2016 NRL State Championship

2016 (2016) NRL State Championship
Illawarra Cutters Burleigh Bears 54 12
1 2 Total ILL 30 24 54 BUR 0 12 12
Date	2 October 2016
Stadium	ANZ Stadium
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Player of the Match	Drew Hutchison
Referees	Peter Gough, Jon Stone
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	Nine Network
Commentators	Mathew Thompson Brad Fittler Scott Sattler

The 2016 NRL State Championship was a Rugby League match held between the winners of the 2016 Intrust Super Premiership NSW and the 2016 Queensland Cup. It was the third edition following the 2015 NRL State Championship, and was played before the 2016 NRL Grand Final.^[1]

For the 2015 NRL State Championship, the Illawarra Cutters won the NSW Cup by defeating the minor premiers Mount Pritchard Mounties 21–20 in the Grand Final. The Burleigh Bears won the QLD Cup by defeating the Redcliffe Dolphins 26–16 in the Grand Final.

2016 NRL State Championship

Sunday, 2 October 15:40 AEDT (UTC+11)

Illawarra Cutters	54 – 12	Burleigh Bears
Tries: 9 Wakeman  7' Sironen  23' Quinlan  26' Host  32' Lewis  37' Hutchinson  44' Havili  53' Mann  57' Milne  63' Goals: 9 Nona  8', 24', 33', 39', 47', 55', 58', 65' (9/9)	1st: 30–0 2nd: 24–12 Report	Tries: 2 Ailaomai  61' Row  80' Goals: 2 Fogarty  61' (1/1) Page  80' (1/1)

ANZ Stadium, Sydney Referees: Peter Gough, Jon Stone Player of the Match: Drew Hutchison (Illawarra)

• 2016 New South Wales Cup season
• 2016 Queensland Cup season

• New South Wales Rugby League
• Queensland Rugby League