# 2016 Denver Stampede season

The 2016 Denver Stampede season was the first and only season in the club's history. Coached by Sean O'Leary and captained by Pedrie Wannenburg, Denver competed in the United States' 2016 PRO Rugby competition which they won.

## Jersey and sponsors

In 2016 Denver jerseys were made by Champion System.

## Fixtures

All home matches were played at Infinity Park in Denver through May and then at the University of Denver's CIBER Field.
| Date | Week | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
| 17 April | 1 | Ohio | Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado | Win | 16–13 | Al-Jiboori, Wallace | Kruger, Magie | 2,312 | |
| 24 April | 2 | San Francisco | Boxer Stadium, San Francisco | Win | 18-35 | Wannenburg,Collins(2),Malifa,Fenoglio | Magie(4) | 1,700 | 2 |
| 1 May | 3 | San Diego Breakers | Torero Stadium, San Diego | Win | 16-22 | Fenoglio, Wannenburg,London | Magie(3) | 2,000 | |
| | 4 | Bye | | | | | | | |
| 15 May | 5 | Sacramento | Bonney Field, Sacramento | Win | 13-35 | De Achaval(2),Germishuys(2), Kruger | Magie(4) | 2,000 | |
| 20 May | 6 | San Francisco Rush | Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado | Win | 41-37 | Fenoglio,White,Rock,London(2),Wiessing | Magie(5) | 2,346 | |
| | 7 | Bye | | | | | | | |
| 5 June | 8 | San Diego | Torero Stadium, San Diego | Win | 24–23 | | | | |
| | 9 | Bye | | | | | | | |
| 19 June | 10 | Ohio | CIBER Field, Denver | Loss | 27–48 | | | | |
| 26 June | 11 | Sacramento | CIBER Field, Denver | Win | 29–13 | | | | |
| | 12 | Bye | | | | | | | |
| 10 July | 13 | San Diego | CIBER Field, Denver | | | | | | |
| 17 July | 14 | Sacramento | CIBER Field, Denver | | | | | | |
| 24 July | 15 | San Francisco | Boxer Stadium, San Francisco | | | | | | |
| 31 July | 16 | Ohio | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Squad

| No. | Name | Position | Denver Debut | App | T | C | P | DG | Pts |
| 1 | Luke White | PR | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Zach Fenoglio | HK | 17 April 2016 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Ben Tarr | PR | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brodie Orth | LK | 17 April 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Christian Wiessing | LK | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Logan Collins | FL | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Peter Dahl | FL | 17 April 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Pedrie Wannenburg | N8 | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Niku Kruger | SH | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Ata Malifa | FH | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Michael Al-Jiboori | WG | 17 April 2016 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Michael Garrity | CE | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Chad London | CE | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Martin Knoetze | WG | 17 April 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Will Magie | FH | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| 16 | Nicholas Wallace | PR | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Jake Turnbull | PR | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Soane Leger | PR | 17 April 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Gannon Moore | FL | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Zac Pauga | N8 | 17 April 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Bobby Impson | SH | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Maximo de Achaval | FB | 17 April 2016 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 23 | Dustin Croy | FB | 17 April 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Chris Baumann | HK | 1 May 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Hanco Germishuys | FL | 15 May 2016 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| | Ben Landry | LK | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Justin Pauga | CE | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Armandt Peens | FH | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Timana Tahu | WG | 24 April 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Mose Timoteo | SH | 24 April 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Staff

* Head coach: Sean O'Leary
* Assistant coach: Peter Borlase
* Assistant coach: David Williams
* Technical advisor: André Snyman

## Transfers

| Joined |
| Player | Position | Former team | Ref |
| Chris Baumann | Hooker | Austin Blacks | |
| Zach Fenoglio | Hooker | Glendale Raptors | |
| Soane Leger | Prop | Denver Barbarians | |
| Ben Tarr | Prop | Souths | |
| Jake Turnbull | Prop | Eastern Suburbs | |
| Nicholas Wallace | Prop | Glendale Raptors | |
| Luke White | Prop | Glendale Raptors | |
| Ben Landry | Lock | Seattle Saracens | |
| Brodie Orth | Lock | Kansas City Blues | |
| Christian Wiessing | Lock | Glendale Raptors | |
| Logan Collins | Flanker | Denver Barbarians | |
| Peter Dahl | Flanker | Belmont Shore | |
| Hanco Germishuys | Flanker | Glendale Raptors | |
| Gannon Moore | Flanker | Kansas City Blues | |
| Zac Pauga | Number 8 | Glendale Raptors | |
| Pedrie Wannenburg | Number 8 | Oyonnax | |
| Bobby Impson | Scrum-half | Denver Barbarians | |
| Niku Kruger | Scrum-half | Glendale Raptors | |
| Mose Timoteo | Scrum-half | SFGG | |
| Will Magie | Fly-half | Barnes | |
| Ata Malifa | Fly-half | Denver Barbarians | |
| Armandt Peens | Fly-half | Glendale Raptors | |
| Michael Al-Jiboori | Centre | Denver Barbarians | |
| Michael Garrity | Centre | Seattle Saracens | |
| Chad London | Centre | Glendale Raptors | |
| Justin Pauga | Centre | Denver Barbarians | |
| Martin Knoetze | Wing | Glendale Raptors | |
| Timana Tahu | Wing | Newcastle Knights (RL) | |
| Dustin Croy | Fullback | Glendale Raptors | |
| Maximo de Achaval | Fullback | Denver Barbarians | |
| Sean O'Leary | Head coach | Notre Dame | |