2016 NRL season

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2016 National Rugby League
DurationMarch 3 – October 2, 2016
Teams16
PremiersCronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (1st title)
Minor premiersMelbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm (2nd title)
Matches played201
Points scored8388
Attendance3,228,623 (16,063)
Top points scorer(s)Canberra colours.svg Jarrod Croker (296)
Player of the yearMelbourne colours.svg Cooper Cronk &
North Queensland colours.svg Jason Taumalolo (Dally M Medal)
Top try-scorer(s)Melbourne colours.svg Suliasi Vunivalu (22)
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The 2016 NRL season was the 109th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 19th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match, which was played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane,[1] and the World Club Series. The season concluded on October 2 with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks winning their first ever premiership after 50 seasons, having entered the competition in 1967.[2] The season was also noteworthy as it was the first time that all three Queensland based teams made the finals.

Teams[]

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 10th consecutive year. The NRL's salary cap for the clubs' top 25 players was $A6.3M for 2016.[3]

Colours Club Season[citation needed] Home ground(s) Head coach Captain(s)[citation needed]
Brisbane colours.svg
 Brisbane Broncos 29th season Suncorp Stadium Wayne Bennett Corey Parker[4]
Canberra colours.svg
 Canberra Raiders 35th season GIO Stadium Canberra Ricky Stuart Jarrod Croker
Canterbury colours.svg
 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 82nd season ANZ Stadium & Belmore Sports Ground Des Hasler James Graham
Cronulla colours.svg
 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 50th season Southern Cross Group Stadium Shane Flanagan Paul Gallen
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg
 Gold Coast Titans 10th season Cbus Super Stadium Neil Henry Nathan Friend & William Zillman[5]
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 67th season Brookvale Oval Trent Barrett Jamie Lyon
Melbourne colours.svg
 Melbourne Storm 19th season AAMI Park Craig Bellamy Cameron Smith
Newcastle colours.svg
 Newcastle Knights 29th season Hunter Stadium Nathan Brown Jeremy Smith, Trent Hodkinson & Tariq Sims[6]
New Zealand colours.svg
 New Zealand Warriors 22nd season Mt. Smart Stadium Andrew McFadden Ryan Hoffman[7]
North Queensland colours.svg
 North Queensland Cowboys 22nd season 1300SMILES Stadium Paul Green Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott
Parramatta colours.svg
 Parramatta Eels 70th season Pirtek Stadium & ANZ Stadium Brad Arthur Tim Mannah & Kieran Foran[8]
Panthers colours.svg
 Penrith Panthers 50th season Pepper Stadium Anthony Griffin Matt Moylan[9]
South Sydney colours.svg
 South Sydney Rabbitohs 107th season ANZ Stadium Michael Maguire Greg Inglis
St. George colours.svg
 St. George Illawarra Dragons 18th season UOW Jubilee Oval & WIN Stadium Paul McGregor Ben Creagh & Gareth Widdop[10]
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg
 Sydney Roosters 109th season Allianz Stadium Trent Robinson Jake Friend[11]
Wests Tigers colours.svg
 Wests Tigers 16th season Campbelltown Stadium & Leichhardt Oval & ANZ Stadium Jason Taylor Aaron Woods[12]

Pre-season[]

The 2016 pre-season featured the third edition of the Auckland Nines competition, held over a weekend at Auckland's Eden Park in which the Parramatta Eels defeated the New Zealand Warriors in the final. The All Stars match was held on February 13 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. The 2016 World Club Series took place in England with the NRL premiers North Queensland Cowboys defeating the Super League champions Leeds Rhinos in the World Club Challenge match.

Parramatta Eels salary cap breach[]

Main article: Parramatta Eels salary cap breach

The Parramatta Eels were faced with starting the season on -4 points due to salary cap indiscretions in 2015, however the NRL was satisfied with governance changes at the Eels and no points were deducted.[13]

However, on 3 May 2016, after further salary cap breaches were exposed by the NRL, CEO Todd Greenberg announced the preliminary penalties of the club being fined $1 million, deducted twelve competition points, stripped of its 2016 Auckland Nines title[14] and they were barred from receiving any further competition points until they fell under the salary cap, which they were reported to have exceeded by $570,000. Five officials (chairman Steve Sharp, deputy chairman Tom Issa, director Peter Serrao, chief executive John Boulous and football manager Daniel Anderson) were also suspended indefinitely. On 12 May the NRL reported that Parramatta had fallen back under the salary cap for 2016 and were able to play for competition points again for their next scheduled game.[15]

On 9 July, after over 2 months of club officials contesting the preliminary penalties, Parramatta were handed their punishment with the addition of their for/against points tally accumulated from rounds 1-9 being deducted.[16]

Regular season[]

See also: 2016 NRL season results
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 F1 F2 F3 GF
Brisbane Broncos PAR
13 		NZL
15 		PEN
1 		NQL
1* 		GCT
8 		SGI
26 		NEW
53 		SOU
22 		CRO
2 		MAN
24 		NQL
1 		WTI
1 		NZL
18 		CAN
8 		X CBY
26 		MEL
42 		X SOU
20 		PEN
19 		SYD
16 		SGI
4 		PAR
22 		CBY
10 		MEL
10 		SYD
10 		GCT
16 		NQL
6*
Canberra Raiders PEN
8 		SYD
1 		NEW
0* 		GCT
4 		CBY
14 		PAR
30 		CRO
24 		WTI
54 		PEN
1 		SGI
4* 		NZL
26 		CBY
12 		MAN
12 		BRI
8 		X GCT
8 		NEW
4* 		NQL
14 		X NZL
4* 		SOU
50 		CRO
16 		MEL
14 		PAR
10 		MAN
14 		WTI
42 		CRO
2 		PEN
10 		MEL
2
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs MAN
22 		PEN
2 		PAR
14 		SOU
30 		CAN
14 		MEL
6 		NZL
4 		GCT
1* 		PAR
8 		WTI
32 		SYD
12 		CAN
12 		CRO
2 		SGI
18 		X BRI
26 		SYD
4 		WTI
10 		X NQL
36 		SGI
3 		NEW
14 		MAN
4* 		BRI
10 		NQL
8 		SOU
18 		PEN
16
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NQL
6 		SGI
28 		MAN
10 		MEL
8 		WTI
8 		GCT
5 		CAN
24 		PEN
2 		BRI
2 		NEW
62 		MAN
8 		X CBY
2 		NQL
3 		X NZL
1* 		PAR
10 		PEN
16 		SYD
12 		NEW
32 		GCT
0* 		CAN
16 		SGI
14 		SOU
6 		SYD
25 		MEL
20 		CAN
2 		X NQL
12 		MEL
2
Gold Coast Titans NEW
18 		MEL
18 		WTI
12 		CAN
4 		BRI
8 		CRO
5 		SGI
5 		CBY
1* 		MEL
38 		SYD
20 		PEN
4 		X SOU
1* 		PAR
10 		MAN
20 		CAN
8 		NZL
9 		X SGI
20 		PAR
20 		CRO
0* 		NZL
10 		WTI
1 		NEW
20 		PEN
1 		NQL
16 		BRI
16
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles CBY
22 		WTI
14 		CRO
10 		SYD
2 		SOU
4 		NZL
16 		PAR
12 		NEW
16 		NQL
16 		BRI
24 		CRO
8 		X CAN
12 		PEN
7 		GCT
20 		NQL
4 		SGI
30 		X NZL
1* 		SOU
8 		NEW
20 		PAR
1 		CBY
4* 		MEL
20 		CAN
14 		PEN
30
Melbourne Storm SGI
2 		GCT
18 		NZL
7 		CRO
8 		NEW
4 		CBY
6 		WTI
1* 		NZL
42 		GCT
38 		NQL
1 		PAR
12 		X PEN
18 		SYD
46 		SGI
10 		WTI
9 		BRI
42 		X NEW
4 		SYD
16 		NQL
8 		SOU
1* 		CAN
14 		MAN
20 		BRI
10 		CRO
20 		NQL
6 		X CAN
2 		CRO
2
Newcastle Knights GCT
18 		SOU
42 		CAN
0* 		NZL
22 		MEL
4 		WTI
2 		BRI
53 		MAN
16 		SYD
38 		CRO
62 		WTI
8 		PAR
2 		NQL
30 		NZL
36 		X SGI
12 		CAN
4* 		X MEL
4 		CRO
32 		MAN
20 		CBY
14 		PEN
36 		GCT
20 		SOU
22 		SGI
2
New Zealand Warriors WTI
8 		BRI
15 		MEL
7 		NEW
22 		SYD
4* 		MAN
16 		CBY
4 		MEL
42 		SGI
16 		PEN
12 		CAN
26 		X BRI
18 		NEW
36 		SYD
2 		CRO
1* 		GCT
9 		X MAN
1* 		CAN
4* 		PEN
4* 		GCT
10 		SOU
19 		NQL
28 		WTI
12 		PAR
22
North Queensland Cowboys CRO
6 		PAR
4 		SYD
40 		BRI
1* 		SGI
36 		PEN
5 		SOU
26 		PAR
16 		MAN
16 		MEL
1 		BRI
1 		SGI
4 		NEW
30 		CRO
3 		X MAN
4 		SOU
20 		CAN
14 		X CBY
36 		MEL
8 		WTI
12 		SYD
12 		NZL
28 		CBY
8 		GCT
16 		MEL
6 		BRI
6* 		CRO
12
Parramatta Eels BRI
13 		NQL
4 		CBY
14 		WTI
8 		PEN
2 		CAN
30 		MAN
12 		NQL
16 		CBY
8 		SOU
2 		MEL
12 		NEW
2 		X GCT
10 		SOU
18 		X CRO
10 		SYD
4 		PEN
4 		GCT
20 		WTI
15 		MAN
1 		BRI
22 		CAN
10 		SGI
12 		NZL
22
Penrith Panthers CAN
8 		CBY
2 		BRI
1 		SGI
2 		PAR
2 		NQL
5 		SYD
4 		CRO
2 		CAN
1 		NZL
12 		GCT
4 		X MEL
18 		MAN
7 		X SOU
2 		WTI
8 		CRO
16 		PAR
4 		BRI
19 		NZL
4* 		SYD
20 		NEW
36 		WTI
30 		GCT
1 		MAN
30 		CBY
16 		CAN
10
South Sydney Rabbitohs SYD
32 		NEW
42 		SGI
2 		CBY
30 		MAN
4 		SYD
7 		NQL
26 		BRI
22 		WTI
8 		PAR
2 		SGI
10 		X GCT
1* 		WTI
16 		PAR
18 		PEN
2 		NQL
20 		X BRI
20 		MAN
8 		CAN
50 		MEL
1* 		NZL
19 		CRO
6 		NEW
22 		CBY
18
St. George Illawarra Dragons MEL
2 		CRO
28 		SOU
2 		PEN
2 		NQL
36 		BRI
26 		GCT
5 		SYD
2 		NZL
16 		CAN
4* 		SOU
10 		NQL
4 		X CBY
18 		MEL
10 		NEW
12 		MAN
30 		X GCT
20 		WTI
13 		CBY
3 		BRI
4 		CRO
14 		SYD
36 		PAR
12 		NEW
2
Sydney Roosters SOU
32 		CAN
1 		NQL
40 		MAN
2 		NZL
4* 		SOU
7 		PEN
4 		SGI
2 		NEW
38 		GCT
20 		CBY
12 		X WTI
14 		MEL
46 		NZL
2 		X CBY
4 		PAR
4 		CRO
12 		MEL
16 		BRI
16 		PEN
20 		NQL
12 		SGI
36 		CRO
25 		BRI
10
Wests Tigers NZL
8 		MAN
14 		GCT
12 		PAR
8 		CRO
8 		NEW
2 		MEL
1* 		CAN
54 		SOU
8 		CBY
32 		NEW
8 		BRI
1 		SYD
14 		SOU
16 		X MEL
9 		PEN
8 		CBY
10 		X SGI
13 		PAR
15 		NQL
12 		GCT
1 		PEN
30 		NZL
12 		CAN
42
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 F1 F2 F3 GF

Bold – Opposition's Home game
X – Bye
* – Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin

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.


Ladder progression[]

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
  • Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 2 4 6 6 8 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 38 40 40 42
2 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 2 4 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 9 11 13 15 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39
3 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland (P) 0 2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 37 37 37 37 39 39
4 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 16 16 18 18 20 22 24 24 26 28 28 28 28 30 32 34
5 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 16 16 16 16 18 20 20 20 22 24 24 24 26 28 30 32 34
6 Panthers colours.svg Penrith 0 0 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 10 10 12 12 14 16 18 18 18 20 22 22 24 26 28 30 32
7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 26 28 30 32 32 32 32
8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 2 2 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 10 12 14 14 16 16 16 18 20 22 23 23 25 27 27 27
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 10 10 12 14 14 16 16 18 20 22 24 24 24 26 26
10 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 0 0 0 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 20 20 22 24 24 24 24 24
11 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 0 0 2 4 4 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 14 16 18 18 20 20 20 20 20 22 22 22 24
12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 8 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 16 18 20 22
13 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 0 0 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 20 20 20 20
14 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta* 0 2 4 6 6 8 10 10 12 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 10 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 16 18
15 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 14 16 16 16
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

Finals series[]

See also: 2016 NRL season results - Finals series

A new format of extra time was introduced for the finals series where two additional 5-minute periods are played and if the scores are still tied afterwards, the next team to score wins.

The 2016 Finals series is notable as the first time three Queensland teams have all made the finals in one season.

Canberra also broke a long preliminary final drought reaching their first grand final qualifier in 19 years.[17]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue Referees Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 44 – 28 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 9 September 2016, 8:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Gerard Sutton
Gavin Badger 		43,170
Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 14 – 16 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10 September 2016, 5:45 pm GIO Stadium Canberra Matt Cecchin
Alan Shortall 		25,592
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 16 – 10 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 10 September 2016, 8:00 pm AAMI Park Ben Cummins
Grant Atkins 		21,233
Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 28 – 12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 11 September 2016, 4:15 pm Allianz Stadium Jared Maxwell
Chris James 		22,631
SEMI FINALS
North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys † 26 – 20 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 16 September 2016, 8:05 pm 1300SMILES Stadium Matt Cecchin
Alan Shortall 		23,804
Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 22 – 12 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 17 September 2016, 7:50 pm GIO Stadium Canberra Ben Cummins
Gerard Sutton 		21,498
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 32 – 20 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 23 September 2016, 8:05 pm Allianz Stadium Ben Cummins
Gerard Sutton 		36,717
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 14 – 12 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24 September 2016, 7:55 pm AAMI Park Matt Cecchin
Alan Shortall 		28,161

† Match decided in extra time.

Chart[]

  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-Sutherland 14
6  Panthers colours.svg Penrith 28          Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 32  
7  Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 12     SF2: 17 Sept, GIO Stadium Canberra        North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 20  
     Canberra colours.svg Canberra 22    
QF2: 10 Sept, GIO Stadium Canberra      Panthers colours.svg Penrith 12    
2  Canberra colours.svg Canberra 14  
3  Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 16  


Grand final[]

Main article: 2016 NRL Grand Final
Sunday, 2 October
7:35pm AEDT
Melbourne Storm Melbourne colours.svg 12 – 14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Tries:
Jesse Bromwich (50') 1
Will Chambers (64') 1
Goals:
Cameron Smith 2/2
(51', 65') 		1st: 0 - 8
2nd: 12 - 6 		Tries:
Ben Barba (15') 1
Andrew Fifita (69') 1
Goals:
James Maloney 3/3
(8' pen, 16', 71')
ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 83,625
Clive Churchill Medalist: Luke Lewis
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Ben Cummins

Regular season player statistics[]

The following statistics are at the conclusion of Round 26.

Transfers[]

Players[]

Player 2015 Club 2016 Club
Dale Copley Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Mitchell Dodds Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Justin Hodges Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Retirement
David Stagg Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Retirement
Daniel Vidot Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford Red Devils
Joel Edwards Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Josh McCrone Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors
David Shillington Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Dane Tilse Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Sisa Waqa Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders FC Grenoble (French rugby union)
Trent Hodkinson Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Antonio Kaufusi Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Retirement
Tim Lafai Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Frank Pritchard Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C.
Corey Thompson Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Widnes colours.svg Super League: Widnes Vikings
Tinirau Arona Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Blake Ayshford Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Michael Gordon Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Jeff Robson Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Anthony Tupou Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Kalifa Faifai Loa Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Beau Falloon Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Kevin Gordon Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Retirement
Nate Myles Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Ben Ridge Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Retirement
James Roberts Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Aidan Sezer Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Dave Taylor Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Brad Tighe Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Retirement
Matthew White Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Matt Ballin Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Cheyse Blair Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Luke Burgess Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford Red Devils
Kieran Foran Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
James Hasson Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles N/A
Peta Hiku Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Justin Horo Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Dunamis Lui Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Willie Mason Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Feleti Mateo Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford Red Devils
Jesse Sene-Lefao Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
David Williams Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Retirement
Matt Duffie Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Auckland Blues (Super Rugby)
Mahe Fonua Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C.
Ryan Hinchcliffe Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Tom Learoyd-Lahrs Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Retirement
Kurt Mann Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Dayne Weston Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions
Adam Clydsdale Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
David Fa'alogo Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
Kurt Gidley Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Chris Houston Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Widnes colours.svg Super League: Widnes Vikings
Joseph Leilua Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
James McManus Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
Clint Newton Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
Tyrone Roberts Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Beau Scott Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Nathan Friend New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Konrad Hurrell New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Sebastine Ikahihifo New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Dominique Peyroux New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Saintscolours.svg Super League: St. Helens
Sam Rapira New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Sam Tomkins New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors
Chad Townsend New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Glenn Hall North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
Robert Lui North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford Red Devils
Matthew Wright North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Beau Champion Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Richie Faʻaoso Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Will Hopoate Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Darcy Lussick Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Ryan Morgan Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Pauli Pauli Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Joseph Paulo Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Reece Robinson Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels New South Wales Waratahs (Super Rugby)
Chris Sandow Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Anthony Watmough Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Lewis Brown Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Jamal Idris Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Hiatus
Brent Kite Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Retirement
Apisai Koroisau Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Sika Manu Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C.
Nigel Plum Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Retirement
James Segeyaro Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos
David Simmons Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Retirement
Elijah Taylor Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Tim Grant South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Ben Lowe South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Issac Luke South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Chris McQueen South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Daryl Millard South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Joel Reddy South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Glenn Stewart South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Dylan Walker South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Dylan Farrell St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Mark Ioane St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Broncoscolours.png London Broncos
Heath L'Estrange St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Peter Mata'utia St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Trent Merrin St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
George Rose St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Michael Jennings Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
James Maloney Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Willie Manu Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Retirement
Suaia Matagi Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Matt McIlwrick Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Jack Buchanan Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Widnes colours.svg Super League: Widnes Vikings
Josh Drinkwater Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions
Keith Galloway Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Pat Richards Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Martin Taupau Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Ian Henderson Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Jeff Lima Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Michael Oldfield Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Zeb Taia Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Elliott Whitehead Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Mickey Paea Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C. Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Jordan Rankin Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C. Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Tyrone McCarthy HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Adam Quinlan Saintscolours.svg Super League: St. Helens St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Pita Godinet Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Joe Burgess Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Dane Nielsen Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Sam Burgess Bath (English rugby union) South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Russell Packer Imprisonment St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons

Source:[18]

Coaches[]

Coach 2015 Club 2016 Club
Trent Barrett Country colours.svg Country Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Mal Meninga Queensland colours.svg Queensland Australian colours.svg Australia
Nathan Brown N/A Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Anthony Griffin N/A Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Kevin Walters N/A Queensland colours.svg Queensland

Attendances[]

Total and average home attendances:[19]

Team Games Total Average
Brisbane 12 404,306 33,692
Melbourne 12 216,944 18,079
North Queensland 12 200,582 16,715
Wests Tigers 12 184,674 15,390
Canterbury 12 182,419 15,202
Cronulla 12 174,941 14,578
Newcastle 12 173,484 14,457
Manly 12 173,171 14,431
Souths 12 171,973 14,331
New Zealand 12 171,620 14,302
Parramatta 12 167,144 13,929
Gold Coast Titans 12 165,671 13,806
St George Illawarra 12 163,588 13,632
Penrith 12 153,820 12,818
Canberra 12 146,195 12,183
Sydney Roosters 12 122,820 10,235

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