2016 NRL Under-20s season

The 2016 NRL Under-20s season (known commercially as the 2016 Holden Cup due to sponsorship from Holden) was the ninth season of the National Rugby League's Under-20s competition. The draw and structure of the competition mirrored that of the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership season.

2016 NRL Under-20s season
Teams	16

Season summary

Schedule

NYC Records

Main article: List of records in the National Youth Competition

Ladder

2016 NYC season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Penrith Panthers	24	18	2	4	2	851	382	+469	42
2	North Queensland Cowboys	24	16	1	7	2	770	520	+250	37
3	St George Illawarra Dragons	24	15	1	8	2	737	545	+192	35
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	15	1	8	2	670	607	+63	35
5	Sydney Roosters (P)	24	14	1	9	2	710	642	+68	33
6	Wests Tigers	24	12	4	8	2	680	541	+139	32
7	Parramatta Eels	24	14	0	10	2	579	562	+17	32
8	Canberra Raiders	24	13	1	10	2	608	694	-86	31
9	Brisbane Broncos	24	11	1	12	2	660	576	+84	27
10	Newcastle Knights	24	11	1	12	2	589	678	-89	27
11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	9	1	14	2	604	694	-90	23
12	Melbourne Storm	24	8	2	14	2	700	758	-58	22
13	Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	2	627	698	-71	22
14	New Zealand Warriors	24	8	1	15	2	466	680	-214	20
15	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	7	0	17	2	468	742	-274	18
16	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	3	1	20	2	483	883	-400	11

Ladder Progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.

Finals Series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
North Queensland Cowboys	30 – 34	St George Illawarra Dragons†	9 September 2016, 5:15 pm	Suncorp Stadium		43,170 (CR)
Sydney Roosters	48 – 0	Canberra Raiders	10 September 2016, 2:55 pm	GIO Stadium Canberra		25,592 (CR)
Wests Tigers	54 – 24	Parramatta Eels	11 September 2016, 11:10 am	Allianz Stadium		21,233 (CR)
Penrith Panthers	28 – 6	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	11 September 2016, 1:30 pm	Allianz Stadium		22,631 (CR)
SEMI FINALS
North Queensland Cowboys	32 – 16	Wests Tigers	16 September 2016, 5:15 pm	1300SMILES Stadium
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	18 – 28	Sydney Roosters	17 September 2016, 5:15 pm	GIO Stadium Canberra
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Penrith Panthers	32 – 16	North Queensland Cowboys	23 September 2016, 2:55 pm	Allianz Stadium
St. George Illawarra Dragons	20 – 26	Sydney Roosters	23 September 2016, 5:15 pm	Allianz Stadium

† Match decided in extra time.

Grand final

Penrith Panthers	Position	Sydney Roosters
Dylan Edwards	FB	Kiah Cooper
Ratu Tuisese	WG	Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck
Christian Crichton	CE	Joseph Manu
Braidon Burns	CE	Jarred Anderson
Daniel Brown	WG	Bernard Lewis
Tyrone May	FE	Paul Momirovski
Soni Luke	HB	Jesse Marschke
Cowan Epere	PR	Poasa Faamausili
Wayde Egan	HK	Grant Garvey (c)
Oliver Clark	PR	Ben Thomas
Kaide Ellis	SR	Reuben Porter
Corey Waddell	SR	Victor Radley
Reed Izzard (c)	LK	Nat Butcher (c)
Dean Blore	Bench	Jarrett Boland
Liam Martin	Bench	Brendan Frei
Thompson Tuigamala	Bench	Sukamanu Raki
Jack Nelson	Bench	Sitili Tupouniua
Cameron Ciraldo	Coach	Anthony Barnes

Sunday, 2 October 1:35pm (AEDT)

Penrith Panthers U20s	28 – 30	Sydney Roosters U20s
Tries: Christian Crichton (16') 1 Corey Waddell (21') 1 Braidon Burns (24') 1 Kaide Ellis (34') 1 Wayde Egan (38') 1 Goals: Dylan Edwards 4/6 (17', 22', 35', 39')	1st: 28 - 6 2nd: 0 - 24	Tries: 2 (8', 65') Joseph Manu 1 (43') Nat Butcher 1 (49') Sitili Tupouniua 1 (73') Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck Goals: 5/5 Jesse Marshke (10', 44', 51', 66', 74')

ANZ Stadium, Sydney Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Drew Oultram Jack Gibson Medal: Nat Butcher Coaches: Anthony Barnes (Sydney Roosters) Cameron Ciraldo (Penrith Panthers)