Denver PRO Rugby team

Denver

Full name	TBD
Union	USA Rugby
Founded	2016
Location	Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Ground(s)	Infinity Park (Capacity: 5,000)
Coach(es)	Sean O'Leary
League(s)	PRO Rugby
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Denver PRO Rugby team is an American rugby union team that will play in the PRO Rugby competition. They play their home games at Infinity Park in the Denver suburbs.

History

Reports began circulating as early as November 2015 that Denver would host a PRO Rugby team when the competition's inaugural season kicked off in April 2016.^[1] PRO Rugby officially announced on February 26, 2016 that Denver would be the competition's fifth team.^[2] Denver's first officially announced player signing was South African international Pedrie Wannenburg.^[3]

Season summaries

C=Champions, R=Runners-up, W=Wooden Spoons

Competition	Games Played	Games Won	Games Drawn	Games Lost	Ladder Position	C	R	W	Coach	Captain	Details
2016 PRO Rugby season	3	3	0	0	1 / 5				Sean O'Leary	Pedrie Wannenburg	2016 Denver season

Players and staff

Current roster

The squad for the 2016 PRO Rugby season:^[4]

Denver roster
Props Soane Leger Ben Tarr Jake Turnbull Nick Wallace Luke White Hookers Chris Baumann Zach Fenoglio Locks Ben Landry Brodie Orth Casey Rock Christian Wiessing	Loose Forwards Logan Collins Peter Dahl Hanco Germishuys Gannon Moore Zac Pauga Pedrie Wannenburg (c) Scrum-halves Bobby Impson Niku Kruger Mose Timoteo Fly-halves Will Magie Ata Malifa Armandt Peens	Centers Michael Garrity Chad London Justin Pauga Wingers Michael Al-Jiboori Martin Knoetze Timana Tahu Fullbacks Dustin Croy Maximo de Achaval
(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped.

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Sean O'Leary
Assistant coach	Peter Borlase
Assistant coach	David Williams[5]
Technical advisor	Andre Snyman
General manager	Kieran Browner[6]

Captains

Years	Captain
2016–present	Pedrie Wannenburg

Coaches

Coach	Tenure	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Winning Percentage
Sean O'Leary	2016–present	3	3	0	0	100.00%

See also

• Sports in Denver

References

1. "Professional rugby team planned for Denver", Denver Business Journal, Monica Mendoza, November 18, 2015.
2. "Denver Lands Final PRO Rugby Team", This Is American Rugby, February 26, 2016.
3. "Pedrie set for American stint", SA Rugby Mag, March 6, 2016.
4. "PRO Rugby Preview – Denver". Americas Rugby News. Americas Rugby News. April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
5. "David Williams Named as Denver Assistant Coach", Americas Rugby News, March 9, 2016.
6. "U.S. professional rugby to lift off without Olympic stars", ESPN, April 15, 2016.