Record defeat to Wales sees Australia drop one place to 10Eddie Jones’s side trade places with ninth-ranked Argentina
The hits have kept coming for the Wallabies at the Rugby World Cup in France with the team sinking to an all-time low in the world rankings at 10. Following their record 40-6 loss to Wales in Lyon, which all but ended their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals for the first time in history, Australia have dropped one place on the rankings.
Eddie Jones’s men have traded places with new No 9-ranked Argentina, who are coached by ex-Wallabies boss Michael Cheika. With Argentina picking up 1.72 points for their scrappy 19-10 win over Samoa and Australia losing two-and-a-half points in their heavy defeat, the teams have swapped rankings with Wallabies in 10th for the first time since the rankings were introduced.
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