2016 PRO Rugby season

The 2016 PRO Rugby season was the inaugural and only season of the PRO Rugby, contested by teams from the United States. The season ran from April to July 2016. This was the first season of professional rugby union in North America.

2016 PRO Rugby
Countries	United States
Date	17 April – 31 July 2016
Champions	Denver Stampede
Runners-up	Ohio Aviators
Matches played	30
Attendance	51,696 (average 1,723 per match)
Tries scored	243 (average 8.1 per match)
Top point scorer	Volney Rouse (San Francisco Rush) 131 points
Top try scorer	Spike Davis (Ohio Aviators) 14 tries
Official website
www.prorugby.org

PRO Rugby contracted 102 players for its five teams. Of these 102 players, 54 have played international rugby, including 36 for the United States national rugby union team.^[1] About 30 players were picked from Pacific Rugby Premiership teams and 15 from Midwest Rugby Premiership teams.^{[citation needed]}

Competition format

Each team played a twelve match schedule with six matches at home and six away. Most matches took place on Sunday to give clubs and schools the chance to play on Saturday and Friday.^[2]

The league had a lighter schedule on June 5 and 12 (the 12th being during the three-week June international window). Those days had just one match. There was however a full slate on June 19 and 26 (both during the international window) and teams lost players to the United States, Canadian or other national teams during this time.^[2]

Broadcasting

Matches were available for the 2016 inaugural season to stream through prorugby.org or on cable through ONE World Sports or Time Warner Cable Sports Channel. Initially selected matches were available free to all online through www.aol.com but this came to an inexplicable abrupt end.^[3] Through the league's official website all matches were streamed free to all viewers. ONE World Sports was offered by multiple cable and satellite providers and covered a range of sports, most notably a large selection of soccer.^[4]

Teams and officials

Club	Metro area	Home ground	Capacity	Head coach	Captain
Denver Stampede	Denver, CO	CIBER Field[a]	1,915	Sean O'Leary	Pedrie Wannenburg
Ohio Aviators	Columbus, OH	Memorial Park	3,000	Paule Barford	Jamie Mackintosh
Sacramento Express	Sacramento, CA	Bonney Field	11,442	Luke Gross	John Quill
San Diego Breakers	San Diego, CA	Torero Stadium	6,000	Ray Egan	Phil Mackenzie
San Francisco Rush	San Francisco, CA	Boxer Stadium	3,500	Paul Keeler	Patrick Latu

Match officials

PRO Rugby named the following five referees and three assistant referees to handle the regular-season games for the 2016 season.^[5]

Referees Leah Berard Scott Green Nick Ricono Derek Summers Kurt Weaver

Assistant referees Jamie Miller Marc Nelson George O'Neil

Standings

2016 PRO Rugby season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	B	Pts
1	Denver Stampede	12	10	0	2	403	273	+130	8	48
2	Ohio Aviators	12	9	0	3	476	273	+203	11	47
3	San Diego Breakers	12	4	0	8	335	413	−78	9	25
4	San Francisco Rush	12	4	0	8	339	454	−115	8	24
5	Sacramento Express	12	3	0	9	294	434	−140	6	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Ladder progression

2016 PRO Rugby season v t e
Team	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16
Denver Stampede	4 (2nd)	9 (1st)	13 (1st)	13 (1st)	18 (1st)	23 (1st)	23 (1st)	27 (1st)	27 (1st)	27 (2nd)	31 (2nd)	31 (2nd)	36 (2nd)	41 (2nd)	46 (1st)	48 (1st)
Ohio Aviators	1 (3rd)	1 (4th)	6 (2nd)	11 (2nd)	12 (3rd)	17 (2nd)	17 (3rd)	17 (3rd)	22 (2nd)	27 (1st)	32 (1st)	37 (1st)	42 (1st)	42 (1st)	42 (2nd)	47 (2nd)
Sacramento Express	5 (1st)	5 (3rd)	5 (4th)	5 (4th)	5 (4th)	5 (4th)	5 (5th)	5 (5th)	5 (5th)	5 (5th)	5 (5th)	10 (5th)	11 (5th)	11 (5th)	16 (5th)	18 (5th)
San Diego Breakers	0 (4th)	5 (2nd)	6 (3rd)	11 (3rd)	15 (2nd)	15 (3rd)	20 (2nd)	21 (2nd)	22 (3rd)	23 (3rd)	23 (3rd)	23 (3rd)	23 (3rd)	24 (3rd)	25 (3rd)	25 (3rd)
San Francisco Rush	0 (5th)	0 (5th)	0 (5th)	1 (5th)	1 (5th)	3 (5th)	8 (4th)	8 (4th)	8 (4th)	12 (4th)	12 (4th)	12 (4th)	12 (4th)	17 (4th)	19 (4th)	24 (4th)
The table above shows a team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.
Key:	win	loss	draw	bye

Players

Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps.

Top points scorers Rank Player Team Points 1 Volney Rouse San Francisco Rush 131 2 Kurt Morath San Diego Breakers 120 3 Mirco Bergamasco Sacramento Express 114 4 Will Magie Denver Stampede 113 5 Shaun Davies Ohio Aviators 84

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Tries 1 Spike Davis Ohio Aviators 14 2 Sebastián Kalm Ohio Aviators 9 3 Zach Fenoglio Denver Stampede 8 4 Chad London Denver Stampede 6 Dylan Fawsitt Ohio Aviators Filippo Ferrarini Ohio Aviators Hanco Germishuys Denver Stampede Mike Te'o San Diego Breakers Pedrie Wannenburg Denver Stampede

Updated: July 31, 2016

Overall points scorers

2016 PRO Rugby season
Player	Team	Total	Details
			Tries	Conversions	Penalties	Drop Goals
Volney Rouse	San Francisco Rush	131	4	33	15	0
Kurt Morath	San Diego Breakers	120	0	15	30	0
Mirco Bergamasco	Sacramento Express	114	0	27	20	0
Will Magie	Denver Stampede	113	0	34	15	0
Shaun Davies	Ohio Aviators	84	0	27	10	0
Spike Davis	Ohio Aviators	70	14	0	0	0
Sebastian Kalm	Ohio Aviators	45	9	0	0	0
Zach Fenoglio	Denver Stampede	40	8	0	0	0
Robbie Shaw	Ohio Aviators	37	0	14	3	0
Kalei Konrad	San Diego Breakers	35	2	8	3	0
Chad London	Denver Stampede	30	6	0	0	0
Dylan Fawsitt	Ohio Aviators	30	6	0	0	0
Filippo Ferrarini	Ohio Aviators	30	6	0	0	0
Hanco Germishuys	Denver Stampede	30	6	0	0	0
Mike Te'o	San Diego Breakers	30	6	0	0	0
Pedrie Wannenburg	Denver Stampede	30	6	0	0	0
Alex Elkins	Ohio Aviators	25	5	0	0	0
David Tameilau	San Francisco Rush	25	5	0	0	0
Dominic Waldouck	Ohio Aviators	25	5	0	0	0
Jamie Mackintosh	Ohio Aviators	25	5	0	0	0
Maximo de Achaval	Denver Stampede	25	5	0	0	0
Orene Ai'i	San Francisco Rush	25	5	0	0	0
Viliame Iongi	San Francisco Rush	25	5	0	0	0
Devereaux Ferris	San Francisco Rush	20	4	0	0	0
Kyle Sumsion	Sacramento Express	20	4	0	0	0
Riekert Hattingh	Ohio Aviators	20	4	0	0	0
Timana Tahu	Denver Stampede	20	4	0	0	0
JP Eloff	Ohio Aviators	20	2	5	0	0
Ben Leatigaga	San Diego Breakers	15	3	0	0	0
Cecil Garber	San Diego Breakers	15	3	0	0	0
Jacob Finau	San Francisco Rush	15	3	0	0	0
John Quill	Sacramento Express	15	3	0	0	0
Langilangi Haupeakui	Sacramento Express	15	3	0	0	0
Martin Knoetze	Denver Stampede	15	3	0	0	0
Mike Garrity	Denver Stampede	15	3	0	0	0
Olive Kilifi	Sacramento Express	15	3	0	0	0
Phil Mackenzie	San Diego Breakers	15	3	0	0	0
Ata Malifa	Denver Stampede	12	2	1	0	0
Ahmad Harajly	Ohio Aviators	10	2	0	0	0
Bill Fukofuma	San Francisco Rush	10	2	0	0	0
Charlie Purdon	San Diego Breakers	10	2	0	0	0
Chris Saint	Sacramento Express	10	2	0	0	0
Christian Wiessing	Denver Stampede	10	2	0	0	0
Dustin Croy	Denver Stampede	10	2	0	0	0
Garrett Brewer	Sacramento Express	10	2	0	0	0
Jack O'Hara	San Francisco Rush	10	2	0	0	0
Logan Collins	Denver Stampede	10	2	0	0	0
Maka Tameilau	San Francisco Rush	10	2	0	0	0
Mason Baum	Ohio Aviators	10	2	0	0	0
Matt Hughston	Ohio Aviators	10	2	0	0	0
Michael Haley	San Francisco Rush	10	2	0	0	0
Mils Muliaina	San Francisco Rush	10	2	0	0	0
Pierce Dargan	Ohio Aviators	10	2	0	0	0
Ryan Matyas	San Diego Breakers	10	2	0	0	0
Sam Finau	San Francisco Rush	10	2	0	0	0
Takudzwa Ngwenya	San Diego Breakers	10	2	0	0	0
Tim Stanfill	San Diego Breakers	10	2	0	0	0
Tom Bliss	San Diego Breakers	10	2	0	0	0
Zachary Pangelinan	San Diego Breakers	10	2	0	0	0
Harry Bennett	Sacramento Express	10	0	2	1	1
Niku Kruger	Denver Stampede	8	1	0	1	0
Alec Gletzer	San Francisco Rush	5	1	0	0	0
Alex Hodgkinson	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Andrew Suniula	San Diego Breakers	5	1	0	0	0
Cameron Falcon	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Casey Rock	Denver Stampede	5	1	0	0	0
Cody Jerabek	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Derrick Broussard	San Diego Breakers	5	1	0	0	0
Estaphan Tuimasanga	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Hubert Buydens	San Diego Breakers	5	1	0	0	0
Jeffery Kalemani	San Diego Breakers	5	1	0	0	0
Jeremy Lenaerts	San Francisco Rush	5	1	0	0	0
Jope Motokana	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Joe Taufete'e	San Diego Breakers	5	1	0	0	0
Kyle Baillie	Ohio Aviators	5	1	0	0	0
Lagikali Tavake	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Luke White	Denver Stampede	5	1	0	0	0
Lynton Mare	Denver Stampede	5	1	0	0	0
Michael Al-Jiboori	Denver Stampede	5	1	0	0	0
Michael Reid	San Francisco Rush	5	1	0	0	0
Mose Timoteo	Denver Stampede	5	1	0	0	0
Nemia Qoro	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Nicholas Wallace	Denver Stampede	5	1	0	0	0
Nick Blevins	San Francisco Rush	5	1	0	0	0
Nikola Bursic	San Diego Breakers	5	1	0	0	0
Patrick Latu	San Francisco Rush	5	1	0	0	0
Peter Dahl	Denver Stampede	5	1	0	0	0
Peter Malcolm	Ohio Aviators	5	1	0	0	0
Pono Haitsuka	San Diego Breakers	5	1	0	0	0
Ray Barkwill	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Robert Meeson	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Ronald Suniula	Ohio Aviators	5	1	0	0	0
Ryan Koewler	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Shane Moore	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Sione Tuihalamaka	San Diego Breakers	5	1	0	0	0
Siupeli Sakalia	San Francisco Rush	5	1	0	0	0
Tai Tuisamoa	San Diego Breakers	5	1	0	0	0
Taylor Howden	Ohio Aviators	5	1	0	0	0
Tokemoana Kefu	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Valdemar Lee-Lo	Sacramento Express	5	1	0	0	0
Martini Talapusi	San Francisco Rush	3	0	0	1	0

Updated: September 6, 2016

Team of the season

The following shows the team of the season, as selected by various media outlets.

Pos Rugby Today[6] Americas Rugby News[7] 1 Jamie Mackintosh Jamie Mackintosh 2 Zach Fenoglio Zach Fenoglio 3 Chris Baumann Olive Kilifi 4 Tai Tuisamoa Tai Tuisamoa 5 Logan Collins Brendan Daly 6 Kyle Sumsion Sam Finau 7 Sebastian Kalm Sebastian Kalm 8 Pedrie Wannenburg Pedrie Wannenburg

Pos Rugby Today Americas Rugby News 9 Shaun Davies Shaun Davies 10 Will Magie Will Magie 11 Timana Tahu Timana Tahu 12 Roland Suniula Orene Ai'i 13 Orene Ai'i Chad London 14 Spike Davis Spike Davis 15 Mike Te'o Mike Te'o

Player development

The following list shows PRO Rugby players who earned their debut cap for the U.S. national rugby team during the 2016 season:

• Angus MacLellan (June 25 vs Canada)
• Langilangi Haupeakui (June 25 vs Canada)

Attendance

By team

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

Team	Hosted	Average	High	Low	Total
Sacramento Express	6	2,150	3,400	1,500	12,900
San Diego Breakers	6	1,916	2,500	1,500	11,500
Denver Stampede	6	1,941	2,346	1,500	11,646
Ohio Aviators	6	1,691	3,400	750	10,050
San Francisco Rush	6	916	1,700	700	5,500
League total	30	1,723	3,400	700	51,696

By week

Week	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Week 1	5,712	2	2,856
Week 2	4,200	2	2,100
Week 3	4,000	2	2,000
Week 4	2,700	2	1,350
Week 5	4,000	2	2,000
Week 6	3,846	2	1,923
Week 7	2,700	2	1,350
Week 8	1,500	1	1,500
Week 9	1,250	1	1,250
Week 10	3,500	2	1,750
Week 11	3,000	2	1,500
Week 12	1,450	2	725
Week 13	3,000	2	1,500
Week 14	2,450	2	1,225
Week 15	3,000	2	1,500
Week 16	5,400	2	2,700

Regular season

Week 1

	17 April 2016	Sacramento Express	37–25	San Francisco Rush	Bonney Field, Sacramento
	16:00 PDT	Try: Jope Motokana  24' Garrett Brewer  30' Penalty Try  64' Olive Kilifi  72' Ryan Koewler  80' Con: Mirco Bergamasco  64', 73', 80' (3/5) Pen: Mirco Bergamasco  3' (1/1) Drop: Harry Bennett  79' (1/1)	Report[8]	Try: Alec Gletzer  8' Volney Rouse  36' Siupeli Sakalia  42' Con: Volney Rouse  9', 37' (2/2) Devereaux Ferris (0/1) Pen: Volney Rouse  14' (1/1) Martini Talapusi  69' (1/1) Devereaux Ferris (0/1) Cards: Nick Grass 60' to 70' Tom Coolican 63' to 73'	Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Nick Ricono

	17 April 2016	Denver Stampede	16–13	Ohio Aviators	Infinity Park, Denver
	14:00 MDT	Try: Michael Al-Jiboori  71' Nicholas Wallace  76' Con: Niku Kruger (0/2) Pen: Niku Kruger  34' (1/2) Will Magie  80' (1/1)	Report[9]	Try: Roland Suniula  15' Con: Shaun Davies  16' (1/1) Pen: Shaun Davies  26', 39' (2/4) Cards: Shaun Davies 70' to 80'	Attendance: 2,312 Referee: Derek Summers

Bye/s: San Diego Breakers

Week 2

	23 April 2016	San Diego Breakers	37–24	Sacramento Express	Torero Stadium, San Diego
	15:00 PDT	Try: Mike Te'o  20', 70' Phil Mackenzie  26' Cecil Garber  49' Con: Kurt Morath  27' (1/4) Pen: Kurt Morath  3', 10', 16', 30', 75' (5/5)	Report[10]	Try: Penalty Try  45' Ray Barkwill  55' Robert Meeson  79' Con: Harry Bennett  46', 56' (2/2) Mirco Bergamasco  79' (1/1) Pen: Harry Bennett  8' (1/1)	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Scott Green

	24 April 2016	San Francisco Rush	18–35	Denver Stampede	Boxer Stadium, San Francisco
	15:00 PDT	Try: Sam Finau  23' Jack O'Hara  25' Maka Tameilau  82' Con: Volney Rouse (0/3) Pen: Volney Rouse  5' (1/1) Cards: Sam Finau  77'	Report[11]	Try: Pedrie Wannenburg  29' Logan Collins  39', 58' Ata Malifa  42' Zach Fenoglio  54' Con: Will Magie  39', 59' (2/5) Pen: Will Magie  14', 34' (2/3)	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Leah Berard

Bye/s: Ohio Aviators

Week 3

	1 May 2016	Ohio Aviators	51–17	San Francisco Rush	Memorial Park, Obetz
	15:00 EDT	Try: Spike Davis  4', 67' Pierce Dargan  11' Sebastián Kalm  19', 36' Filippo Ferrarini  45' JP Eloff  77', 80' Con: Shaun Davies  5', 12' (2/5) JP Eloff  78', 80' (2/3) Pen: Shaun Davies  28' (1/1) Cards: Robbie Shaw 41' to 51' Kyle Baillie 53' to 63'	Report[12]	Try: Jacob Finau  42' Orene Ai'i  75' Con: Volney Rouse  43', 76' (2/2) Pen: Volney Rouse  26' (1/1) Cards: Jacob Finau 41' to 51'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Derek Summers

	1 May 2016	San Diego Breakers	16–22	Denver Stampede	Torero Stadium, San Diego
	17:00 PDT	Try: Phil Mackenzie  75' Con: Kalei Konrad  76' (1/1) Pen: Kurt Morath  10', 24', 52' (3/4)	Report[13]	Try: Zach Fenoglio  16' Pedrie Wannenburg  44' Chad London  62' Con: Will Magie  18', 64' (2/3) Pen: Will Magie  31' (1/2) Cards: Christian Wiessing 63' to 73'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nick Ricono

Bye/s: Sacramento Express

Week 4

	8 May 2016	Sacramento Express	11–31	Ohio Aviators	Bonney Field, Sacramento
	17:00 PDT	Try: Chris Saint  38' Con: Mirco Bergamasco (0/1) Pen: Mirco Bergamasco  5', 10' (2/2) Cards: Langilangi Haupeakui 31' to 41' John Quill 49' to 59'	Report[14]	Try: Mason Baum  12', 76' Spike Davis  34' Filippo Ferrarini  52' Sebastián Kalm  67' Con: Shaun Davies  13' (1/2) JP Eloff  53', 77' (2/3) Pen: Shaun Davies (0/2) JP Eloff (0/1) Cards: Jamie Mackintosh 36' to 46'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Scott Green

	8 May 2016	San Francisco Rush	33–46	San Diego Breakers	Boxer Stadium, San Francisco
	15:00 PDT	Try: Michael Reid  13' David Tameilau  33', 57' Volney Rouse  53' Viliame Iongi  68' Con: Volney Rouse  14', 34', 54', 58' (4/5)	Report[15]	Try: Tom Bliss  8' Mike Te'o  36' Cecil Garber  46' Nikola Bursic  65' Hubert Buydens  72' Con: Kurt Morath  9', 37', 73' (3/5) Pen: Kurt Morath  3', 18', 22', 61', 79' (5/5)	Attendance: 700 Referee: Kurt Weaver

Bye/s: Denver Stampede

Week 5

	15 May 2016	San Diego Breakers	24–20	Ohio Aviators	Torero Stadium, San Diego
	17:00 PDT	Try: Sione Tuihalamaka  17' Phil Mackenzie  62' Charlie Purdon  80' Con: Kurt Morath  17', 64', 80' (3/3) Pen: Kurt Morath  10' (1/1) Cards: Charlie Purdon 44' to 54'	Report[16]	Try: Jamie Mackintosh  12' Sebastián Kalm  69' Con: JP Eloff  13' (1/1) Robbie Shaw  70' (1/1) Pen: Robbie Shaw  40', 55' (2/3) Alex Elkins (0/1)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kurt Weaver

	15 May 2016	Sacramento Express	13–35	Denver Stampede	Bonney Field, Sacramento
	15:00 PDT	Try: Olive Kilifi  17' Con: Mirco Bergamasco  18' (1/1) Pen: Mirco Bergamasco  26', 31' (2/2) Cards: Mirco Bergamasco 43' to 53'	Report[17]	Try: Maximo de Achaval  9', 48' Hanco Germishuys  14', 63' Niku Kruger  75' Con: Will Magie  15', 76' (2/5) Pen: Will Magie  28', 33' (2/2) Cards: Chad London 52' to 62'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Leah Berard

Bye/s: San Francisco Rush

Week 6

	20 May 2016	Denver Stampede	41–37	San Francisco Rush	Infinity Park, Denver
	19:00 MDT	Try: Zach Fenoglio  5' Luke White  33' Chad London  39', 59' Casey Rock  44' Christian Wiessing  53' Con: Will Magie  6', 34', 40', 45' (4/6) Pen: Will Magie  21' (1/2) Cards: Pedrie Wannenburg 17' to 27' Timana Tahu 47' to 57'	Report[18]	Try: Orene Ai'i  19' Viliame Iongi  27' Maka Tameilau  47' Jacob Finau  63' Con: Volney Rouse  20', 28', 48', 64' (4/4) Pen: Volney Rouse  3', 36', 57' (3/3) Cards: Orene Ai'i 52' to 62' Bill Fukofuka 55' to 65'	Attendance: 2,346 Referee: Nick Ricono

	22 May 2016	Ohio Aviators	50–17	Sacramento Express	Memorial Park, Obetz
	15:00 EDT	Try: Matt Hughston  10', 52' Filippo Ferrarini  13' Dylan Fawsitt  18' Sebastián Kalm  28' Jamie Mackintosh  40' Spike Davis  53', 77' Con: Shaun Davies  11', 14', 19', 41', 52' (5/8)	Report[19]	Try: Nemia Qoro  47' Kyle Sumsion  68' Con: Mirco Bergamasco  48', 68' (2/2) Pen: Mirco Bergamasco  2' (1/2) Cards: Jope Motokana  76'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kurt Weaver

Bye/s: San Diego Breakers

Week 7

	28 May 2016	San Diego Breakers	44–23	Sacramento Express	Torero Stadium, San Diego
	18:30 PDT	Try: Tim Stanfill  15', 80' Charlie Purdon  30' Takudzwa Ngwenya  59' Andrew Suniula  63' Con: Kalei Konrad  16', 31' (2/2) Kurt Morath  60', 64', 80' (3/3) Pen: Kalei Konrad  13' (1/4) Kurt Morath  56', 76' (2/2)	Report[20]	Try: John Quill  35' Olive Kilifi  67' Con: Mirco Bergamasco  36', 68' (2/2) Pen: Mirco Bergamasco  8', 29', 40' (3/4) Cards: John Quill  43'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Leah Berard

	29 May 2016	San Francisco Rush	35–20	Ohio Aviators	Boxer Stadium, San Francisco
	15:00 PDT	Try: Mils Muliaina  15' David Tameilau  33' Jacob Finau  37' Viliame Iongi  67' Con: Volney Rouse  16', 34', 38' (3/4) Pen: Volney Rouse  44', 51', 60' (3/3)	Report[21]	Try: Sebastián Kalm  12' Filippo Ferrarini  45' Dylan Fawsitt  71' Con: Robbie Shaw  46' (1/2) Shaun Davies (0/1) Pen: Shaun Davies  29' (1/1) Cards: Shaun Davies 36' to 46'	Attendance: 700 Referee: Scott Green

Bye/s: Denver Stampede

Week 8

	5 June 2016	San Diego Breakers	23–24	Denver Stampede	Torero Stadium, San Diego
	17:00 PDT	Try: Kalei Konrad  61' Con: Kurt Morath (0/1) Pen: Kurt Morath  6', 35', 40', 47', 50', 59' (6/8)	Report[22]	Try: Maximo de Achaval  37' Christian Wiessing  51' Martin Knoetze  73' Con: Will Magie  37', 52', 75' (3/3) Pen: Will Magie  44' (1/3) Cards: Ata Malifa 40' to 50'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Derek Summers

Bye/s: Ohio Aviators, Sacramento Express, San Francisco Rush

Week 9

	12 June 2016	Ohio Aviators	55–29	San Diego Breakers	Memorial Park, Obetz
	15:00 EDT	Try: Dominic Waldouck  4', 42', 66' Alex Elkins  22', 33' Spike Davis  41', 76' Taylor Howden  64' Con: Robbie Shaw  5', 23', 43' (3/5) Shaun Davies  64', 67', 77' (3/3) Pen: Robbie Shaw (1/2)  12' Drop: Taylor Howden (0/1) Cards: Jamie Mackintosh 24' to 34'	Report[23]	Try: Kalei Konrad  26' Ben Leatigaga  36', 78' Zachary Pangelinan  81' Con: Kurt Morath  27', 37', 79' (3/4) Pen: Kurt Morath  20' (1/2)	Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Kurt Weaver

Bye/s: Denver Stampede, Sacramento Express, San Francisco Rush

Week 10

	18 June 2016	San Diego Breakers	19–24	San Francisco Rush	Torero Stadium, San Diego
	18:30 PDT	Try: Ben Leatigaga  51' Pono Haitsuka  77' Con: Kurt Morath (0/2) Pen: Kurt Morath  15', 28', 34' (3/3) Cards: Sione Tuihalamaka 6' to 16'	Report[24]	Try: Jeremy Lenaerts  9' Michael Haley  21' David Tameilau  69' Con: Volney Rouse  10', 22', 70' (3/3) Pen: Volney Rouse  31' (1/2)	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Nick Ricono

	19 June 2016	Denver Stampede	27–48	Ohio Aviators	CIBER Field, Denver
	15:00 MDT	Try: Martin Knoetze  48' Zach Fenoglio  68' Pedrie Wannenburg  83' Con: Will Magie  49', 69', 84' (3/3) Pen: Will Magie  29', 33' (2/2)	Report[25]	Try: Filippo Ferrarini  19' Spike Davis  26' Jamie Mackintosh  43' Alex Elkins  51' Dominic Waldouck  55' Ahmad Harajly  58' Con: Shaun Davies  20', 27', 35', 53', 56', 59' (6/6) Pen: Shaun Davies  11', 40' (2/3) Cards: Jamie Mackintosh 65' to 75'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Leah Berard

Bye/s: Sacramento Express

Week 11

	26 June 2016	Ohio Aviators	71–20	San Francisco Rush	Memorial Park, Obetz
	15:00 EDT	Try: Spike Davis  4', 44' Alex Elkins  7' Pierce Dargan 20' Sebastian Kalm  30', 48' Filippo Ferrarini  53' Peter Malcolm  59' Dylan Fawsitt  65' Ahmad Harajly  66' Dominic Waldouck  74' Con: Shaun Davies  8', 31', 45', 50' (4/6) Robbie Shaw  54', 61', 67', 75' (4/5)	Report[26]	Try: Penalty Try  70' Jack O'Hara  80' Con: Volney Rouse  71', 81' (2/2) Pen: Volney Rouse  2', 10' (2/3)	Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Derek Summers

	26 June 2016	Denver Stampede	29–13	Sacramento Express	CIBER Field, Denver
	15:00 MDT	Try: Lynton Mare  28' Pedrie Wannenburg  45', 81' Con: Will Magie  83' (1/3) Pen: Will Magie  18', 56', 71', 76' (4/6) Cards: Jake Turnbull 39' to 49'	Report[27]	Try: Kyle Sumsion  41' Con: Mirco Bergamasco  42' (1/1) Pen: Mirco Bergamasco  24', 59' (2/3)	Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Scott Green

Bye/s: San Diego Breakers

Week 12

	3 July 2016	Ohio Aviators	44–21	San Diego Breakers	Memorial Park, Obetz
	15:00 EDT	Try: Dylan Fawsitt  20', 28' Riekert Hattingh  49' Spike Davis  61', 64' Sebastián Kalm  67' Con: Shaun Davies  21', 29' (2/3) Robbie Shaw  62', 65' (2/3) Pen: Shaun Davies  6', 27' (2/2) Cards: Ryan McTiernan 14' to 24'	Report[28]	Try: Tom Bliss  73' Jeffery Kalemani  81' Con: Kalei Konrad  74' (1/2) Pen: Kurt Morath  13', 24', 52' (3/5) Cards: Ian Carpenter 45' to 55'	Attendance: 750 Referee: Kurt Weaver

	3 July 2016	San Francisco Rush	19–43	Sacramento Express	Boxer Stadium, San Francisco
	15:00 PDT	Try: David Tameilau  32' Orene Ai'i  34' Bill Fukofuka  40' Con: Volney Rouse  33', 41' (2/3)	Report[29]	Try: Cameron Falcon  6' Cody Jerabek  11' Langilangi Haupeakui  20', 44' Kyle Sumsion  25' Penalty Try  70' Con: Mirco Bergamasco  7', 21', 26', 45', 71' (5/6) Pen: Mirco Bergamasco  57' (1/2)	Attendance: 700 Referee: Derek Summers

Bye/s: Denver Stampede

Week 13

	9 July 2016	Sacramento Express	31–41	Ohio Aviators	Bonney Field, Sacramento
	19:30 PDT	Try: Langilangi Haupeakui  18' Shane Moore  66' Lagakali Tavake  69' Tokemoana Kefu  74' Con: Mirco Bergamasco  19', 68', 70', 74' (4/4) Pen: Mirco Bergamasco  39' (1/2) Cards: Langilangi Haupeakui 55' to 65'	Report[30]	Try: Jamie Mackintosh  13' Riekert Hattingh  30', 51' Spike Davis  36', 61' Alex Elkins  45' Kyle Baillie  53' Con: Shaun Davies  14', 31' (2/6) Robbie Shaw  62' (1/1) Cards: Angus Maclellan 79' to 80'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Nick Ricono

	10 July 2016	Denver Stampede	59–23	San Diego Breakers	CIBER Field, Denver
	15:00 MDT	Try: Maximo de Achaval  7' Peter Dahl  13' Hanco Germishuys  25', 55' Zach Fenoglio  43', 60' Mike Garrity  43', 64' Timana Tahu  74' Con: Will Magie  14', 25', 44', 56', 61', 66' (6/8) Ata Malifa  76' (1/1)	Report[31]	Try: Joseph Taufete'e  33' Zachary Pangelinan  52' Ryan Matyas 78' Con: Kalei Konrad  53' (1/2) Zachary Pangelinan (0/1) Pen: Kalei Konrad  16', 19' (2/2) Cards: Andrew Suniula 41' to 51'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Scott Green

Bye/s: San Francisco Rush

Week 14

	16 July 2016	San Francisco Rush	50–26	San Diego Breakers	Boxer Stadium, San Francisco
	15:00 PDT	Try: Orene Ai'i  5', 71' Devereaux Ferris  13', 61' Volney Rouse  18' Michael Haley  42' Nick Blevins  49' Con: Volney Rouse  6', 14', 19', 43', 62', 72' (6/7) Pen: Volney Rouse  10' (1/1)	Report[32]	Try: Tai Tuisamoa  16' Cecil Garber  30' Mike Te'o  55' Derrick Broussard  68' Con: Kalei Konrad  17', 32', 69' (3/4) Pen: Kalei Konrad (0/1)	Attendance: 700 Referee: Scott Green

	17 July 2016	Denver Stampede	59–13	Sacramento Express	CIBER Field, Denver
	15:00 MDT	Try: Chad London  6' Timana Tahu  12', 48' Zach Fenoglio  18' Maximo de Achaval  23' Ata Malifa  40' Dustin Croy  68' Hanco Germishuys  74' Mike Garrity  79' Con: Will Magie  7', 19', 24', 40', 69', 75', 81' (7/9) Cards: Logan Collins 63' to 73'	Report[33]	Try: Alex Hodgkinson  77' Con: Mirco Bergamasco  78' (1/1) Pen: Mirco Bergamasco  4', 16' (2/3) Cards: Cameron Falcon 46' to 56'	Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Kurt Weaver

Bye/s: Ohio Aviators

Week 15

	23 July 2016	Sacramento Express	35–27	San Diego Breakers	Bonney Field, Sacramento
	19:30 PDT	Try: Valdemar Lee-Lo  24' John Quill  28' Garrett Brewer  71' Kyle Sumsion  79' Con: Mirco Bergamasco  29', 72', 79' (3/4) Pen: Mirco Bergamasco  5', 46', 54' (3/4)	Report[34]	Try: Mike Te'o  49', 56' Takudzwa Ngwenya  60' Ryan Matyas  67' Con: Kurt Morath  57', 62' (2/4) Pen: Kurt Morath  78' (1/2)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nick Ricono

	24 July 2016	San Francisco Rush	24–31	Denver Stampede	Boxer Stadium, San Francisco
	15:00 PDT	Try: Viliami Iongi  2', 14' Bill Fukofuka  30' Volney Rouse  43' Con: Volney Rouse  3', 44' (2/4) Drop: Orene Ai'i (0/1)	Report[35]	Try: Timana Tahu  10' Pedrie Wannenburg  21' Martin Knoetze  50' Mose Timoteo  65' Chad London  73' Con: Will Magie  22', 65', 74' (3/5)	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Leah Berard

Bye/s: Ohio Aviators

Week 16

	30 July 2016	Sacramento Express	34–37	San Francisco Rush	Bonney Field, Sacramento
	19:30 PDT	Try: Chris Saint  18' Penalty Try  55' John Quill  71' Estaphan Tuimasanga  83' Con: Mirco Bergamasco  18', 55', 72', 84' (4/4) Pen: Mirco Bergamasco  23', 30' (2/2) Cards: John Quill 30' to 40'	Report[36]	Try: Patrick Latu  11' Sam Finau  25' Devereaux Ferris  40', 44' Mils Muliaina  43' Con: Volney Rouse  12', 41', 45' (3/4) Devereaux Ferris (0/1) Pen: Volney Rouse  3', 79' (2/3) Cards: Volney Rouse 12' to 22'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Leah Berard

	31 July 2016	Ohio Aviators	32–25	Denver Stampede	Memorial Park, Obetz
	15:00 EDT	Try: Jamie Mackintosh  13' Penalty Try  50' Dylan Fawsitt  76' Riekert Hattingh  83' Con: Shaun Davies  51' (1/2) Robbie Shaw  77', 84' (2/2) Pen: Shaun Davies  26', 43' (2/2) Cards: Ryan McTiernan 19' to 29' Jamie Mackintosh 61' to 71' Taylor Howden 68' to 78'	Report[37]	Try: Chad London  21' Dustin Croy  56' Zach Fenoglio  64' Hanco Germishuys  67' Con: Will Magie  65' (1/4) Pen: Will Magie  45' (1/1) Cards: Timana Tahu 24' to 34'	Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Nick Ricono

Bye/s: San Diego Breakers

Season transfers

Denver Stampede

P	Nat.	Name	In Out	Ref.
HK		Zach Fenoglio	Glendale Raptors	[38]
HK		Nicholas Wallace	Glendale Raptors	[39]
PR		Chris Baumann	Austin Blacks	[38]
PR		Soane Leger	Denver Barbarians	[38]
PR		Ben Tarr	Souths	[38]
PR		Jake Turnbull	Eastern Suburbs	[38]
PR		Luke White	Glendale Raptors	[38]
LK		Ben Landry	Seattle Saracens	[38]
LK		Brodie Orth	Kansas City Blues	[40]
LK		Casey Rock	Glendale Raptors	[38]
LK		Christian Wiessing	Glendale Raptors	[41]
FL		Logan Collins	Denver Barbarians	[41]
FL		Peter Dahl	Belmont Shore	[41]
FL		Hanco Germishuys	Glendale Raptors	[38]
FL		Gannon Moore	Kansas City Blues	[38]
N8		Zac Pauga	Glendale Raptors	[38]
N8		Pedrie Wannenburg	Oyonnax	[42]
SH		Bobby Impson	Denver Barbarians	[38]
SH		Niku Kruger	Glendale Raptors	[38]
SH		Mose Timoteo	San Francisco Golden Gate	[41]
FH		Will Magie	Barnes	[38]
FH		Ata Malifa	Denver Barbarians	[38]
FH		Armandt Peens	Glendale Raptors	[41]
CE		Michael Garrity	Seattle Saracens	[38]
CE		Chad London	Glendale Raptors	[38]
CE		Justin Pauga	Denver Barbarians	[38]
CE		Brian Wanless	Glendale Raptors	[43]
WG		Michael Al-Jiboori	Denver Barbarians	[38]
WG		Martin Knoetze	Glendale Raptors	[41]
WG		Timana Tahu	Newcastle Knights	[44]
FB		Dustin Croy	Glendale Raptors	[38]
FB		Maximo de Achaval	Denver Barbarians	[41]

Ohio Aviators

P	Nat.	Name	In Out	Ref.
HK		Cam Falcon	Sacramento Express	[45]
HK		Dylan Fawsitt	Life University	[45]
HK		Peter Malcolm	Wheeling Jesuit University	[45]
HK		Chris Schade	Columbus	[45]
PR		Demecus Beach	Life University	[46]
PR		Jamie Mackintosh	Montpellier	[47]
PR		Angus MacLellan	Chicago Lions	[45]
PR		Anthony Parry	Columbus	[46]
PR		Derrek Van Klein	James Bay	[48]
LK		Kyle Baillie	Atlantic Rock	[49]
LK		Pierce Dargan	Clontarf	[45]
LK		Ryan McTiernan	New York Athletic Club	[50]
FL		Filippo Ferrarini	Zebre	[51]
FL		Matt Hughston	Charlotte	[45]
FL		Chad Joseph	Dallas	[45]
N8		Sebastián Kalm	Lindenwood	[52]
N8		Dominic Pezzutti	Columbus	[46]
SH		Ryan Cochran	Columbus	[53]
SH		Shaun Davies	Life University	[45]
SH		Robbie Shaw	Hartpury College	[45]
FH		JP Eloff	Chicago Lions	[45]
FH		Taylor Howden	Columbus	[45]
FH		Chris Kunkel	Richmond	[45]
CE		Allan Hanson	Wheeling Jesuit University	[45]
CE		Zach Stryffeler	Columbus	[46]
CE		Roland Suniula	Chalon	[45]
CE		Dominic Waldouck	London Irish	[54]
WG		Mason Baum	Davenport University	[46]
WG		Spike Davis	Columbus	[45]
WG		Alex Elkins	Columbus	[45]
WG		Shawn Riley	Notre Dame College	[46]
FB		Ahmad Harajly	Detroit Tradesmen	[45]
FB		Sam McGuffie	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	[55]
FB		Zac Mizell	Austin Blacks	[45]

Sacramento Express

P	Nat.	Name	In Out	Ref.
HK		Ray Barkwill	Ontario Blues	[56]
HK		Cam Falcon	Ohio Aviators	[45]
HK		Josh Inong	Santa Rosa	[57]
HK		Lagakali Tavake	Sacramento Blackhawks	[58]
PR		Toke Kefu	Sacramento Blackhawks	[58]
PR		Olive Kilifi	Seattle Saracens	[57]
PR		Valdemar Lee-Lo	Seattle Saracens	[58]
PR		James Reddey	Sacramento Blackhawks	[58]
PR		Estephan Tuamasaga	Sacramento Blackhawks	[59]
LK		Matt Doubek	Classic Eagles	[60]
LK		Rich Knight	San Francisco Rush	[61]
LK		Robert Meeson	Santa Rosa	[57]
LK		Sione Sina	Cal	[57]
FL		Ryan Koewler	Sacramento Capitals	[58]
FL		John Quill	Dolphin	[62]
FL		Kyle Sumsion	BYU	[58]
N8		Langilangi Haupeakui	East Palo Alto Razorbacks	[61]
N8		Sione Latu	Sacramento Blackhawks	[61]
SH		Ronald Dwyer	East Palo Alto Razorbacks	[63]
SH		Jope Motokana	Seattle Saracens	[58]
SH		Chris Saint	Potomac Exiles	[61]
FH		Harry Bennett	Metropolis	[58]
FH		Garrett Brewer	St. Mary's	[62]
CE		Mirco Bergamasco	Zebre	[64]
CE		Cody Jerabek	University of Wyoming	[65]
CE		Nemia Qoro	Life West	[58]
CE		Alipate Takiveikata	Metropolis	[58]
WG		Rashad Harbor	Dallas Reds	[57]
WG		Shane Moore	Seattle Saracens	[63]
WG		Joeli Tikoisuva	Metropolis	[58]
WG		Fatai Vailala	East Palo Alto Razorbacks	[38]
FB		Joshua Holland	San Francisco Golden Gate	[58]
FB		Ryan Thompson	Tempe	[57]

San Diego Breakers

P	Nat.	Name	In Out	Ref.
HK		Tim Barford	Old Mission Beach	[66]
HK		Mike Sosene-Feagai	Hawke's Bay	[58]
HK		Joe Taufete'e	Belmont Shore	[58]
PR		Hubert Buydens	Castaway Wanderers	[67]
PR		Jake Ilnicki	Castaway Wanderers	[68]
PR		Jeffrey Kalemani	Santa Monica	[58]
PR		Mason Pedersen	University of Arizona	[69]
PR		Kakalia Pule	Tempe	[59]
PR		Sam Taungākava	Seattle Saracens	[58]
PR		Brice Schilling	Belmont Shore	[70]
LK		Ian Carpenter	Belmont Shore	[66]
LK		David Dolinar	Naval Academy	[66]
LK		Brian Doyle	Old Mission Beach	[66]
LK		Tai Tuisamoa	Old Mission Beach	[59]
FL		Nikola Bursic	Craighouse Old Boys	[71]
FL		Cecil Garber	Seattle Saracens	[66]
FL		Jean-Baptiste Gobelet	Old Mission Beach	[70]
FL		Bruce Thomas	San Francisco Golden Gate	[70]
FL		Chris Turori	Old Mission Beach	[59]
N8		Arnold Meredith	Belmont Shore	[66]
N8		Sione Tuihalamaka	Seattle Saracens	[66]
N8		Jabari Zuberi	Seattle Saracens	[58]
SH		Tom Bliss	Wasps	[57]
SH		Charlie Purdon	Santa Monica	[57]
FH		Kalei Konrad	Old Mission Beach	[57]
FH		Kurt Morath	Biarritz	[72]
CE		Ben Leatigaga	All-Army	[59]
CE		Phil Mackenzie	Sale	[73]
CE		Ryan Matyas	Old Blue	[57]
CE		Andrew Suniula	București	[66]
WG		Ryne Haitsuka	Mystic River	[58]
WG		Takudzwa Ngwenya	Biarritz	[74]
WG		Sebastian Sharpe	UCLA Bruins	[66]
WG		Tim Stanfill	Seattle Saracens	[57]
FB		Mike Te'o	Belmont Shore	[57]

San Francisco Rush

P	Nat.	Name	In Out	Ref.
HK		Tom Coolican	Sydney Stars	[75]
HK		Jacob Finau	Life West	[75]
HK		Codi Jones	California Maritime	[75]
PR		Patrick Latu	San Francisco Golden Gate	[75]
PR		Dominic Lolohea	Life West	[75]
PR		Fancy Namulau'ulu	Life West	[76]
PR		Maka Tameilau	Life West	[75]
LK		Alex Bowman	Olympic Club	[69]
LK		John Colvill	Life West	[75]
LK		Brendan Daly	San Francisco Golden Gate	[76]
LK		Nick Grass	Cal	[76]
LK		Rich Knight	Sacramento Express	[61]
LK		Siaosi Mahoni	East Palo Alto Bulldogs	[75]
FL		Alec Gletzer	Cal	[76]
FL		Isaac Helu	Olympic Club	[76]
FL		Siupeli Sakalia	East Palo Alto Bulldogs	[76]
FL		Naibuka Tawake	Life West	[77]
N8		Sam Finau	Auckland University	[75]
N8		Bill Fukofuka	Southland	[78]
N8		David Tameilau	Life West	[75]
SH		Devereaux Ferris	Life West	[75]
SH		Junior Helu	Life West	[76]
SH		Michael Reid	Spotswood United	[75]
FH		Orene Ai'i	Life West	[79]
FH		Volney Rouse	San Francisco Golden Gate	[76]
CE		Nick Blevins	Calgary Hornets	[67]
CE		Petuliki Mateo	East Palo Alto Bulldogs	[76]
CE		Martini Talapusi	Belfast	[75]
WG		Michael Haley	Olympic Club	[75]
WG		Pila Huihui	San Francisco Golden Gate	[55]
WG		Viliame Iongi	Nottingham	[80]
WG		Jack O'Hara	Santa Clara University	[75]
FB		Jake Anderson	Cal	[76]
FB		Mils Muliaina	Zebre	[81]

Notes

1. Denver would also play two homes games at Infinity Park, Glendale, CO on April 17 and May 20.