OMBAC claim California Cup title

The inaugural California Cup season is in the books, with OMBAC claiming the title in a 26-22 win over Life West at Ray Sheeran Field on Saturday. Tries by US Eagles caps Zach Pangelinan and Tim Stanfill with one from Australian import John Grant did the damage, with eight points coming from the boot of Kalei Konrad and another two from Ian Cassidy. Life West gave a good account of themselves with French flyhalf Guillaume Cazenave scoring 12 points but ultimately came up short to the pre-season favorites from San Diego.

Konrad’s points were enough to see him finish as the competition’s highest scorer on 55, just four ahead of Belmont Shore’s Andy Jackson. An asterisk may be required, however, given that Shore played one less game with their Round 5 match against Olympic rained out. Grant needs no such exceptions with his exceptional tally of nine tries from six games two ahead of teammate Pangelinan.

Third place went to the host side as San Francisco Golden Gate edged Belmont Shore by 20 to 18. A pair of tries to Shore prop Brice Schilling couldn’t quite inspire his team to victory with SFGG’s powerful runners doing the damage. Scores from Opeti Okusi, Lemoto Filikitonga, and Tom Rooke closed Golden Gate’s competition account in style.

The curtain-raiser of the triple-header on Treasure Island saw Olympic claim their first and only win of the competition as they romped to a 50-14 win over a severely depleted Old Aztecs side. Missing key players Jeff Diggs, Mike Deel, Tim Howard, and captain Bill Dow, the Aztecs simply couldn’t compete with the inspired Bay Area side who ran in seven tries to two. Mike Haley led the way with a hat-trick and Keegan Engelbrecht contributed 20 points in all to secure the win.

With PRO Rugby now on indefinite hiatus it remains to be seen how the California clubs will now proceed. Their own Pacific Rugby Premiership had been postponed to accommodate PRO, and the uncertainty now leaves elite level rugby on the west coast without any scheduled competitions. The clubs can celebrate the conclusion of an exciting – albeit condensed – competition but will have to go back to the drawing board to evaluate their next move.

 

OLD AZTECS 14 vs 50 OLYMPIC
Saturday, January 21, 11:00, Ray Sheeran Field, Treasure Island

SCORING

OLD AZTECS 14
Tries – R. Laulaulo 2
Cons – J. Breytenbach, D. Persson

OLYMPIC 50
Tries – T. Rafferty, M. Haley 3, K. Engelbrecht, T. Mohr, J. Gallo
Cons – K. Engelbrecht 6
Pens – K. Engelbrecht

TEAMS

OLD AZTECS
1 Tristan Pickering, 2 Anthony Ellis, 3 Tasi Toilolo, 4 Lucas Edwards (capt.), 5 Joe Ramonas, 6 Leon Hayward, 7 Robert Laulaulo, 8 Pat Blair, 9 Robert Stortz, 10 Jaco Breytenbach, 11 Cleeandre Ross, 12 Connor Mariani, 13 Jon Prickett, 14 Boomer Roller, 15 James Niblock

16 Chris Gonzales, 17 Eric Zentz, 18 Joe Wesolek, 19 Shawn Price, 20 Nic Cavalero, 21 David Persson, 22 Eric Pray, 23 Matt Foster

OLYMPIC
1 Tanner Mohr (capt.), 2 Travis Moscone, 3 Stephan Salimi, 4 Zack Purdy, 5 Nick Wagner, 6 Kyle Peterson, 7 Josh Gold, 8 Matt Frederickson, 9 Tim Rafferty, 10 Keegan Engelbrecht, 11 John Gallo, 12 Mike Haley, 13 Josh Tucker, 14 Bubba Jones, 15 Dustin Muhn

16 Mark Shughart, 17 Alex Drake, 18 Matt McCarthy, 19 Tom Bernardi, 20 Paul Deneys, 21 Paul Saccomano, 22 Ricky Boebel, 23 Will Johnston

 

SFGG 20 vs 18 BELMONT SHORE
Saturday, January 21, 13:00, Ray Sheeran Field, Treasure Island

SCORING

SFGG 20
Tries – O. Okusi, L. Filikitonga, T. Rooke
Cons – V. Rouse
Pens – V. Rouse

BELMONT SHORE 18
Tries – B. Schilling 2
Cons – A. Jackson
Pens – A. Jackson 2

TEAMS

SFGG
1 Jacob Nelson, 2 Neil Barrett, 3 Saimone Laulaupea’alu, 4 Brendan Hardiman, 5 Tom Rooke, 6 Opeti Okusi, 7 Danny LaPrevotte, 8 Brendan Daly (capt.), 9 Colby Stevens, 10 Volney Rouse, 11 Pila Huihui, 12 Lemoto Filikitonga, 13 Eae Okusi, 14 Fatai Vailala, 15 Isoa Donaldson

16 Patrick Latu, 17 John Adeamo, 18 Joe Fukofuka, 19 Nick Grass, 20 Isaac Helu, 21 Connor Ring, 22 Isimeli Ratumaimuri, 23 Sione Tupouata

BELMONT SHORE
1 Mason Pedersen, 2 Valentine Meachan, 3 Brice Schilling, 4 Sam Lilley, 5 Ian Carpenter, 6 Rob Newcomb, 7 Sione Masoe, 8 Timothy Mendoza, 9 John Gray (capt.), 10 Hilton Mexted, 11 James Muse, 12 Ed Pitts, 13 Max Paronelli, 14 Greg Daniels, 15 Andy Jackson

16 Daniel Va’afuti, 17 JP Palaita, 18 Mason Masoe, 19 Kelly Bradley, 20 Peter Sio, 21 Peter Nifo, 22 Ben Weischedel, 23 Mafi Seanoa

 

OMBAC 26 vs 22 LIFE WEST
Saturday, January 21, 15:00, Ray Sheeran Field, Treasure Island

SCORING

OMBAC 26
Tries – Z. Pangelinan, T. Stanfill, J. Grant
Cons – K. Konrad
Pens – K. Konrad 2, I. Cassidy

LIFE WEST 22
Tries – G. Cavenave, A. Pedjase, S. Lata
Cons – G. Cazenave 2
Pens – G. Cazenave

TEAMS

OMBAC
1 Josh Bart, 2 Jed Gillespie, 3 Ethan Willis, 4 Jay Harmona, 5 Tai Tuisamoa (capt.), 6 Chris Turori, 7 Todd Clever, 8 Josh Vainikolo, 9 Jamie Purcell, 10 Ben Batger, 11 Tim Stanfill, 12 Kalei Konrad, 13 John Grant, 14 Ian Denham, 15 Zach Pangelinan

16 Derrick Broussard, 17 Nick Zajda, 18 Anthony Kalani, 19 Shane Moise, 20 Bryce Baker, 21 Ian Cassidy, 22 Nick Evans, 23 Matt Long

LIFE WEST
1 Fancy Namulau’ulu, 2 Jay Finau, 3 Holo Mo’ungaloa, 4 Alex Pedjase, 5 Rich Knight, 6 Siupeli Sakalia, 7 Zach Bonte, 8 Akuila Uaisele (capt.), 9 Devereaux Ferris, 10 Guillaume Cazenave, 11 Junior Helu, 12 Nua Vete, 13 Siokatame Falatau, 14 Pila Iongi, 15 Martini Talapusi

16 Lopeti Liu, 17 Tone Ngaluafe, 18 Maka Tameilau, 19 Siaosi Mahoni, 20 Naibuka Tawake, 21 Taniela Vakauta, 22 Siaosi Lata, 23 Anthony Munoz

 

2016-17 CALIFORNIA CUP LEAGUE TABLE

CLUB W L D PF PA PD TF TA BP PTS
OMBAC 5 1 0 255 135 +120 36 17 4 24
Life West 4 2 0 188 174 +14 27 21 6 22
SFGG 4 2 0 183 163 +20 25 22 5 21
Belmont Shore 2 3 0 134 117 +17 17 16 5 13
Old Aztecs 1 5 0 128 232 -104 18 34 3 7
Olympic 1 4 0 112 179 -67 15 28 1 5

 

2016-17 CALIFORNIA CUP SCORING LEADERS

NAME CLUB PTS T C P D
Kalei Konrad OMBAC 55 0 14 9 0
Andy Jackson Belmont Shore 51 1 11 8 0
John Grant OMBAC 45 9 0 0 0
Volney Rouse SFGG 44 1 15 3 0
Guillaume Cazenave Life West 43 2 12 3 0
Zach Pangelinan OMBAC 42 7 2 1 0
Isoa Donaldson SFGG 39 4 5 3 0
Keegan Engelbrecht Olympic 37 1 10 4 0
Tim Howard Old Aztecs 34 0 11 4 0
Devereaux Ferris Life West 26 4 3 0 0
Mike Haley Olympic 25 5 0 0 0
Pila Iongi Life West 25 5 0 0 0
Todd Clever OMBAC 20 4 0 0 0
Pila Huihui SFGG 20 4 0 0 0
Rob Newcomb Belmont Shore 20 4 0 0 0
Ian Cassidy OMBAC 18 1 2 3 0
Lucas Edwards Old Aztecs 15 3 0 0 0
Jack Halalilo SFGG 15 3 0 0 0
Anthony Munoz Life West 15 3 0 0 0
Boomer Roller Old Aztecs 15 3 0 0 0
Tim Stanfill OMBAC 15 3 0 0 0
Robert Stortz Old Aztecs 15 3 0 0 0
Jake Anderson Olympic 10 1 1 1 0
Neil Barrett SFGG 10 2 0 0 0
Ben Batger OMBAC 10 2 0 0 0
Greg Daniels Belmont Shore 10 2 0 0 0
John Gallo Olympic 10 2 0 0 0
Jed Gillespie OMBAC 10 2 0 0 0
Junior Helu Life West 10 2 0 0 0
Robert Laulaulo Old Aztecs 10 2 0 0 0
Tanner Mohr Olympic 10 2 0 0 0
Max Paronelli Belmont Shore 10 2 0 0 0
Mason Pedersen Belmont Shore 10 2 0 0 0
Isimeli Ratumaimuri SFGG 10 2 0 0 0
Siupeli Sakalia Life West 10 2 0 0 0
Brice Schilling Belmont Shore 10 2 0 0 0
Tasi Toilolo Old Aztecs 10 2 0 0 0
Fatai Vailala SFGG 10 2 0 0 0
Hilton Mexted Belmont Shore 8 0 1 1 1
Martini Talapusi Life West 7 1 1 0 0
Pele Toelupe-Tuisila Life West 7 0 2 1 0
Josh Bart OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Zach Bonte Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Jared Braun Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Brendan Daly SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Mike Deel Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Ian Denham OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Jeff Diggs Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Nick Evans OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Siokatame Falatau Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Lemoto Filikitonga SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Jay Finau Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Joe Fukafuka SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Anthony Kalani OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Danny LaPrevotte SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Manu Laqai SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Siaosi Lata Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Matt Long OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Shane Moise OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Travis Moscone Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Holo Mo’ungaloa Life West 5 1 0 0 0
James Niblock Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Opeti Okusi SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Alex Pedjase Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Kyle Peterson Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Tristan Pickering Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Jon Prickett Old Aztecs 5 1 0 0 0
Tim Rafferty Olympic 5 1 0 0 0
Cameron Reed Belmont Shore 5 1 0 0 0
Tom Rooke SFGG 5 1 0 0 0
Pita Semeane Belmont Shore 5 1 0 0 0
Naibuka Tawake Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Mike Te’o Belmont Shore 5 1 0 0 0
Chris Turori OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Josh Vainikolo OMBAC 5 1 0 0 0
Nua Vete Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Manu Volavola Life West 5 1 0 0 0
Jaco Breytenbach Old Aztecs 2 0 1 0 0
David Persson Old Aztecs 2 0 1 0 0

 

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