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

Ricky Stuart Ricky John "Sticky" Stuart (born 7 January 1967) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of Canberra in the National Rugby League (NRL) and a former rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1980 ...

and captained by Jarrod Croker, the Raiders are currently competing in the

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's 2016 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the

2016 NRL Auckland Nines The 2016 NRL Auckland Nines (known as the Downer NRL Auckland Nines due to sponsorship) was the third NRL Auckland Nines competition. It was held on 6–7 February 2016 at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. As with previous tournaments, it wa ...

pre-season tournament.

Squad

Player transfers

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

Fixtures

NRL Auckland Nines

The NRL Auckland Nines 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

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. The Raiders feature in the Piha pool and played the

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and

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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 and was first awarded in 2008. Before this there was no name for the award ...

: Josh Hodgson and

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* NRL Coaches Award: Joseph Leilua and Jordan Rapana * NRL Rookie of the Year: Clay Priest * Fred Daly Clubman of the Year: Iosia Soliola * 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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