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 Report17 April1OhioInfinity Park, Glendale, ColoradoWin16–13Al-Jiboori, WallaceKruger, Magie2,31224 April2San FranciscoBoxer Stadium, San FranciscoWin18-35Wannenburg,Collins(2),Malifa,FenoglioMagie(4)1,700 21 May3San Diego BreakersTorero Stadium, San DiegoWin16-22Fenoglio, Wannenburg,LondonMagie(3)2,000 4Bye15 May5SacramentoBonney Field, SacramentoWin13-35De Achaval(2),Germishuys(2), KrugerMagie(4)2,00020 May6San Francisco RushInfinity Park, Glendale, ColoradoWin41-37Fenoglio,White,Rock,London(2),WiessingMagie(5)2,3467Bye5 June8San DiegoTorero Stadium, San DiegoWin24–239Bye19 June10OhioCIBER Field, DenverLoss27–4826 June11SacramentoCIBER Field, DenverWin29–1312Bye10 July13San DiegoCIBER Field, Denver17 July14SacramentoCIBER Field, Denver24 July15San FranciscoBoxer Stadium, San Francisco31 July16OhioMemorial Park, Obetz
Ladder
Ladder progression
Squad No.NameNationalityPositionDenver DebutAppTCPDGPts 1Luke WhitePR17 April 2016400000 2Zach FenoglioHK17 April 20163200010 3Ben TarrPR17 April 2016400000 4Brodie OrthLK17 April 2016200000 5Christian WiessingLK17 April 2016400000 6Logan CollinsFL17 April 20164200010 7Peter DahlFL17 April 2016300000 8Pedrie WannenburgN817 April 2016410005 9Niku KrugerSH17 April 20164201013 10Ata MalifaFH17 April 2016400000 11Michael Al-JibooriWG17 April 2016310005 12Michael GarrityCE17 April 2016400000 13Chad LondonCE17 April 2016410005 14Martin KnoetzeWG17 April 2016200000 15Will Magie FH 17 April 20164066030 16Nicholas WallacePR17 April 2016410005 17Jake TurnbullPR17 April 2016400000 18Soane LegerPR17 April 2016300000 19Gannon MooreFL17 April 2016400000 20Zac PaugaN817 April 2016100000 21Bobby ImpsonSH17 April 2016400000 22Maximo de AchavalFB17 April 20164200010 23Dustin CroyFB17 April 2016200000 26Chris BaumannHK1 May 2016200000 27Hanco GermishuysFL15 May 20161200010 Ben LandryLK000000 Justin PaugaCE000000 Armandt PeensFH000000 24 Timana TahuWG24 April 2016300000 25 Mose TimoteoSH24 April 2016200000
Staff Head coach: Sean O'Leary Assistant coach: Peter Borlase Assistant coach: David Williams Technical advisor: André Snyman
Transfers JoinedPlayerPositionFormer teamRefHooker Austin BlacksHooker Glendale RaptorsProp Denver BarbariansProp SouthsProp Eastern SuburbsProp Glendale RaptorsLuke WhiteProp Glendale RaptorsLock Seattle SaracensLock Kansas City BluesLock Glendale RaptorsLogan CollinsFlanker Denver BarbariansPeter DahlFlanker Belmont ShoreFlanker Glendale RaptorsFlanker Kansas City BluesNumber 8 Glendale RaptorsNumber 8 OyonnaxScrum-half Denver BarbariansScrum-half Glendale RaptorsScrum-half SFGGFly-half BarnesFly-half Denver BarbariansFly-half Glendale RaptorsCentre Denver BarbariansCentre Seattle SaracensCentre Glendale RaptorsCentre Denver BarbariansWing Glendale RaptorsWing Newcastle Knights (RL)Fullback Glendale RaptorsMaximo de AchavalFullback Denver BarbariansSean O'LearyHead coach Notre Dame
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