Updated world rankings after every Test this weekend
South Africa could not improve their ranking points with a win over 10th-placed Italy, but a shock loss could have seen either France or New Zealand move to top spot.
In the end, the second-placed All Blacks did improve their tally by 0.62 points after picking up a hard-fought victory over a weakened France team.
Saturday, 5 July
Japan 24 Wales 19
New Zealand 31 France 27
South Africa 42 Italy 24
Georgia 5 Ireland 34
Chile 40 Romania 16
Argentina 12 England 35
Sunday, 6 July
USA 36 Belgium 17
Australia 21 Fiji 18
1 South Africa 92.78 2 New Zealand 90.98 3 Ireland 89.83 4 France 88.90 5 England 86.72 6 Argentina 82.98 7 Scotland 82.36 8 Australia 82.08 9 Fiji 79.52 10 Italy 77.77
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