Wales have risen up the World Rugby rankings for the first time in months after their win over Italy in the Six Nations.
Warren Gatland's side had dropped to their joint lowest ever ranking of 10th in the world after being beaten at home by England and would have been consigned to their outright worst ever position if they had lost in Rome. Defeat there would have seen them drop to at least 11th while they would have fallen to a catastrophic 13th place, below Samoa and Georgia, if they had lost by more than 15 points.
However, a 29-17 bonus point victory aided by tries from Rio Dyer, Liam Williams and Taulupe Faletau sees them move back up to ninth, with Gatland's men the only movers in the latest rankings.
