Americas Rankings – August 21, 2022

The Americas Rankings is an exclusive on Americas Rugby News. The rankings compare international teams from throughout the Americas. Matches recognized as full tests are used for the rankings. Teams yet to compete since the Americas Rankings began are listed with 30.00 points.

The opening fixture of the South American Tri Nations saw the higher ranked Colombia beaten at home by Paraguay. The outcome is that Colombia fall from 51.87 points to a new rankings of 50.07. Meanwhile, Paraguay rise from 46.87 points to 48.67.

The updated rankings mean Colombia falls from 35th to 37th in the world. Paraguay rise from 46th to 39th, now being joint equal with Croatia. This sees Paraguay moving back above Mexico in the Americas rankings from 9th to 8th. In the world rankings it means Paraguay have moved above Tunisia, Malta, Philippines, Madagascar, Mexico, and Uganda.

The two match series between Chile and Brazil saw line-ups that were genuine test sides. The matches were non-capped though with the teams officially competing as the Chile XV and the Brazil XV. For this reason no points were exchanged and neither country has had their rankings affected.

The Americas Rankings will be updated again next weekend. International activity will see Brazil facing both Paraguay and Colombia while Argentina will face the All Blacks in New Zealand.

MEN’S RANKINGS

RANK		COUNTRY	POINTS	WRR
1		Argentina	80.42	9
2		Uruguay	65.97	18
3		USA	65.17	19
4		Chile	61.24	21
5		Canada	60.99	23
6		Brazil	53.31	28
7		Colombia	50.07	37
8		Paraguay	48.67	39
9		Mexico	47.63	43
10		Trinidad & Tobago	45.51	52
11		Guyana	42.86	57
12		Cayman Islands	42.56	58
13		Jamaica	39.00	67
14		Bermuda	38.91	68
15		Peru	36.35	73
16		Venezuela	35.87	77
17		Turks & Caicos Islands	35.42	–
18		St. Vincent and the Grenadines	34.91	80
19		Barbados	34.72	82
20		St. Lucia	33.52	–
21		Guatemala	32.90	–
22		Guadeloupe	32.59	–
23		Martinique	32.31	–
24		Ecuador	30.57	–
25		Belize	30.00	–
=		Bolivia	30.00	–
=		Cuba	30.00	–
=		Haiti	30.00	–
=		St. Kitts and Nevis	30.00	–
=		Suriname	30.00	–
31		Panama	29.73	–
32		Dominican Republic	29.39	–
33		Costa Rica	29.36	97
34		Nicaragua	29.16	–
35		Bahamas	27.76	99
36		British Virgin Islands	27.19	–
37		Curaçao	28.03	–
38		Honduras	27.55	–
39		El Salvador	26.67	–

WOMEN’S RANKINGS

RANK		COUNTRY	POINTS	WRR
1		Canada	87.17	4
2		USA	77.64	5
3		Trinidad & Tobago	46.45	24
4		Colombia	44.66	25
5		Jamaica	40.52	35
6		Guyana	39.63	37
7		Brazil	36.90	46
8		Cayman Islands	34.95	53
9		Barbados	30.06	59
10		St. Vincent and the Grenadines	28.71	60
11		Bahamas	27.67	61