Americas Rankings – August 11 2019

Following the completion of international competition this weekend the Americas Rankings have been updated for August 11 2019. They take into consideration results from Pacific Nations Cup matches involving competitors from the Americas as well as the Rugby Championship.

Canada’s 33-23 defeat against Tonga saw the world’s no15 winning against the world’s no21 on the neutral territory of Fiji. The gulf in the points between the two competitors meant that neither side’s ranking was altered based on the result of the match.

Also playing in Fiji were two additional Pacific Nations Cup matches. The USA faced Japan and were beaten 34-20. This result saw the teams exchanging 0.59 points which sees the USA falling below Italy in the World Rankings to now be 14th.

Argentina’s horrific performance against comes at a great cost. With Fiji, and Japan both winning Los Pumas’ 46-13 hammering by South Africa sees a further fall in the World Rankings. Argentina dropped 0.52 points to now have a ranking of 76.28 points and be 11th in the world with Japan 9th, and Fiji 10th.

Also being played this weekend was an Americas Rugby North international between the Cayman Islands and the USA South Panthers. With the Panthers not being an official test match side, representing a World Rugby defined sovereign nation, no rankings points were involved in the fixture.

The Americas Rankings will be updated again next weekend. Playing in South Africa will be Argentina in a non-Rugby Championship fixture. It is to be the final test match for the South Americans before the RWC, making it the final opportunity to gain rankings points before playing in Japan.

RANK		COUNTRY	POINTS	WRR
1		Argentina	76.28	11
2		USA	71.93	14
3		Uruguay	65.18	19
4		Canada	61.36	21
5		Brazil	57.84	27
6		Chile	54.55	29
7		Colombia	50.76	33
8		Paraguay	46.99	46
9		Cayman Islands	45.94	48
10		Mexico	45.66	50
11		Trinidad & Tobago	45.51	51
12		Venezuela	41.87	62
13		Guyana	40.40	64
14		Jamaica	39.00	68
15		Bermuda	38.91	69
15		Peru	38.23	77
17		St. Vincent and the Grenadines	35.90	79
18		Turks & Caicos Islands	35.42	–
19		Barbados	34.77	81
20		Bahamas	33.76	84
21		Guatemala	32.90	–
22		Guadeloupe	32.71	–
23		Martinique	32.31	–
24		St. Lucia	30.80	–
25		Ecuador	30.57	–
26		Belize	30.00	–
=		Bolivia	30.00	–
=		Cuba	30.00	–
=		Haiti	30.00	–
=		St. Kitts and Nevis	30.00	–
=		Suriname	30.00	–
32		Panama	29.73	–
33		Costa Rica	29.57	96
34		Nicaragua	29.16	–
35		Dominican Republic	28.32	–
36		British Virgin Islands	28.23	–
37		Curaçao	28.03	–
38		Honduras	27.55	–
39		El Salvador	26.67	–