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Americas Rankings – June 04 2017

Test match rugby this weekend saw changes in the Americas Rankings. Gains were made by the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands, respective winners in their test matches.

The Bahamas recovered from losing to the Turks & Caicos Islands to defeat the Dominican Republic on Saturday. The 42-5 away victory sees the Bahamas picking up maximum rankings points. Going into the match the Dominican Republic had 30.86 points and the Bahamas 32.29.

The updated rankings see the Dominican Republic slipping to 29.12 points while the Bahamas rise to 34.03.  In terms of placings this sees the Dominican Republic falling from 23rd to 37th in the Americas Rankings. The Bahamas rise to 18th spot.

Also this weekend Bermuda had home advantage against the Cayman Islands. Bermuda went into the match with 38.23 points while the Caymans were on 42.88 points. The Cayman Islands won 28-15 to pull further ahead of Venezuela. No overall gain was made and nor did Bermuda fall.

In South America Chile fell 31-15 to the Argentina XV. With it not being Los Pumas rankings were not on the line.

Test match rugby will take place again next weekend. In North America Canada play host to Georgia and the USA take-on Ireland. The one Rugby Americas North fixture will see Guyana at home to Trinidad & Tobago. Argentina take-on England in San Juan, Brazil host Portugal in São Paulo while Uruguay and the Argentina XV have non-capped matches in the Nations Cup.

RANK COUNTRY POINTS WRR
1 argentina-logo-thumbnail Argentina 79.91 9
2 usa-logo-thumbnail USA 66.79 17
3 uruguay-logo-thumbnail Uruguay 61.48 21
4 canada-logo-thumbnail Canada 59.63 23
5 chile-logo-thumbnail Chile 54.76 28
6 brazil-logo-thumbnail Brazil 53.28 31
7 paraguay-logo-thumbnail Paraguay 48.54 40
8 colombia-logo-thumbnail Colombia 47.97 44
9 mexico-logo-thumbnail Mexico 46.61 50
10 trinidad-tobago-logo-thumbnail Trinidad & Tobago 46.25 51
11 guyana-logo-thumbnail Guyana 45.81 53
12 cayman-islands-logo-thumbnail Cayman Islands 43.72 57
13 venezuela-logo-thumbnail Venezuela 41.14 62
14 jamaica-logo-thumbnail Jamaica 38.76 70
15 bermuda-logo-thumbnail Bermuda 37.39 75
16 peru-logo-thumbnail Peru 36.82 79
17 barbados-logo-thumbnail Barbados 36.48 83
18 bahamas-logo-thumbnail Bahamas 34.03 88
19 turks-caicos-logo-thumbnail Turks & Caicos Islands 33.53
20 st-vincent-logo-thumbnail St. Vincent and the Grenadines 33.12 84
21 saint-lucia-logo-thumbnail St. Lucia 31.79
22 guatemala-logo-thumbnail Guatemala 31.26
23 costa-rica-logo-thumbnail Costa Rica 30.70
24 ecuador-logo-thumbnail Ecuador 30.57
25 panama-logo-thumbnail Panama 30.29
26 belize-logo-thumbnail Belize 30.00
= bolivia-logo-thumbnail Bolivia 30.00
= british-virgin-islands-logo-thumbnail British Virgin Islands 30.00
= cuba-logo-thumbnail Cuba 30.00
= guadeloupe-logo-thumbnail Guadeloupe 30.00
= haiti-logo-thumbnail Haiti 30.00
= honduras-logo-thumbnail Honduras 30.00
= martinique-logo-thumbnail Martinique 30.00
= nicaragua-logo-thumbnail Nicaragua 30.00
= st-kitts-nevis-logo-thumbnail St. Kitts and Nevis 30.00
= suriname-logo-thumbnail Suriname 30.00
37 Dominican Republic 29.12
38 curacao-logo-thumbnail Curaçao 27.08
39 el-salvador-logo-thumbnail El Salvador 27.05

 

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