Americas Rankings – August 14, 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.

Round one of the Rugby Championship saw Argentina losing heavily against Australia in Mendoza. The reverse result in round two means that Argentina has made a gain of 1.098 points. Los Pumas’ record-breaking win in San Juan sees Argentina rising from 79.32 to 80.42 points.

No other activity involving the Americas sees the rankings continue unchanged. Uruguay remain slightly above the USA in second while Chile and Canada are 4th and 5th in the Americas.

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	51.87	35
8		Mexico	47.63	43
9		Paraguay	46.87	46
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