On Friday night, France claimed a massive 43-0 win over Wales to start their Six Nations campaign in style, but it didn’t impact the rankings all that much due to the fact that Warren Gatland’s team are ranked as low as 11th.
In Saturday’s fixtures, Ireland claimed a hard-fought win over England, but that result against the side ranked seventh in the world also didn’t offer up any rankings points.
With the Springboks still enjoying a two point lead at the summit of the rankings, there was a minor change for sixth-placed Scotland, who were able to improve their ranking by 0.23 after a good win over Italy.
CURRENT WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS AFTER ROUND 1 OF THE SIX NATIONS
| RANK | COUNTRY | POINTS |
| 1 | South Africa | 92.78 |
| 2 | Ireland | 90.78 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 90.36 |
| 4 | France | 88.51 |
| 5 | Argentina | 84.97 |
| 6 | Scotland | 83.57 |
| 7 | England | 82.31 |
| 8 | Australia | 81.52 |
| 9 | Fiji | 80.07 |
| 10 | Italy | 78.41 |
| 11 | Wales | 74.01 |
| 12 | Georgia | 73.85 |
| 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 2
Saturday, 8 February
Italy vs Wales
England vs France
Sunday, 9 February
Scotland vs Ireland
ROUND 3
Saturday, 22 February
Wales vs Ireland
England vs Scotland
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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