2016 NSW Cup season

The 2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW is the ninth season of the NSW Cup, and the first since its sponsorship by Intrust Super.^[1] The winner will compete in the 2016 NRL State Championship, against the winner of the 2016 Queensland Cup.

2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW
Teams	12
Premiers	Illawarra Cutters
Minor Premiers	Mount Pritchard Mounties
Runners-up	Mount Pritchard Mounties
Man of Steel	Sam Williams (Mounties) (Intrust Super Premiership NSW Player of the Year)
Top point-scorer(s)	Josh Hall (Penrith) 152 (11 tries, 54 goals)
Top try-scorer(s)	Kato Ottio (Mounties) 28
Ron Massey Cup
Number of teams	13
Premiers	Mount Pritchard Mounties
Minor Premiers	Mount Pritchard Mounties
Runners-up	St Mary's Saints
Player of the year	Brendan Waters (Wests)
Top point-scorer(s)	Shannon Gallant (Wests) 222 (11 tries, 90 goals)
Top try-scorer(s)	Alex Nicholls-O'Neill (Asquith) 25
Sydney Shield
Number of teams	14
Premiers	East Campbelltown Eagles
Minor Premiers	Mount Pritchard Mounties
Runners-up	Mount Pritchard Mounties
Player of the year	Jake Pickering (Peninsula)
Top point-scorer(s)	Jake Horton (Mounties) 310 (20 tries, 115 goals)
Top try-scorer(s)	Maiko Sivo (Mounties) 38
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Teams

Colors	Club	Location	Stadium	Founded	Joined*	NRL affiliate
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Belmore, NSW, Australia	Belmore Sports Ground, Belmore	1934	2008	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
	Illawarra Cutters	Illawarra, NSW, Australia	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	2012	2012	St. George-Illawarra Dragons
	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Manly, NSW, Australia	Brookvale Oval, Manly	1946	2008	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
	Mount Pritchard Mounties	Mount Pritchard, NSW, Australia	Mt Pritchard Oval, Mount Pritchard	2012	2012	Canberra Raiders
	Newcastle Knights	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle	1988	2012	Newcastle Knights
	Newtown Jets	Newtown, NSW, Australia	Henson Park, Newtown	1908	2008	Cronulla Sharks
	New Zealand Warriors	Penrose, Auckland	Mt Smart Stadium	2007	2014	New Zealand Warriors
	North Sydney Bears	Sydney, NSW, Australia	North Sydney Oval, Sydney	1908	2008	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	Penrith Panthers	Penrith, NSW, Australia	Sportingbet Stadium, Windsor	1966	2008	Penrith Panthers
	Wentworthville Magpies	Wentworthville, NSW, Australia	Ringrose Park, Wentworthville	1963	2008	Parramatta Eels
	Wests Tigers	Leichhardt, NSW, Australia	Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown Leichhardt Oval, Leichhardt	1999	2013	Wests Tigers
	Wyong Roos	Kanwal, NSW, Australia	Morrie Breen Oval, Kanwal	1910	2013	Sydney Roosters

*: The season the team joined is in the NSW Cup/Intrust Super Premiership, not any other competition before this.

Ladder

Main article: 2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Results

2016 New South Wales Cup season - Final Table
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Mount Pritchard Mounties	25	19	0	3	3	609	453	+156	44
2	Illawarra Cutters	25	15	0	7	3	595	445	+150	36
3	Newtown Jets	25	14	0	8	3	599	522	+77	34
4	Wests Tigers	25	13	1	8	3	534	475	+59	33
5	New Zealand Warriors	25	12	0	10	3	537	498	+39	30
6	Wyong Roos	25	11	0	11	3	534	502	+32	28
7	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	25	10	1	11	3	510	484	+26	27
8	Penrith Panthers	25	10	0	12	3	580	464	+116	26
9	Wentworthville Magpies	25	10	0	12	3	472	573	-101	26
10	North Sydney Bears	25	9	0	13	3	410	479	-69	24
11	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	25	6	0	16	3	528	699	-171	18
12	Newcastle Knights	25	2	0	20	3	385	699	-314	10

Finals

Main article: 2016 NSW Cup Finals Series

The finals commenced on 3 September.^[2]

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	Pepper Stadium
	1	Mounties	30
	4	Jets	12			Pepper Stadium
						Jets		22
	Mt Smart Stadium					Warriors		18				Leichhardt Oval
	5	Warriors	21									Mounties		24
	8	Panthers	14									Tigers		18			Pirtek Stadium
																	Mounties		20
	Pepper Stadium											Leichhardt Oval					Cutters		21
	6	Roos	19									Cutters		18
	7	Bulldogs	18			Pepper Stadium						Jets		10
						Tigers		26
	Jubilee Oval					Roos		16
	2	Cutters	32
	3	Tigers	22

NSW Cup Grand Final

Illawarra Cutters	21 – 20	Mount Pritchard Mounties

Sunday, 25 September 4:00pm

Pirtek Stadium, Sydney Player of the Match: Drew Hutchison

NRL State Championship

Main article: 2016 NRL State Championship

As premiers of the NSW Cup, the Illawarra Cutters faced Queensland Cup premiers Burleigh Bears in the NRL State Championship match.

Illawarra Cutters	54 – 12	Burleigh Bears
Tries: Shannon Wakeman (7') 1 Damian Sironen (23') 1 Adam Quinlan (26') 1 Jacob Host (32') 1 Chris Lewis (37') 1 Drew Hutchison (45') 1 Siliva Havili (53') 1 Kurt Mann (57') 1 Taane Milne (63') 1 Goals: Shaun Nona 9/9 (8', 24', 27', 34', 39', 47', 55', 58', 65')	1st: 30 - 0 2nd: 24 - 12	Tries: 1 (61') Josh Ailaomai 1 (80') Kurtis Rowe Goals: 1/1 Darren Nicholls (61') 1/1 Luke Page (80')

Sunday, 2 October 3:40pm (AEDT)

ANZ Stadium, Sydney Referee: Peter Gough, Jon Stone Player of the Match: Drew Hutchison

Ron Massey Cup

Ladder

2016 Ron Massey Cup season - Final Table
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Mount Pritchard Mounties	20	16	0	4	2	688	333	+355	36
2	Western Suburbs Magpies	20	15	0	5	2	647	382	+265	34
3	Wentworthville Magpies	20	14	0	6	2	649	357	+292	32
4	St Mary's Saints	20	13	0	7	2	642	429	+213	30
5	Concord Burwood Wolves	20	12	0	8	2	518	516	+2	28
6	Auburn Warriors	20	10	1	9	2	578	490	+88	25
7	Guildford Owls	20	9	1	10	2	518	445	+73	23
8	Hills District Bulls	20	9	0	11	2	642	446	+196	22
9	Asquith Magpies	20	9	0	11	2	473	608	-135	22
10	Blacktown Workers	20	8	0	12	2	503	496	+7	20
11	Cabramatta Two Blues	20	8	0	12	2	452	608	-156	20
12	Windsor Wolves	20	5	0	15	2	376	626	-250	14
13	Kingsgrove Colts	20	1	0	19	2	170	1120	-950	6

Finals

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	Campbelltown Stadium
	1	Mounties	22
	4	St Marys	26			St Mary's Leagues Stadium
						Mounties		48
	St Mary's Leagues Stadium					Hills District		0				Campbelltown Sports Stadium
	5	Concord Burwood	18									St Mary's		20
	8	Hills District	44									Western Suburbs		14			Parramatta Stadium
																	St Mary's		16
	St Mary's Leagues Stadium											Leichhardt Oval					Mounties		36
	6	Auburn Warriors	10									Wentworthville		6
	7	Guildford	32			St Mary's Leagues Stadium						Mounties		16
						Western Suburbs		32
	Windsor Sporting Complex					Guildford		24
	2	Western Suburbs	12
	3	Wentworthville	13

Sydney Shield

Ladder

2016 Sydney Shield season - Final Table
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Mount Pritchard Mounties	22	20	0	2	0	1014	346	+668	40
2	Peninsula Seagulls	22	18	0	4	0	740	423	+317	36
3	St Mary's Saints	22	17	0	5	0	787	486	+301	34
4	Belrose Eagles	22	15	1	6	0	655	461	+194	31
5	East Campbelltown Eagles	22	13	0	9	0	685	540	+145	26
6	Guildford Owls	22	13	0	9	0	681	554	+127	26
7	Wentworthville Magpies	22	12	0	10	0	720	674	+46	24
8	Cabramatta Two Blues	22	8	0	14	0	590	582	+8	16
9	Windsor Wolves	22	7	2	13	0	579	632	-53	16
10	Western Suburbs Magpies	22	8	0	14	0	651	824	-173	16
11	Auburn Warriors	22	7	1	14	0	608	738	-130	15
12	Hills District Bulls	22	7	0	15	0	626	738	-112	14
13	Blacktown Workers	22	6	0	16	0	525	730	-205	12
14	Asquith Magpies	22	1	0	21	0	137	1270	-1133	2

Finals

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	Campbelltown Stadium
	1	Mounties	38
	4	Belrose	30			St Mary's Leagues Stadium
						Belrose		18
	Campbelltown Stadium					East Campbelltown		32				Leichhardt Oval
	5	East Campbelltown	38									Mounties		32
	8	Cabramatta	26									Peninsula Seagulls		16			Parramatta Stadium
																	Mounties		24
	St Mary's Leagues Stadium											Campbelltown Sports Stadium					East Campbelltown		32
	6	Guildford	30									St Mary's		6
	7	Wentworthville	46			St Mary's Leagues Stadium						East Campbelltown		40
						Peninsula Seagulls		42
	Campbelltown Stadium					Wentworthville		32
	2	Peninsula Seagulls	22
	3	St Mary's	38