2016 NRL State Championship
| 2016 NRL State Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 2 October 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | ANZ Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||
| Player of the Match |  Drew Hutchison | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Peter Gough, Jon Stone | ||||||||||||
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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.[1]
Background
[edit]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.
Teams
[edit]| Illawarra Cutters | Position | Burleigh Bears | ||
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| Name | Number | Number | Name | |
| Adam Quinlan | 1 | 1 | Kurtis Rowe | |
| Kurt Mann | 2 | 2 | Waka Wanahi | |
| Taane Milne | 3 | 3 | Sami Sauiluma | |
| Levi Dodd | 4 | 4 | Connor Broadhurst | |
| Kalifa Faifai Loa | 5 | 5 | Oliver Regan | |
| Shaun Nona | 6 | 6 | Cameron Cullen | |
| Drew Hutchison | 7 | 7 | Jamal Fogarty | |
| Shannon Wakeman | 8 | 8 | Luke Page | |
| Josh McCrone | 9 | 9 | Pat Politoni | |
| Jacob Host | 10 | 22 | Nathaniel Peteru | |
| Damian Sironen | 15 | 14 | Parahi Wilson | |
| Chris Lewis | 12 | 12 | Hayden Schwass | |
| Siliva Havili | 13 | 13 | Lachlan Burr | |
| Tyrone McCarthy | 11 | 10 | Paterika Vaivai | |
| Sam Coster | 14 | 15 | Jeff Lynch | |
| Jay Gallagher | 16 | 17 | Louis Fanene | |
| Sam Clune | 19 | 20 | Josh Ailaomai | |
| Jason Demetriou | Coach | Jim Lenihan | ||
Match details
[edit]2016 NRL State Championship
| Illawarra Cutters |
54 – 12 |  Burleigh Bears |
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| Tries: 9 Wakeman  7'Sironen 23'Quinlan 26'Host 32'Lewis 37'Hutchinson 44'Havili 53'Mann 57'Milne 63'Goals: 9 Nona  8', 24', 33', 39', 47', 55', 58', 65' (9/9) |
1st: 30–0 2nd: 24–12 Report |
Tries: 2 Ailaomai 61'Row 80'Goals: 2 Fogarty 61' (1/1)Page 80' (1/1) |
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Competition » League Unlimited". League Unlimited. Retrieved 6 March 2023.