World Rugby have announced their latest set of rankings, with Wales dropping further down the standings after their bruising defeat to Scotland in their Women's Rugby World Cup opener. Sean Lynn's side made a disastrous start to their campaign in Salford, as their opponents ran riot on their way to an emphatic 38-8 victory. Wales - who scored a solitary try through co-captain Alex Callender - were outclassed throughout, with Francesca McGhie claiming a hat-trick of tries for Scotland and Leia Brebner-Holden, Evie Gallagher and Emma Orr also touching down. It means that after just one game, Wales already face an uphill battle to make it through to the knockout stages of the tournament, with world number two Canada up next this weekend. The defeat also means that Lynn's side have slipped further down the world rankings, falling from ninth to 10th place, putting them below the USA. Sign up to Inside Welsh rugby on Substack to get exclusive news stories and insight from behind the scenes in Welsh rugby. Wales are now just one place off their worst-ever ranking of 11th, with Japan and South Africa lurking just behind them, trailing by 1.31 and 2.09 ranking points respectively. They could fall as low as 12th if they are beaten by Canada this weekend, depending on whether Japan and the Springboks can pull off surprise wins over New Zealand and Italy. While they had been just one place behind Scotland ahead of kick-off, there is now four places and 7.26 ranking points between Wales and Bryan Easson's side, with their big win seeing them jump from eighth to sixth. As a result, Australia and Italy have dropped one place each to seventh and eighth respectively in a big shake-up in the global top 10. Wales are currently the lowest-ranked of all of the Six Nations sides, with England way out in front at the top of the standings. The Red Roses have a whopping 97.76 ranking points to their name, meaning that Lynn's team are currently closer to Kazakhstan in the global standings than they are to their historic rivals. Of course, a shock win over Canada would be enough to send Wales back up the world rankings, and keep their World Cup hopes alive. Depending on other results, Wales could technically move to fifth in the world with victory this weekend, but that would involve some huge upsets elsewhere. Lynn's side have won just two of their 13 meetings with the Canadians, with their last victory coming way back in May 2006. However, they will be hoping to upset the odds when they return to Salford on Saturday. World Rugby has also announced changes to the men's world rankings, with South Africa moving back above Ireland into second place following their redemption win over Australia in the Rugby Championship. Elsewhere, Samoa's defeat to Tonga has seen them drop below Japan into 14th, with Eddie Jones' side less than two ranking points behind 12th-placed Wales.