# 2016 Ohio Aviators season

The 2016 Ohio Aviators season was the first in the club's history. Coached by Paule Barford and captained by Jamie Mackintosh, Ohio competed in the United States 2016 PRO Rugby competition.
In 2016, Ohio jerseys were made by Champion System.

## Fixtures

All home matches were played at Memorial Park in Obetz.
| Date | Week | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| 17 April | 1 | Denver Stampede | Infinity Park, Denver | Loss | 16–13 | Suniula | Davies (3) | 2,312 |
| | 2 | Bye | | | | | | |
| 1 May | 3 | San Francisco Rush | Memorial Park, Obetz | Won | 51-17 | Davis(2) Dargan Kalm(2) Ferrarini Eloff(2) | Davies | 2,000 |
| 8 May | 4 | Sacramento Express | Bonney Field, Sacramento | Won | 17-31 | Baum Davis Ferrarini | Davies Eloff | 2,000 |
| 15 May | 5 | San Diego Breakers | Torero Stadium, San Diego | Loss | 20-24 | Mackintosh Kalm | Shaw(2/3) | 2,000 |
| 22 May | 6 | Sacramento Express | Memorial Park, Obetz | Won | 50-17 | Hughston(2) Ferrarini Fawsitt Kalm Mackintosh Davis(2) | | 1,500 |
| 29 May | 7 | San Francisco Rush | Boxer Stadium, San Francisco | Loss | 35-20 | Kalm(2) Ferrarini | Davies | |
| | 8 | Bye | | | | | | |
| 12 June | 9 | San Diego Breakers | Memorial Park, Obetz | Won | 55–31 | | | |
| 19 June | 10 | Denver Stampede | CIBER Field, Denver | Won | 27-48 | | Davies | |
| 26 June | 11 | San Francisco Rush | Memorial Park, Obetz | Won | 71–20 | | | |
| 3 July | 12 | San Diego Breakers | Memorial Park, Obetz | | | | | |
| 9 July | 13 | Sacramento Express | Bonney Field, Sacramento | | | | | |
| | 14 | Bye | | | | | | |
| | 15 | Bye | | | | | | |
| 31 July | 16 | Denver Stampede | Memorial Park, Obetz | | | | | |

## Ladder

2016 PRO Rugby season :
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

### Ladder progression

2016 PRO Rugby season vte :
| 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Player scoring

Updated: May 30, 2016

## Squad

| No. | Name | Position | Ohio Debut | App | T | C | P | DG | Pts |
| 1 | Jamie Mackintosh | PR | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Peter Malcolm | FL | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Angus MacLellan | PR | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Pierce Dargan | LK | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ryan McTiernan | LK | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Filippo Ferrarini | FL | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Matt Hughston | CE | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Sebastián Kalm | N8 | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Shaun Davies | SH | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | JP Eloff | FH | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Alex Elkins | WG | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Taylor Howden | FH | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Roland Suniula | CE | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Spike Davis | WG | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Ahmad Harajly | WG | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Cameron Falcon | HK | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Demecus Beach | PR | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Anthony Parry | PR | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Dominic Pezzutti | N8 | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Chad Joseph | FL | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Chris Schade | HK | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Robbie Shaw | SH | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Mason Baum | WG | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Kyle Baillie | LK | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Dylan Fawsitt | HK | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Allan Hanson | FB | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Chris Kunkel | FH | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Zac Mizell | FB | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Shawn Riley | WG | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Zach Stryffeler | CE | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Dominic Waldouck | CE | 12 June | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |

## Staff

* Head coach: Paule Barford
* Assistant coach: Paul Holmes
* Assistant coach: Eamonn Hogan

## Transfers

| Joined |
| Player | Position | Former team | Ref |
| Cameron Falcon | Hooker | New Orleans | |
| Dylan Fawsitt | Hooker | Life University | |
| Chris Schade | Hooker | Columbus | |
| Demecus Beach | Prop | Life University | |
| Jamie Mackintosh | Prop | Montpellier | |
| Angus MacLellan | Prop | Chicago Lions | |
| Anthony Parry | Prop | Columbus | |
| Kyle Baillie | Lock | Atlantic Rock | |
| Pierce Dargan | Lock | Clontarf | |
| Ryan McTiernan | Lock | New York Athletic Club | |
| Spike Davis | Flanker | Columbus | |
| Filippo Ferrarini | Flanker | Zebre | |
| Chad Joseph | Flanker | Dallas | |
| Peter Malcolm | Flanker | Wheeling Jesuit University | |
| Sebastián Kalm | Number 8 | Lindenwood | |
| Dominic Pezzutti | Number 8 | Columbus | |
| Shaun Davies | Scrum-half | Life University | |
| Robbie Shaw | Scrum-half | Hartpury College | |
| JP Eloff | Fly-half | Chicago Lions | |
| Taylor Howden | Fly-half | Columbus | |
| Chris Kunkel | Fly-half | Richmond | |
| Matt Hughston | Centre | Charlotte | |
| Zach Stryffeler | Centre | Columbus | |
| Roland Suniula | Centre | Chalon | |
| Dominic Waldouck | Centre | London Irish | |
| Mason Baum | Wing | Davenport University | |
| Alex Elkins | Wing | Columbus | |
| Ahmad Harajly | Wing | Detroit Tradesmen | |
| Shawn Riley | Wing | Notre Dame College | |
| Allan Hanson | Fullback | Wheeling Jesuit University | |
| Zac Mizell | Fullback | Austin Blacks | |
| Paule Barford | Head coach | Cornell University | |