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Flying Fijians move up to 11th place in World Rankings despite loss to Scotland

Flying Fijians move up to 11th place in World Rankings despite loss to Scotland

By Navitalai Naivalurua
08/11/2022
[Photo: Fiji Rugby]

The Flying Fijians have moved up to 11th place in the Men’s World Rugby 15s ranking despite losing 28-12 to Scotland in the Autumn series last Sunday.

Fiji was ranked 12th before moving up a place, as their revised rating of 74.85 points is still higher than Samoa’s.

New Zealand also moved up a place from 4th to 3rd place after their 55-23 victory over Wales last Sunday.

Ireland is the number 1 raned team in the world while France is placed second.

South Africa has dropped to 4th place and the Wallabies are ranked 7th.

Meanwhile, the Flying Fijians next test match is against Ireland at 1am Sunday.


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