The

2016 NRL season The 2016 NRL season was the 109th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 19th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match, w ...

consists of 26 weekly regular season rounds starting on Thursday 3 March, and concluded on Sunday 2 October with the grand final.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8 (Anzac Round)

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

The Sharks beat Newcastle to win 15 games in a row.

Round 21

Round 22

The Sharks suffer their first defeat since Round 3 against Manly

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

During this round there was a very unusual event. The Melbourne Storm and Cronulla Sharks fought for the minor Premiership with the Sharks going down 26–6 to the Storm. However, because of the 20 point loss the Cronulla Sharks dropped to third, overtaken by the Canberra Raiders who beat Wests Tigers 52–10. This then resulted in a different top 2 then the ones that fought for the Minor Premiership.

Finals series

For the fifth year the NRL uses the finals system previously implemented by the ARL competition from the 1990s (also used as the

AFL final eight system The AFL final eight system is an eight-team championship playoff tournament developed and adopted by the Australian Football League in the 2000 season. The eight teams, which are ranked or seeded in advance of the tournament, participate in a fo ...

) to decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams. were featured in the preceding finals series.

Qualifying And Elimination Finals

1st Elimination Final 1st Qualifying Final 2nd Qualifying Final 2nd Elimination Final

Semi-finals

1st Semi-final Match decided in extra time.
2nd Semi-final

Preliminary Finals

1st Preliminary Final 2nd Preliminary Final

2016 NRL Grand Final The 2016 NRL Grand Final was a rugby league match between the Melbourne Storm and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks to determine the premiers of the National Rugby League for the 2016 season. The match was held at Sydney's ANZ Stadium on Sunday 2 ...

References

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