Wales have moved up one place to seventh in the World Rugby rankings following Saturday’s win over Scotland.
A brace of tries from Louis Rees-Zammit helped Wayne Pivac’s side triumph 25-24 at Murrayfield and leapfrog their opponents in the process.
Scotland, who had Zander Fagerson sent off in a key moment in the second half, have now dropped to eighth.
Wales started the Six Nations ranked ninth in the world after a woeful 2020 but back-to-back wins over Ireland and Scotland have raised their title hopes and they could climb as high as fifth if they beat England in their next game at the Principality Stadium on February 27.
If that was to happen, France could climb above England into third with victory over Scotland.
Meanwhile, Ireland’s disappointing start of two successive defeats has seen them fall to sixth with Australia moving above them, while Italy stay 14 th after their defeat at Twickenham.
Current top 10 World Rugby rankings
- South Africa
- New Zealand
- England
- France
- Australia
- Ireland
- Wales
- Scotland
- Argentina
- Japan
