Oceania Rugby Championship

Manusina XV's win in the just-completed Oceania Championship has seen them move up two places to 16th.

Fiji has slipped three places to 19th.

Tonga remains 29th and Papua New Guinea 49th.

England tops the women's rankings, followed by New Zealand and France.

Fijiana lost the championship for the first time since 2019.

Cassie Siataga was Samoa's star, kicking the winning penalty on full-time and scoring all of her side's 19 points.

That win also gave Samoa the right to play in the Women's World XV Tier 2 competition later this year while Fiji will compete in WXV 3.

"Honestly, I'm really speechless," Manusina captain Sui Pauaraisa said at the post-match media conference.

"We knew that we were the underdogs, we knew we had nothing to lose.

The Fijiana defeated Tonga 34-7.

Naikore opened the scoring for the side in the 10th minute for a 5-0 lead.

Tonga hit back after Fijiana winger Kolora Lomani was sinbinned for foul play, seeing captain Mele Hufanga scoring a converted try for a 7-5 lead.

But Fiji hit back with a second try to Naikore just two minutes later seeing the national side lead 10-7 at the break.

Fijiana dominated the second spell with Naikore completing a hat-trick.