2016 New Zealand rugby league season

The 2016 New Zealand rugby league season will be the 109th season of rugby league that has been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year will be a re-formatted National Competition, run by the New Zealand Rugby League.

International competitions

The Kiwis will compete in the 2016 ANZAC test, an end of season test match against Australia in Perth, and the 2016 Four Nations in Great Britain.[1]

The Junior Kiwis will play a trans-Tasman match on 7 May and the New Zealand Residents side will play a New Zealand Māori Residents team on 15 October.[2]

National competitions

Rugby League Cup

Auckland are the holders of the Rugby League Cup but have not defended the trophy since 2012.

National Competition

2016 will be the seventh year of the National Competition. The competition was reformatted for this season, with Akarana, Counties Manukau, Canterbury and Wellington competing in a National Championship. The other zones will revert to district teams with these teams competing in four regional championships. The four winners will then compete in a National Premiership competition, and the winner will play a promotion-relegation match against the last placed National Championship side.[3]

The National Secondary Schools Tournament will take place between 29 August and 2 September while the National Youth Tournament will take place between 26 and 30 September.[2]

National Championship

Season standings
Team Pld W D L B PF PA Pts
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Wellington Orcas 00000000
Final
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
1 October

National Premiership

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Central Region Winner 00000000
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Promotion/Relegation
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
1 October

Regional competitions

The Southern region series, which starts in August, will involve Southland, Otago, West Coast and Tasman.[4]

Australian competitions

The New Zealand Warriors will play their 22nd first grade season in the Australian competition, playing in the National Rugby League.

The Warriors will also field teams in the New South Wales Cup and Holden Cup.

For the third consecutive year, Auckland will again host the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines.

Club competitions

Auckland

The Papakura Sea Eagles won the ARL Coastal Classic Nines, defeating the Howick Hornets 20-14 in the final. The Ngaruawahia Panthers won the plate, defeating the Manurewa Marlins 8-0. It was the first time a side from the Waikato had competed.[5]

Other leagues

The Southland Rugby League and Otago Rugby League ran a joint eight team competition after both leagues were reduced to four teams.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Perth to host October Test match". nrl.com. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Calendar nurtures trans-Tasman talent". nzrl.co.nz. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "NZRL re-launch national competition for 2016". APRL. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Southland and Otago rugby league competitions to combine". Southland Times. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Papakura and Ngaruawahia win at Sportsafe ARL Coastal Classic Nines". Auckland Rugby League. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Team Sheet".
  7. ↑ "Team Sheet".
  8. ↑ "Team Sheet".
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