2016 PRO Rugby season
| 2016 PRO Rugby | |
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| Countries |
 United States
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| Date | 17 April – 31 July 2016 |
| Champions | Denver Stampede |
| Runners-up | Ohio Aviators |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Attendance | 51,696 (average 1,723 per match) |
| Tries scored | 243 (average 8.1 per match) |
| Top point scorer |
Volney Rouse (San Francisco Rush) 131 points |
| Top try scorer |
Spike Davis (Ohio Aviators) 14 tries |
| Official website | |
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The 2016 PRO Rugby season is the inaugural season of the PRO Rugby, contested by teams from the United States. The season runs from April to July 2016. This is the first season of professional rugby union in North America.
PRO Rugby contracted 102 players for its five teams. Of these 102 players, 54 have played international rugby, including 36 for the United States national rugby union team. About 30 players were picked from Pacific Rugby Premiership teams and 15 from Midwest Rugby Premiership teams.
Each team plays a twelve match schedule with six matches at home and six away. Most matches will take place on Sunday to give clubs and schools the chance to play on Saturday and Friday.
The league will have a lighter schedule on June 5 and 12 (the 12th being during the three-week June international window). Those days will have just one match. There will however be a full slate on June 19 and 26 (both during the international window) and it's expected that each team will lose players to the United States, Canadian or other national teams during this time.
Matches are available for the 2016 inaugural season to stream through prorugby.org or on cable through ONE World Sports or Time Warner Cable Sports Channel. Initially selected matches were available free to all online through www.aol.com but this came to an inexplicable abrupt end. Through the league's official website all matches are streamed free to all viewers. ONE World Sports is offered by multiple cable and satellite providers and covers a range of sports, most notably a large selection of soccer.
PRO Rugby named the following five referees and three assistant referees to handle the regular-season games for the 2016 season.
Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps.
Updated: July 31, 2016
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