Americas Rankings – April 24 2016

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – April 24 2016 see Brazil and Paraguay changing places while both Uruguay and Chile have made slight gains.

Uruguay edged slightly closer to Canada by rising from 63,23 points to a new ranking of 63,26. This came at the expense of Brazil who dropped from 50,41 to 50,38. Brazil, though, ought to be happy by rising to sixth in the Americas ahead of Paraguay. Os Tupis narrow loss in the rankings was smaller than that of Los Yakarés who were up against a team with a lower ranking than that of Uruguay.

The updated rankings sees Chile improving from 55,20 to a new ranking of 55.54 points. Paraguay, meanwhile, fall from 50,46 to 50,12 ranking points to now officially be seventh in the Americas. The new ranking means that for the first time in 2016 the top six in the Americas are the same six who took part in the Americas Rugby Championship.

In the Caribbean the ranking of both Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica remains unchanged. This is the case despite Trinidad and Tobago completing a win by more than the fifteen point threshold. For the same reason there is no change to the ranking of Guyana or Barbados.

Additional alterations may transpire next weekend. Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay will take to the field in round two of the South American A Championship. In the Caribbean Santo Domingo will be the setting for a match between Curaçao and Turks & Cocos. There match will be mark their debut since the Americas Rankings began in January.

Additional Rugby World Cup qualifying matches in the Caribbean will resume on May 07.

#	Americas Rankings	Pts
1	Argentina	82,59
2	USA	65,68
3	Canada	64,27
4	Uruguay	63,26
5	Chile	55,54
6	Brazil	50,38
7	Paraguay	50,12
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	Jamaica	38,92
17	Barbados	37,39
18	Bahamas	34,55
19	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	34,91
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