World rugby rankings - Rugby

Scotland retain their seventh spot and close the gap on Australia with their win over Japan, while Wales jump up into eight following their.

With New Zealand losing games to both Ireland and France in succession, they have dropped to world no.

This year sees the 100th match between these two great rivals being played at Eden Park and it promises to be a phenomenal occasion.

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Other criteria include the relative strength of each team, the margin of victory, and an allowance for home advantage.

Countries that have not played a for two years are removed from the ranking system and the list.

France, meanwhile, remain 1.

As the system aims to depict current team strengths, past successes or losses will fade and be superseded by more recent results.

New Zealand's defeat by Ireland at as part of the in November 2016 ended their record streak.

England have climbed up to third in the World Rankings from the start of the Autumn, closing the gap to the All Blacks in second spot after defeating South Africa.

It is used to compare national men's rugby union teams.

In contrast, some countries that have reached a rating of over 90 rating points, such as Australia 91.

Before that tournament kicked off, New Zealand was comfortably on top of the world rankings, followed by Australia, France, South Africa and Ireland.