England have climbed the World Rugby rankings after beating the Wallabies at Twickenham.
Steve Borthwick’s side moved up to fourth place, leapfrogging France, following their 25-7 victory, while Australia remain seventh.
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The All Blacks stay second after coming back from 10-0 down to beat Ireland 26-13 in Chicago, but have closed the gap on the No 1-ranked Springboks.
The world champions received no ranking points from their 61-7 thrashing of Japan due to the large gap in ranking points between the teams.
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World Rugby rankings
1. South Africa 92.20
2. New Zealand 91.00 (+0.98)
3. Ireland 88.85 (-0.98)
4. (↑1) England 88.04 (+0.40)
5. (↓1) France 87.82
6. Argentina 83.82
7. Australia 82.90 (-0.40)
8. Scotland 81.57
9. Fiji 81.16
10. Italy 77.77
11. Georgia 74.69
12. Wales 74.05
13. Japan 73.25
14. Spain 69.12
15. USA 67.40
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