2016 Sacramento Express season

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Sacramento Express
Founded2016
Location Sacramento, California
Ground(s) Bonney Field (Capacity: 11,442)
Coach(es) Luke Gross
Captain(s) John Quill
Top scorer Mirco Bergamasco (66)
League(s) PRO Rugby
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1st kit
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2nd kit

The 2016 Sacramento Express season was the inaugural season of the Sacramento Express.

Contents

2016 season

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordGame site
1April 17 San Francisco Rush W 37-251-0 Bonney Field
2April 23at San Diego Breakers L 24-371-1 Torero Stadium
3 Bye
4May 8 Ohio Aviators L 11-311-2 Bonney Field
5May 15 Denver Stampede L 13-351-3 Bonney Field
6May 22at Ohio Aviators L 17-501-4 EAS Training Center
7May 29at San Diego Breakers L 44-231-5 Torero Stadium
8 Bye
9 Bye
10 Bye
11June 26at Denver Stampede L 132916 CIBER Field
12July 3at San Francisco Rush Boxer Stadium
13July 9 Ohio Aviators Bonney Field
14July 17at Denver Stampede CIBER Field
15July 23 San Diego Breakers Bonney Field
16July 30 San Francisco Rush Bonney Field

Ladder

2016 PRO Rugby season
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPts
1 Denver Stampede 121002403273+130848
2 Ohio Aviators 12903476273+2031147
3 San Diego Breakers 1240833541378925
4 San Francisco Rush 12408339454115824
5 Sacramento Express 12309294434140618
Source: [ citation needed ]

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


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