World Rugby men's rankings permutations 26-28 March

World Rugby has published the latest men's World Rugby Rankings permutations for the forthcoming 6 Nations and Rugby Europe Championship matches.

• France will surrender third place if lose to Scotland

• Les Bleus could fall as low as sixth if lose by more than 15 points

• Scotland will climb above Argentina with victory

• Georgia can’t improve rating with victory over Romania

• Romania can climb two places to 16th if win in Georgia

• Portugal will climb three back to 21st if beat Spain

• Spain can return to 18th place – depending on their  margin of victory and Romania’s result

• Scotland play France on the eve of the 150th anniversary of first international match, against England on 27 March, 1871.