# 2016 NSW Cup Finals Series

In the 2016 season, the Intrust Super Premiership NSW – an Australia-based rugby league competition mainly comprising clubs in New South Wales – was won by Illawarra Cutters.

## Ladder

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Mount Pritchard Mounties | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 607 | 453 | 154 | 44 |
| 2 | Illawarra Steelers | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 595 | 445 | 150 | 36 |
| 3 | Wests Tigers | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 599 | 522 | 77 | 34 |
| 4 | Newtown Jets | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 534 | 475 | 59 | 33 |
| 5 | New Zealand Warriors | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 537 | 498 | 39 | 30 |
| 6 | Wyong Roos | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 534 | 500 | 34 | 28 |
| 7 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 510 | 484 | 26 | 27 |
| 8 | Penrith Panthers | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 580 | 464 | 116 | 26 |
| 9 | Wentworthville Magpies | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 472 | 571 | -99 | 26 |
| 10 | North Sydney Bears | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 408 | 479 | -71 | 24 |
| 11 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 528 | 699 | -171 | 18 |
| 12 | Newcastle Knights | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 385 | 699 | -314 | 10 |

## Finals Chart

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

## Qualifying And Elimination Finals
### 1st Qualifying final

* Saturday, 3 September 12:40PM
| Illawarra Cutters | 32 - 22 | Wests Tigers |
| Tries: Drew Hutchison (5') Kalifa Faifai Loa (12', 21') Chris Lewis (50') Shannon Wakeman (66') Levi Dodd (68') Goals: Shaun Nona 4/6 (6', 51', 67', 70') | Half Time: 14 - 12 | Tries: Matthew Eisenhuth (28') Jackson Williams (36') Manaia Cherrington (76') JJ Felise (79') Goals: Justin Hunt 3/4 (29', 37', 76') |
* Jubilee Oval

### 2nd Qualifying final

* Saturday, 3 September 1:00PM
| Mount Pritchard Mounties | 30 - 12 | Newtown Jets |
| Tries: Zac Santo (5', 53') Scott Sorenson (22') Kato Ottio (27') Brenko Lee (63') Goals: Maurice Kennedy 5/6 (6', 24', 44', 54', 64') | Half Time: 16 - 6 | Tries: Matt Mckilwrick (33') Fa'amanu Brown (71') Goals: Fa'amanu Brown 2/2 (35', 72') |
* Pepper Stadium

### 1st Elimination final

* Saturday, 3 September 3:00PM
| Wyong Roos | 19 - 18 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
| Tries: Omar Slaimankhel (6', 47') Mitchell Williams (27') Goals: Tyler Cornish 3/4 (7', 27', 53') Field Goals: Joey Lussick (80') | Half Time: 12 - 16 | Tries: Makahesi Makatoa (11') Marcelo Montoya (32') Renouf Toomaga (37') Goals: Craig Garvey 2/3 (12', 38') Harrison Siejka 1/1 (79') |
* Pepper Stadium

### 2nd Elimination final

* Sunday, 4 September 1:35PM
| New Zealand Warriors | 21 - 14 | Penrith Panthers |
| Tries: Henare Wells (3', 10') James Gavet (28') Matthew Allwood (67') Goals: Mason Lino 2/4 (29', 69') Field Goals: Mason Lino (79') | Half Time: 14 - 6 | Tries: Chris Aunese-Scanlon (39') Atonio Tauiliili Pelesasa (48') Goals: Zach Dockar-Clay 3/3 (40', 49', 61') |
* Mount Smart Stadium

## Semi-finals
### 1st Semi-final

* Sunday, 11 September 4:00PM
| Wests Tigers | 26 - 16 | Wyong Roos |
| Tries: Justin Hunt (11') Jordan Grant (15') Jack Littlejohn (38') Josh Addu (59') Goals: Justin Hunt 4/4 (13', 16', 40', 60') Tyler Cassel 1/1 (45') | Half Time: 18 - 12 | Tries: Tyler Cornish (5') Luke Garner (22', 66') Goals: Tyler Cornish 2/3 (6', 23') |
* Pepper Stadium

### 2nd Semi-final

* Sunday, 11 September 6:35PM
| Newtown Jets | 22 - 18 | New Zealand Warriors |
| Tries: Josh Cleeland (13') Corin Smith (26') Matt Mckilwrick (42') Kurt Kara (50') Goals: Fa'amanu Brown 3/5 (43', 51', 60') | Half Time: 8 - 8 | Tries: Nathaniel Roach (4') Hanare Wells (36', 67') Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (78') Goals: Mason Lino 1/4 (79') |
* Pepper Stadium

## Preliminary Finals
### 1st Preliminary final

* Sunday, 18 September 3:15PM
| Mount Pritchard Mounties | 24 - 18 | Wests Tigers |
| Tries: Edward Aiono (29') 1 Zac Santo (43') 1 Jarrad Kennedy (71') 1 Adam Clydsdale (76') 1 Goals: Sam Williams 4/4 (31', 45', 73', 77') | 1st: 6 - 18 2nd: 18 - 0 | Tries: 1 (1') Watson Heleta 2 (24', 34') Jeremy Marshall-King Goals: 3/4 Justin Hunt (18' pen, 26', 35') |
* Leichhardt Oval

### 2nd Preliminary final

* Sunday, 18 September 5:15PM
| Illawarra Cutters | 18 - 10 | Newtown Jets |
| Tries: Taane Milne (16') 1 Jacob Host (73') 1 Adam Quinlan (76') 1 Goals: Shaun Nona 1/1 (16') Levi Dodd 2/2 (74', 77') | 1st: 6 - 6 2nd: 12 - 4 | Tries: 1 (3') Kenny Niko 1 (47') Jacob Gagan Goals: 1/3 Fa'amanu Brown (38' pen) |
* Leichhardt Oval

## Grand final

* Sunday, 25 September 4:15PM
| Mount Pritchard Mounties | 20 – 21 | Illawarra Cutters |
| Tries: Edward Aiono (16') 1 Sam Duggan (25') 1 Scott Sorensen (37') 1 Zac Santo (42') 1 Goals: Sam Williams 2/4 (26', 43') | 1st: 14 - 16 2nd: 6 - 5 | Tries: 2 (12', 65') Kalifa FaiFai Loa 1 (3') Levi Dodd 1 (9') Kurt Mann Goals: 2/4 Levi Dodd (4', 13') Field Goals: 1 (73') Drew Hutchinson |
* Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta Referee: Jon Stone