{"id":73066,"date":"2025-08-17T10:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T10:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/73066\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T10:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T10:33:07","slug":"theres-a-new-no-1-after-boks-shock-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/73066\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a new No.1 after Boks&#8217; shock loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks<\/a> have replaced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/south-africa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Africa<\/a> at the top of the World Rugby Rankings, with the Springboks slipping to third after a captivating opening round in The Rugby Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Robertson\u2019s side picked up 0.45 rating points for their 41-24 victory over Los <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/pumas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pumas<\/a> in the C\u00f3rdoba cauldron, boosting their rating to 92.51 points once the rankings are officially updated by World Rugby at noon on Monday (BST).<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand went into the match needing only to draw to reach the top of the rankings for the first time since November 2021, after reigning champions South Africa threw away a 22-0 lead to lose 38-22 to a resurgent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/australia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a> in the opening match of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/815.png.webp\" alt=\"Team Logo\"\/> Match Summary <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755426787_783_802.png.webp\" alt=\"Team Logo\"\/>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/live\/australia-vs-south-africa\/?g=945923\/\" class=\"link-box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">   <\/p>\n<p>That defeat saw the Springboks\u2019 rating being cut by three to 89.78 points, dropping them below Ireland, who have 89.83 points.<\/p>\n<p>In return, Australia gained three points to cement their place in the top six. The sides ranked first to sixth will be in the first pot of seeds when the 2027 World Cup draw takes place later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina\u2019s rating is down to 81.61, but they have just about hung on to seventh place.<\/p>\n<p>World Rugby Rankings Top 10*<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand \u2013 92.51Ireland \u2013 89.83\u00a0South Africa \u2013 89.78France \u2013 87.82England \u2013 87.64Australia \u2013 85.08Argentina \u2013 81.61Scotland \u2013 81.57Fiji \u2013 80.50Italy \u2013 77.77<\/p>\n<p>*The rankings are officially updated at noon on Monday, 18 August<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The All Blacks have replaced South Africa at the top of the World Rugby Rankings, with the Springboks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-73066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}