2016 Denver Stampede season

Denver Stampede
Location	Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Ground(s)	CIBER Field (Capacity: 1,915)
Coach(es)	Sean O'Leary
Captain(s)	Pedrie Wannenburg
Top scorer	Will Magie (53)
League(s)	PRO Rugby
2016	1st
1st kit	2nd kit

Last updated July 22, 2025

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

18
(1st)

23
(1st)

27
(1st)

27
(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)

22
(2nd)

27
(1st)

32
(1st)

37
(1st)

42
(1st)

42
(2nd)

47
(2nd)

Sacramento Express

5
(1st)

5
(3rd)

5
(4th)

5
(5th)

10
(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)

24
(3rd)

25
(3rd)

San Francisco Rush

0
(5th)

1
(5th)

3
(5th)

8
(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	Pts
1	Luke White	PR	17 April 2016	4	0	0	0	0
2	Zach Fenoglio	HK	17 April 2016	3	2	0	0	10
3	Ben Tarr	PR	17 April 2016	4	0	0	0	0
4	Brodie Orth	LK	17 April 2016	2	0	0	0	0
5	Christian Wiessing	LK	17 April 2016	4	0	0	0	0
6	Logan Collins	FL	17 April 2016	4	2	0	0	10
7	Peter Dahl	FL	17 April 2016	3	0	0	0	0
8	Pedrie Wannenburg	N8	17 April 2016	4	1	0	0	5
9	Niku Kruger	SH	17 April 2016	4	2	0	1	13
10	Ata Malifa	FH	17 April 2016	4	0	0	0	0
11	Michael Al-Jiboori	WG	17 April 2016	3	1	0	0	5
12	Michael Garrity	CE	17 April 2016	4	0	0	0	0
13	Chad London	CE	17 April 2016	4	1	0	0	5
14	Martin Knoetze	WG	17 April 2016	2	0	0	0	0
15	Will Magie	FH	17 April 2016	4	0	6	6	30
16	Nicholas Wallace	PR	17 April 2016	4	1	0	0	5
17	Jake Turnbull	PR	17 April 2016	4	0	0	0	0
18	Soane Leger	PR	17 April 2016	3	0	0	0	0
19	Gannon Moore	FL	17 April 2016	4	0	0	0	0
20	Zac Pauga	N8	17 April 2016	1	0	0	0	0
21	Bobby Impson	SH	17 April 2016	4	0	0	0	0
22	Maximo de Achaval	FB	17 April 2016	4	2	0	0	10
23	Dustin Croy	FB	17 April 2016	2	0	0	0	0
26	Chris Baumann	HK	1 May 2016	2	0	0	0	0
27	Hanco Germishuys	FL	15 May 2016	1	2	0	0	10
	Ben Landry	LK		0	0	0	0	0
	Justin Pauga	CE		0	0	0	0	0
	Armandt Peens	FH		0	0	0	0	0
24	Timana Tahu	WG	24 April 2016	3	0	0	0	0
25	Mose Timoteo	SH	24 April 2016	2	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	^[2]
Zach Fenoglio	Hooker	Glendale Raptors	^[2]
Soane Leger	Prop	Denver Barbarians	^[2]
Ben Tarr	Prop	Souths	^[2]
Jake Turnbull	Prop	Eastern Suburbs	^[2]
Nicholas Wallace	Prop	Glendale Raptors	^[3]
Luke White	Prop	Glendale Raptors	^[2]
Ben Landry	Lock	Seattle Saracens	^[2]
Brodie Orth	Lock	Kansas City Blues	^[4]
Christian Wiessing	Lock	Glendale Raptors	^[5]
Logan Collins	Flanker	Denver Barbarians	^[5]
Peter Dahl	Flanker	Belmont Shore	^[5]
Hanco Germishuys	Flanker	Glendale Raptors	^[2]
Gannon Moore	Flanker	Kansas City Blues	^[2]
Zac Pauga	Number 8	Glendale Raptors	^[2]
Pedrie Wannenburg	Number 8	Oyonnax	^[6]
Bobby Impson	Scrum-half	Denver Barbarians	^[2]
Niku Kruger	Scrum-half	Glendale Raptors	^[2]
Mose Timoteo	Scrum-half	SFGG	^[5]
Will Magie	Fly-half	Barnes	^[2]
Ata Malifa	Fly-half	Denver Barbarians	^[2]
Armandt Peens	Fly-half	Glendale Raptors	^[5]
Michael Al-Jiboori	Centre	Denver Barbarians	^[2]
Michael Garrity	Centre	Seattle Saracens	^[2]
Chad London	Centre	Glendale Raptors	^[2]
Justin Pauga	Centre	Denver Barbarians	^[2]
Martin Knoetze	Wing	Glendale Raptors	^[5]
Timana Tahu	Wing	Newcastle Knights (RL)	^[7]
Dustin Croy	Fullback	Glendale Raptors	^[2]
Maximo de Achaval	Fullback	Denver Barbarians	^[5]
Sean O'Leary	Head coach	Notre Dame	^[8]

References

↑ "Dramatic finish sees Denver drop Ohio". americasrugbynews.com.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Ngwenya in PRO Rugby roster reveal". Americas Rugby News. March 16, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
↑ "Nick Wallace Joins PRO Rugby Denver Team". djcoilrugby. April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
↑ "Denver PRO Side Adds Orth to Roster". Americas Rugby News. April 1, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "PRO Rugby Preview – Denver". Americas Rugby News. April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
↑ "Former Bulls Bok to play pro rugby in America". Sport 24. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
↑ "Former Wallaby signs for PRO Denver". Americas Rugby News. March 22, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
↑ "O'Leary named Denver PRO head coach". Americas Rugby News. February 28, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.

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[1] "Dramatic finish sees Denver drop Ohio". americasrugbynews.com.

[roster-reveal-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Ngwenya in PRO Rugby roster reveal". Americas Rugby News. March 16, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2016.

[3] "Nick Wallace Joins PRO Rugby Denver Team". djcoilrugby. April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.

[4] "Denver PRO Side Adds Orth to Roster". Americas Rugby News. April 1, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.

[denver-preview-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "PRO Rugby Preview – Denver". Americas Rugby News. April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.

[6] "Former Bulls Bok to play pro rugby in America". Sport 24. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.

[7] "Former Wallaby signs for PRO Denver". Americas Rugby News. March 22, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.

[8] "O'Leary named Denver PRO head coach". Americas Rugby News. February 28, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.

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Stadiums	Bonney Field CIBER Field Memorial Park Torero Stadium Boxer Stadium Infinity Park
Seasons	2016 Denver Stampede Ohio Aviators Sacramento Express