2016 NRL season results

The 2016 NRL season consists of 26 weekly regular season rounds starting on Thursday 3 March, and concluded on Sunday 2 October with the grand final.

Round 4

Round 8 (Anzac Round)

Round 12

Round 16

Round 20

The Sharks beat Newcastle to win 15 games in a row.

Round 22

The Sharks suffer their first defeat since Round 3 against Manly

Round 26

During this round there was a very unusual event. The Melbourne Storm and Cronulla Sharks fought for the minor Premiership with the Sharks going down 26–6 to the Storm. However, because of the 20 point loss the Cronulla Sharks dropped to third, overtaken by the Canberra Raiders who beat Wests Tigers 52–10. This then resulted in a different top 2 then the ones that fought for the Minor Premiership.

Finals series

For the fifth year the NRL uses the finals system previously implemented by the ARL competition from the 1990s to decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams. were featured in the preceding finals series.

Qualifying And Elimination Finals

1st Elimination Final
1st Qualifying Final
2nd Qualifying Final
'''2nd Elimination Final'''

Semi-finals

1st Semi-final
Match decided in extra time.
'''2nd Semi-final'''

Preliminary Finals

1st Preliminary Final
'''2nd Preliminary Final'''