Both England and Fiji make progress in World Rugby Rankings

England have displaced South Africa from the third position in the World Rugby Rankings after their historic 39-28 victory over Australia in Brisbane last weekend.

Having started the series at the fourth position, the victory at the Suncorp Stadium has increased England's rating points by 1.77 and they are now positioned at third with 86.37 points.

All Blacks continue to lead the table with 96.10 points and Australia have maintained their second position despite the defeat to England in the opening game of the three-match series.

Springboks have slipped to the fourth spot with 85.66 points after their shocking 20-26 defeat to Ireland in Cape Town.

Despite, the victory helped them gain two rating points, Joe Schmidt's side are unchanged at the seventh position, but they have now closed on sixth placed Wales, who lost to the All Blacks 39-21 in Auckland.

Fiji's 23-18 victory over Tonga at the National Stadium in their opening game of the 2016 Pacific Nations Cup helped them secure the 10th spot displacing Japan, who narrowly defeated Canada 26-22 over the weekend.

World Rugby Top 10 Rankings:

Rank	Team	Rating Points
1	New Zealand	96.10
2	Australia	87.56
3	England	86.37
4	South Africa	85.66
5	Argentina	82.59
6	Wales	82.49
7	Ireland	82.33
8	France	78.36
9	Scotland	78.32
10	Fiji	77.13