Australia are down to ninth in the World Rugby Men's Rankings after suffering a 67-27 defeat to Argentina in round four of The Rugby Championship.
It was the most points the Wallabies have conceded in the history of test rugby and their second heaviest defeat of all time, falling just short of the record of 45 points set in 2008 when they were beaten 53-8 by South Africa.
Los Pumas scored nine tries, including seven in a second half where they scored 50 points. This was after Australia had raced into a 20-3 lead.
Australia have had 0.92 points knocked off their rating as a result of the loss and their new total of 79.78 points drops them below Italy into ninth place.
Argentina, meanwhile, gained an equal amount of points in exchange which gives them a new improved rating of 82.49 points. Los Pumas are now just a third of a point behind Scotland in sixth.
In the first of Saturday's Rugby Championship fixtures, South Africa completed the double over New Zealand with an 18-12 victory in Cape Town.
With two rounds of the The Rugby Championship to play, the Springboks' advantage over Ireland at the top of the rankings has increased to 1.46 points, while the All Blacks remain in third but with a reduced rating of 88.25.
The small gains made by Fiji and Japan following their respective victories over Tonga and USA in the Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup 2024 did not lead to any movement in their rankings position, with the two pool winners remaining in 10th and 14th.
