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Americas Rankings – August 20 2017

This weekend there was one capped get match involving teams from the Americas. That fixture was the Rugby Championship opening round match in Port Elizabeth. Argentine fell to a heavy defeat against South Africa, losing 37-15. The updated Americas Rankings for August 20 2017 see Argentina losing points.

The Springboks’ home win sees Argentina falling from 9th to 10th in the World Rankings. This means that Fiji, a team outside of the Rugby Championship, is now above Los Pumas. Argentina’s ranking has fallen from 79.50 to 79.2o. Fiji has 79.48 points.

In the Americas Rankings Argentina remains in top spot. The updated rankings see the fall slightly reducing the gap between Argentina and the USA. Uruguay, Canada and Chile complete the top five in the Americas Rankings.

Additional changes are possible best weekend. Argentina will have home advantage against South Africa in Salta. A win of any kind will be sufficient o move back above Fiji. Furthermore France would also slip behind Argentina. As such the South Americans could move into 8th spot.

RANK COUNTRY POINTS WRR
1 argentina-logo-thumbnail Argentina 79.15 9
2 usa-logo-thumbnail USA 65.84 17
3 uruguay-logo-thumbnail Uruguay 63.15 18
4 canada-logo-thumbnail Canada 59.47 23
5 chile-logo-thumbnail Chile 54.76 28
6 brazil-logo-thumbnail Brazil 54.50 29
7 paraguay-logo-thumbnail Paraguay 48.54 39
8 colombia-logo-thumbnail Colombia 47.97 44
9 guyana-logo-thumbnail Guyana 46.55 49
10 trinidad-tobago-logo-thumbnail Trinidad & Tobago 45.51 53
11 cayman-islands-logo-thumbnail Cayman Islands 45.20 54
12 mexico-logo-thumbnail Mexico 45.12 55
13 venezuela-logo-thumbnail Venezuela 41.14 62
14 jamaica-logo-thumbnail Jamaica 38.76 69
15 bermuda-logo-thumbnail Bermuda 37.39 76
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 31.68
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 26.63

 

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