2016 Sacramento Express season
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| Founded | 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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The 2016 Sacramento Express season was the inaugural season of the Sacramento Express.
The Express played their inaugural game on April 17, defeating the San Francisco Rush 37–25.[1]
2016 season
[edit]| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Game site | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 17 | San Francisco Rush | W 37-25 | 1-0 | Bonney Field | |||
| 2 | April 23 | at San Diego Breakers | L 24-37 | 1-1 | Torero Stadium | |||
| 3 | Bye | |||||||
| 4 | May 8 | Ohio Aviators | L 11-31 | 1-2 | Bonney Field | |||
| 5 | May 15 | Denver Stampede | L 13-35 | 1-3 | Bonney Field | |||
| 6 | May 22 | at Ohio Aviators | L 17-50 | 1-4 | EAS Training Center | |||
| 7 | May 29 | at San Diego Breakers | L 44-23 | 1-5 | Torero Stadium | |||
| 8 | Bye | |||||||
| 9 | Bye | |||||||
| 10 | Bye | |||||||
| 11 | June 26 | at Denver Stampede | L 13–29 | 1–6 | CIBER Field | |||
| 12 | July 3 | at San Francisco Rush | Boxer Stadium | |||||
| 13 | July 9 | Ohio Aviators | Bonney Field | |||||
| 14 | July 17 | at Denver Stampede | CIBER Field | |||||
| 15 | July 23 | San Diego Breakers | Bonney Field | |||||
| 16 | July 30 | San Francisco Rush | Bonney Field | |||||
Ladder
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Stampede | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 403 | 273 | +130 | 8 | 48 |
| 2 | Ohio Aviators | 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: [citation needed]
Ladder progression
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||
| 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: | win | loss | draw | bye | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Sacramento tops San Francisco in thriller". Americas Rugby News. April 17, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
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