PRO12: The PRO12’s American Adventure (Part 2)!

Last night I watched the final game of the USA PRO Rugby competition, the league decider between Denver Stampede and Ohio Aviators. Ohio went on to win the match 32 – 25 but not by enough to dislodge league leaders Dever who held on to top spot and claimed the first professional USA Rugby league title. 

There was some Ulster interest in that Denver are captained by Ulster favourite Pedrie Wannenburg, but the main reason for watching was to see what sort of level the professional game in America is at given the recent talk of expansion into the USA by our very own PRO12. 

You can watch the match yourself below, if you have a couple of spare hours, but it was largely disappointing, racked with mistakes and, I stand to be corrected, only one play went beyond four or five phases, that being Ohio’s final score. 

I would have put it at a similar standard to an Ulster A game. Maybe a bit more physical, but there was a dramatic drop off in skills . . .