Americas Rankings – February 11 2018

The Americas Rankings – February 11 2018 see history having been made. Results from this weekend’s fixtures in the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) see Uruguay officially catching the USA to now have an identical ranking.

Uruguay completed a come-from-behind victory over Brazil on Friday. The 27-18 victory sees the teams trading 0.36 points in the rankings. As a result Brazil has fallen to now be ranked on 56.81 points. It is enough to remain above Chile.

Uruguay’s gain means Los Teros now have 66.92 rankings points. At the time it saw Uruguay climbing above the USA in the rankings. But following Saturday’s 29-10 win over Canada the USA obtained 0.05 rankings points. This sees the USA and Uruguay officially now tied for second in the Americas Rankings.

The Argentina XV completed a 57-12 win over Chile on Saturday. With the Argentine team not being Los Pumas rankings points were not on the line. As a result there is no alteration to either Argentina or Chile.

The Americas Rankings will be updated again next Sunday. Like this weekend they are to also take into account two of the three matches being played. Both matches with rankings on the line will be played in North America. The USA host Chile in California while Canada host Brazil in British Columbia.

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	66.92	17
3		Uruguay	66.92	18
4		Canada	60.15	21
5		Brazil	56.81	25
6		Chile	56.63	26
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	–