2016 Canberra Raiders season

2016 Canberra Raiders season
2016 Canberra Raiders season
Team information
CEO	Don Furner Jr.
Coach	Ricky Stuart
Captain	Jarrod Croker;
Stadium	GIO Stadium - 25,000

The 2016 Canberra Raiders season is the 35th in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Jarrod Croker, they compete in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership.

Season summary

Fixtures

Pre-season

NRL Aukland 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

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 5 March	Round 1	Penrith Panthers	GIO Stadium	30 - 22	E. Lee (9'), B. Austin (17'), A. Sezer (25', 55'), S. Fensom (79')	J. Croker 5/7 (10', 19', 55', 68', 71')	11,297
Saturday, 12 March	Round 2	Sydney Roosters	GIO Stadium	21 - 20	I. Soliola (24'), J. Papalii (41', 55'), J. Croker (70')	J. Croker 2/4 (25', 71') S. Williams FG (76')	12,423
Saturday, 19 March	Round 3	Newcastle Knights	Hunter Stadium	24 - 24	J. Papalii (9'), I. Soliola (12'), J. Rapana (27'), B. Lee (75')	J. Croker 4/5 (10', 13', 56' 77')	13,745
Saturday, 26 March	Round 4	Gold Coast Titans	GIO Stadium	20 - 24	J. Croker (8'), E. Whitehead (11'), E. Lee (36')	J. Croker 4/4 (10', 13', 37' 55')	11,039
Monday, 4 April	Round 5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Belmore Sports Ground	8 - 22	J. Croker (6', 55'), J. Wighton (11')	J. Croker 5/5 (8', 12', 31' 53', 57')	13,463
Saturday, 9 April	Round 6	Parramatta Eels	Pirtek Stadium	36 - 6	B. Austin (62')	J. Croker 1/1 (63')	12,947
Sunday, 17 April	Round 7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	GIO Stadium	16 - 40	K. Baptiste (52'), J. Rapana (57') A. Sezer (70')	J. Croker 2/3 (58', 70')	12,890
Saturday, 23 April	Round 8	Wests Tigers	GIO Stadium	60 - 6	E. Whitehead (3'), S. Boyd (9'), J. Rapana (25', 39', 59', 69'), J. Croker (43'), P. Vaughan (46') J. Leilua (51', 72'), A. Sezer (62')	J. Croker 8/11 (4', 10', 26', 44', 48', 52', 64', 73')	13,420
Saturday, 30 April	Round 9	Penrith Panthers	Carrington Park	19 - 18	J. Rapana (13', 73'), P. Vaughan (68')	J. Croker 3/3 (15', 69', 74')	6,721
Thursday, 12 May	Round 10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Jubilee Oval	16 - 12	J. Rapana (54'), J. Croker (76')	J. Croker 2/2 (55', 77')	9,647
Saturday, 21 May	Round 11	New Zealand Warriors	Yarrow Stadium	12 - 38	B. Austin (17'), J. Leilua (26'), J. Croker (35'), J. Papalii (55'), J. Hodgson (66'), E. Lee (69')	J. Croker 7/8 (18', 23', 27', 36', 40', 67 71')	12,833
Sunday, 29 May	Round 12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	GIO Stadium	32 - 20	J. Rapana (20'), J. Leilua (37') J. Tapine (57', 78), E. Lee (64') I. Soliola (68')	J. Croker 4/6 (38', 58', 69', 79')	13,907
Friday, 3 June	Round 13	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	GIO Stadium	30 - 18	B. Lee (12'), J. Hodgson (37') E. Whitehead (43'), J. Wighton (49'), J. Papalii (52')	J. Croker 5/5 (14', 39', 45', 50', 53')	9,157
Thursday, 9 June	Round 14	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	26 - 18	K. Baptiste (58', 76'), B. Austin (65')	J. Croker 3/3 (60', 66', 77')	25,021
	Round 15	Bye Round
Sunday, 26 June	Round 16	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium	22 - 30	P. Vaughan (3'), J. Croker (22', 34'), B. Lee (47', 54')	J. Croker 5/6 (4', 11', 35' , 48', 56')	12,645
Sunday, 3 July	Round 17	Newcastle Knights	GIO Stadium	29 - 25	B. Austin (39'), J. Wighton (51'), J. Croker (61', 74'), J. Rapana (85')	A. Sezer 1/1 (40') J. Croker 3/3 (53', 62', 75') B. Austin FG (79')	9,731
Monday, 11 July	Round 18	North Queensland Cowboys	GIO Stadium	26 - 12	J. Wighton (2', 51'), J. Hodgson (14'), A. Sezer (75')	J. Croker 5/6 (3', 16', 19', 57', 76')	8,328
	Round 19	Bye Round
Saturday, 23 July	Round 20	New Zealand Warriors	GIO Stadium	26 - 22	J. Croker (36', 59', 81'), J. Tapine (39'), J. Leilua (67')	J. Croker 3/4 (37', 39', 68')	9,471
Sunday, 31 July	Round 21	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium	4 - 54	E. Whitehead (4', 73'), J. Rapana (24', 40') E. Lee (31'), J. Leilua (35'), J. Croker (62'), B. Austin (70'), I. Soliola (80')	J. Croker 7/10 (25', 36', 40' 48', 72', 75' 80')	10,076
Saturday, 6 August	Round 22	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Southern Cross Group Stadium	14 - 30	J. Rapana (10', 25'), J. Wighton (22'), B. Austin (57')	J. Croker 7/7 (11', 24', 26', 30', 48', 59', 66')	15,133
Monday, 15 August	Round 23	Melbourne Storm	GIO Stadium	22 - 8	J. Leilua (1', 23'), S. Boyd (53')	J. Croker 5/5 (2', 23', 34', 55', 76')	15,707
Sunday, 21 August	Round 24	Parramatta Eels	GIO Stadium
Saturday, 27 August	Round 25	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval
Sunday, 4 September	Round 26	Wests Tigers	Leichhardt Oval

Ladder

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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.

Squad list

Player Statistics

Highest Try Scorers

No.	Player	Games	Tries
=1	Jarrod Croker	21	15
=1	Jordan Rapana	21	15
2	Joseph Leilua	19	8
=3	Jack Wighton	20	7
=3	Blake Austin	16	7

Most Goals

No.	Player	Games	Goals
1	Jarrod Croker	21	90
2	Aiden Sezer	18	1

Most Field Goals

No.	Player	Games	Field Goals
=1	Blake Austin	16	1
=1	Sam Williams	5	1

Highest Point Scorers

No.	Player	Games	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
1	Jarrod Croker	21	15	90	0	240
2	Jordan Rapana	21	15	0	0	60
3	Joseph Leilua	19	8	0	0	32
4	Blake Austin	16	7	0	1	29
5	Jack Wighton	20	7	0	0	28

Canberra Raiders 2016 Squad
NRL Squad								Coaching staff
Blake Austin – FE, HK, HB Kurt Baptiste – HK, HB, FE Mitchell Barnett – SR Luke Bateman – SR, LK Shannon Boyd – PR Adam Clydesdale – HK Jarrod Croker (c) – CE, WG Shaun Fensom – LK, SR Josh Hodgson – HK		Jarrad Kennedy – SR, LK, CE Brenko Lee – CE, WG Edrick Lee – WG, CE Joseph Leilua – CE, WG Jeff Lima – PR Frank-Paul Nu'uausala – PR, SR, LK Tevita Pangai Junior – SR, LK Josh Papalii – SR, LK Jordan Rapana – WG, FB, CE		Iosia Soliola – CE, SR Aidan Sezer – HB, FE Paul Vaughan – PR, SR, LK Sisa Waqa – WG Jack Wighton – FB, CE, FE Sam Williams – HB, FE Elliott Whitehead – SR, CE				Head coach Ricky Stuart Assistant coaches Dean Pay Mick Crawley Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 18 November 2015 Source(s): Raiders 2016 Squad

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Aidan Sezer	Gold Coast Titans	2018	^[1]
Elliott Whitehead	Catalans Dragons	2017	^[2]
Adam Clydsdale	Newcastle Knights	2017	^[3]
Jeff Lima	Catalans Dragons	2017	^[4]

Losses

Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
David Shillington	Gold Coast Titans	2017	^[5]
Mark Nicholls	Melbourne Storm	2016	^[6]
Joel Edwards	Wests Tigers	2017	^[7]
Mitch Cornish	Parramatta Eels	2016	^[8]
Josh McCrone	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2016	^[9]
Jeremy Hawkins	Melbourne Storm	2017	^[10]
Dane Tilse	Hull Kingston Rovers	2017
Bill Tupou	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2017	^[11]
Kyle O'Donnell	Retirement

References

^ "Canberra Raiders sign Aidan Sezer". Canberra Times.
^ "Sign Elliott Whitehead". Raiders. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
^ "Raiders sign Adam Clydsdale | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
^ Jon Tuxworth. "Canberra Raiders ready to pounce on rival big men as salary cap squeeze sets in". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
^ "Shillington to become a Titan". Titans. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
^ "Storm announce four key signings | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
^ "Wests Tigers sign Joel Edwards | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
^ "Top coach headhunted, veteran Titan retires and Bulldogs back re-signs". Foxpsorts.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
^ "Dragons sign McCrone & Faifai Loa". NRL - Zero Tackle.
^ "Storm signs outside back speedster | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
^ "Bill Tupou joins Wakefield Wildcats from Canberra Raiders". bbc.co.uk. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

Template:Wikipedia books

[1] "Canberra Raiders sign Aidan Sezer". Canberra Times.

[2] "Sign Elliott Whitehead". Raiders. Retrieved 2015-11-18.

[3] "Raiders sign Adam Clydsdale | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2015-10-06.

[4] Jon Tuxworth. "Canberra Raiders ready to pounce on rival big men as salary cap squeeze sets in". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-27.

[5] "Shillington to become a Titan". Titans. Retrieved 2015-11-18.

[6] "Storm announce four key signings | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2015-10-06.

[7] "Wests Tigers sign Joel Edwards | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2015-09-29.

[8] "Top coach headhunted, veteran Titan retires and Bulldogs back re-signs". Foxpsorts.com.au. Retrieved 2015-09-26.

[9] "Dragons sign McCrone & Faifai Loa". NRL - Zero Tackle.

[10] "Storm signs outside back speedster | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2015-11-05.

[11] "Bill Tupou joins Wakefield Wildcats from Canberra Raiders". bbc.co.uk. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

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v t e Canberra Raiders
Est. 1982 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Club	History Records Players (Representatives) Coaches
Home grounds	Seiffert Oval (1982-1989) Canberra Stadium (1990–present)
Culture	Mal Meninga Medal 1989 League Legends Cup
League	NSWRL ARL SL NRL
Premierships (3)	1989 1990 1994
Seasons (42)	1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Other competitions	Current NRL Nines New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Tarsha Gale Cup Past Amco Cup NRL Under-20s
Affiliations	Current Canberra Raiders Cup Past Mount Pritchard Mounties Northern Raiders Souths Logan Magpies