United States Rugby Super League (RSL) has released the announce line-ups for the season-opening clash between Denver Barbarians and San Francisco Golden Gate (SFGG).  Kick-off is set for Dick’s Sporting Goods Park’s 18,000 seat stadium this Sunday, March 14, 2010, at 1 pm.

The Barbarians lost to SFGG on the final play of the match in the RSL semi-finals in San Francisco last May, 19-16.  SFGG took the league championship 2 weeks later and enter the 2010 RSL season as the team to beat.

A preliminary match between Queen City Rugby Club and Denver Harlequins kicks off at 11:00 am.  The RSL match will be followed at 3 pm by a Division 1 clash between the Barbarians and their long-time local rival Denver Highlanders.

General admission tickets and some specialty tickets for all matches on March 14 and all Barbarian matches at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park are available online at:  http://tickethorse.com/sports/rugby.   Information on all packages for all Barbarian matches at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (stadium), including VIP hosting at the Eagles Nest suite are available at the Barbarians website at:  http://www.denverbarbarians.com/schedules-a-results/events/547-2010-ticket-packages.

DENVER BARBARIANS:  1  Chris Moreno 2 Andrew Post, 3 Josh Masek, 4 Adam Drury, 5 Mike Mangan, 6 Garrett Peterson, 7 Justin Stencil, 8 Nic Johnson, 9 Matt Trenary, 10 Dan Power, 11 Jody Kramer, 12 Maximo De Acheval, 13 Mike Graham, 14 Phil Bolton, 15 Taylor Howden, 16 Rob Moreno, 17 Adam Ullrich, 18  Dan O’Kane, 19 Paul Mumford, 20 Travis Meidinger, 21 Jake Humphrey, 22 Ben Haapapuro.

Head Coach:  Stephen Hazel

SAN FRANCISCO GOLDEN GATE:  1  Jason Bowden, 2 Mark Biller, 3 Paul Fukofuka,  4 Nick Johnson, 5 John Thomas, 6 Daniel La Prevotte, 7 Eoin Sheeran, 8 Samuela Manoa, 9 Mose Timeteo, 10 Jone Naqica, 11 Arona “Seta” Palamo, 12 Milemoto Pulu, 13 Tevita Okusi, 14 Hector Quiles, 15 Jeffrey Colata, 16 Samimone Lauaupalueau, 17 Josh Vavao, 18 Albert Tuipolotu, 19 Aaron Latzke, 20 Martin Cole, 21 Damian Fatognia, 22 Shaun Paga.

Head Coach:  Paul Keeler