Scotland moves up to 5th place in World Rankings after beating Wallabies

There is big news for Scotland ahead of their test match against the Vodafone Flying Fijians this Saturday.

The Scottish have beaten South Africa in the latest World Rugby rankings and is now the fifth best rugby team in the world.

They leap frogged South Africa into fifth place after beating the Wallabies in Sydney 24-19.

The Flying Fijians remain in 10th position.

Ireland replace Australia at number three.

Australia is now fourth on the world rankings while

Wales are up a spot to seventh after their win over Tonga in Auckland.

France are down two spots to eighth.

New Zealand remain the top rugby team in the world while England is second.

The Flying Fijians will host Scotland at 2.30pm this Saturday at the ANZ Stadium and you can catch the live commentary on our sister station Viti FM.

World Rankings

Previous position in brackets

1(1) New Zealand 94.78

2(2) England 90.14

3(4) Ireland 85.09

4(3) Australia 84.63

5(6) Scotland 83.90

6(5) South Africa 83.63

7(8) Wales 81.45

8(6) France 80.16

9(9) Argentina 79.31

10(10) Fiji 76.63

11(11) Japan 73.61

12(12) Georgia 72.92

13(13) Tonga 71.85

14(14) Samoa 71.25

15(15) Italy 71.00

16(16) Romania 70.27

17(17) USA 66.10

18(21) Uruguay 63.15

19(18) Spain 63.15

20(19) Russia 63.13