The opening weekend of the inaugural Nations Championship and Nations Cup has seen five teams make climbs up the World Rugby rankings list.
Scotland, Chile, USA, Samoa and Canada are the sides to make an upward move.
Scotland’s 47-38 victory over Argentina in Córdoba has resulted in Gregor Townsend’s team equalling their best-ever ranking of fifth, replacing Los Pumas, who drop to seventh.
It was the only positional change among the world’s top 13 nations, although other results did affect some teams’ ratings, with points won or lost.
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