Scotland have moved above England into fifth place in the World Rugby Rankings following their 29-23 win at Twickenham.
Duhan van der Merwe’s brilliant brace and further tries from Huw Jones and Ben White got Scotland’s Six Nations campaign off to the perfect start and ensured the Calcutta Cup remained in their possession for at least another year.
On a weekend when all three away teams won for only the third time in the history of the competition, Scotland picked up 1.51 points and their overall rating is now 83.06.
It is the first time Scotland have been fifth in the rankings since they finished in the top half of the table in the 2018 Six Nations.
With England falling to sixth, on 82.15 points, Australia also drop down a place to replace Scotland in seventh.
Meanwhile, Ireland began a thrilling opening weekend of Six Nations rugby by increasing their lead over France at the top of the rankings by seven hundredths of a point.
Their 34-10 win against Wales in Cardiff increased their rating to 90.70 points whereas France did not pick up additional points for beating Italy 29-24 in Rome on Sunday.
Wales stay in ninth place despite the defeat but are now only 0.63 of a point better off than Japan in 10th.
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