UPDATED: World Rankings after France beat Argentina
Yesterday at 05:25 PM
France beat Argentine 37-23 in Paris on Friday evening to close the gap on NZ, Ireland and SA in the latest World Rankings..
So, last week France beat NZ 30-29. Thereafter, they followed this with a 37-23 win over Argentina moments ago to close the gap in the World Rankings.
Therefore, the French have started to close the gap between themselves and NZ and Ireland. Mainly, the All Blacks and Irish.
UPDATED WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS FRANCE WIN OVER ARGENTINA
| RANK | COUNTRY | POINTS |
| 1 | South Africa | 92.78 |
| 2 | Ireland | 90.78 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 90.09 |
| 4 | France | 88.51 (+0.43) |
| 5 | Argentina | 84.91 (-0.43) |
| 6 | Scotland | 82.70 |
| 7 | England | 82.31 |
| 8 | Australia | 82.17 |
| 9 | Fiji | 80.07 |
| 10 | Italy | 78.92 |
| 11 | Wales | 74.01 |
| 12 | Georgia | 73.85 |
| 13 | Japan | 72.95 |
| 14 | Samoa | 72.68 |
| 15 | USA | 68.90 |
| 16 | Portugal | 68.82 |
| 17 | Spain | 67.10 |
| 18 | Uruguay | 65.94 |
| 19 | Tonga | 65.46 |
| 20 | Romania | 64.13 |
MINIMAL CHANGES EXPECTED AT THE TOP
The Spingboks take on Wales in Cardiff with Saturday with a very likely win guaranteed to further cement their place at the top of the World Rankings.
Meanwhile, Ireland host Fiji in a game that should have little nearing given the gas between the two sides in the rankings. Finally, The All Blacks should easily beat Italy. Therefore, their is unlikely to be much movement amongst the worlds top 3 ranked sides.
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