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Americas Rankings – February 06 2017

The opening round of the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship sees test rugby underway for the year. The six best teams from the Americas played in the first of five rounds with two of the three matches being capped.

The opening fixture in São Paulo saw the lower ranked Brazil gaining points against Chile. Brazil’s convincing win was by fourteen points. This is one point less than what was needed for Brazil to gain the maximum possible gain. It was not enough to overtake Chile but sees the gap closing. Brazil is up from 50.67 to 51.81 points. On the flip side Chile has fallen from 55.08 to 53.94 points.

In North America the USA’s comeback victory over Uruguay sees rankings movement. The updated rankings see the USA rising from 64.66 points to 64.96. Uruguay is down from 60.66 to 60.36 points. Neither side changes overall positions. They remain second and fourth in the Americas.

Excluded from the rankings was Canada vs Argentina XV. With the Argentina XV not being Argentina’s official test team rankings do not count. All teams will be able to win, lose or draw against the Argentina XV without rankings changing.

Further rankings points are to be up for grabs next weekend. Canada and the USA will be at home, hosting Chile and Brazil respectively. Uruguay travel back to South America to face the Argentina XV in Bahía Blanca.

# Americas Rankings Pts
1 Argentina 79.91
2 USA 64.96
3 Canada 64.29
4 Uruguay 60.36
5 Chile 53.94
6 Brazil 55.08
7 Paraguay 49.46
8 Colombia 47.97
9 Trinidad & Tobago 46.25
10 Mexico 45.62
11 Guyana 45.35
12 Cayman Islands 42.88
13 Venezuela 41.14
14 Bermuda 39.22
15 Jamaica 38.76
16 Peru 36.95
17 Barbados 36.94
18 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 34.91
19 Bahamas 33.76
20 Turks & Caicos 31.34
21 Guatemala 31.26
22 Dominican Republic 31.05
23 Costa Rica 30.70
24 Ecuador 30.57
25 Panama 30.29
26 Belize 30.00
27 Bolivia 30.00
28 British Virgin Islands 30.00
29 Cuba 30.00
30 Guadeloupe 30.00
31 Haiti 30.00
32 Honduras 30.00
33 Martinique 30.00
34 Nicaragua 30.00
35 St. Kitts and Nevis 30.00
36 St. Lucia 30.00
37 Suriname 30.00
38 Curaçao 27.61
39 El Salvador 27.05

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Formally created in June 2015, this website's goal is to increase media exposure of the Tier 2 rugby nations, and create a hub with a focus on the stories of rugby in the Americas - North, Central and South.

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