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With there being no international competition in the Americas this weekend there are no changes to the Americas Rankings this week. As of March 13 2016 Rugby World Cup 2015 competitors Argentina, USA, Canada and Uruguay remain ranked one through four in that order.
There have, nonetheless, been alterations to the World Rankings due to international competition in Europe seeing rankings points on the line in the Six Nations and European Nations Cups (ENC) competitions.
England’s home win over Wales on Saturday sees England gain 0.88 rankings points and Wales drop the same amount. England thereby moves ahead of Argentina into 5th position to sit just behind the Welsh. Ireland’s win over Italy sees change too as Ireland move into 7th, one below Argentina, at the expense of France who lost away to Scotland.
From 11 through 20 there are an additional two changes. Thanks to defeating Russia Georgia moves ahead of Tonga into 12th spot. It sees the Russians falling one place from 19th to 20th, to trade places with Uruguay. With it the USA, Canada and Uruguay are now ranked 17th, 18th and 19th in the world.
Ten places between Uruguay is Chile who gained one place to rise to 29th by virtue of Portugal being badly defeated by neighboring Spain on Saturday. Spain occupy 22nd in the world, behind Rugby World Cup 2015 participants Namibia.
Rankings will next be on the line on March 23 when Trinidad & Tobago play host to Jamaica in a Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying fixture. Trinidad & Tobago enter the fixture ranked 8th in the Americas, a much higher position than that of Jamaica who occupy 16th spot.
| # | Americas Rankings | Pts |
| 1 | Argentina | 82,59 |
| 2 | USA | 65,68 |
| 3 | Canada | 64,27 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 63,23 |
| 5 | Chile | 55,20 |
| 6 | Paraguay | 50,46 |
| 7 | Brazil | 50,41 |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 47,48 |
| 9 | Colombia | 44,50 |
| 10 | Guyana | 44,88 |
| 11 | Mexico | 43,61 |
| 12 | Cayman Islands | 42,87 |
| 13 | Bermuda | 40,03 |
| 14 | Venezuela | 39,77 |
| 15 | Peru | 39,51 |
| 16 | Jamaica | 38,92 |
| 17 | Barbados | 37,39 |
| 18 | Bahamas | 34,55 |
| 19 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 34,91 |
| 20 | Belize | 30,00 |
| 21 | Bolivia | 30,00 |
| 22 | British Virgin Islands | 30,00 |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 30,00 |
| 24 | Cuba | 30,00 |
| 25 | Curaçao | 30,00 |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 30,00 |
| 27 | Ecuador | 30,00 |
| 28 | El Salvador | 30,00 |
| 29 | Guadeloupe | 30,00 |
| 30 | Guatemala | 30,00 |
| 31 | Haiti | 30,00 |
| 32 | Honduras | 30,00 |
| 33 | Jamaica | 30,00 |
| 34 | Martinique | 30,00 |
| 35 | Nicaragua | 30,00 |
| 36 | Panama | 30,00 |
| 37 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 30,00 |
| 38 | St. Lucia | 30,00 |
| 39 | Suriname | 30,00 |
| 40 | Turks & Caicos | 30,00 |
