2016 Canberra Rugby League

The 2016 Canberra Raiders Cup was the 19th season of the cup, and the 93rd season of domestic rugby league in Canberra. The 2016 Canberra Raiders Cup consisted of 18 regular season rounds which began on 9 April and ended on 20 August. There were 3 playoff rounds, beginning on 27 August with the first semi-final, and ending on 11 September with the Grand Final.

2016 Canberra Raiders Cup
Teams9
Premiers West Belconnen Warriors (10th title)
Minor premiers Queanbeyan Kangaroos
Wooden spoon Belconnen United Sharks
Matches played80
Points scored3775
Top points scorer(s) Brent Crisp (209)
Player of the year Robert Roberts (Les McIntyre Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Tyler Stevens (17)
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Teams edit

9 teams will compete in 2016.

Colours Team Est. Home Ground Coach
  Belconnen United Sharks 1997 O'Connor Matt Britt
  Goulburn Workers Bulldogs 1959 Workers Arena Michael Picker
  Gungahlin Bulls 1994 Gungahlin Enclosed Oval

Jamison Park

Lincoln Withers

David Howell

  Queanbeyan United Blues 1920 Seiffert Oval Simon Woolford
  Queanbeyan Kangaroos 1966 Seears Workwear Oval Aaron Gorrell
  Tuggeranong Bushrangers 2003 Greenway Peter Laurent
  West Belconnen Warriors 1975 Raiders Belconnen Troy Thompson
  Woden Valley Rams 1967 Phillip District Cameron Hardy
  Yass Magpies 1920 Walker Park Steve Naughton

Scott Naughton

Ladder edit

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Queanbeyan Kangaroos 16 15 0 1 2 626 256 370 34
2   Queanbeyan United Blues 16 13 1 2 2 510 240 270 31
3   West Belconnen Warriors 16 12 0 4 2 495 334 161 28
4   Gungahlin Bulls 16 9 1 6 2 436 368 68 23
5   Woden Valley Rams 16 8 0 8 2 402 408 -6 20
6   Tuggeranong Bushrangers 16 6 0 10 2 378 434 -56 16
7   Yass Magpies 16 4 0 12 2 216 586 -370 12
8   Goulburn Workers Bulldogs 16 2 0 14 2 268 441 -173 8
9   Belconnen United Sharks 16 2 0 14 2 318 582 -264 8

Stats edit

Most Tries edit

Pos Player Tries Matches Team
1 Tyler Stevens 17 17  
=2 Mathew Lyons 15 13  
=2 Ryley Thomas 15 19  
=2 Ryan McQueen 15 19  
3 Bryan Cronan 12 17  
=4 Adam Pearce 11 18  
=4 Tre Williams 11 15  
=4 Kody Parsons 11 11  
5 Drury Low 10 14  

Most Goals edit

Pos Player Goals Matches Team
1 Brent Krisp 82 16  
2 Robert Roberts 74 19  
3 Jake Scholes 54 17  
4 Eko Malu 43 16  
5 Darcy Eason 32 16  

Most Field Goals edit

Pos Player Field Goals Matches Team
1 Robert Roberts 3 19  
=2 Brent Krisp 1 16  
=2 Tre Williams 1 16  

Most Points edit

Pos Player Points Tries Goals Field Goals Matches Team
1 Brent Krisp 209 10 82 1 16  
2 Robert Roberts 175 6 74 3 19  
3 Jake Scholes 128 5 54 0 17  
4 Eko Malu 122 9 43 0 16  
5 Darcy Eason 88 6 32 0 16  

Season Awards edit

Les McIntyre Medal Player Of The Year edit

Robert Roberts (West Belconnen Warriors) edit

Coach Of The Year edit

Lincoln Withers & David Howell (Gungahlin Bulls) edit

Top Pointscorer edit

Brent Crisp (Queanbeyan Kangaroos) edit

Top Tryscorer edit

Tyler Stevens (Queanbeyan United Blues) edit

References: edit

https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2016/07/19/canberra-to-host-three-rugby-league-world-cup-2017-games/

Regular-season results edit

Round 1 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Goulburn Workers Bulldogs 24-16   Tuggeranong Bushrangers 9 April 2016, 2:00PM Workers Arena
  Belconnen United Sharks 4-38   West Belconnen Warriors 9 April 2016, 3:00PM O'Connor
  Queanbeyan United Blues 34-16   Gungahlin Bulls 9 April 2016, 3:00PM Seiffert Oval
  Yass Magpies 18-36   Woden Rams 9 April 2016, 3:00PM Walker Park
  Queanbeyan Kangaroos Bye

Round 2 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Goulburn Workers Bulldogs 20-32   West Belconnen Warriors 16 April 2016, 2:00PM Workers Arena
  Tuggeranong Bushrangers 12-46   Gungahlin Bulls 16 April 2016, 3:00PM Greenway
  Woden Rams 42-18   Belconnen United Sharks 16 April 2016, 3:00PM Phillip District
  Queanbeyan United Blues 56-0   Queanbeyan Kangaroos 16 April 2016, 3:00PM Seiffert Oval
  Yass Magpies Bye

Round 3 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Yass Magpies 26-24   Goulburn Workers Bulldogs Walker Park
  West Belconnen Warriors 32-40   Queanbeyan Kangaroos
  Gungahlin Bulls 20-12   Woden Rams 22 April 2016, 8:00PM
  Tuggeranong Bushrangers 24-34   Queanbeyan United Blues 23 April 2016, 2:00PM Greenway
  Belconnen United Sharks Bye

Round 4 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Queanbeyan Kangaroos 32-0   Goulburn Workers Bulldogs
  West Belconnen Warriors 34-6   Woden Rams
  Yass Magpies 24-40   Tuggeranong Bushrangers Walker Park
  Belconnen United Sharks 20-48   Queanbeyan United Blues O'Connor
  Gungahlin Bulls Bye

Round 5 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Goulburn Workers Bulldogs 8-12   Gungahlin Bulls Workers Arena
  Woden Rams 10-30   Tuggeranong Bushrangers Phillip District
  Belconnen United Sharks 20-34   Queanbeyan Kangaroos O'Connor
  Queanbeyan United Blues 48-4   Yass Magpies Seiffert Oval
  West Belconnen Warriors Bye

Round 6 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Tuggeranong Bushrangers 26-32   West Belconnen Warriors Greenway
  Gungahlin Bulls 48-20   Belconnen United Sharks
  Woden Rams 12-32   Queanbeyan United Blues Phillip District
  Yass Magpies 0-40   Queanbeyan Kangaroos Walker Park
  Goulburn Workers Bulldogs Bye

Round 7 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Belconnen United Sharks 28-24   Goulburn Workers Bulldogs O'Connor
  West Belconnen Warriors 23-16   Queanbeyan United Blues
  Gungahlin Bulls 32-28   Yass Magpies
  Queanbeyan Kangaroos 38-22   Woden Rams
  Tuggeranong Bushrangers Bye

Round 8 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Goulburn Workers Bulldogs 18-14   Yass Magpies Workers Arena
  Queanbeyan Kangaroos 28-22   West Belconnen Warriors
  Queanbeyan United Blues 14-6   Tuggeranong Bushrangers Seiffert Oval
  Woden Rams 26-34   Gungahlin Bulls Phillip District
  Belconnen United Sharks Bye

Round 9 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Goulburn Workers Bulldogs 10-12   Woden Rams Workers Arena
  West Belconnen Warriors 28-26   Gungahlin Bulls
  Tuggeranong Bushrangers 8-58   Queanbeyan Kangaroos Greenway
  Yass Magpies 20-14   Belconnen United Sharks Walker Park
  Queanbeyan United Blues Bye

Round 10 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  West Belconnen Warriors 17-16   Goulburn Workers Bulldogs
  Gungahlin Bulls 28-18   Tuggeranong Bushrangers
  Belconnen United Sharks 16-46   Woden Rams O'Connor
  Queanbeyan Kangaroos 27-12   Queanbeyan United Blues
  Yass Magpies Bye

Round 11 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Tuggeranong Bushrangers 38-24   Goulburn Workers Bulldogs Greenway
  West Belconnen Warriors 46-34   Belconnen United Sharks
  Woden Rams 48-10   Yass Magpies Phillip District
  Gungahlin Bulls 20-20   Queanbeyan United Blues
  Queanbeyan Kangaroos Bye

Round 12 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Goulburn Workers Bulldogs 24-28   Queanbeyan United Blues Workers Arena
  Yass Magpies 6-46   West Belconnen Warriors Walker Park
  Belconnen United Sharks 24-28   Tuggeranong Bushrangers O'Connor
  Queanbeyan Kangaroos 54-24   Gungahlin Bulls
  Woden Rams Bye

Round 13 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Goulburn Workers Bulldogs 20-38   Queanbeyan Kangaroos Workers Arena
  Woden Rams 32-37   West Belconnen Warriors Phillip District
  Tuggeranong Bushrangers 48-14   Yass Magpies Greenway
  Queanbeyan United Blues 28-10   Belconnen United Sharks Seiffert Oval
  Gungahlin Bulls Bye

Round 14 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Gungahlin Bulls 38-16   Goulburn Workers Bulldogs
  Queanbeyan Kangaroos 44-22   Belconnen United Sharks
  Tuggeranong Bushrangers 12-30   Woden Rams Greenway
  Yass Magpies 0-32   Queanbeyan United Blues Walker Park
  West Belconnen Warriors Bye

Round 15 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Queanbeyan Kangaroos 80-0   Yass Magpies
  West Belconnen Warriors 24-20   Tuggeranong Bushrangers
  Queanbeyan United Blues 30-26   Woden Rams Seiffert Oval
  Belconnen United Sharks 20-56   Gungahlin Bulls O'Connor
  Goulburn Workers Bulldogs Bye

Round 16 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Gungahlin Bulls 24-18   West Belconnen Warriors Jamison Oval
  Queanbeyan Kangaroos 30-14   Tuggeranong Bushrangers
  Woden Rams 34-18   Goulburn Workers Bulldogs Phillip District
  Belconnen United Sharks 20-26   Yass Magpies O'Connor
  Queanbeyan United Blues Bye

Round 17 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Goulburn Workers Bulldogs 16-30   Belconnen United Sharks Workers Arena
  Queanbeyan United Blues 32-22   West Belconnen Warriors Seiffert Oval
  Woden Rams 0-59   Queanbeyan Kangaroos Phillip District
  Yass Magpies 22-16   Gungahlin Bulls Walker Park
  Tuggeranong Bushrangers Bye

Round 18 edit

Home Score Away Date and Time Venue
  Queanbeyan United Blues 46-6   Goulburn Workers Bulldogs Seiffert Oval
  West Belconnen Warriors 44-6   Yass Magpies
  Tuggeranong Bushrangers 38-18   Belconnen United Sharks Greenway
  Gungahlin Bulls 4-24   Queanbeyan Kangaroos
  Woden Rams Bye

Finals edit

Bracket edit

Semi-finalsPreliminary FinalGrand Final
1  Queanbeyan Kangaroos32  Queanbeyan Kangaroos24
2  Queanbeyan United Blues12  West Belconnen Warriors26
  Queanbeyan United Blues6
  West Belconnen Warriors10
3  West Belconnen Warriors20
4  Gungahlin Bulls16

Semi-finals edit

First Grade
Saturday, 27 August (3:15 pm) West Belconnen   20 def. 16   Gungahlin Raiders Belconnen
Sunday, 28 August (3:15 pm) Queanbeyan   32 def. 12   Queanbeyan United Seears Workwear Oval



Reserve Grade
Saturday, 27 August (1:35 pm) Tuggeranong   24 def. 18   Gungahlin Raiders Belconnen
Sunday, 28 August (1:35 pm) Woden   24 def. by 32   Queanbeyan United Seears Workwear Oval



Under 18's
Saturday, 27 August (10:45 am) Queanbeyan   48 def. 12   Gungahlin Raiders Belconnen
Sunday, 28 August (10:45 am) West Belconnen   12 def. by 14   Tuggeranong Seears Workwear Oval



Youth League
Sunday, 28 August (9:15 am) Tuggeranong   16 def. by 24   Harden Seears Workwear Oval
Sunday, 28 August (9:25 am) Crookwell   8 def. by 26   Gungahlin McLean Oval



Preliminary Finals edit

First Grade
Sunday, 4 September (3:15 pm) Queanbeyan United   6 def. by 10   West Belconnen Seiffert Oval



Reserve Grade
Sunday, 4 September (1:35 pm) Woden   8 def. by 16   Tuggeranong Seiffert Oval



Under 18's
Sunday, 4 September (10:45 am) West Belconnen   22 def. 16   Queanbeyan Seiffert Oval



Youth League
Sunday, 4 September (9:15 am) Tuggeranong   28 def. 16   Gungahlin Seiffert Oval



Grand Finals edit

First Grade
Sunday, 11 September (3:15 pm) Queanbeyan   24 def. by 26   West Belconnen Seiffert Oval



Reserve Grade
Sunday, 11 September (1:25 pm) Queanbeyan United   34 def. 16   Tuggeranong Seiffert Oval



Under 18's
Sunday, 11 September (10:30 am) Tuggeranong   16 def. 12   West Belconnen Seiffert Oval



Youth League
Sunday, 11 September (10:10 am) Harden   4 def. by 14   Tuggeranong McLean Oval