Americas Rankings – February 10 2019

There were four international matches in the Americas this weekend. With them out of the way the Americas Rankings have been updated to reflect the changes. The February 10 2019 rankings show Brazil, and the Cayman Islands gaining points.

In George Town on Saturday the Cayman Islands were at home against Guyana. The fixture was no ordinary match. On the line was the 4th, and final, place in the 2019 Americas Rugby Challenge (ARCh) tournament. The Caymans impressed to claim the spot, routing the Green Machine 58-14.

The comprehensive Caymans victory sees them taking the maximum rankings points. With it they gain 0.548 points to move up one place above Trinidad & Tobago in the Americas Rankings. Guyana lose points but remain ranked 12th in the Americas.

Friday’s test match in Montevideo saw Uruguay completing a 20-5 victory over Chile. Despite Los Teros finishing with the maximum  win of a 14+ victory there is no alteration in the ranking of either competitor. This is based on Uruguay being ranked notably higher than Chile.

In the tropical heat of São José dos Campos Brazil were 18-10 winners over Canada. The upset sees Os Tupis claiming the maximum of 1.28 points. This sees Canada falling to 21st join the world rankings below Spain. Brazil rises to 26th above Germany and is now behind Hong Kong by the narrowest of margins. The updated rankings are Canada with 61.36 points, and Brazil with 58.10. Neither move overall positions in the Americas Rankings.

In Patagonia the Argentina XV were 45-12 winners over the USA. The fixture did not count towards rankings due to one of the two teams not being the national test side. As such the USA’s rankings points have not been changed.

RANK		COUNTRY	POINTS	WRR
1		Argentina	77.05	9
2		USA	73.66	13
3		Uruguay	67.13	17
4		Canada	61.36	21
5		Brazil	58.10	26
6		Chile	54.37	30
7		Colombia	50.27	36
8		Paraguay	49.17	39
9		Cayman Islands	45.75	49
10		Trinidad & Tobago	45.51	50
11		Mexico	45.13	53
12		Guyana	43.13	59
13		Venezuela	41.87	62
14		Jamaica	40.69	64
15		Peru	38.23	71
16		Bermuda	37.39	76
17		St. Vincent and the Grenadines	35.90	82
18		Barbados	34.55	85
19		Turks & Caicos Islands	34.04	–
20		Bahamas	33.76	86
21		Guatemala	32.90	–
22		St. Lucia	30.80	–
23		Costa Rica	30.76	91
24		Guadeloupe	30.71	–
25		Ecuador	30.57	–
26		Belize	30.00	–
=		Bolivia	30.00	–
=		Cuba	30.00	–
=		Haiti	30.00	–
=		Martinique	30.00	–
=		St. Kitts and Nevis	30.00	–
=		Suriname	30.00	–
33		Panama	29.73	–
34		British Virgin Islands	29.48	–
35		Nicaragua	29.16	–
36		Curaçao	28.67	–
37		Dominican Republic	28.46	–
38		Honduras	27.55	–
39		El Salvador	26.67	–