2016 Ohio Aviators season

Ohio Aviators
LocationColumbus, Ohio, U.S.
Ground(s)Memorial Park (Capacity: N/A)
Coach(es)Paule Barford
Captain(s)Jamie Mackintosh
League(s)PRO Rugby
2016
1st kit
2nd kit

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 Report
17 April 1 Denver Stampede Infinity Park, Denver Loss 16–13 Suniula Davies (3) 2,312 [1]
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 Team Pld W D L PF PA PD B Pts
1 Denver Stampede 12 10 0 2 403 273 +130 8 48
2 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
Source:

Ladder progression

2016 PRO Rugby season
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)
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 Nationality 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 [2]
Dylan Fawsitt Hooker Life University [2]
Chris Schade Hooker Columbus [3]
Demecus Beach Prop Life University [3]
Jamie Mackintosh Prop Montpellier [4]
Angus MacLellan Prop Chicago Lions [2]
Anthony Parry Prop Columbus [3]
Kyle Baillie Lock Atlantic Rock [5]
Pierce Dargan Lock Clontarf [2]
Ryan McTiernan Lock New York Athletic Club [6]
Spike Davis Flanker Columbus [2]
Filippo Ferrarini Flanker Zebre [7]
Chad Joseph Flanker Dallas [2]
Peter Malcolm Flanker Wheeling Jesuit University [2]
Sebastián Kalm Number 8 Lindenwood [8]
Dominic Pezzutti Number 8 Columbus [3]
Shaun Davies Scrum-half Life University [2]
Robbie Shaw Scrum-half Hartpury College [2]
JP Eloff Fly-half Chicago Lions [2]
Taylor Howden Fly-half Columbus [2]
Chris Kunkel Fly-half Richmond [2]
Matt Hughston Centre Charlotte [2]
Zach Stryffeler Centre Columbus [3]
Roland Suniula Centre Chalon [2]
Dominic Waldouck Centre London Irish [9]
Mason Baum Wing Davenport University [3]
Alex Elkins Wing Columbus [2]
Ahmad Harajly Wing Detroit Tradesmen [2]
Shawn Riley Wing Notre Dame College [3]
Allan Hanson Fullback Wheeling Jesuit University [2]
Zac Mizell Fullback Austin Blacks [2]
Paule Barford Head coach Cornell University [10]

References

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