Boks Closing on All Blacks Record Rank? | Rugby World Rankings | SEP 2026

The Springboks' 3-1 series victory over the All Blacks has pushed them up to 95.09 rating points, closing in on New Zealand’s all-time record of 96.57. But with World Rugby's recent removal of home weighting in calculations, how difficult is it going to be for South Africa to reach that historic mark during the upcoming…

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• 1:37“Elsewhere, we saw Japan take on the USA, who in terms of world rankings are not miles apart.”
• 3:14“Uh the box are as I said not that far away from that alltime all blacks record and they have actually benefited from that rule change with the calculations because it used to be home and away was factored into the equation.”
• 5:24“But then, like I said, they they didn't get the home factoring in for the home series against the All Blacks.”