Americas Rankings – January 28 2018

International competition for 2018 is underway. Canada hosted Uruguay on Saturday in the opening fixture of the Americas Rugby Championship. The result of the match sees changes straight away in the Americas Rankings. The January 28 2018 rankings see Uruguay gaining points and Canada losing.

Uruguay entered the match with 65.53 ranking points. By winning 38-29 in Canada Los Teros have improved to now be ranked with 66.48 points. It represents a notable closing of the gap between 3rd and 2nd in the Americas.

Canada went into the match with 61.13 points. The loss sees the North Americans tumbling to 60.28 points. This represents a massive gap between 3rd and 4th in the Americas.

The Americas Rankings will be updated again next Sunday. They are to make into account two of the three matches being played. Uruguay host Canada in the return Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying fixture in Montevideo. Across in Santiago will be Chile at home against Brazil.

Rankings are not to be on the line in Los Angeles, California. The USA play host to the Argentina XV, the official ‘A’ side from Argentina. With it not being Los Pumas rankings points are not to be on the line. However Brazil, Canada, Chile and Uruguay could all gain or lose points depending on their results.

It should be noted that Costa Rica continues to be ranked on 32.16 points. This is the case despite the country having gained World Rugby membership in November 2017. Upon gaining World Rugby membership unions enter the World Rankings and do so with a 30.00 ranking.

RANK		COUNTRY	POINTS	WRR
1		Argentina	78.22	8
2		USA	66.87	17
3		Uruguay	66.48	18
4		Canada	60.28	21
5		Chile	58.18	24
6		Brazil	55.61	27
7		Paraguay	48.54	39
8		Colombia	48.36	41
9		Guyana	46.55	49
10		Trinidad & Tobago	45.51	53
11		Cayman Islands	45.20	54
12		Mexico	45.12	55
13		Venezuela	41.87	62
14		Jamaica	38.76	69
15		Bermuda	37.39	76
16		Barbados	36.48	82
17		Peru	35.70	83
18		Bahamas	34.03	87
=		Guatemala	34.03	=
20		Turks & Caicos Islands	33.53	90
21		St. Vincent and the Grenadines	33.12	91
22		Costa Rica	32.16	93
23		St. Lucia	31.79	95
24		Ecuador	30.57	100
25		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	–
=		St. Kitts and Nevis	30.00	–
=		Suriname	30.00	–
35		Nicaragua	29.16	–
36		Dominican Republic	29.12	–
37		Panama	27.32	–
38		Curaçao	27.08	–
39		El Salvador	26.63	–