San Francisco Rush (rugby union)
# San Francisco Rush (rugby union)

The San Francisco Rush was a professional American rugby union team that played one season in the short-lived PRO Rugby competition. They were based in San Francisco, California, and played their home games at Boxer Stadium.

## History

PRO Rugby announced its second team, San Francisco, on November 19, 2015. Paul Keeler was announced in December 2015 as San Francisco's head coach.

On December 15, 2016, PRO Rugby announced the immediate termination of the franchise due to a wide variety of issues, but mostly in regards to an unsuitable home venue and the inability to use Kezar Stadium.

## Venue

* San Francisco
* Boxer Stadium
* Capacity: 3,500

## Players and staff

### 2016 roster

The squad for the 2016 PRO Rugby season:

| San Francisco roster |
| - |
| Props Patrick Latu (c) Dominic Lolohea Fancy Namulau'ulu Maka Tameilau Saimone Laulaupea'ulu Hookers Tom Coolican Jacob Finau Codi Jones Neil Barrett Locks Rich Knight John Colvill Brendan Daly Nick Grass Siaosi Mahoni Alex Bowman Jérémy Lenaerts | Loose forwards Sam Finau Alec Gletzer Isaac Helu Siupeli Sakalia David Tameilau Bill Fukofuka Naibuka Tawake Scrum-halves Devereaux Ferris Michael Reid Fly-halves Orene Ai'i Volney Rouse | Centers Nick Blevins Michael Haley Junior Helu Martini Talapusi Wingers Charles Mateo Pila Iongi Jack O'Hara Pila Huihui Fullbacks Jake Anderson Mils Muliaina |
| (c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped. |

### 2016 coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Paul Keeler |
| Assistant coach | Adriaan Ferris |
| Assistant coach | Simon Fathers |

## 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 | Details |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 PRO Rugby season | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 / 5 | | | | Paul Keeler | 2016 San Francisco Rush season |

### Leading players

| Season | Captain | Most tries | Most points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | Patrick Latu | David Tameilau (5) | Volney Rouse (119) |

### Coaches

| Coach | Tenure | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Winning percentage |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Keeler | 2016 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 27.27% |
