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Australia’s win in eight tries Scotland saw the team rise to sixth in the World Rugby Rankings.
The Wallaroos dominated Scotland at the Accor Stadium in Sydney, winning 56-12.
Amelia Whitaker and Desiree Miller both scored twice, while Brittany Merlo, Maya Stewart, Waiaria Ellis and Eva Karpani also scored tries.
Sammie Wood enjoyed a dominant performance at half time and scored 12 points from the spot. RugbyPass‘ Finn Morton wrote:
“Wood steered the team around the park in attack, helping the Wallaroos exploit space with quick thinking and accurate passing.
“The now 20-Test international scored some challenging shots on the posts and proved effective when kicking for touch.”
Because of USA The Women’s Eagles’ winning margin was smaller against Italy, but Jack Hanratty’s team could not hold on to sixth place.
In Mansfield, Texas, the Eagles recorded a 36-27 victory over the Azzurri as team co-captain Georgie Perris-Redding scored a hat-trick in front of more than 3,600 fans.
“That was really tough,” Perris-Redding said at full-time. “I think we did it harder than we should have, but I’m so proud of the girls.
“Definitely closer than we’d like. We’ve got a lot of hard work to do now. We’re back on the court next weekend.”
“We know what we want to fix and change. Hopefully we can come back even better in Nashville (this Friday).”
In second place, the remaining WXV Global Series the results did not lead to further changes in the World Rugby Rankings.
Canada have closed the gap on second-placed New Zealand. Meanwhile, fourth place France see your advantage over Ireland remain largely unchanged despite an 81-12 loss to the Black Ferns.
in South America, Chile faced Mexico in the non-WXV global series.
Chile’s 39-10 win over Mexico at the CARR Parque Mahuida in Santiago saw the Manque XV climb six places to 28th in the World Rugby Rankings.
Mexico, meanwhile, fell to 35th place. Tonga dropped to 29th as a result of these changes, while Tunisia climbed to 34.