2016 National Rugby Championship

2016 National Rugby Championship
Date	27 August – 22 October 2016
Champions	Perth Spirit (1st title)
Runners-up	NSW Country Eagles
Matches played	31
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The 2016 National Rugby Championship (known as the Buildcorp National Rugby Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of Australia's National Rugby Championship. It involved eight professional rugby union teams, one team fewer than in the previous two seasons. The competition kicked off on 27 August 2016.

Teams

WSR

Location of teams in the 2016 National Rugby Championship

Legend:

BC – Brisbane City
CV – Canberra Vikings
CE – Country Eagles
MR – Melbourne Rising
PS – Perth Spirit
QC – Queensland Country
SR – Sydney Rays
WSR – Western Sydney Rams

A major change was made for the 2016 season with the scrapping of the Sydney Stars team. The Australian Rugby Union did not renew their licence for the competition to consolidate playing strength of the teams in New South Wales.^[1] The North Harbour Rays subsequently changed their name to become the Sydney Rays.^[1] Prior to the season it was also reported that the Canberra Vikings would be renamed the Canberra Kookaburras in a return to the traditional name of the ACT team, but this change was postponed until at least the 2017 season.^[2]

The eight teams for the 2016 NRC season include three from New South Wales, two from Queensland, and one each from Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, and Western Australia:

Region	Team	Coach(es)	Captain(s)	Refs
ACT	Canberra Vikings	Wayne Southwell	Jarrad Butler	^[2]
NSW	NSW Country Eagles	Darren Coleman	Paddy Ryan	^[3]
	Sydney Rays	Simon Cron	Matt Lucas	^[4]
	Western Sydney Rams	John Muggleton	Paul Asquith	^[5]
QLD	Brisbane City	Rod Seib	Sam Talakai	^[6]
QLD	Queensland Country	Toutai Kefu	James Tuttle	^[6]
VIC	Melbourne Rising	Zane Hilton	Nic Stirzaker	^[7]
WA	Perth Spirit	Dwayne Nestor	Heath Tessmann	^[8]

Home match venues scheduled for the 2016 NRC season:

Region	Team	Match Venue	Capacity	City
ACT	Canberra Vikings	Viking Park	8,000	Canberra
NSW	NSW Country Eagles	Endeavour Oval^a	3,000	Orange
		Magpies Rugby Park	3,000	Tamworth
		Scully Park	11,000	Tamworth
		Sports Ground No. 2	5,000	Newcastle
		Sydney University	5,000	Sydney
	Sydney Rays	North Sydney Oval	20,000
	Sydney Rays	Pittwater Park	10,000
	Western Sydney Rams	Concord Oval	20,000
QLD	Brisbane City	Ballymore	18,000	Brisbane
	Queensland Country	Bond University	5,000	Gold Coast
	Queensland Country	Sports Ground	9,000	Toowoomba
VIC	Melbourne Rising	Holmesglen Reserve	3,000	Melbourne
VIC	Melbourne Rising	Frankston Park	8,000	Melbourne
WA	Perth Spirit	UWA Rugby Club	4,000	Perth

Television coverage and streaming

Two of the NRC matches each weekend are broadcast live via Fox Sports. Discussion of the NRC competition is included on Fox Sports' review show NRC Extra Time on Monday nights,^[9] and the Rugby 360 program on Wednesday evenings.

Experimental Law Variations

The ARU was given approval by World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) to conduct experimental law trials as part of the 2014 National Rugby Championship.^[10] These law variations, including the changing the scoring value of conversions to three points and penalties to two points, were retained for the 2015 season.^[9] For the 2016 season, however, scoring values were changed again to make tries worth six points and any form of goal worth two points.^[11]

NRC Law Variations

Existing Law of the Game	Variation
Law 9.A.1 Value of a Try - 5 points Value of a Penalty goal - 3 points Value of a Dropped goal - 3 points	Value of a Try - 6 points Value of a Penalty goal - 2 points Value of a Dropped goal - 2 points Also being trialled in New Zealand’s Heartland Championship in 2016.^[12]
Law 5.7(e) If time expires and the ball is not dead, or an awarded scrum or lineout has not been completed, the referee allows play to continue until the next time that the ball becomes dead. The ball becomes dead when the referee would have awarded a scrum, lineout, an option to the non-infringing team, drop out or after a conversion or successful penalty kick at goal. If a scrum has to be reset, the scrum has not been completed. If time expires and a mark, free kick or penalty kick is then awarded, the referee allows play to continue.	Non-offending team is allowed to kick the ball into touch after being awarded a penalty kick, which has been blown after time expires, and the lineout will take place.
Law 19.6 The player taking the throw-in must stand at the correct place. The player must not step into the field of play when the ball is thrown. The ball must be thrown straight, so that it travels at least 5 metres along the line of touch before it first touches the ground or touches or is touched by a player.	Latitude will be given to the throwing team if the opposing team does not compete for the ball near where the ball is received
Law 9.B.1(e) The kicker must take the kick within one minute and thirty seconds (ninety seconds) from the time a try has been awarded. The player must take the kick within one minute and thirty seconds even if the ball rolls over and has to be placed again.	Time limit reduced to 60 seconds for conversion kicks, and 45 seconds for penalty kicks.
Law 20.1(d) No delay. A team must not intentionally delay forming a scrum.	Team has 30 seconds to form a scrum from the time the referee gives the mark.
Law 20.12(c) When a team has won the ball in a scrum, the scrum half of the opposing team is offside if that scrum half steps in front of the ball with either foot while the ball is still in the scrum.	Opposing scrum half is not allowed to enter the gap between the flanker and number 8, even if they stay behind the ball
Law 21.2(a) The kicker must take the penalty or free kick at the mark or anywhere behind it on a line through the mark.	Increased latitude will be given to where penalty and free kicks are to be taken
Law 19.2(d) For a quick throw-in, the player must use the ball that went into touch. A quick throw-in is not permitted if another person has touched the ball apart from the player throwing it in and an opponent who carried it into touch. The same team throws into the lineout.	Players will be allowed to take quick throw-ins regardless of whether someone else has touched the ball
Law 17.2(d) Keeping players on their feet. Players in a maul must endeavour to stay on their feet. The ball carrier in a maul may go to ground providing the ball is available immediately and play continues.	Greater policing of this law, in order to discourage "hold up tackles", by ensuring that the tackler, who holds up a ball carrier in an effort to form a maul, does not collapse the maul as soon as it has formed.
Competition rule - Bonus point awarded for scoring 4 tries	Bonus point awarded if winning team scores 3 or more tries than their opponents. This particular system has been used in France's professional leagues since the 2007–08 northern hemisphere season.^[13]^[14]
Television match official protocols	Television match official to only be consulted about tries and in-goal plays.

Regular season

The eight teams compete in a round-robin tournament for the regular season. Each team has four matches at home and four away. The top four teams qualify for the title play-offs with semi-finals and finals.

During this section of the tournament, teams can also play for the Horan-Little Shield, a challenge trophy that is played for when a challenge is accepted or offered by the holders.

Standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
National Rugby Championship

1	NSW Country Eagles HL	7	6	0	1	280	190	+90	3	1	28
2	Sydney Rays	7	6	0	1	258	174	+84	3	0	27
3	Perth Spirit	7	5	0	2	250	210	+40	2	0	22
4	Melbourne Rising	7	3	0	4	260	262	−2	1	3	16
5	Canberra Vikings	7	3	0	4	254	276	−22	2	1	15
6	Western Sydney Rams	7	2	0	5	264	266	−2	1	4	13
7	Brisbane City	7	2	0	5	216	306	−90	0	1	9
8	Queensland Country	7	1	0	6	248	346	−98	0	3	7
Updated: 9 October 2016 Source: rugbyarchive.net • Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the preliminary competition rounds qualify for the Title play-offs. HL denotes the holder of the Horan-Little Shield.
Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for the winning team scoring three or more tries than their opponent (TB), one bonus point for losing by eight or less (LB). If teams are level on points in the standings at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:^{[Table notes 1]} • Difference between points for and against • Match result between tied teams • Total number of tries scored in the competition ↑ McKay, Brett. "NRC tie breaker method". Green and Gold Rugby. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016.

Competition rounds

Round 1

	27 August 2016	Perth Spirit	20–16	Melbourne Rising BP	McGillivray Oval, Perth
	11:00	Try: Morahan (2) 48', 67' Havili 5' Con: Lance (1/3) 67'		Try: Jeffries 38' Reid 56' Con: Debreczeni (2/2) 39', 57'	Attendance: 600 Referee: Graham Cooper ^[15]

	27 August 2016	NSW Country Eagles	22–12	Brisbane City	Uni Rugby Field, Sydney
	15:00	Try: Hanigan 26' Newsome 40' Needs 43' Con: Deegan (2/3) 27', 40' Cards: Needs 52' to 62' Hanigan 69' to 79'		Try: Strachan 38' Beauchamp 52' Con: Russell (0/1) Strachan (0/1) Cards: Ready 6' to 16' L. Tui 28' to 38'	Referee: Angus Gardner

	28 August 2016	BP Sydney Rays	50–30	Western Sydney Rams	North Sydney Oval, Sydney
	13:00	Try: Woolf (2) 4', 80' Fitzpatrick 11' Jones 14', Dempsey 32' Simone 36', Roos 70' Con: Sinclair (4/7) 5', 12', 15', 33' Cards: Dempsey 49' to 59', 74' to 80'		Try: Paenga-Amosa (2) 17', 28' Tufui 49' Allen 58' Con: Asquith (3/3) 29', 50', 59' Nikoro (0/1) Cards: Payne 64' to 74'	Referee: Will Houston

	28 August 2016	Queensland Country	20–58	Canberra Vikings BP	Bond University, Gold Coast
	15:00	Try: Banks (2) 72', 74' Perese 61' Con: Mason (1/3) 75'		Try: Dargaville (2) 6', 27' Arnold (2) 19', 50' Speight (2) 68', 80' Abel 30' Jackson-Hope 76' Con: Jooste (5/8) 6', 28', 51', 68', 77'	Referee: Nic Berry

Round 2

	1 September 2016	BP Sydney Rays	28–8	Perth Spirit	North Sydney Oval, Sydney
	16:30	Try: Jones 23' Wileman 49' Fitzpatrick 64' Luxton 75' Con: Lucas (2/4)49', 64'		Try: Louwrens 4' Con: Lance (1/1) 5' Cards: Stringer 34' to 44' Vasukicakau 54' to 64' May 64' to 74' Alatimu 80' to 80+1'	Referee: Angus Gardner

Horan-Little Challenge	3 September 2016	Brisbane City	44–36	Western Sydney Rams BP	Ballymore, Brisbane
	15:00	Try: Felsman (2) 61', 71 Gibbon 12', Tui 22' Talakai 35', Houston 42' Con: McIntyre (3/4) 23', 35', 43' Felsman (1/1) 63' James (0/1) Cards: Gunn 31' to 41' Houston 51' to 61' Ready 65' to 75'		Try: Paenga-Amosa 6' Gale 30' Smart 40' Viiga 52' Kei 66' Con: Asquith (3/5) 31', 52', 67' Cards: Skelton 33' to 43'	Referee: Ed Martin

	4 September 2016	Melbourne Rising	46–32	Queensland Country	Holmesglen Reserve, Melbourne
	13:00	Try: English 5' Leafa 32' Meehan 48' Timani 55' Tuimalealiifano 58' Tuipulotu 73' Con: Meehan (5/5) 5', 32', 49', 56', 75' Debreczeni (0/1) Cards: Reid 7' to 17' Toolis 78' to 80+2'		Try: Simmons 9' Rodda 12' Perese 17' Mitchell 40' Con: Mason (4/4) 10', 13', 18', 40'	Referee: Rohan Hoffmann

	4 September 2016	Canberra Vikings	28–60	NSW Country Eagles BP	Viking Park, Canberra
	15:00	Try: A. Robinson (2) 67', 75' Smith 65' Arnold 80' Con: Jooste (2/4) 65', 76' Cards: Coleman 7' to 17'		Try: Newsome (2) 3', 61' Perry (2) 9', 50' Ward 23', Hanigan 29' Godwin 46', R. Robinson 57' Con: Deegan (5/7) 4', 10', 30' 48', 58' Adams (1/1) 61' Cards: Newsome 63' to 73' Fainga'a 63' to 73' Perry 80' to 80+1'	Referee: Graham Cooper

Round 3

	10 September 2016	BP Western Sydney Rams	24–30	Perth Spirit	Concord Oval, Sydney
	13:00	Try: Toleafoa 25' Paenga-Amosa 30' Payne 65' Con: Asquith (3/3) 26', 31', 67' Cards: Toleafoa 11' to 21'		Try: Lance 14' Matuauto 22', Vasukicakau 32' Louwrens 40' Con: Lance (3/4) 14', 33', 40' Cards: Havilli 74' to 80'	Referee: Ed Martin

	10 September 2016	BP Queensland Country	22–30	Sydney Rays	Bond University, Gold Coast
	15:00	Try: Perese 27' Third 65', Banks 78' Con: Tuttle (1/1) 28' Third (1/2) 66'		Try: Woolf (2) 35', 47' Palmer 40', Brown 58' Con: Lucas (3/4) 37', 40', 59' Cards: Sinclair 9' to 19' Bergelin 65' to 75'	Referee: Jordan Way

Horan-Little Challenge	11 September 2016	Brisbane City	20–52	Canberra Vikings BP	Ballymore, Brisbane
	13:00	Try: Naisarani 3' Frisby 16' Kuridrani 37' Con: McIntyre (1/3) 38' Cards: Kuridrani 66' to 76'		Try: Abel (2) 10', 45' Noa 22', Robinson 27' Butler 66', Carter 74' Speight 78' Con: Thompson (3/4) 23', 27', 46' Jooste (2/3) 76' 79'	Referee: Nic Berry

	11 September 2016	NSW Country Eagles	32–30	Melbourne Rising BP	Rugby Park, Tamworth
	15:00	Try: Latu 20' Figg 23', Hanigan 31' Gordon 33' Con: Deegan (4/4) 21', 24', 31', 34' Cards: Newsome 74' to 80'		Try: Meehan 27' Snowden 43' Silafai-Leaana 63' R. Leota 78' Con: Debreczeni (3/4) 27', 44', 79'	Referee: Will Houston

Round 4

	17 September 2016	Sydney Rays	16–36	NSW Country Eagles BP	Pittwater Park, Sydney
	13:00	Try: Vest 4' Penalty try 57' Con: Lucas (1/1) 5' Sinclair (1/1) 57'		Try: Robinson (2) 40', 49' Latu 20', Cusack 80' Gordon 81' Con: Deegan (2/3) 21', 51' Adams (1/2) 80' Cards: Latu 55' to 65' Fainga'a 67' to 77'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rohan Hoffmann

	17 September 2016	Melbourne Rising	46–28	Brisbane City	Holmesglen Reserve, Melbourne
	15:00	Try: Debreczeni (2) 19', 80' Tupai 8', Reid 12' Placid 32', Fox 72' Con: Debreczeni (1/2) 13' Meehan (4/4) 20', 33', 73', 80' Cards: Tupai 37' to 47' English 53' to 63'		Try: Naisarani (2) 29', 35' White 58' James 76' Con: McIntyre (1/3) 30' James (1/1) 76' Cards: James 16' to 26'	Referee: Ed Martin

Horan-Little Challenge	18 September 2016	Canberra Vikings	22–16	Western Sydney Rams BP	Viking Park, Canberra
	13:00	Try: Taliauli 31' Tuala 40', McInerney 70' Con: Jooste (2/3) 40', 71		Try: Latunipulu 18' Toleafoa 36' Con: Asquith (2/2) 18', 37'	Referee: Amy Perrett

	18 September 2016	BP Perth Spirit	66–36	Queensland Country	McGillivray Oval, Perth
	13:00	Try: Morahan (3) 31', 70', 75' R. Haylett-Petty (2) 38', 40' Vui 26', Louwrens 42' Brache 46', Matuauto 79 Con: Lance (6/9) 27', 32', 40', 43', 47', 71'. Cards: Stringer 55' to 65'		Try: Kaitu'u 56' Paia'aua 59' Cornelsen 62' Mason 74' Banks 82' Con: Third (1/1) 57' Mason (2/4) 63', 74'	Referee: Jordan Way

Round 5

	24 September 2016	BP NSW Country Eagles	48–24	Perth Spirit	Concord Oval, Sydney^a
	13:00	Try: Gordon (3) 16', 29', 46' R. Robinson 19' Godwin 67', Hanigan 83' Con: Adams (6/6) 17', 20', 47', 68', 84' Cards: Fainga'a 10' to 20' Croke 69' to 79'		Try: Tapuai 26' Eden 32' Matuauto 62' Con: Lance (3/3) 27', 33', 64'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nic Berry

	24 September 2016	Western Sydney Rams	50–46	Queensland Country BP	Concord Oval, Sydney
	15:00	Try: Smart (2) 22', 80' Viiga 15', Asquith 37' Paenga-Amosa 44' Latunipulu 62' Penalty Try 87' Con: Asquith (2/4) 37', 45' Walton (2/3) 63', 88'		Try: McNamara 5' Banks 17', Pincus 20' Casey 31', Scott-Young 33' Jones 53' Con: Mason (5/6) 18', 21', 31', 34', 54' Cards: Jones 80+2' to 80+8'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Amy Perrett

Horan-Little Challenge	25 September 2016	Canberra Vikings	44–60	Melbourne Rising BP	Viking Park, Canberra
	13:00	Try: Mann-Rea (3) 36', 40', 51' Staniforth 47', Carter 56' Thompson 73' Con: Thompson (4/6) 47', 52', 56', 73' Cards: Taliauli 64' to 74'		Try: English (3) 14, 44', 69' Johansson (2) 53', 59', Jeffries 23' Debreczeni 32', Toolis 67' Tuipulotu 80' Con: Debreczeni(3/9) 33', 60', 70'	Referee: Graham Cooper

	25 September 2016	BP Brisbane City	32–38	Sydney Rays	Ballymore, Brisbane
	15:00	Try: Sorovi 9' McIntyre 28' L. Tui 49' Lacey 64' Tupou 71' Con: McIntyre (1/5) 50'		Try: Simone (2) 22', 33' Dempsey 38', Turner 55' Alcock 67' Con: Lucas (3/4) 23', 33', 39' Sinclair (1/1) 68' Cards: Fitzpatrick 69' to 79'	Referee: Will Houston

Round 6

	1 October 2016	Queensland Country	40–38	NSW Country Eagles BP	Sports Ground, Toowoomba
	13:00 AEST	Try: Paia’aua (2) 44', 49' Scott-Young 4', Postal 25' Casey 38', Asiata 70' Con: Mason (2/5) 26', 45' Third (0/1)		Try: Hill (2) 15', 73' Kagiassis 17', L. Holmes 54' Godwin 59' Con: Deegan (4/5) 17', 55', 60', 74'	Referee: Damon Murphy

	1 October 2016	BP Sydney Rays	58–14	Canberra Vikings	Pittwater Park, Sydney
	15:00 AEST	Try: Fitzpatrick (2) 20', 25' Jones (2) 22', 79', Turner (2) 28', 40' Wells 8', Sinclair 54' Con: Lucas (5/7) 9', 20', 26', 29', 40' Sinclair (0/1) Cards: Alcock 71' to 80+1'		Try: Smiler 32' McInerney 61' Con: Jooste (1/1) 33' Horan (0/1)	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Nic Berry

Horan-Little Challenge	2 October 2016	Melbourne Rising	30–68	Western Sydney Rams BP	Holmesglen Reserve, Melbourne
	15:00 AEDT	Try: Tuipulotu (2) 41', 50' Snowden 16', Leafa 22' Con: Debreczeni (3/4) 17', 23', 51' Cards: Johansson 32' to 42' Toolis 60' to 70' Debreczeni 67' to 77'		Try: Viiga (3) 9', 40', 67' Sopoaga 19', Asquith 30' Walton 33', Lolohea 45' Nikoro 62', Taupou 79' Con: Asquith (7/9) 10', 30', 34', 40', 46', 68', 80' Cards: Smart 49' to 59'	Referee: Ed Martin

	2 October 2016	BP Perth Spirit	60–22	Brisbane City	McGillivray Oval, Perth
	14:00 AWST	Try: Hardwick (2) 40', 64' McCalman (2) 51', 60', Tessmann 15' Brache 33', Masirewa 55' Eden 76', R. Haylett-Petty 79' Con: Prior (1/6) 16' Eden (1/1) 65' Alatimu (1/2) 76' Cards: Louwrens 10' to 20'		Try: McIntyre 11' Felsman 29', Lacey 67' Con: McIntyre (2/3) 12', 30' Cards: Sorovi 39' to 49' Sooaemalelagi 48' to 58' L. Tui 51' to 61'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Rohan Hoffmann

Round 7

Horan-Little Challenge	8 October 2016	BP Western Sydney Rams	40–44	NSW Country Eagles	Concord Oval, Sydney
	13:00 AEDT	Try: Viiga (2) 8' 26' Wessels 22', Paenga-Amosa 48' Smart 64', Minute 72' Con: Asquith (2/6) 23', 64' Cards: Viiga 68' to 78'		Try: Gordon (2) 44', 69' R. Robinson 16', Fainga'a 31' Ward 33', Ryan 76' Con: Deegan (2/4) 32', 34' Adams (2/2) 69', 77' Cards: Figg 21' to 31'	Attendance: 3,000+ Referee: Graham Cooper

	8 October 2016	BP Canberra Vikings	36–42	Perth Spirit	Viking Park, Canberra
	15:00 AEDT	Try: Mann-Rae (2) 27', 63' Taliauli 9', Sinoti 17' Thompson 78' Con: Thompson (3/4) 10', 18', 79' Horan (0/1)		Try: Stander (2) 21', 55' Vasukicakau 37', Louwrens 48' Meakes 66' Con: Lance (1/1) 22' Prior (3/3) 38', 49', 56' Alatimu (1/1) 67' Pen: Alatimu (1/1) 80'	Referee: Will Houston

	9 October 2016	BP Melbourne Rising	38–32	Sydney Rays	Frankston Park, Melbourne
	13:00 AEDT	Try: Placid 12' Cummins 17', Lomax 44' English 76' Con: Johansson (3/3) 13', 18', 45' Snowden (1/1) 77'		Try: Dempsey 4' Foley 6', Roos 19' Jones 28', Simone 38' Con: Sinclair (4/5) 5', 20', 29', 39'	Referee: Nic Berry

	9 October 2016	Brisbane City	58–52	Queensland Country BP	Ballymore, Brisbane
	14:00 AEST	Try: White (2) 4', 12' Naisarani (2) 46', 56', Gibbon (2) 65', 73' Beauchamp 17', Kuridrani 21' Con: McIntyre (5/8) 12', 18', 47', 58', 66' Cards: Paraka 61' to 71'		Try: Tuttle (2) 36', 62' Postal 9', Tupou 26' Perese 60', Lefau 76' Banks 78' Con: Third (0/1) Paia’aua (5/6) 27', 37', 61', 63', 79' Cards: Tupou 49' to 59'	Attendance: 3,000+ Referee: Damon Murphy

Title play-offs

The top four sides in the regular season advanced to the semifinals of the knock-out stage, which was followed by the final to decide the National Rugby Championship title.

Semi-finals

	15 October 2016	NSW Country Eagles	50–24	Melbourne Rising	Sports Ground No. 2, Newcastle
	15:00 AEDT	Try: Figg (2) 12', 37' Robinson (2) 28', 31' Gordon (2) 60', 80' O'Regan 50' Con: Deegan (3/6) 13', 29', 50, Adams (1/1) 80'		Try: Naivalu 2' Leafa 7' Reid 64' Con: Debreczeni (3/3) 3', 8', 65'	Referee: Graham Cooper

	16 October 2016	Sydney Rays	24–42	Perth Spirit	Pittwater Park, Sydney
	15:00 AEDT	Try: Fitzpatrick 8' Jones 10' Woolf 71 Con: Lucas (2/2) 9', 11' Sinclair (1/1) 72' Cards: Dempsey 51' to 61'		Try: Prior (2) 33', 43' Masirewa 15', Brache 21' Tessmann 51', Rangi 75' Con: Prior (3/6) 22', 43', 53' Cards: Meakes 48' to 58'	Referee: Will Houston

Final

	22 October 2016	NSW Country Eagles	16–20	Perth Spirit	Scully Park, Tamworth
	19:45 AEDT	Try: Figg 37' Hill 75' Con: Deegan (1/1) 37' Adams (1/1) 75' Cards: Perry 43' to 53'		Try: Louwrens (2) 33', 44' Morahan 31' Con: Tapuai (1/1) 45' Lance (0/2) Cards: Cowan 48' to 58' Stander 64' to 74'	Referee: Nic Berry

NSW Country

Perth Spirit

Players

The leading scorers in 2016 over the regular season and finals combined were:

Notes

^a The venue for the Round 5 fixture between NSW Country Eagles and Perth Spirit was moved from Orange due to heavy rains causing Endeavour Oval to become waterlogged. The match was relocated to Concord Oval in Sydney.^[16]

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International trophies

World Rugby events

Men's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series U20 World Championship

Women's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series

Multi-sport events

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