2016 Canberra Raiders season

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2016 Canberra Raiders season
NRL Rank2nd
Play-off resultPreliminary Finals
2016 recordWins: 17; Draws: 1; Losses: 6
Points scoredFor: 688; Against: 456
Team information
CEODon Furner Jr.
CoachRicky Stuart
Captain
StadiumGIO Stadium - 25,011
Avg. attendance12,182 (regular season)
13,806 (including finals)
High attendance18,825 vs. Eels on 21 August (regular season)
25,592 vs. Sharks on 10 September (including finals)
Top scorers
TriesJordan Rapana (22)
GoalsJarrod Croker (112)
PointsJarrod Croker (296)
< 2015 List of seasons 2017 >

The 2016 Canberra Raiders season is the 35th in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Jarrod Croker, the Raiders are currently competing in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament.

Squad[]

Canberra Raiders
NRL Squad 2015 Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Updated: 18 November 2015
Source(s): Raiders 2016 Squad

Player transfers[]

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2016 season.

Fixtures[]

NRL Auckland Nines[]

Main article: 2016 NRL Auckland Nines

The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2016 competition was played over two days on 6 February and 7 February at Eden Park. The Raiders feature in the Piha pool and played the Dragons, Sharks and Titans.

Regular season[]

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 5 March Round 1 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers GIO Stadium 30 - 22 Austin, Fensom, E Lee, Sezer (2) J Croker (5/7) 11,297
Saturday, 12 March Round 2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters GIO Stadium 21 - 20 J Croker, Papalii (2), Soliola J Croker (2/4), Williams (1 FG) 12,423
Saturday, 19 March Round 3 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 24 - 24 B Lee, Papalii, Rapana, Soliola J Croker (4/6) 13,745
Saturday, 26 March Round 4 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans GIO Stadium 20 - 24 J Croker, E Lee, Whitehead J Croker (4/4) 11,039
Monday, 4 April Round 5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground 8 - 22 J Croker (2), Wighton J Croker (5/5) 13,463
Saturday, 9 April Round 6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Pirtek Stadium 26 - 6 Austin J Croker (1/1) 12,947
Sunday, 17 April Round 7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks GIO Stadium 16 - 40 Baptiste, Rapana, Sezer J Croker (2/3) 12,890
Saturday, 23 April Round 8 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers GIO Stadium 60 - 6 Boyd, J Croker, Leilua (2), Rapana (4), Sezer, Vaughan, Whitehead J Croker (8/11) 13,420
Saturday, 30 April Round 9 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Carrington Park 19 - 18 Rapana (2), Vaughan J Croker (2/3) 6,721
Thursday, 12 May Round 10 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons UOW Jubilee Oval 16 - 12 J Croker, Rapana J Croker (2/2) 9,647
Saturday, 21 May Round 11 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Yarrow Stadium 12 - 38 Austin, J Croker, Hodgson, E Lee, Leilua, Papalii J Croker (7/8) 12,833
Sunday, 29 May Round 12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs GIO Stadium 32 - 12 E Lee, Leilua, Rapana, Soliola, Tapine (2) J Croker (4/6) 13,907
Friday, 3 June Round 13 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles GIO Stadium 30 - 18 Hodgson, B Lee, Papalii, Whitehead, Wighton J Croker (5/5) 9,157
Thursday, 9 June Round 14 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 26 - 18 Austin, Baptiste (2) J Croker (3/3) 25,021
Round 15 Bye
Sunday, 26 June Round 16 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 22 - 30 J Croker (2), B Lee (2), Vaughan J Croker (5/7) 12,645
Sunday, 3 July Round 17 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights GIO Stadium 29 - 25 Austin, J Croker (2), Rapana, Wighton J Croker (3/3), Sezer (1/1), Austin (1 FG) 9,731
Monday, 11 June Round 18 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys GIO Stadium 26 - 12 Hodgson, Sezer, Wighton (2) J Croker (5/6) 8,328
Round 19 Bye
Saturday, 23 July Round 20 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors GIO Stadium 26 - 22 J Croker (3), Leilua, Tapine J Croker (3/4) 9,471
Sunday, 31 July Round 21 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 4 - 54 Austin, J Croker, Hodgson, E Lee, Leilua, Rapana (2), Soliola, Whitehead (2), Wighton J Croker (7/10) 10,076
Saturday, 6 August Round 22 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Southern Cross Group Stadium 14 - 30 Austin, Rapana (2), Wighton J Croker (7/7) 15,133
Monday, 15 August Round 23 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm GIO Stadium 22 - 8 Boyd, Leilua (2) J Croker (5/5) 15,707
Sunday, 21 August Round 24 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels GIO Stadium 28 - 18 J Croker, B Lee (4), Soliola J Croker (2/6) 18,825
Saturday, 27 August Round 25 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 30 - 44 E Lee, Leilua (2), Rapana (3), Vaughan, Wighton J Croker (6/8) 11,137
Sunday, 4 September Round 26 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 10 - 52 J Croker, Hodgson, Leilua, Papalii (2), Rapana (2), Tapine, Williams J Croker (6/6), Sezer (2/3) 18,634
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals[]

  Qualifying / Elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
                                   
  QF1: 10 Sept, AAMI Park  
1  Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 16  
4  North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 10     SF1: 16 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium  
     North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 26    
EF1: 9 Sept, Suncorp Stadium      Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 20       PF1: 24 Sept, AAMI Park
5  Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 44        Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 14  
8  Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 28          Canberra colours.svg Canberra 12     GF: 2 Oct, ANZ Stadium
         Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 12
  EF2: 11 Sept, Allianz Stadium       PF2: 23 Sept, Allianz Stadium      Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 14
6  Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith 28          Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 32  
7  Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury 12     SF2: 17 Sept, GIO Stadium        North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 20  
     Canberra colours.svg Canberra 22    
QF2: 10 Sept, GIO Stadium      Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith 12    
2  Canberra colours.svg Canberra 14  
3  Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 16  
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 10 September Qualifying Final Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks GIO Stadium 14 - 16 Hodgson, Rapana J Croker (3/3) 25,592
Saturday, 17 September Semi Final Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers GIO Stadium 22 - 12 Austin, J Croker, Rapana J Croker (5/5) 21,498
Saturday, 24 September Preliminary Final Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 12 - 14 Rapana, Whitehead Sezer (2/2) 28,161
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder[]

2016 NRL season
  • v
  • t
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 19 0 5 2 563 302 +261 42
2 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24 17 1 6 2 688 456 +232 39
3 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (P) 24 17 1 6 2 580 404 +176 39
4 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 15 0 9 2 584 355 +229 34
5 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 15 0 9 2 554 434 +120 34
6 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24 14 0 10 2 563 463 +100 32
7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 2 506 448 +58 32
8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24 11 1 12 2 508 497 +11 27
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 2 499 607 −108 26
10 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 10 0 14 2 513 601 −88 24
11 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 10 0 14 2 341 538 −197 24
12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 0 15 2 473 549 −76 22
13 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 8 0 16 2 454 563 −109 20
14 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24 13 0 11 2 298 324 −26 181
15 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 6 0 18 2 443 576 −133 16
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24 1 1 22 2 305 800 −495 7

1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.


Player statistics[]

Highest try scorers[]

No. Player Games Tries
1 Jordan Rapana 26 21
2 Jarrod Croker 26 17
3 Joseph Leilua 24 10
=4 Jack Wighton 25 8
=4 Blake Austin 19 8

Most goals[]

No. Player Games Goals
1 Jarrod Croker 26 112
2 Aidan Sezer 23 3

Most field goals[]

No. Player Games Field Goals
=1 Blake Austin 18 1
=1 Sam Williams 9 1

Highest point scorers[]

No. Player Games Tries Goals Field Goals Points
1 Jarrod Croker 26 18 112 0 296
2 Jordan Rapana 26 22 0 0 88
3 Joseph Leilua 24 10 0 0 40
4 Blake Austin 18 8 0 1 33
5 Jack Wighton 25 8 0 0 32

Representative[]

Domestic[]

Pos. Player Team Call-up
WG Edrick Lee Indigenous All Stars 2016 All Stars Match
BE Jack Wighton Indigenous All Stars 2016 All Stars Match
CE Jarrod Croker World All Stars 2016 All Stars Match
FE Aidan Sezer City colours.svg NSW City 2016 City vs Country Origin
PR Shannon Boyd Country colours.svg NSW Country 2016 City vs Country Origin
CE Jarrod Croker Country colours.svg NSW Country 2016 City vs Country Origin
BE Paul Vaughan Country colours.svg NSW Country 2016 City vs Country Origin
FB Jack Wighton Country colours.svg NSW Country 2016 City vs Country Origin
BE Josh Papalii Queensland colours.svg Queensland 2016 State of Origin

International[]

Pos. Player Team Call-up
SR Josh Papalii Australia Australia 2016 Anzac Test
CE Sisa Waqa Fiji Fiji 2016 Melanesian Cup
BE Kurt Baptiste Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 2016 Melanesian Cup
CE Kato Ottio Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 2016 Melanesian Cup

Honours[]

The Raiders' club awards were announced during their awards night on 19 September.[17]

References[]

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