South Africa: Battered Boks Stay 3rd in Rankings

18 September 2017

Despite their record defeat to the All Blacks in Albany, the Springboks remain in third position in the latest official World Rugby rankings .

South Africa's 57-0 defeat was the heaviest in Springbok rugby history, but, due the bizarre nature of the way the rankings are calculated, the result affected neither South Africa's nor New Zealand's ranking.

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