Americas Rugby News Rugby news from across the Americas!
There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – May 08 2016 see improvements for Brazil and Mexico at the expense of Paraguay and the Bahamas.
Brazil’s away win over Paraguay has resulted in os Tupis improving their ranking from 50,67 points to 51,91 points. Paraguay, meanwhile, drop from 50,12 to 48,88. It sees Brazil ending the competition ranked third in the Americas, a one place improvement from before the opening round.
Due to overpowering the Bahamas on Saturday Mexico 43,61 has a new ranking of 44,20 points. The Bahamas, in contrast, has dropped from 34,55 to now have a ranking of 33,96 points. It sees the Bahamas falling one position from 18th to 19th in the Americas, trading places with St Vincent and the Grenadines.
There is no change to either Uruguay or Chile’s ranking. This is the case despite Los Teros having comfortably won against Los Cóndores in Montevideo on Saturday. Uruguay thereby remains slightly below Canada and well ahead of Chile who retain 5th position in the Americas.
| # | Americas Rankings | Pts |
| 1 | Argentina | 82,59 |
| 2 | USA | 65,68 |
| 3 | Canada | 64,27 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 63,26 |
| 5 | Chile | 55,73 |
| 6 | Brazil | 51,91 |
| 7 | Paraguay | 48,88 |
| 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 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 34,91 |
| 19 | Bahamas | 33,96 |
| 20 | Turks & Caicos | 31,34 |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 31,05 |
| 22 | Belize | 30,00 |
| 23 | Bolivia | 30,00 |
| 24 | British Virgin Islands | 30,00 |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 30,00 |
| 26 | Cuba | 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 | Curaçao | 27,61 |
