Two teams who came up short a week ago will meet in the battle of the basement dwellers at Boxer Stadium on Sunday. Sacramento are now firmly behind San Francisco and even a victory won’t lift them from the bottom, but it would be a good start. After a two-match …
Read More »Ohio smash San Francisco in Obetz
San Francisco might have been better off staying home as they were absolutely pulverised by the Ohio Aviators at Memorial Park in Obetz in Sunday. The final score read Ohio 71 to 13 for the Rush. Ohio are the first team to reach 70 points in PRO Rugby, and set …
Read More »PRO Week 11 – Ohio vs San Francisco
PRO Week 11 kicks off at Memorial Field in Obetz on Sunday as the Aviators play host to the San Francisco Rush in what promises to be a lively match between the two hottest franchises in the league. Ohio are fresh off back-to-back demolition jobs against San Diego and Denver …
Read More »San Francisco down Breakers in San Diego
San Francisco got their revenge on Saturday as they upset the San Diego Breakers on their home turf at Torero Stadium. Three tries and nine points from the boot of skipper Volney Rouse were enough to see the Rush through, despite a late charge from the Breakers to force a …
Read More »PRO Week 10 – San Diego vs San Francisco
San Francisco will end a two-week break and officially start their account under the ‘Rush’ moniker when they face the San Diego Breakers at Torero Stadium on Saturday. San Francisco ended the first half of their season on a high, earning their first franchise victory over Ohio, and will be …
Read More »PRO Rugby announces Official Team Names
No more referring to your favorite PRO Rugby side just by its locale. Just hours after closing their fan-poll on the shortlists announced last week, the new organization has announced the winners and new names for each of the five franchises. The new team names are: Denver Stampede – beating …
Read More »PRO Rugby announces Team Name shortlists
PRO Rugby has been running a fan-driven team name competition for the past couple weeks and has now revealed shortlists for each of the five franchises. Evidently thousands of team names have been submitted, and while it’s not entirely clear what the process has been or who has decided which …
Read More »San Francisco gets elusive win over Ohio
San Francisco has broken their duck and achieved their first PRO Rugby victory over the visiting Ohio at Boxer Field on Sunday. While the slight upset doesn’t come as a great surprise, the relative ease in which they took the win was. Four tries and a strong kicking performance from …
Read More »PRO Week 7 – San Francisco vs Ohio
Former All Black great Mils Muliaina will make his San Francisco debut on Sunday as Ohio visit Boxer Stadium in the second PRO Rugby match of the weekend. It won’t be fullback where he starts out, however, it will be in the midfield alongside former New Zealand 7s rep Orene …
Read More »Denver pushes past gutsy San Francisco
Home town favorites Denver held off a defiant San Francisco team by a score of 41-37 in another thrilling PRO Rugby result. Chad London ripped through the line to score his second try and push Denver out to an 11 point lead, but a a late try by Maka Tameilau …
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