Americas Rankings – April 23 2017

Test match rugby returned to the Americas on Saturday. The one, and only, match of April saw the Dominican Republic playing at home against Curaçao. With the Copa de Rugby Dominico-Curazaleña on the line, the Dominican Republic powered to a 32-17 victory.

The result has consequences for both countries in the Americas Rankings. With the teams trading points based on the result the updated Americas rankings see Curaçao falling just above the 39th, and bottom, ranked El Salvador.

The new rankings points see the Dominican Republic rising from 31.05 to 31.58 points. This translates into a rise in the Americas Rankings from 23rd to 21st position. Both Turks & Caicos and Guatemala drop one spot respectively as a result.

RANK		COUNTRY	POINTS	WRR
1		Argentina	79.91	9
2		USA	66.79	17
3		Uruguay	61.24	21
4		Canada	59.63	22
5		Chile	53.91	29
6		Brazil	53.45	31
7		Paraguay	49.46	38
8		Colombia	47.97	42
9		Trinidad & Tobago	46.25	50
10		Mexico	45.62	53
11		Guyana	45.35	55
12		Cayman Islands	42.88	60
13		Venezuela	41.14	62
14		Bermuda	39.22	70
15		Jamaica	38.76	71
16		Barbados	36.94	77
17		Peru	36.82	78
18		St. Lucia	31.79	–
19		St. Vincent and the Grenadines	33.12	84
20		Bahamas	33.76	88
21		Dominican Republic	31.58	–
22		Turks & Caicos	31.34	–
23		Guatemala	31.26	–
24		Costa Rica	30.70	–
25		Ecuador	30.57	–
26		Panama	30.29	–
27		Belize	30.00	–
=		Bolivia	30.00	–
=		British Virgin Islands	30.00	–
=		Cuba	30.00	–
=		Guadeloupe	30.00	–
=		Haiti	30.00	–
=		Honduras	30.00	–
=		Martinique	30.00	–
=		Nicaragua	30.00	–
=		St. Kitts and Nevis	30.00	–
=		Suriname	30.00	–
38		Curaçao	27.08	–
39		El Salvador	27.05	–