The 2016 Canberra Raiders season is the 35th in the club's history. Coached by

Ricky Stuart Ricky John Stuart (born 7 January 1967) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Canberra Raiders in the NRL and a former rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He ...

and captained by

Jarrod Croker Jarrod Keith Croker (born 11 September 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who is the captain and goal-kicking for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL. He has played his entire career to date with Canberra, with whom he b ...

, the Raiders are currently competing in the

NRL The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

's 2016 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament.

Squad

Player transfers

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2016 season.

Fixtures

NRL Auckland Nines

The

NRL Auckland Nines The NRL Nines is a rugby league nines competition, normally held during the NRL preseason each year. It was initially held in Auckland, New Zealand, between 2014 and 2017 before going on hiatus. Returning in 2020, hosting duties moved to Pert ...

is a pre-season

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competition featuring all 16

clubs. The 2016 competition was played over two days on 6 February and 7 February at

Eden Park Eden Park is New Zealand's largest sports stadium, with a capacity of 50,000. Located in central Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, it is three kilometres southwest of the CBD, on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount Eden and King ...

. The Raiders feature in the Piha pool and played the

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and

Titans In Greek mythology, the Titans ( grc, οἱ Τῑτᾶνες, ''hoi Tītânes'', , ''ho Tītân'') were the pre-Olympian gods. According to the ''Theogony'' of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (Sky) and Ga ...

Regular season

Finals

Ladder

Player statistics

Highest try scorers

Most goals

Most field goals

Highest point scorers

Representative

Domestic

International

Honours

The Raiders' club awards were announced during their awards night on 19 September. *

Mal Meninga Medal The Mal Meninga Medal is the name of the award that goes to the Canberra Raiders' Player of the Year. The award was named after former Raiders captain and coach, Mal Meninga Malcolm Norman Meninga (; born 8 July 1960) is an Australian profess ...

Josh Hodgson Joshua Hodgson (born 31 October 1989) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL. He has played for the England Knights, England and Great Britain at international level. He has previously ...

and

Josh Papalii Josh Papali'i (born 13 May 1992) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has played for both Australia and Samoa at international level. He has played at repres ...

* NRL Coaches Award: Joseph Leilua and Jordan Rapana * NRL Rookie of the Year:

Clay Priest Clay Priest (born 5 February 1989) is an Australian rugby league footballer who last played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. He plays as a and . He has previously played for the Canberra Raiders. Background ...

* Fred Daly Clubman of the Year:

Iosia Soliola Iosia Soliola (born 4 August 1986) is a former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL). He played for New Zealand and Samoa at international level. He previously played as ...

* 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

References

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