Loss to Italy will not affect IRB rankings

The Flying Fijian 24-16 loss to Italy this morning will not affect their IRB rankings as they will still remain in 10th spot.

Fiji scored the only try of the game in the 7th minute through hooker Tuapati Talemaitoga and led the hosts 16-9 at half time.

But they failed to score a point in the second half and gave away silly penalties which were converted by Italy for the 24-26 win.

Italy will remain in 12th spot while New Zealand, South Africa and Australia share the top 3 spots.

This morning the Wallabies recorded their biggest win against France with a 59-16 win.

Both sides were locked 13 all at half-time but the fast Australian back-line demolished the French in the second half with winger Drew Mitchell grabbing a hat-trick.

Also Wales made New Zealand work hard for their Grand Slam decider, with the visitors eventually running out 37-25 winners in Cardiff.

Dan Carter broke Jonny Wilkinson's world Test points record at the Millennium Stadium as the All Blacks completed their third Grand Slam tour of Britain and Ireland in six seasons.

Carter however missed four first half kicks, but an early long range penalty took him past England star Wilkinson's mark of 1,178.
 
And following a demoralising defeat to Scotland, the Springboks went from zero to hero in the space of a week after beating England 21-11 at Twickenham this morning.


Story by: Dreu Vukailagi