Springboks x All Blacks
South African players look on as T J Perenara leads the All Black Haka during Round 6 of the Rugby Championship match between South Africa's Springboks and New Zealand's All Blacks at CBus Stadiumon on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 02 October 2021. EPA/DAVE HUNT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

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Updated World Rugby rankings after Springboks and All Blacks win

The All Blacks have narrowed the gap between themselves and France in the World Rugby men’s rankings following their 41-12 win over Argentina in Mendoza on Saturday. WATCH | Eddie Jones confronts South African journalist The All Blacks, who went into the weekend ranked third, couldn’t have wished for a better start to their defence of the Rugby Championship title, scoring seven […]

11-07-23 08:14
Springboks x All Blacks
South African players look on as T J Perenara leads the All Black Haka during Round 6 of the Rugby Championship match between South Africa's Springboks and New Zealand's All Blacks at CBus Stadiumon on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 02 October 2021. EPA/DAVE HUNT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

The All Blacks have narrowed the gap between themselves and France in the World Rugby men’s rankings following their 41-12 win over Argentina in Mendoza on Saturday.

WATCH | Eddie Jones confronts South African journalist

The All Blacks, who went into the weekend ranked third, couldn’t have wished for a better start to their defence of the Rugby Championship title, scoring seven tries on their first visit to Argentina since July 2019.

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Dane Coles, Ardie Savea, Jordie Barrett, Rieko Ioane, Aaron Smith, Beauden Barrett and debutant Emoni Narawa crossed Los Pumas’ tryline, while Damian McKenzie was successful with three of his seven conversion attempts.

For Argentina, Lucio Sordoni marked his return to international rugby with a try and their most-capped player Agustín Creevy dived over from close range on the stroke of full-time.

The victory extends the All Blacks’ unbeaten record against Los Pumas in Argentina to 15 matches and also boosted their rating in the World Rugby men’s rankings.

With 0.71 points awarded to them for the victory, New Zealand are now on 89.69 points – just over three-quarters of a point below France in second place.

WATCH | Kurt-Lee Arendse sinks toothless Wallabies at Loftus

Meanwhile, a hat-trick from Kurt-Lee Arendse was the highlight of a brilliant team performance from South Africa as they made it another match to forget at Loftus Versfeld for Australia.

The Wallabies never looked like winning their first game at the iconic venue as Arendse maintained his remarkable try-scoring record.

The 27-year-old has scored 10 tries in eight appearances and has become the first Springbok in history to score in seven consecutive tests.

Two penalty tries followed Arendse’s hat-trick and Pieter-Steph du Toit also crossed late on. Mannie Libbok slotted three conversions.

Marika Koroibete gave the Wallabies an early lead but they failed to score again until debutant Carter Gordon converted his own try right at the death.

South Africa remained in fourth place and Australia seventh with both teams’ ranking staying the same.

WATCH | Fists fly in the stands at Loftus Versfeld

TOP 10 IN THE LATEST WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS

Rank Team Points
1 France 91.82
2 Ireland 90.47
3 New Zealand 89.69
4 South Africa 88.97
5 Scotland 82.77
6 England 82.12
7 Australia 81.80
8 Argentina 80.01
9 Wales 78.08
10 Japan 77.39