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Americas Rankings – February 28 2016

Four of the six teams in the Americas Rugby Championship played for rankings points this weekend and they have all been effected. While no team has risen or fallen in the Americas Rankings there have been changes in points which see Brazil and Uruguay gaining superior rankings points at the expense of the USA and Chile.

Brazil’s historic win over the USA in São Paulo on Saturday sees an overall climb in the world rankings from 42nd to 38th thereby overtaking Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Lithuania and Madagascar. The new ranking sees the Tupis ranked one place below Paraguay with a ranking improvement from 48,41 to 50,41.

For the USA Eagles the loss does not change the North Americans position in the Americas Rankings. It does, however, mean that the USA fall behind Romania in the World Rankings to now occupy 17th position in the world. The Eagles new ranking of 66,86 is a noticeable drop from 68,86 points prior to the game.

Also having a new world ranking is Uruguay who have returned to the World’s Top 20 following their narrow 23-20 away win over Chile. Los Teros’ new ranking of 62,05 points is sufficient for Uruguay to overtake Namibia and narrow the gap to the 19th placed Canada.

Uruguay’s gained points come at the expense of Chile. Los Cóndores’ loss sees their rankings points dropping from 56,92 to 56,05 points. Combined with Germany upsetting Portugal it sees Chile tumbling in the World Rankings from 24th to 27th behind Germany, Korea and Belgium.

Today’s Americas Rugby Championship match between Argentina and Canada will see no change to either country in the ranking. This is due to it being the Argentina XV rather than Los Pumas and, as such, it is not classified as being a test match.

There could be additional changes to the rankings next weekend in the fifth and final round of the Americas Rugby Championship. Uruguay will play host to the USA in Montevideo while Chile will be taking-on Canada in Santiago. Brazil will face the Argentina XV in São José dos Campos.

# Americas Rankings Pts
1 Argentina 82,59
2 USA 66,86
3 Canada 63,42
4 Uruguay 62,05
5 Chile 56,05
6 Paraguay 50,46
7 Brazil 50,41
8 Trinidad and Tobago 47,48
9 Colombia 44,50
10 Guyana 44,88
11 Mexico 43,61
12 Cayman Islands 42,87
13 Bermuda 40,03
14 Venezuela 39,77
15 Peru 39,51
16 Barbados 37,39
17 Jamaica 36,99
18 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 36,84
19 Bahamas 34,55
20 Belize 30,00
21 Bolivia 30,00
22 British Virgin Islands 30,00
23 Costa Rica 30,00
24 Cuba 30,00
25 Curaçao 30,00
26 Dominican Republic 30,00
27 Ecuador 30,00
28 El Salvador 30,00
29 Guadeloupe 30,00
30 Guatemala 30,00
31 Haiti 30,00
32 Honduras 30,00
33 Jamaica 30,00
34 Martinique 30,00
35 Nicaragua 30,00
36 Panama 30,00
37 St. Kitts and Nevis 30,00
38 St. Lucia 30,00
39 Suriname 30,00
40 Turks & Caicos 30,00

 

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Formally created in June 2015, this website's goal is to increase media exposure of the Tier 2 rugby nations, and create a hub with a focus on the stories of rugby in the Americas - North, Central and South.

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