2 southern hemisphere giants.
England picked up 1.03 factors to maneuver into third place, relegating Eire to fourth spot.
UPDATED WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS AFTER BOKS WIN, NZ LOSE
RUGBY WORLD CUP 2027 DRAW AROUND THE CORNER
In the meantime, the 2027 Rugby World Cup draw is across the nook. Right here is when the Springboks, All Blacks, hosts Australia, Eire, France and Argentina will know their destiny.
The 24 groups to have certified will likely be positioned into 4 bands of six groups every.
Band 1 will comprise the highest six groups within the World Rugby rankings on the time of the draw, Band 2 will include groups ranked 7 to 12, Band 3 will likely be for groups 13 to 18 and Band 4 will likely be for ‘the remainder’.
Every of the six last teams for the match will comprise of 1 staff from every band.
As issues stand, South Africa, All Blacks, England, Eire, France and Argentina are in Band 1.
Nonetheless, Australia, as match hosts, will routinely be positioned in Group A, that means that one of many prime six groups will be a part of the Wallabies in the identical group.
Band 2 presently comprises Australia, Scotland, Fiji, Italy, Georgia and Wales.
Band 3 will embody Japan, Spain, Uruguay, USA, Chile and probably Samoa (ought to they qualify).
Lastly, band 4 will likely be made up of the bottom six ranked nations to have certified.
Subsequently, the World Rugby rankings are extra vital than ever earlier than with the remaining Autumn Internationals set to find out who’s positioned into every band for the draw which can happen on Wednesday, 3 December 2025.
