2016 NSW Cup season explained

2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW
Prevseason Link:	2015 New South Wales Cup
Prevseason Year:	2015
Nextseason Link:	2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW
Nextseason Year:	2017
No Of Teams:	12
Season Champs:	Illawarra Cutters
Season Champ Name:	Premiers
League Leaders:	Mount Pritchard Mounties
League Leaders Name:	Minor Premiers
Second Place:	Mount Pritchard Mounties
Mvp:	Sam Williams (Mounties) (Intrust Super Premiership NSW Player of the Year)
Top Scorer:	Josh Hall (Penrith) 152 (11 tries, 54 goals)
Top Try Scorer:	Kato Ottio (Mounties) 28
Season2:	Ron Massey Cup
No Of Teams2:	13
Season Champs2:	Mount Pritchard Mounties
Season Champ Name2:	Premiers
League Leaders2:	Mount Pritchard Mounties
League Leaders Name2:	Minor Premiers
Second Place2:	St Mary's Saints
Mvp2:	Brendan Waters (Wests)
Top Scorer2:	Shannon Gallant (Wests) 222 (11 tries, 90 goals)
Top Try Scorer2:	Alex Nicholls-O'Neill (Asquith) 25
Season3:	Sydney Shield
No Of Teams3:	14
Season Champs3:	East Campbelltown Eagles
Season Champ Name3:	Premiers
League Leaders3:	Mount Pritchard Mounties
League Leaders Name3:	Minor Premiers
Second Place3:	Mount Pritchard Mounties
Mvp3:	Jake Pickering (Peninsula)
Top Scorer3:	Jake Horton (Mounties) 310 (20 tries, 115 goals)
Top Try Scorer3:	Maiko Sivo (Mounties) 38

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.

Teams

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

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

Ladder

See 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

See main article: 2016 NSW Cup Finals Series.

The finals commenced on 3 September.^[2]

NRL State Championship

See 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.

Ron Massey Cup

Ladder

2016 Ron Massey Cup season - Final Table
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1		20	16	0	4	2	688	333	+355	36
2		20	15	0	5	2	647	382	+265	34
3		20	14	0	6	2	649	357	+292	32
4		20	13	0	7	2	642	429	+213	30
5	Concord Burwood Wolves	20	12	0	8	2	518	516	+2	28
6		20	10	1	9	2	578	490	+88	25
7		20	9	1	10	2	518	445	+73	23
8		20	9	0	11	2	642	446	+196	22
9		20	9	0	11	2	473	608	-135	22
10		20	8	0	12	2	503	496	+7	20
11		20	8	0	12	2	452	608	-156	20
12		20	5	0	15	2	376	626	-250	14
13		20	1	0	19	2	170	1120	-950	6

Finals

Sydney Shield

Ladder

2016 Sydney Shield season - Final Table
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1		22	20	0	2	0	1014	346	+668	40
2	Peninsula Seagulls	22	18	0	4	0	740	423	+317	36
3		22	17	0	5	0	787	486	+301	34
4		22	15	1	6	0	655	461	+194	31
5		22	13	0	9	0	685	540	+145	26
6		22	13	0	9	0	681	554	+127	26
7		22	12	0	10	0	720	674	+46	24
8		22	8	0	14	0	590	582	+8	16
9		22	7	2	13	0	579	632	-53	16
10		22	8	0	14	0	651	824	-173	16
11		22	7	1	14	0	608	738	-130	15
12		22	7	0	15	0	626	738	-112	14
13		22	6	0	16	0	525	730	-205	12
14		22	1	0	21	0	137	1270	-1133	2

Finals

Notes and References

Web site: Intrust Super Premiership NSW Launched . nswrl.com.au . 29 February 2016 . 1 April 2016.
Web site: ANNOUNCEMENT | Week One Finals Fixtures. 28 August 2016.