2016 NRL State Championship

2016 (2016) NRL State Championship ()
2016 NRL State Championship
54	12
Date	2 October 2016
Stadium	ANZ Stadium
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
	Drew Hutchison
Referees	Peter Gough, Jon Stone
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	Nine Network;
Commentators	Mathew Thompson; Brad Fittler; Scott Sattler;
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The 2016 NRL State Championship was a Rugby League match held between the winners of the 2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW and the 2016 Queensland Cup. It was the third edition following the 2015 NRL State Championship, and was played before the 2016 NRL Grand Final.

Background[]

For the 2015 NRL State Championship, the Illawarra Cutters won the NSW Cup by defeating the Minor Premiers Mount Pritchard Mounties 21-20 in the Grand Final. The Burleigh Bears won the QLD Cup by defeating the Redcliffe Dolphins 26-16 in the Grand Final.

Sunday, 2 October
3:40pm (AEDT)

Illawarra Cutters	54 – 12	Burleigh Bears
Tries: Shannon Wakeman (7') 1 Damian Sironen (23') 1 Adam Quinlan (26') 1 Jacob Host (32') 1 Chris Lewis (37') 1 Drew Hutchison (45') 1 Siliva Havili (53') 1 Kurt Mann (57') 1 Taane Milne (63') 1 Goals: Shaun Nona 9/9 (8', 24', 27', 34', 39', 47', 55', 58', 65')	1st: 30 - 0 2nd: 24 - 12	Tries: 1 (61') Josh Ailaomai 1 (80') Kurtis Rowe Goals: 1/1 Darren Nicholls (61') 1/1 Luke Page (80')

ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Peter Gough, Jon Stone
Player of the Match: