Ireland climb to fifth in latest rankings
Following their 29-9 victory over Argentina yesterday, Ireland have climbed two places to fifth in the latest top 10 of the IRB World Rankings.
Declan Kidneys men jump above France in the table after their horror show in Paris- Marc Lievremont’s side leaked 46 unanswered points in the final 30 minutes of Saturday’s night’s game and eventually went down 59-16 to Australia.
Scotland’s laboured 19-16 victory over Samoa sees them sees them remain in 7th place.
New Zealand, who completed their third consecutive grand slam winning tour on Saturday, remain well ahead of the pack in first place.
1(1) New Zealand 93.19
2(2) Australia 87.45
3(3) South Africa 86.44
4(4) England 82.48
5(7) Ireland 81.79
6(5) France 81.66
7(6) Scotland 81.20
8(8) Argentina 78.97
9(9) Wales 77.04
10(10) Fiji 74.05
