All Blacks legend Sir John Kirwan has listed his five best sides in the world at the moment following a thrilling Six Nations Championship.<\/p>\n
France claimed the title after securing four wins, with their last-gasp 48-46 victory over England snatching the silverware from Ireland\u2019s grasp.<\/p>\n
Andy Farrell\u2019s men thought they had done enough having defeated Scotland earlier on Super Saturday, but Thomas Ramos\u2019 penalty with the clock in the red sparked jubilation in Paris.<\/p>\n
While it resulted in Six Nations<\/a> success for Les Bleus, it was not enough to move them above the Irish in the World Rugby rankings.<\/p>\n Ireland<\/a> remain in third, one-and-a-half points ahead of the French in fourth, with the Springboks<\/a> and All Blacks<\/a> still one and two in the standings respectively.<\/p>\n England\u2019s fall<\/p>\n England went into the tournament in the top three but they have been knocked down to sixth, behind Argentina, following four successive defeats with Scotland and the Wallabies in seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n Kirwan sees it slightly differently from the official rankings, however, controversially having New Zealand above South Africa after Dave Rennie\u2019s appointment as All Blacks head coach, although you suspect he was deliberately stirring the pot.<\/p>\n Behind the southern hemisphere giants reside the Six Nations top two but in a different order to World Rugby with the former wing believing that France are ahead of Ireland.<\/p>\n Fifth place was more difficult but one team who wasn\u2019t in the conversation for Kirwan was England, despite going into the tournament with 11 wins in a row.<\/p>\n Their poor performances and results meant that it was between Scotland and the Wallabies for that spot, with Argentina also not considered.<\/p>\n \u201cThe thing that worries me about the northern hemisphere at the moment, although the rugby\u2019s great, is the inconsistency,\u201d he said on the Rivals<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n \u201cMy top five would obviously be All Blacks, Springboks, France, Ireland and then on their day would it be Aussie or Scotland? That would be my five.\u201d<\/p>\n