2016 Canberra Raiders season
Rugby league team season
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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.
NRL Rank2nd
Play-off resultPreliminary Finals
2016 recordWins: 17; draws: 1; losses: 6
Points scoredFor: 688; against: 456
| 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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Squad
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Head coach Assistant coaches
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Player transfers
A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2016 season.
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Fixtures
NRL Auckland Nines
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.
Regular season
Finals
| Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Melbourne | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  North Queensland | 10 | 16 Sept, Willows Sports Complex | ||||||||||||||||
| North Queensland | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 Sept, Lang Park |  Brisbane | 20 | 24 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Brisbane | 44 | Melbourne | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Gold Coast | 28 |  Canberra | 12 | 2 Oct, Stadium Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Melbourne | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | 23 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium |  Cronulla | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Penrith | 28 | Cronulla | 32 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Canterbury | 12 | 17 Sept, Canberra Stadium | North Queensland | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Canberra | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 Sept, Canberra Stadium | Penrith | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Canberra | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cronulla | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |
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| Saturday, 10 September | Qualifying Final | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | GIO Stadium | 14 - 16 | Hodgson, Rapana | J Croker (3/3) | 25,592 | |
| Saturday, 17 September | Semi Final | Penrith Panthers | GIO Stadium | 22 - 12 | Austin, J Croker, Rapana | J Croker (5/5) | 21,498 | |
| Saturday, 24 September | Preliminary Final | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park | 12 - 14 | Rapana, Whitehead | Sezer (2/2) | 28,161 | |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye | ||||||||
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| 1 | Melbourne Storm |
24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 563 | 302 | +261 | 42 |
| 2 | Canberra Raiders |
24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 688 | 456 | +232 | 39 |
| 3 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (P) |
24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 580 | 404 | +176 | 39 |
| 4 | North Queensland Cowboys |
24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 584 | 355 | +229 | 34 |
| 5 | Brisbane Broncos |
24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 554 | 434 | +120 | 34 |
| 6 |  Penrith Panthers |
24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 563 | 463 | +100 | 32 |
| 7 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 506 | 448 | +58 | 32 |
| 8 | Gold Coast Titans |
24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 508 | 497 | +11 | 27 |
| 9 |  Wests Tigers |
24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 499 | 607 | −108 | 26 |
| 10 |  New Zealand Warriors |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 513 | 601 | −88 | 24 |
| 11 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 341 | 538 | −197 | 24 |
| 12 |  South Sydney Rabbitohs |
24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 473 | 549 | −76 | 22 |
| 13 |  Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 454 | 563 | −109 | 20 |
| 14 |  Parramatta Eels |
24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 298 | 324 | −26 | 181 |
| 15 |  Sydney Roosters |
24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 443 | 576 | −133 | 16 |
| 16 |  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.
Player statistics
Highest try scorers
| 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 |
Most goals
| No. | Player | Games | Goals |
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| 1 | Jarrod Croker | 26 | 112 |
| 2 | Aidan Sezer | 23 | 3 |
Most field goals
| No. | Player | Games | Field goals |
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| =1 | Blake Austin | 18 | 1 |
| =1 | Sam Williams | 9 | 1 |
Highest point scorers
| 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 |
Representative
Domestic
International
Honours
The Raiders' club awards were announced during their awards night on 19 September.[17]
- Mal Meninga Medal: Josh Hodgson and Josh Papalii
- NRL Coaches Award: Joseph Leilua and Jordan Rapana
- NRL Rookie of the Year: Clay Priest
- Fred Daly Clubman of the Year: Iosia Soliola
- NYC Player of the Year: Jack Williams
- NYC Coaches Award: Daniel Dole
- Gordon McLucas Junior Representative Player of the Year: Nick Cotric
- Geoff Caldwell Welfare and Education Award: Jack Hickson