La conversión de Handre Pollard en el cierre del partido, le permitió a Sudáfrica obtener un empate en 16 puntos con Nueva Zelanda y sumar un punto de rating en los World Rugby Rankings.

 

Al mejorar su rating y llevarlo a 86.30, Sudáfrica supera a Inglaterra en el cuarto puesto.

El otro partido del Rugby Championship también tuvo pocos puntos, destacándose el regreso de Christian Lealiifano tras recuperarse de un cáncer.

El partido de los Wallabies y Los Pumas en el Suncorp Stadium le dio a Los Pumas un bonus defensivo al caer 16-10.

Los Wallabies cimentaron su sexto puesto mientras que Argentina se mantiene entre los mejores 10 a pesar de sus segunda derrota en fines de semana consecutivos.

Japón sigue en onceavo lugar aunque mejoró su rating a 76.21 puntos tras su triunfo 34-21 ante Fiji en la primera ronda de la World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup en Kamaishi. Fiji se mantuvo en el puesto nueve a pesar de la derrota.

Jugando en clima inhóspita, Tonga derrotó a Samoa por 25-17 en Apiadefeat to Samoa in monsoon-like conditions in Apia cost them 1.13 points and, as a result, they drop down to 14th place with Italy the side to benefit. Samoa remain in 16th place behind the USA who did not get any reward for their 47-19 home win over Canada, also in the Pacific Nations Cup.

In Africa, the latest round of the Victoria Cup brought a clean sweep of away wins for Zimbabwe and Kenya, whole the Ivory Coast were victorious in the West Africa Rugby Series.

Only Zimbabwe, however, were able to improve their position in the rankings with their 31-26 victory against Uganda boosting their points total to 50.54 – enough to take them above Lithuania and into 35th position.

Kenya defeated Zambia 43-23 in Lusaka with Andrew Amonde scoring twice for the Simbas. There were also tries for two other players more readily associated with the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Jacob Ojee and Billy Odhiambo as well as props Curtis Lilako and Griffin Musila and centre Johnstone Munga.

The seven-hundredths of a point gained in victory was not enough to lift Kenya any higher than their present position of 32nd.

The final match of the weekend saw Ivory Coast beat Ghana 22-12 with the sides staying in 43rd and 90th respectively.