California Cup Round 1 Results

Round 1 of the newly-formed California Cup is in the history books. A sunny day in San Francisco Bay made for plenty of running rugby, with 25 tries in all spread across three games much to the delight of those in attendance. By the end of the afternoon two clubs – OMBAC and SFGG – had thrown down the gauntlet for the rest of the competition.

Most impressive was OMBAC’s 58-10 demolition of Olympic. A hat trick to Zach Pangelinan and nine tries all told left no illusions as to the type of rugby OMBAC are prepared to play this season.

Their top competitors Golden Gate also shone with a comprehensive 42-19 win over underdogs Old Aztecs. PRO Rugby standout Volney Rouse came away with 17 points while the dynamic outside backs did their part, with Pila Huihui and Jack Halalilo each coming away with two tries apiece.

An exciting opening match of the day saw Life West hold off a surging Belmont Shore 27-20. The Gladiators ran up a 22-0 score by halftime but full credit to Shore for their impressive fight-back that just full short as they notched 20 points in the second half, 15 coming from winger Andy Jackson.

Round 2 next weekend sees OMBAC away at Belmont Shore, Life West traveling to Old Aztecs, and Olympic in a local derby against SFGG.

 

LIFE WEST 27 vs 20 BELMONT SHORE
Sat, Dec 3, 11:15, Ray Sheeran Field, Treasure Island

SCORING

LIFE WEST 27
Tries – S. Falatau, G. Cazenave, M. Volavola, N. Vete
Cons – P. Toelupe-Tuisila 2
Pens – P. Toelupe-Tuisila

BELMONT SHORE 20
Tries – A. Jackson, R. Newcomb
Cons – A. Jackson 2
Pens – A. Jackson 2

TEAMS

LIFE WEST GLADIATORS
1 Tone Ngaluafe, 2 Iakopa Vatuvei, 3 Holo Mo’ungaloa, 4 Zack Tannous, 5 Rich Knight, 6 Siupeli Sakalia, 7 Naibuka Tawake, 8 Akuila Uaisele (capt.), 9 Tyler Harrison, 10 Guillaume Cazenave, 11 Manu Volavola, 12 Nua Vete, 13 Siokatame Falatau, 14 Calvin Nell, 15 Pelepesite Toelupe-Tuisila

16 Sione Fifita, 17 Kalafitoni Pole, 18 Ben Fano, 19 Alex Pedjase, 20 Francis Save-Mahoni, 21 Naima Fuala’au, 22 Anthony Cook, 23 Tevita Tonga

BELMONT SHORE
1 Mason Pedersen, 2 JP Palaita, 3 Mafi Seanoa, 4 Sam Lilley, 5 Keni Nasoqeqe, 6 Cameron Reed, 7 Sione Masoe, 8 Timothy Mendoza, 9 John Gray (capt.), 10 Hilton Mexted, 11 Andy Jackson, 12 Ed Pitts, 13 Kimo Muse, 14 Greg Daniels, 15 Adam Channel

16 Damien Kamu, 17 Brice Schilling, 18 Daniel Va’afuti, 19 Blake Rowerdink, 20 Greg Justyn, 21 Peter Nifo, 22 Roland Blackiston, 23 Rob Newcomb

 

OLYMPIC 10 vs 58 OMBAC
Sat, Dec 3, 13:15, Ray Sheeran Field, Treasure Island

SCORING

OLYMPIC 10
Tries – J. Braun
Cons – J. Anderson
Pens – J. Anderson

OMBAC 58
Tries – Z. Pangelinan 3, I. Denham, B. Batger, J. Bart, J. Grant, M. Long, S. Moise
Cons – K. Konrad 5
Pens – K. Konrad

TEAMS

OLYMPIC
1 Alex Drake, 2 Travis Moscone, 3 Stephan Salimi, 4 Zack Purdy, 5 Jack Seymour, 6 Tanner Mohr (capt.), 7 Josh Gold, 8 Matt Frederickson, 9 Paul Deneys, 10 Jake Anderson, 11 John Gallo, 12 Jared Braun, 13 Ben Cunningham, 14 Josh Tucker, 15 Ricky Boebel

16 Josh Galant, 17 Tom Bernardi, 18 Mark Shughart, 19 Peter Rogers, 20 Nick Jones, 21 Ryan Cook, 22 Will Johnston, 23 Landis Nasser

OLD MISSION BAY ATHLETIC CLUB
1 Josh Bart, 2 Jed Gillespie, 3 Ethan Willis, 4 Jay Harman, 5 Brian Doyle, 6 Josh Vainikolo, 7 Shane Moise, 8 Tai Tuisamoa (capt.), 9 Ian Cassidy, 10 Ben Batger, 11 Ian Denham, 12 Kalei Konrad, 13 John Grant, 14 Mila Setefane, 15 Zach Pangelinan

16 Tai Te’o, 17 Nick Zajda, 18 Jason Wood, 19 Bryce Baker, 20 Gregor Hartman, 21 Jamie Purcell, 22 Andy Early, 23 Matt Long

 

SFGG 42 vs 19 OLD AZTECS
Sat, Dec 3, 15:00, Ray Sheeran Field, Treasure Island

SCORING

SFGG 42
Tries – J. Halalilo 2, P. Huihui 2, V. Rouse, M. Laqai
Cons – V. Rouse 6

OLD AZTECS 19
Tries – J. Prickett, R. Stortz, L. Edwards
Cons – T. Howard 2

TEAMS

SAN FRANCISCO GOLDEN GATE
1 Jacob Nelson, 2 Neil Barrett, 3 Saimone Laulaupea’alu, 4 Brendan Hardiman, 5 Brendan Daly (capt.), 6 Opeti Okusi, 7 Manu Laqai, 8 Ricky Reynolds, 9 Colby Stevens, 10 Volney Rouse, 11 Pila Huihui, 12 Eae Okusi, 13 Tevita Okusi, 14 Vitale Cuzzie-Bro, 15 Jack Halalilo

16 Grant Hyjer, 17 Sam Tofi, 18 Joe Fukofuka, 19 Nick Grass, 20 Tom Rooke, 21 Drew Hyjer, 22 Jesse Fuller, 23 Hector Quilles

SAN DIEGO OLD AZTECS
1 Tristan Pickering, 2 Pat Blair, 3 Tasi Toilolo, 4 Joe Ramonas, 5 Lucas Edwards (capt.), 6 Leon Hayward, 7 Bryan Barnard, 8 Jeff Diggs, 9 Robert Stortz, 10 Mike Deel, 11 Cleeandre Ross, 12 Tim Howard, 13 Connor Mariani, 14 Jose Lugo, 15 Jon Prickett

16 John Guerrero, 17 Chris Gonzales, 18 Joe Wesolek, 19 Des Wellington, 20 Robert Laulualo, 21 David Persson, 22 Donell Washington, 23 Boomer Roller

 

2016-17 CALIFORNIA CUP LEAGUE TABLE

CLUB	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	BP	PTS
OMBAC	1	0	0	58	10	+48	9	1	1	5
SFGG	1	0	0	42	19	+23	6	3	1	5
Life West	1	0	0	27	20	+7	4	3	1	5
Belmont Shore	0	1	0	20	27	-7	3	4	1	1
Old Aztecs	0	1	0	19	42	-23	3	6	0	0
Olympic	0	1	0	10	58	-48	1	9	0	0

 

2016-17 CALIFORNIA CUP SCORING LEADERS

NAME	CLUB	PTS	T	C	P	D
Volney Rouse	SFGG	17	1	6	0	0
Andy Jackson	Belmont Shore	15	1	2	2	0
Zach Pangelinan	OMBAC	15	3	0	0	0
Kalei Konrad	OMBAC	13	0	5	1	0
Jack Halalilo	SFGG	10	2	0	0	0
Pila Huihui	SFGG	10	2	0	0	0
Pelepesite Toelupe-Tuisila	Life West	7	0	2	1	0
Jake Anderson	Olympic	5	0	1	1	0
Josh Bart	OMBAC	5	1	0	0	0
Ben Batger	OMBAC	5	1	0	0	0
Jared Braun	Olympic	5	1	0	0	0
Guillaume Cazenave	Life West	5	1	0	0	0
Ian Denham	OMBAC	5	1	0	0	0
Lucas Edwards	Old Aztecs	5	1	0	0	0
Siokatame Falatau	Life West	5	1	0	0	0
John Grant	OMBAC	5	1	0	0	0
Manu Laqai	SFGG	5	1	0	0	0
Matt Long	OMBAc	5	1	0	0	0
Shane Moise	OMBAC	5	1	0	0	0
Rob Newcomb	Belmont Shore	5	1	0	0	0
Jon Prickett	Old Aztecs	5	1	0	0	0
Robert Stortz	Old Aztecs	5	1	0	0	0
Nau Vete	Life West	5	1	0	0	0
Manu Volavola	Life West	5	1	0	0	0
Tim Howard	Old Aztecs	4	0	2	0	0