2016 All Stars match

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{{Infobox rugby league football match (quarters)

|year = 2016

|title = All Stars match

|image =

|imagesize = 150px

|alt =

|home = Indigenous All Stars

|away = World All Stars

|home_abbr = IND

|away_abbr = WAS

|home_quarter1 = 0

|home_quarter2 = 4

|home_quarter3 = 0

|home_quarter4 = 4

|home_total = 8

|away_quarter1 = 0

|away_quarter2 = 4

|away_quarter3 = 8

|away_quarter4 = 0

|away_total = 12

|date = Saturday 13 February 2016

|stadium = Suncorp Stadium

|location = Brisbane

|MoM_title = Preston Campbell Medal

|MoM = James Graham (WAS)

|anthem_title = Advance Australia Fair

|anthem = Jessica Mauboy

|referee = Matt Cecchin

|referee2 = Allan Shortall

|attendance = 37,339

|network = Nine Network

|commentators = Mat Thompson
Peter Sterling
Wally Lewis
Andrew Johns

|commentators2=

|commentators3=

|commentators4=

|tournaments = NRL All Stars Game

|last = 2015

|next = 2017

}}

The 2016 All Stars match was the sixth annual representative exhibition All Stars match. For the first time, the match was played between the Indigenous All Stars and a World All Stars team.

Teams

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!align="center" width="200" style="border: 3px solid orange; background: black; color: orangered"|INDIGENOUS
ALL STARS

!align="center" width="100" style="background: #eeeeee; color: black"|Position

!align="center" width="200" style="border: 3px solid silver; background: white; color: deepskyblue"|WORLD
ALL STARS

align="center"|Greg Inglis (c) {{leagueicon|South Sydney|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Fullback

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Brisbane|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|NZL}} Jordan Kahu

align="center"|Edrick Lee {{leagueicon|Canberra|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Wing

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Parramatta|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|FIJ}} Semi Radradra

align="center"|Will Chambers {{leagueicon|Melbourne|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Centre

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Canberra|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|AUS}} Jarrod Croker

align="center"|James Roberts {{leagueicon|Brisbane|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Centre

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Canterbury|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|AUS}} Josh Morris

align="center"|Dane Gagai {{leagueicon|Newcastle|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Wing

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Gold Coast Titans|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|PNG}} Nene Macdonald

align="center"|Ben Barba {{leagueicon|Cronulla|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Five-eighth

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|St. George|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|ENG}} Gareth Widdop

align="center"|Tyrone Roberts {{leagueicon|Gold Coast Titans|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Halfback

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|South Sydney|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Reynolds

align="center"|Ryan James {{leagueicon|Gold Coast Titans|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Prop

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Canterbury|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|ENG}} James Graham

align="center"|Craig Garvey {{leagueicon|Canterbury|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Hooker

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Melbourne|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|AUS}} Cameron Smith (c)

align="center"|Andrew Fifita {{leagueicon|Cronulla|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Prop

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|South Sydney|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Burgess

align="center"|Joel Thompson {{leagueicon|St. George|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| 2nd Row

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Manly|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|Samoa}} Martin Taupau

align="center"|Sam Thaiday {{leagueicon|Brisbane|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| 2nd Row

|align="center"|{{align|left|16px}} {{flagicon|AUS}} Ryan Hoffman

align="center"|Greg Bird {{leagueicon|Gold Coast Titans|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Lock

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Newcastle|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|NZL}} Jeremy Smith

align="center"|Tyrone Peachey {{align|right|16px}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Interchange

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Cronulla|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Ennis

align="center"|Jack Wighton {{leagueicon|Canberra|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Interchange

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Sydney|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|FIJ}} Kane Evans

align="center"|Wade Graham {{leagueicon|Cronulla|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Interchange

|align="center"|{{align|left|16px}} {{flagicon|TON}} Konrad Hurrell

align="center"|Jamie Soward {{align|right|16px}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Interchange

|align="center"|{{align|left|16px}} {{flagicon|AUS}} Trent Merrin

align="center"|David Fifita {{leagueicon|Cronulla|size=16|align=right}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Interchange

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Parramatta|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|AUS}} Beau Scott

align="center"|Leilani Latu {{align|right|16px}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Interchange

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|North Queensland|size=16|align=left}} {{flagicon|SAM}} Matthew Wright

align="center"|Will Smith {{align|right|16px}}

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Interchange

|align="center"| -

align="center"|{{leagueicon|NSW|size=16|align=right}} Laurie Daley

|align="center" st#le="background: #eeeeee"|Coach

|align="center"|{{leagueicon|Brisbane|size=16|align=left}} Wayne Bennett

1 - Tyson Frizell was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jeremy Smith.{{cite web|title=Frizell ruled out of All Stars game|date=8 January 2016|url=http://www.nrl.com/frizell-ruled-out-of-all-stars-game/tabid/10874/newsid/91302/default.aspx}}

2 - Robbie Farah was originally selected to play but withdrew to instead attend Super Bowl 50. He was replaced by Michael Ennis.{{cite web|title=Robbie Farah will not play in NRL All Stars because after winning tickets to Super Bowl 50|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/tigers/robbie-farah-will-not-play-in-nrl-all-stars-because-after-winning-tickets-to-super-bowl-50/news-story/eb984146868cdb4aaf625e2fe38f37fd}}

3 - Johnathan Thurston was originally selected to play but withdrew to instead participate in the World Club Series. Greg Inglis was handed the captaincy. Tyrone Roberts was moved from the bench to Halfback and Thurston was replaced by Jamie Soward.{{cite web|title=Johnathan Thurston to miss All Stars|date=19 January 2016|url=http://www.nrl.com/johnathan-thurston-to-miss-all-stars/tabid/10874/newsid/91393/default.aspx}}

4 - Lachlan Maranta was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jordan Kahu.{{cite web|title=Broncos suffer major injury blow|date=19 January 2016|url=http://www.nrl.com/broncos-suffer-major-injury-blow/tabid/10874/newsid/91398/default.aspx}}

5 - Blake Ferguson was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. James Roberts was moved from the bench to the Centres and Ferguson was replaced by Edrick Lee.{{cite news|title=Blake Ferguson to miss All Stars match with injured finger|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=25 January 2016|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/roosters/blake-ferguson-to-miss-all-stars-match-with-injured-finger/news-story/be810e7317306fbde01993c078cd84a6|last1=Crawley|first1=Paul}}

6 - Nathan Peats was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Ray Thompson was moved from the bench to Hooker and Peats was replaced by Craig Garvey.{{cite web|title=Peats withdraws from All Stars|date=February 2016|url=http://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2016/02/01/peats_withdraws_from.html}}

7 - Trent Hodkinson was originally selected to play but withdrew. He was replaced by Adam Reynolds.[http://www.nrl.com/changes-to-world-all-stars-squad/tabid/10874/newsid/91560/default.aspx Changes to World All Stars squad] nrl.com, 2 February 2016

8 - Sam Burgess was originally selected to play but withdrew and Chris Lawrence was added to the team.{{cite web | url=http://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2016/02/02/lawrence_called_in_t.html | title=Lawrence called in to All Stars squad | publisher=weststigers.com.au | date=2 February 2016 | accessdate=6 February 2016}}

9 - Simon Mannering withdrew due to the birth of his son and was replaced by Ryan Hoffman.{{cite web | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/76608141/simon-mannering-to-miss-nrl-all-stars-match-after-birth-of-second-child | title=Simon Mannering to miss NRL All Stars match after birth of second child | publisher=stuff.co.nz | date=5 February 2016 | accessdate=6 February 2016}}

10 - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck withdrew due to injury. Jordan Kahu moved to fullback and Konrad Hurrell was added to the bench.{{cite web | url=http://www.nrl.com/tuivasa-sheck-out-of-all-stars/tabid/10874/newsid/92720/default.aspx | title=Tuivasa-Sheck out of All Stars | publisher=nrl.com | date=7 February 2016 | accessdate=7 February 2016}}

11 - Chris Grevsmuhl and Alex Johnston were both withdrawn from the squad and replaced by David Fifita and Leilani Latu. Andrew Fifita was promoted to the starting side, with Sam Thaiday shifting to the back row in place of Grevsmuhl. Edrick Lee started on the wing in place of Johnston, with David Fifita and Latu joining the interchange bench.{{cite web | url=http://www.nrl.com/two-changes-for-indigenous-all-stars/tabid/10874/newsid/92729/default.aspx | title=Two changes for Indigenous All Stars | publisher=nrl.com | date=8 February 2016 | accessdate=8 February 2016}}

12 - Matthew Wright and Beau Scott replaced Antonio Winterstein and Paul Gallen.{{cite web | url=http://www.nrl.com/four-added-to-world-all-stars-squad/tabid/10874/newsid/92735/default.aspx | title=Four added to World All Stars squad | date=8 February 2016 | publisher=nrl.com | accessdate=9 February 2016}}

13 - Chris Lawrence was a last minute withdrawal from the World All Stars line up. He was replaced in the starting side by Martin Taupau. The lateness of Lawrence's withdrawal meant the World All Stars only had a 19-man squad.[http://www.nrl.com/world-all-stars-prevail-in-tight-affair/tabid/10874/newsid/92864/default.aspx World All Stars prevail in tight affair]

=World All Star selection=

The World All Stars team was planned to feature a minimum of four players each from Australia, New Zealand and England, while the remaining players were planned to be made up from other nations such as Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, PNG and France. However, only three New Zealand players were selected. The World All Stars team had to include at least one player – and a maximum of two players - from each NRL club.{{cite news|title=Indigenous All Stars to clash with World|url=http://www.nrl.com/indigenous-all-stars-to-clash-with-world/tabid/10874/newsid/90755/default.aspx|accessdate=9 December 2015|agency=NRL.com}} The Australia, New Zealand and England captains were planned to be automatic selections for the team, however Super League players were not available for selection which included the English captain.

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width="150"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

! width="150"| {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand

! width="150"| {{flagicon|ENG}} England

! width="150"| Others

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| align="center"| Cameron Smith
Jarrod Croker
Josh Morris
Adam Reynolds
Beau Scott
Chris Lawrence*
Trent Merrin
Michael Ennis
Ryan Hoffman

| align="center"| Martin Taupau
Jordan Kahu
Jeremy Smith

| align="center"| James Graham
Gareth Widdop
Tom Burgess

| align="center"| {{flagicon|FIJ}} Semi Radradra
{{flagicon|FIJ}} Kane Evans
{{flagicon|SAM}} Matthew Wright
{{flagicon|PNG}} Nene Macdonald
{{flagicon|TON}} Konrad Hurrell

align="center"|Total: 9

| align="center"|Total: 3

| align="center"|Total: 3

| align="center"|Total: 5

* - Chris Lawrence was a last minute withdrawal. Due to the lateness he was not replaced.

Result

{{rugbyleaguebox

|bg = #f1f5fc

|date = 13 February 2016

|time = 7.05pm (AEST)

|team1 = Indigenous All Stars

|score = 8 – 12

|report=

|team2 = World All Stars

|points1 = Tries:
Leilani Latu (40') 1
Dane Gagai (63') 1

Goals:

Jamie Soward 0/2

|points2 = Tries:
Konrad Hurrell (32') 1
Semi Radradra (42') 1

Goals:

Jarrod Croker 0/1

Adam Reynolds 2/2

|stadium = Suncorp Stadium

|referee = Matt Cecchin & Allan Shortall

|attendance = 37,399


Preston Campbell Medal: James Graham

}}

Women's All Stars match

{{Infobox rugby league football match (quarters)

|year = 2016

|title = Women All Stars match

|image =

|imagesize = 150px

|alt =

|home = Indigenous
Women All Stars

|away = Women
All Stars

|home_abbr = IND

|away_abbr = WAS

|home_quarter1 = 0

|home_quarter2 =

|home_quarter3 =

|home_quarter4 =

|home_total = 4

|away_quarter1 = 10

|away_quarter2 =

|away_quarter3 =

|away_quarter4 =

|away_total = 24

|date = Saturday 13 February 2016

|stadium = Suncorp Stadium

|location = Brisbane

|MoM_title = Woman of the Match

|MoM = Maddie Studdon

|anthem_title = Advance Australia Fair

|anthem = TBA

|referee = Jarred Maxwell

|referee2 = Ben Cummins

|attendance =

|network =

|commentators =

|commentators2=

|commentators3=

|commentators4=

|tournaments = All Stars match

|last = 2015

|next = 2017

}}

For the fifth time, a Women's match was held as part of the fixture.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/video/672841283623/Womens-All-Stars-2016|title = Women's All Stars 2016|date = 8 May 2016}}

=Women's Teams=

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!align="center" width="200" style="border: 3px solid gold; background: black; color: orangered"|INDIGENOUS
WOMEN ALL STARS

!align="center" width="100" style="background: #eeeeee; color: black"|Position

!align="center" width="200" style="border: 3px solid goldenrod; background: blue; color: white"|WOMEN
ALL STARS

align="center"|Casey Karklis

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Fullback

|align="center"|Sam Hammond

align="center"|Latoya Billy

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Wing

|align="center"|Karina Brown

align="center"|Tallisha Harden (c)

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Centre

|align="center"|Annette Brander

align="center"|Caitlyn Moran

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Centre

|align="center"|Corban McGregor

align="center"|Narikah Johnson

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Wing

|align="center"|Chelsea Baker

align="center"|Nakia Davis-Welsh

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Five-eighth

|align="center"|Allana Ferguson

align="center"|Jenni-Sue Hoepper

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Halfback

|align="center"|Maddie Studdon

align="center"|Rebecca Young

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Prop

|align="center"|Steph Hancock (c)

align="center"|Kelsey Parkins

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Hooker

|align="center"|Brittany Breayley

align="center"|Ashleigh Singleton

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Prop

|align="center"|Heather Ballinger

align="center"|Emma-Marie Young

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| 2nd Row

|align="center"|Kezie Apps

|align="center"|Jasmin Allende

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| 2nd Row

|align="center"|Renae Kunst

align="center"|Elizabeth Cook-Black

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Lock

|align="center"|Ruan Sims

align="center"|Lauren Motlop

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Interchange

|align="center"|Charmayne Nathan

|align="center"|Simone Smith

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Interchange

|align="center"|Kody House

align="center"|Lavina Phillips

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Interchange

|align="center"|Vanessa Foliaki

align="center"|Rebecca Riley

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Interchange

|align="center"|Simaima Taufa-Kautai

align="center"|Carly Phillips

|align="center" style="background: #eeeeee"| Interchange

|align="center"|Shanice Parker

align="center"|Dean Widders

|align="center" st#le="background: #eeeeee"|Coach

|align="center"|Steve Folkes

=Result=

The Women's All Stars exhibition match was held as a curtain raiser for the men's 2016 All Stars match and was won by the NRL Women's All Stars.{{Cite news|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/womens-all-stars-defeat-indigenous--all-stars-244/news-story/6aec69df4256deb7185420b68c8e7cb8|title = All Stars triumph in women's clash|newspaper = The Courier Mail|date = 13 February 2016|last1 = Garry|first1 = Chris}}

{{rugbyleaguebox

|bg = #f1f5fc

|date = 13 February 2016

|time = 7.15pm (AEST)

|team1 = Indigenous Woman All Stars

|score = 4 – 24

|report= Report{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2016/02/13/experience-wins-out-in-womens-clash/|title=Experience wins out in Women's clash|last=Webeck|first=Tony|date=13 Feb 2016|website=NRL|access-date=22 Mar 2021}}
Report{{cite news |title=Opening onslaught set the pace|newspaper=Courier Mail|date=14 Feb 2016|page=61|last=Garry|first=Chris}}

|team2 = Woman All Stars team

|points1 = Tries: 1
Elizabeth Cook-Black
Goals: nil

|points2 = Tries: 5
2 Heather Ballinger
Chelsea Baker
Shanice Parker
Sam Bremner
Goals: 2
2 Maddie Studdon

|stadium = Suncorp Stadium

|referee = Jarred Maxwell & Ben Cummins

|manofmatch = Maddie Studdon

|attendance =


:

}}

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