The All Blacks have closed the gap on the Springboks in the latest World Rugby rankings following their Bledisloe Cup win over Australia on Saturday.

Dave Rennie’s New Zealanders beat the Wallabies 43-21 in Sydney on Saturday to wrap up a 2-0 Bledisloe Cup triumph, having won the first match 50-19 in Auckland.

Following their win in Australia, the All Blacks picked up 0.46 ranking points to move to 92.27 points, just 0.82 adrift of the Springboks.

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Meanwhile, Australia lost 0.46 points and dropped to seventh place overall.

Updated World Rugby rankings

RankTeamPoints1South Africa93.092New Zealand92.273Ireland88.084France87.435England85.686Scotland84.787Australia84.438Argentina82.249Japan77.2810Fiji76.8111Wales76.3812Italy76.3013Georgia73.9414Portugal69.3915USA67.5816Chile66.9417Spain66.8318Uruguay65.7519Tonga65.1420Samoa64.73

‘Character and courage’

Rennie said

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