# 2016 Women's Premier League Rugby season

The 2016 Women's Premier League Rugby season was the eighth season of the Women's Premier League in the United States. It began on September 10 and involved eight teams.

## Format

This was the second year that the WPL went without promotion or relegation. The eight teams were divided into two conferences, Red and Blue, comprising four teams. They each played six conference games, one home and one away. The WPL season occurred in the fall, concurrently with the regular women's club season, with the national championship being held in November 11–13.
For the finals, teams were seeded based on the results of their conference during the regular season. The top four teams competed for the cup and the bottom teams for the bowl.

## Conference standings
### Blue Conference

| Pos. | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | San Diego Surfers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 320 | 74 | 246 | 27 |
| 2 | Glendale Raptors | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 232 | 103 | 129 | 25 |
| 3 | Oregon Sports Union | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 186 | −84 | 10 |
| 4 | Berkeley All Blues | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 334 | −291 | 0 |

### Red Conference

| Pos. | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | New York Rugby Club | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 60 | 214 | 30 |
| 2 | Twin Cities Amazons | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 220 | 157 | 63 | 20 |
| 3 | Atlanta Harlequins | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 126 | 130 | −4 | 10 |
| 4 | DC Furies | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 311 | −273 | 0 |

## Matches
### Week 1

* September 10, 2016
| DC Furies | 0–48 | New York Rugby Club |
* September 10, 2016
| Oregon Sports Union | 34–12 | Berkeley All Blues |
* September 10, 2016
| Glendale Raptors | 28–26 | San Diego Surfers |
* September 11, 2016
| Twin Cities Amazons | 38–17 | Atlanta Harlequins |

### Week 2

* September 17, 2016
| Berkeley All Blues | 7–69 | San Diego Surfers |
* September 18, 2016
| Twin Cities Amazons | 50–12 | DC Furies |
* September 18, 2016
| New York Rugby Club | 24–16 | Atlanta Harlequins |
* September 18, 2016
| Oregon Sports Union | 10–22 | Glendale Raptors |

### Week 3

* September 24, 2016
| Berkeley All Blues | 0–44 | Glendale Raptors |
* September 24, 2016
| San Diego Surfers | 49–17 | Oregon Sports Union |
* September 24, 2016
| Atlanta Harlequins | 52–19 | DC Furies |
* September 25, 2016
| Twin Cities Amazons | 15–42 | New York Rugby Club |

### Week 4

* October 8, 2016
| San Diego Surfers | 86–7 | Berkeley All Blues |
* October 8, 2016
| Glendale Raptors | 46–17 | Oregon Sports Union |
* October 9, 2016
| DC Furies | 7–75 | Twin Cities Amazons |
* October 9, 2016
| Atlanta Harlequins | 5–31 | New York Rugby Club |

### Week 5

* October 15, 2016
| Glendale Raptors | 77–5 | Berkeley All Blues |
* October 16, 2016
| DC Furies | 0–19 | Atlanta Harlequins |
* October 16, 2016
| New York Rugby Club | 62–24 | Twin Cities Amazons |
* October 22, 2016
| Oregon Sports Union | 0–45 | San Diego Surfers |

### Week 6

* October 29, 2016
| San Diego Surfers | 45–15 | Glendale Raptors |
* October 29, 2016
| Berkeley All Blues | 12–24 | Oregon Sports Union |
* October 30, 2016
| Atlanta Harlequins | 17–18 | Twin Cities Amazons |
* October 30, 2016
| New York Rugby Club | 67–0 | DC Furies |

## Playoffs
### Bowl Semi-finals

* November 11, 2016
| Berkeley All Blues | 17–26 | Atlanta Harlequins |
* November 11, 2016
| Oregon Sports Union | 37–5 | DC Furies |

### Cup Semi-finals

* November 11, 2016
| Glendale Raptors | 37–13 | New York Rugby Club |
* November 11, 2016
| San Diego Surfers | 36–8 | Twin Cities Amazons |

### Bowl Finals
#### 7th place Final

* November 13, 2016
| Berkeley All Blues | 48–5 | DC Furies |

#### 5th place Final

* November 13, 2016
| Atlanta Harlequins | 10–15 | Oregon Sports Union |

### Cup Finals
#### 3rd place Final

* November 13, 2016
| New York Rugby Club | 29–10 | Twin Cities Amazons |

#### Grand Final

* November 13, 2016
| Glendale Raptors | 16–26 | San Diego Surfers |