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2016 Canberra Raiders season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 2nd | |||
Play-off result | Preliminary Finals | |||
2016 record | Wins: 17; draws: 1; losses: 6 | |||
Points scored | For: 688; against: 456 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Don Furner Jr. | |||
Coach | Ricky Stuart | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | GIO Stadium - 25,011 | |||
Avg. attendance | 12,182 (regular season) 13,806 (including finals) | |||
High attendance | 18,825 vs. Eels on 21 August (regular season) 25,592 vs. Sharks on 10 September (including finals) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Jordan Rapana (22) | |||
Goals | Jarrod Croker (112) | |||
Points | Jarrod Croker (296) | |||
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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.
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A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2016 season.
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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.
Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
10 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 10 | 16 Sept, Willows Sports Complex | ||||||||||||||||
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9 Sept, Lang Park | ![]() | 20 | 24 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 44 | ![]() | 14 | |||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 28 | ![]() | 12 | 2 Oct, Stadium Australia | ||||||||||||||
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11 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | 23 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | ![]() | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 28 | ![]() | 32 | |||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 12 | 17 Sept, Canberra Stadium | ![]() | 20 | ||||||||||||||
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10 Sept, Canberra Stadium | ![]() | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |
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Saturday, 10 September | Qualifying Final | ![]() |
GIO Stadium | 14 - 16 | Hodgson, Rapana | J Croker (3/3) | 25,592 | |
Saturday, 17 September | Semi Final | ![]() |
GIO Stadium | 22 - 12 | Austin, J Croker, Rapana | J Croker (5/5) | 21,498 | |
Saturday, 24 September | Preliminary Final | ![]() |
AAMI Park | 12 - 14 | Rapana, Whitehead | Sezer (2/2) | 28,161 | |
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
1 | ![]() |
24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 563 | 302 | +261 | 42 |
2 | ![]() |
24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 688 | 456 | +232 | 39 |
3 | ![]() |
24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 580 | 404 | +176 | 39 |
4 | ![]() |
24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 584 | 355 | +229 | 34 |
5 | ![]() |
24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 554 | 434 | +120 | 34 |
6 | ![]() |
24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 563 | 463 | +100 | 32 |
7 | ![]() |
24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 506 | 448 | +58 | 32 |
8 | ![]() |
24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 508 | 497 | +11 | 27 |
9 | ![]() |
24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 499 | 607 | −108 | 26 |
10 | ![]() |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 513 | 601 | −88 | 24 |
11 | ![]() |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 341 | 538 | −197 | 24 |
12 | ![]() |
24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 473 | 549 | −76 | 22 |
13 | ![]() |
24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 454 | 563 | −109 | 20 |
14 | ![]() |
24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 298 | 324 | −26 | 181 |
15 | ![]() |
24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 443 | 576 | −133 | 16 |
16 | ![]() |
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.
No. | Player | Games | Tries |
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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 |
No. | Player | Games | Goals |
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1 | Jarrod Croker | 26 | 112 |
2 | Aidan Sezer | 23 | 3 |
No. | Player | Games | Field Goals |
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=1 | Blake Austin | 18 | 1 |
=1 | Sam Williams | 9 | 1 |
No. | Player | Games | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points |
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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 |
The Raiders' club awards were announced during their awards night on 19 September.[17]
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