The 2015 edition of the 49th Parallel Cup between Canada and the United States was played on the weekend of 31/7/15 and 1/8/15 with both men's and women's matches played out. There was mixed success for the US with the Revolution triumphant over Canada's Northwind in the men's match and the Northern Lights defeating the Freedom in the Women's match, continuing the trend between these four sides.

These were the first full field internationals since the International Cup last year, with this post-IC year continuing the tradition of not seeing much international vs international footy action. The only change in our men's World Rankings was the United States swapped places with Canada moving from 8th to 7th. For the women there was no change.

 

World Footy News Australian Football World Rankings

(as at end of 1st August 2015)

 

Rank	Team		Points	Games	Rank Change
1		Australia	-		steady
2		Papua New Guinea	57.66	34	steady
3		Ireland	56.68	49	steady
4		New Zealand	55.09	38	steady
5		Nauru	53.30	27	steady
6		South Africa	49.63	27	steady
7		United States	47.61	43	+1
8		Canada	46.69	43	-1
9		Great Britain	44.69	54	steady
10		Denmark	43.67	47	steady
11		Tonga	41.93	14	steady
12		Croatia	40.35	8	steady
13		Fiji	40.18	14	steady
14		France	39.09	13	steady
15		Sweden	38.53	35	steady
16		Japan	37.17	29	steady
17		Peace Team	36.46	11	steady
18		Germany	34.09	16	steady
19		China	28.84	16	steady
20		Finland	27.45	18	steady
21		India	23.01	16	steady
Dorm.		Samoa	41.85	18	**
Dorm.		Iceland	35.64	4	**
Prov.		Indonesia	32.66	5	*
Prov.		Pakistan	32.35	5	*
Prov.		Timor-Leste	27.40	6	*

Not as many women's internationals have been played as yet but we're keeping track and our rankings so far are:

World Footy News Women's Australian Football World Rankings

(as at end of 1st August 2015)

 

Rank	Team		Points	Games	Rank Change
1		Australia	-		steady
2		Canada	53.38	14	steady
3		United States	47.08	14	steady
4		Ireland	46.81	10	steady
Prov.		Canada B	41.00	6	*
Prov.		Fiji	40.50	5	*
Prov.		Papua New Guinea	33.51	5	*
Prov.		AIM	33.29	4	*
Prov.		Tonga	32.50	5	*
Prov.		USA B	31.93	5	*

AIM = Australian Indigenous & Multicultural.