In an entertaining day of action in the Six Nations, Ireland staved off a gallant effort from Wales to claim a 27-18 win before England finally snapped a four-match losing streak against Scotland, claiming the Calcutta Cup with a 16-15 victory.

These results haven’t had too much of an impact on the latest world rankings, though, with England only slightly improving their points tally in sixth place, having denied Scotland the opportunity to leapfrog ahead of them.

Meanwhile, Ireland remain 1.13 ranking points behind the Springboks, with their win over Wales not impacting their tally due to the fact that the Welsh still dwell down in a lowly 12th place.

CURRENT WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS AS IRELAND, ENGLAND PICK UP WINS

RANK COUNTRY POINTS
1 South Africa 92.78
2 Ireland 91.65
3 New Zealand 90.36
4 France 87.19
5 Argentina 84.97
6 England 84.26
7 Scotland 82.36
8 Australia 81.52
9 Fiji 80.07
10 Italy 78.67
11 Georgia 73.85
12 Wales 73.75
13 Japan 72.95
14 Samoa 72.68
15 USA 70.02
16 Portugal 68.82
17 Uruguay 67.06
18 Spain 65.98
19 Tonga 65.46
20 Romania 63.01

SIX NATIONS 2025 FIXTURES

ROUND 3

Sunday, 23 February

Italy vs France

ROUND 4

Saturday, 8 March

Ireland vs France

Scotland vs Wales

Sunday, 9 March

England vs Italy

ROUND 5

Saturday, 15 March

Italy vs Ireland

Wales vs England

France vs Scotland

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