2016 Ohio Aviators season

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Ohio Aviators
Location Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Ground(s) Memorial Park (Capacity: N/A)
Coach(es) Paule Barford
Captain(s) Jamie Mackintosh
League(s) PRO Rugby
2016 –
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1st kit
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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.

Contents

In 2016, Ohio jerseys were made by Champion System.

Fixtures

All home matches were played at Memorial Park in Obetz.

DateWeekOpponentVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
17 April1 Denver Stampede Infinity Park, Denver Loss16–13 Suniula Davies (3)2,312 [1]
2Bye
1 May3 San Francisco Rush Memorial Park, Obetz Won51-17Davis(2)
Dargan
Kalm(2)
Ferrarini
Eloff(2)		 Davies 2,000
8 May4 Sacramento Express Bonney Field, Sacramento Won17-31Baum
Davis
Ferrarini 		Davies
Eloff 		2,000
15 May5 San Diego Breakers Torero Stadium, San Diego Loss20-24 Mackintosh
Kalm 		Shaw(2/3)2,000
22 May6 Sacramento Express Memorial Park, Obetz Won50-17Hughston(2)
Ferrarini
Fawsitt
Kalm
Mackintosh
Davis(2)		1,500
29 May7 San Francisco Rush Boxer Stadium, San Francisco Loss35-20 Kalm(2)
Ferrarini 		Davies
8Bye
12 June9 San Diego Breakers Memorial Park, Obetz Won55–31
19 June10 Denver Stampede CIBER Field, Denver Won27-48 Davies
26 June11 San Francisco Rush Memorial Park, Obetz Won71–20
3 July12 San Diego Breakers Memorial Park, Obetz
9 July13 Sacramento Express Bonney Field, Sacramento
14Bye
15Bye
31 July16 Denver Stampede Memorial Park, Obetz

Ladder

2016 PRO Rugby season
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPts
1 Denver Stampede 121002403273+130848
2 Ohio Aviators 12903476273+2031147
3 San Diego Breakers 12408335413-78925
4 San Francisco Rush 12408339454–115824
5 Sacramento Express 12309294434–140618

Ladder progression

2016 PRO Rugby season
TeamW1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10W11W12W13W14W15W16
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:winlossdrawbye

Player scoring

Updated: May 30, 2016

Squad

No.NameNationalityPositionOhio Debut App TCPDGPts
1 Jamie Mackintosh Flag of New Zealand.svg PR 17 April 2016100000
2 Peter Malcolm Flag of the United States.svg FL 17 April 2016100000
3 Angus MacLellan Flag of the United States.svg PR 17 April 2016100000
4 Pierce Dargan Flag of the United States.svg LK 17 April 2016100000
5 Ryan McTiernan Flag of the United States.svg LK 17 April 2016100000
6 Filippo Ferrarini Flag of Italy.svg FL 17 April 2016100000
7Matt Hughston Flag of the United States.svg CE 17 April 2016100000
8 Sebastián Kalm Flag of Chile.svg N8 17 April 2016100000
9 Shaun Davies Flag of the United States.svg SH 17 April 2016101208
10 JP Eloff Flag of the United States.svg FH 17 April 2016100000
11Alex Elkins Flag of the United States.svg WG 17 April 2016100000
12Taylor Howden Flag of New Zealand.svg FH 17 April 2016100000
13 Roland Suniula Flag of the United States.svg CE 17 April 2016110005
14 Spike Davis Flag of the United States.svg WG 17 April 2016100000
15 Ahmad Harajly Flag of the United States.svg WG 17 April 2016100000
16 Cameron Falcon Flag of the United States.svg HK 17 April 2016100000
17 Demecus Beach Flag of the United States.svg PR 17 April 2016100000
18Anthony Parry Flag of the United States.svg PR 17 April 2016100000
19 Dominic Pezzutti Flag of the United States.svg N8 17 April 2016100000
20Chad Joseph Flag of New Zealand.svg FL 17 April 2016100000
21Chris Schade Flag of the United States.svg HK 17 April 2016100000
22 Robbie Shaw Flag of the United States.svg SH 17 April 2016100000
23 Mason Baum Flag of the United States.svg WG 17 April 2016100000
Kyle Baillie Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg LK 000000
Dylan Fawsitt IRFU flag.svg HK 000000
Allan Hanson Flag of the United States.svg FB 000000
Chris Kunkel Flag of the United States.svg FH 000000
Zac Mizell Flag of the United States.svg FB 000000
Shawn Riley Flag of the United States.svg WG 000000
Zach Stryffeler Flag of the United States.svg CE 000000
Dominic Waldouck Flag of England.svg CE 12 June1300015

Staff

Transfers

Joined
PlayerPositionFormer teamRef
Cameron Falcon Hooker Flag of the United States.svg New Orleans [2]
Dylan Fawsitt Hooker Flag of the United States.svg Life University [2]
Chris Schade Hooker Flag of the United States.svg Columbus [3]
Demecus Beach Prop Flag of the United States.svg Life University [3]
Jamie Mackintosh Prop Flag of France.svg Montpellier [4]
Angus MacLellan Prop Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Lions [2]
Anthony Parry Prop Flag of the United States.svg Columbus [3]
Kyle Baillie Lock Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Atlantic Rock [5]
Pierce Dargan Lock IRFU flag.svg Clontarf [2]
Ryan McTiernan Lock Flag of the United States.svg New York Athletic Club [6]
Spike Davis Flanker Flag of the United States.svg Columbus [2]
Filippo Ferrarini Flanker Flag of Italy.svg Zebre [7]
Chad Joseph Flanker Flag of the United States.svg Dallas [2]
Peter Malcolm Flanker Flag of the United States.svg Wheeling Jesuit University [2]
Sebastián Kalm Number 8 Flag of the United States.svg Lindenwood [8]
Dominic Pezzutti Number 8 Flag of the United States.svg Columbus [3]
Shaun Davies Scrum-half Flag of the United States.svg Life University [2]
Robbie Shaw Scrum-half Flag of England.svg Hartpury College [2]
JP Eloff Fly-half Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Lions [2]
Taylor Howden Fly-half Flag of the United States.svg Columbus [2]
Chris Kunkel Fly-half Flag of England.svg Richmond [2]
Matt Hughston Centre Flag of the United States.svg Charlotte [2]
Zach Stryffeler Centre Flag of the United States.svg Columbus [3]
Roland Suniula Centre Flag of France.svg Chalon [2]
Dominic Waldouck Centre Flag of England.svg London Irish [9]
Mason Baum Wing Flag of the United States.svg Davenport University [3]
Alex Elkins Wing Flag of the United States.svg Columbus [2]
Ahmad Harajly Wing Flag of the United States.svg Detroit Tradesmen [2]
Shawn Riley Wing Flag of the United States.svg Notre Dame College [3]
Allan Hanson Fullback Flag of the United States.svg Wheeling Jesuit University [2]
Zac Mizell Fullback Flag of the United States.svg Austin Blacks [2]
Paule Barford Head coach Flag of the United States.svg Cornell University [10]

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