Americas Rankings – October 02 2016

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – October 02 2016 sees changes to a host of countries.

Despite losing by 19 points at home Argentina remains well out in front on 80,93 points. Los Pumas will have a strong opportunity at gaining points next month. Wins in their away matches against Japan, Wales, Scotland and England will ensure this.

Saturday’s Rugby World Cup Qualifier sees changes to both participants. Mexico’s impressive 32-3 win propels the North Americans significantly. Mexico entered with 45.21 points compared to Guyana’s 46.61. The result sees Mexico jumping from 11th to now be ranked higher than Guyana. The new rankings see Mexico on 46.47 points and Guyana on 45.35.

Guyana’s fall sees Colombia rising to 8th. This is the case prior to Los Tucanes taking to the field against Ecuador on Sunday. The gulf in the rankings between the two means that Colombia’s win did not see any change to the ranking of either.

Sunday’s second fixture was different. The 14th ranked Peru hosted the 13th placed Venezuela. Having won in 2015 Peru was looking to do it again. Venezuela, though, produced an impressive performance to win 33-8. The result means Venezuela has improved from 40,02 points to 41,85. With it Venezuela is closing in on the Cayman Islands.

For Peru the loss means a fall from 39.24 to 37.41 points. In rankings terms this signifies a drop from 14th to 16th. Bermuda and Jamaica are the benefactors, each rising one spot in the Americas Rankings.

#	Americas Rankings	Pts
1	Argentina	80.93
2	USA	65.60
3	Canada	64.53
4	Uruguay	63.56
5	Chile	55.73
6	Brazil	50.75
7	Paraguay	48.77
8	Colombia	46.51
9	Mexico	46.47
10	Trinidad & Tobago	46.25
11	Guyana	45.35
12	Cayman Islands	42.88
13	Venezuela	41.85
14	Bermuda	39.22
15	Jamaica	38.76
16	Peru	37.41
17	Barbados	36.94
18	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	34.91
19	Bahamas	33.76
20	Turks & Caicos	31.34
21	Dominican Republic	31.05
22	Ecuador	30.70
23	Belize	30.00
24	Bolivia	30.00
25	British Virgin Islands	30.00
26	Costa Rica	30.00
27	Cuba	30.00
28	El Salvador	30.00
29	Guadeloupe	30.00
30	Haiti	30.00
31	Honduras	30.00
32	Martinique	30.00
33	Nicaragua	30.00
34	Panama	30.00
35	St. Kitts and Nevis	30.00
36	St. Lucia	30.00
37	Suriname	30.00
38	Guatemala	29.30
39	Curaçao	27.61