UPDATED World Rankings after Springboks beat Wales

The Springboks capped off their 2024 season with a resounding 45 – 12 win over Wales.

The Springboks will finish the 2024 test rugby season as the number one side in the world.

However, their dominant win over Wales will not result in any more points due to the vast gap between the sides in the latest world rankings.

TOP 20 IN THE UPDATED WORLD RANKING

RANK	COUNTRY	POINTS
1	South Africa	92.78
2	New Zealand	91.21
3	Ireland	90.78
4	France	86.96
5	Argentina	85.40
6	Scotland	82.70
7	England	82.62
8	Australia	81.14
9	Fiji	80.07
10	Italy	78.67
11	Wales	75.04
12	Georgia	74.10
13	Samoa	72.68
14	Japan	72.31
15	Portugal	68.82
16	USA	67.49
17	Spain	67.10
18	Tonga	66.87
19	Uruguay	66.58
20	Romania	63.87

SPRINGBOKS SOLIDIFY PLACE AT THE TOP

The Springboks will finish the 2024 test season as the number one side in world rugby.

Furthermore, there dominant win over the Welsh means that they finished their tour of the UK unbeaten.

So, the Springboks won the Nelson Mandela plate, Freedom Cup, Rugby Championship and finished their season with an impressive 11 wins from 13 matches. Meanwhile, they drew their Castle Lager incoming tour 1-1 against Ireland and scored at least four tries on against Scotland (4), England (4) and Wales (7) to cap off a massive year for SA Rugby.

Meaning, the Springboks will finish the year with 92.78 points. Moreover with New Zealand set to take other Italy they cannot close the gap on the Boks.

Therefore, they will finish the year as the number one side in world rugby – rightfully so.

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