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Club information
Full name	Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Pride
Colours	Black, teal and gold
Founded	2007
Website	northernpride.com.au
Current details
Ground(s)	Barlow Park, Cairns (seating 1,700, standing 15,000)
CEO	Rod Jensen (2015–2016)
Coach	Joe O'Callaghan (2015–2016)
Captain	Ryan Ghietti (2016–2018)
Competition	Intrust Super Cup
2016	8th
Home colours Away colours
Records
Premierships	2 (2010, 2014)
Runners-up	1 (2009)
Minor premierships	3 (2013, 2014, 2024)

2016 was the ninth competitive season for the Cairns based Sea Swift Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They were one of 14 clubs that played in the twenty-first season of Queensland's top rugby league competition, QRL's Intrust Super Cup, with each team playing 12 home games and 11 away games over 25 weeks between March and August.

Five experienced players retired at the end of the 2015 season: Alex Starmer, Semi Tadulala and Sam Obst along with co-captains Brett Anderson and Jason Roos retired, and Hezron Murgha retired from the Cowboys and signed with the Blackhawks. Between them they had played almost 700 QCup games. The new squad for 2016 was much younger, with an average age of 21, the youngest squad the Pride ever had. The new captain was Ryan Ghietti, who had represented Italy at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, had played 96 QCup games, and had joined the Pride from Redcliffe Dolphins in 2011. Jack Svendsen was vice-captain, with Luke George filling the role during pre-season trials. A new senior leadership group was selected with the captain and vice-captains joined by Justin Castellaro and Tom Hancock.

At the start of the season there was talk of offering a contract to Shaun Nona, the Tully player who made 25 appearances for the Pride in 2014 before heading to the Melbourne Storm. Nona eventually signed with Mackay Cutters, but then reneged and went to the Intrust Super Premiership NSW Illawarra Cutters, who were coached by former Pride coach Jason Demetriou.

Bob Fowler stood down as Chairman, a position he had held since 2009. He was replaced by interim chairman Terry Mackenroth, who had been Deputy Premier of Queensland and a former director of Queensland Rugby League and the Australian Rugby League. Mackenroth restructured the club's corporate governance and changed the Pride from an incorporated association to a company limited by guarantee, which was one of the requirements of the NRL's elite pathways.

One of the changes suggested was to rename the Northern Pride. The introduction of the Townsville Blackhawks into the competition last year led some Board members to suggest the Pride should be rebranded to reflect the Cairns and Far North Queensland region. The idea was soon shouted down by players and fans.

In order to try and boost crowd numbers, home games were moved from Saturday evenings, to 3:00pm Sunday afternoons, in what the CEO thought was a more family friendly time slot.

In an effort the generate income (the Pride being one of only five QCup teams that are not supported by gambling revenue from a leagues club), the Pride offered businesses the opportunity to sponsor an individual player's jersey for $6,500. The concept had been introduced in the NRL, but was a first for the Intrust Super Cup.

The QRL reduced the number of interchanges this year, following the NRL, dropping interchanges from ten to eight per game. The Pride suffered from a raft of injuries at the end of last season, and so this year they introduced a 'High Performance Unit' made up of doctors, physios, dieticians and coaches who worked with the players to curb injuries and ensure player peaked at the right times. The club introduced GPS tracking for players to monitor workloads.

The Pride took one of their home games, Round 11 against Burleigh Bears up onto the Atherton Tablelands to Atherton Showground, and Country Week, Round 20 against Redcliffe Dolphins was played at Ravenshoe.

Although the Pride had some good wins, 48-0 against Tweed Heads in Round 6, and beat five of the top seven sides, consistency and defence were troublesome for the young side. The Pride won just 11 of their 23 matches and finished in eighth place, their worst season to date. For the first time they lost more home games than they won, and for the second time in their history they missed out on playing in the finals.

At the end of the season, coach Joe O'Callaghan resigned to take up an assistant coaching position at Wynnum-Manly. The players became increasingly unhappy with their options for next year, with some claiming they were offered reduced deals. Several players signed to other clubs. After the final round of the season, the board sacked CEO Rod Jensen. Former Pride player, Chey Bird, was appointed interim CEO.

2016 Season - Sea Swift Northern Pride

• Competition: Intrust Super Cup
• Sponsor: Sea Swift

Staff

Coaches/Trainers

• Coach: Joe O'Callaghan.
• Assistant coach (defence): Shane O'Flanagan
• Assistant coach (attack): Leon Hallie
• Mal Meninga Cup U-18s coaches: Benjamin Fielding, Robbie O'Kane, Bevan Walker
• Cyril Connell Cup U-16s coach:
• Head trainer (Positional/CDRL Allocation Players): Darren Ferricks
• Head first aid officer: Deb Gallop
• Medical (Away crew): Max Conroy
• Welfare officer: Michael White
• Mascot: Barlow the Lion (Peter Spooner)

High Performance Unit

• Club Sports Science Consultant: Dr Stephen Bird
• High Performance Manager: Matt Di Salvo
• Strength and conditioning Coach: Scott Sudale
• Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Peter Nash
• Rehab Coordinator: Megan Harding
• Physiotherapist: Tim Lowcock
• Sports Dietician: Mitchell Smith
• Mental Edge Coach: Robert Gronbeck

Captains

• Ryan Ghietti
• Tom Hancock (Trial Match)
• Vice-captain: Luke George
• Vice-captain: Jack Svendsen
• Senior leadership group: Ryan Ghietti, Luke George, Justin Castellaro, Jack Svendsen, Tom Hancock.

Managers

• Administration Manager: Kerri Neil
• Team manager: Alan Marsh
• Assistant manager (Home): Kev Anderson
• Assistant manager (Away): Murray Stalley
• Chief executive: Rod Jensen.
• Chairman: Terry Mackenroth.
• Board of Directors: Tony Williamson (sponsorship), Colin Moore (CDRL chairman), Ian Lydiard (CDJRL president), Troy McGuane, (Cairns Post sales manager), Gail Andrejic (finance), Stephen Tillett, Rob White (football), Eleanor Scott (government).

Squad

The Pride used just 27 players this season. Fourteen players from last year signed with the club again, and three of the Cowboys allocation players from last year were assigned to the Pride again this year. Ten new players made their debut this season; eight were new signings (Akeripa Tia-Kilifi, Ben Reuter, Brayden Torpy, Khan Ahwang and Rajan Opetaia-Halls, with Colin Wilkie, Fred Koraba and Greg Miglio signed to the Club via the Pride's CDRL Portability Program), and two were new Cowboys allocation players (Coen Hess* and Shaun Hudson*).

2016 player gains

Player	From League	From Club
Brayden Torpy	NRL Under-20s	Gold Coast Titans
Akeripa Tia Kilifi	NRL Under-20s	North Queensland Cowboys
Rajan Opetaia-Halls	Intrust Super Cup	Central Queensland Capras
Khan Ahwang	Intrust Super Cup	Burleigh Bears
Ben Reuter	CDRL	Innisfail Leprechauns.
Colin Wilkie	CDRL	Innisfail Leprechauns
Frederick Koraba	CDRL	Innisfail Leprechauns
Greg Miglio	CDRL	Tully Tigers

Pride Portability Program

Player	League	Club
Ned Blackman	CDRL	Atherton Rooster
Ben Schell	CDRL	Brothers Cairns
Luke La Rosa	CDRL	Brothers Cairns
Broski Emery-Hunia	CDRL	Brothers Cairns
Daniel Tatipata	CDRL	Edmonton Storm
Jared Verney	CDRL	Ivanhoe Knights
Sam Pau	CDRL	Kangaroos
Patrick Lewis	CDRL	Kangaroos
Ian King	CDRL	Mareeba Gladiators
Shaun Bowen	CDRL	Mossman-Port Douglas Sharks
Jack Brock	CDRL	Southern Suburbs
Aidan Day	CDRL	Southern Suburbs
Menmuny Murgha	CDRL	Yarrabah Seahawks

Player losses after 2015 season

Player	To League	To Club
Graham Clark	NRL Telstra Premiership	Canterbury Bulldogs
Codey Kennedy	Intrust Super Cup	Tweed Heads Seagulls
Regan Verney	Intrust Super Cup	Mackay Cutters
Brett Anderson	retired.
Jason Roos	retired.
Alex Starmer	retired.
Semi Tadulala	retired.
Sam Obst	retired.
Maddie Oosen	released.
Dean McGilvray	released.
Jared Verney	uncontracted.
PJ Webb	released (personal reasons).
Nathan Wales	released (to go traveling).
Travis Peeters	released (work commitments).
Bradley Stephen	released (work commitments).
Brent Oosen	released (work commitments).

Cowboys no longer allocated to the Pride

Player	To League	To Club
Cameron King*	NRL Telstra Premiership	Parramatta Eels
Hezron Murgha*	Intrust Super Cup	Townsville Blackhawks
Lachlan Coote*		North Queensland Cowboys
Matthew Wright*		North Queensland Cowboys

2016 season launch

• Cairns Induction Day: 31 October 2015.
• Pre-season training: 2 November 2015.
• Pre-season boot camp: 23-24 January 2016, Etty Bay Surf Life Saving Club and Callendar Park, Innisfail.
• 2016 Corporate Launch:
• 2016 ISC Season Launch: Friday, 4 March 2016 at the Treasury Casino's Hotel Courtyard, Brisbane, hosted by Channel 9 commentators Scott Sattler and Peter Psaltis, guests heard from QRL Managing Director Robert Moore, Chairman Peter Betros and Intrust Super CEO Brendan O'Farrell.

2016 player awards

28 August 2016, Brothers World of Entertainment, Manunda

• Sea Swift Northern Pride Player of the Year: David Murphy
• Sea Swift Players' Player: Sheldon Powe-Hobbs
• Sea Swift Members' Player of the year: Sheldon Powe-Hobbs
• Sea Swift Most improved player: Jared Allen
• Sea Swift Best Back: Justin Castellaro
• Sea Swift Best Forward: Tom Hancock
• John O'Brien Perpetual Club Person of the Year: Gordon Greaves (photographer)

2016 player records

• Most Games: Khan Ahwang (23), Ryan Ghietti (23), Linc Port (23).
• Most Tries: Khan Ahwang (13)
• Most Points: Khan Ahwang (206)

2016 representative players

Ryan Ghietti

Jordan Biondi-Odo

Justin Castellaro

Colin Wilkie

Played for Italy Azzurri in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualification

2016 Queensland Residents team

Linc Port

Jack Svendsen

David Murphy

Northern Pride Life Memberships

The first life memberships were awarded at a pre-game luncheon, Round 22, 7 August 2016, Barlow Park.

• John O'Brien AM
• John Moore
• Bob Fowler

Sponsors

• Naming rights sponsor: Sea Swift
• Jersey sponsor: Sea Swift, Castlemaine XXXX, Emu Sportswear.
• Sponsorship of individual players available from $6,500
• Sleeve sponsor: Rivers Insurance Brokers & LJ Hooker
• Shorts sponsor: Cairns Regional Council, Intrust Super
• Playing strip manufacturer: EMU Sportswear
• Other sponsors: Brothers World of Entertainment; Calanna Pharmacy; BDO; James Cook University; CDRL; hm Health Management; Queensland Country Credit Union; Phoenix Dynamic Sports Entertainment; Cairns Colonial Club Resort; First Response; ASN; Cairns Sports Performance Clinic; Kennards Hire; Proarch Podiatry; Brilliant Technologies; Cairns Total Physio; Queensland Country Health Fund; Pacific Toyota; Ransom Specialty Coffee Roasters; Cairns Hardware; Visual Imaging; Devenish Law.
• Media partners: Sea FM; WIN Television; Cairns Post.

Jerseys

• 2016 primary Jersey
• 2016 alternative Jersey

Trial matches

Round	Opponent	Score	Date	Venue
Trial 1	Townsville Blackhawks	10 – 22	Saturday, 6 February 2016	Jack Manski Oval, Townsville
Trial 2	CDRL Indigenous All Stars	42 – 22	Friday, 12 February 2016	Stan Williams Park, Cairns
Edmonton Super 9s	CDRL Edmonton Storm	43 – 7	Weekend 13-14 February 2016	Barlow Park, Cairns
Trial 3	NYC NQ Cowboys U-20s	20 – 18	Saturday 20 February 2016	Vico Oval, Cairns

Townsville Blackhawks	22 – 10	Northern Pride
Tries: Niemoeller 2 Minoga 1 Parker-Walshe 1 Goals: Parker-Walshe 3 (3 from 4)	Half-time: 12 – 10	Tries: 1 Greg Miglio 1 Luke George Goals: 1 Khan Ahwang (1 from 2)

Northern Pride	42 – 22	CDRL Indigenous All Stars
Tries: Denzel King 1 Linc Port 1 Luke George 1 Jared Allen 2 Ben Reuter 1 Shawn Bowen 1 Keelan White 1 Goals: Brayden Torpy 5 (5 from 8)		Tries: 1. 2. 3. 4. Goals: 3 from 4

Northern Pride	43 – 7	CDRL Edmonton Storm
Tries: Ryan Ghietti 1 Khan Awahng 1 Shawn Bowen 1 Bonus tries: Ryan Ghietti 1 Vaipuna Tia-Kilifi 2 Ned Blackman 1 Drop kick conversion: Khan Ahwang 3 (3 from 3) Fred Korobe 2 (2 from 3) Shawn Bowen 1 (1 from 1)		Tries: Bonus tries: 1 Murgha Drop kick conversions: 1 (1 from 1)

The Edmonton Super 9s Carnival was held over two days. Day 1:

Home Score Away Saturday 13 February Northern Pride 15 – 0 Burdekin Roosters Game 4, 3:30pm Northern Pride 30 – 5 Edmonton Lightning Game 7, 4:30pm Northern Pride 17 – 21 Brothers Cairns Game 10, 5:30pm Northern Pride Pride won Yarrabah Seahawks Game 15, 7:10pm

Day 2:

Home Score Away Sunday 14 February Northern Pride 39 – 0 Edmonton Lightning Quarter-final, 10:00am Northern Pride 25 – 4 Brothers Cairns Semi-final, 12:30pm Northern Pride 43 – 7 Edmonton Storm Grand-final, 2:15pm

Sea Swift Northern Pride Super 9s: 2. Khan Ahwang, 3. Shawn Bowen, 6. Jared Allen, 7. Ned Blackman, 8. Jack Svendsen (vc), 9. Ryan Ghietti (c), 10. Rajan Opetaia-Halls, 15. Ben Reuter. 11. Fred Koraba.

Unlimited Interchange: 4. Matthew Musumeci (U-20s), 5. Jack Willis (U-20s), 12. Vaipuna Tia-Kilifi, 13. Jacob Wallace (U-20s), 14. Whyatt Barnes (U-20s), 16. Patrick Lewis.

Coaches: Leon Hallie and Darren Ferricks.

Note: The winning team received $3,000.

Northern Pride	20 – 18	NYC NQ Cowboys U-20s
Tries: Ben Spina* 1 Javid Bowen* 1 Denzel King 1 Sheldon Powe-Hobbs 1 Goals: Khan Ahwang 2 (2 from 4)	Quarter-time: 0 – 6 Half-time: 14 – 6 Three-quarter time: 20 – 12.	Tries: 1 Kalyn Ponga 1 Coen Hess* 1 Jake Clifford* Goals: 1 Number 12 (1 from 1) 1 Jake Clifford* (1 from 1)

Intrust Super Cup matches

Sunshine Coast Falcons	25 – 24	Northern Pride
Tries: Ryley Jacks 1 Matt Grieve 2 Curtis Scott* 1 Nelson Asofa-Solomona 1 Goals: Pat Hollis (2 from 5) 2 Field goal: Ryley Jacks 1	Half-time: 10 – 24 Penalties: 5 – 6 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Jared Allen 1 Linc Port 1 Shaun Hudson* 1 Jack Svendsen Goals: 4 Khan Ahwang (4 from 4)

Position	Round 1 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
8	Northern Pride	1	0	0	1	0	24	25	-1	0

Northern Pride	44 – 24	Mackay Cutters
Tries: Linc Port 3 Javid Bowen* 3 Khan Ahwang 1 Braydon Torpy 1 Goals: Khan Ahwang (6 from 8) 6	Half-time: 28 – 12 Penalties: 11 – 10 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Matthew Wright 1Josh Chudleigh 1 Braden Hamlin-Uele 1 Johnny Faletagoa'i Goals: 4 Liam Taylor (4 from 4)

Position	Round 2 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
4	Northern Pride	2	1	0	1	0	68	49	+19	2

Norths Devils	28 – 20	Northern Pride
Tries: Michael Lucas 1 Maeli Seve 1 Brett Greinke 1 Trae Clark 1 David Faamita 1 Goals: Todd Murphy (3 from 5) 3 Penalty Goals: Todd Murphy (4 from 6) 4	Half-time: 20 – 6 Penalties: 8 – 5 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Linc Port 1 Khan Ahwang 1 Vaipuna Tia-Kalifi 1 Luke George Goals: 2 Khan Ahwang (2 from 4)

Position	Round 3 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
9	Northern Pride	3	1	0	2	0	88	77	+11	2

Northern Pride	BYE

Position	Round 4 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
9	Northern Pride	3	1	0	2	1	88	77	+11	4

Ipswich Jets	24 – 26	Northern Pride
Tries: Rory Humphreys 1 Carlin Anderson 1 Marmin Barba 1 Sebastian Pandia 1 Dane Phillips 1 Goals: Haydan Lipp (2 from 5) 2	Half-time: 18 – 18 Penalties: 6 – 7 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Ryan Ghietti 1Jack Svendsen 1 Khan Ahwang 1 Colin Wilkie Goals: 4 Khan Ahwang (4 from 4) Penalty Goal: 1 Khan Ahwang

Position	Round 5 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
6	Northern Pride	4	2	0	2	1	114	101	+13	6

Northern Pride	48 – 0	Tweed Heads Seagulls
Tries: Brayden Torpy 1 Luke George 2 Tom Hancock 2 Link Port 1 Shaun Hudson* 1 Patrick Kaufusi* 1 Goals: Khan Ahwang (8 from 8) 8	Half-time: 30 – 0 Penalties: 10 – 5 QRL Report	Tries: Goals:

Position	Round 6 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
5	Northern Pride	5	3	0	2	1	162	101	+61	8

Northern Pride	30 – 16	Easts Tigers
Tries: Khan Ahwang 2 Javid Bowen* 2 Tom Hancock 1 Goals: Khan Ahwang (4 from 5) 4 Penalty Goal Khan Ahwang 1	Half-time: 10 – 10 Penalties: 11 – 5 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Ayden Lee 1 Whetu Austin 1 Brentt Warr Goals: 2 Billy Walters (2 from 3)

Position	Round 7 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
3	Northern Pride	6	4	0	2	1	192	117	+75	10

Townsville Blackhawks	26 – 13	Northern Pride
Tries: Jonathon Reuben 2 Brenden Santi 1 Kyle Laybutt 1 Nathan Norford 1 Goals: Kyle Laybutt (3 from 5) 3	Half-time: 8 – 13 Penalties: 5 – 8 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Jared Allen 1 Jack Svendsen Goals: 2 Khan Ahwang (2 from 2) Field Goal: 1 Brayden Torpy

Position	Round 8 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
4	Northern Pride	7	4	0	3	1	205	143	+62	10

Northern Pride	6 – 34	Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Tries: Javid Bowen* 1 Goals: Khan Ahwang (1 from 1) 1	Half-time: 6 – 16 Penalties: 9 – 3 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Peter Gubb 1 Mitchell Moore 1 Patrick Templeman 1 Mitchell Buckett 1 Greg Eden 1 Mitchell Cronin Goals: 5 Patrick Templeman (5 from 6)

Position	Round 9 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
6	Northern Pride	8	4	0	4	1	211	177	+34	10

Northern Pride	20 – 16	Redcliffe Dolphins
Tries: Javid Bowen* 2 Ryan Ghietti 1 Khan Ahwang 1 Goals: Khan Ahwang (2 from 4) 2	Half-time: 16 – 6 Penalties: 3 – 4 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Anthony Cherrington 2 Samuel Anderson Goals: 2 Darren Nicholls (2 from 3)

Position	Round 10 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
6	Northern Pride	9	5	0	4	1	231	193	+38	12

Northern Pride	14 – 24	Burleigh Bears
Tries: Justin Castellaro 1 Luke George 1 Khan Ahwang 1 Goals: Khan Ahwang (1 from 3) 1	Half-time: 0 – 14 Penalties: 10 – 8 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Hayden Schwass 1 Kurtis Rowe 1 Waka Wanahi 1 Oliver Regan Goals: 3 Jamal Fogarty (3 from 4) Penalty Goal: 1 Jamal Fogarty

Position	Round 11 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
6	Northern Pride	11	5	0	5	1	245	217	+28	12

Northern Pride	18 – 24	Souths Logan Magpies
Tries: Jared Allen 1 Linc Port 1 Khan Ahwang 1 Goals: Khan Ahwang (3 from 3) 3	Half-time: 6 – 12 Penalties: 3 – 1 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Luke Archer 1 Marion Seve 1 Scott Doyle 1 George Fai Goals: 3 Scott Doyle (3 from 4) Penalty Goal: 1 Scott Doyle

Position	Round 12 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	12	5	0	6	1	263	241	+22	12

Papua New Guinea Hunters	22 – 6	Northern Pride
Tries: Adam Korave 1 Philimon Kimisive 1 Thompson Teteh 1 Wartovo Puara 1 Goals: Noel Zeming (3 from 4) 3	Half-time: 6 – 6 Penalties: 5 – 6 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Sheldon Powe-Hobbs Goals: 1 Khan Ahwang (1 from 1)

Position	Round 13 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	12	5	0	7	1	269	263	+6	12

Northern Pride	32 – 12	Sunshine Coast Falcons
Tries: Justin Castellaro 2 Khan Ahwang 1 Colin Wilkie 1 Shaun Hudson* 1 Goals: Khan Ahwang (5 from 5) 5 Penalty Goal: Khan Ahwang 1	Half-time: 18 – 0 Penalties: 4 – 14 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Ryley Jacks 1 Mark Nicholls Goals: 2 Tony Tumusa (2 from 2)

Position	Round 14 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	13	6	0	7	1	301	275	+26	14

Mackay Cutters	18 – 22	Northern Pride
Tries: Blake Atherton 1 Jack Crieth 1 Joss Boyton 1 Goals: Liam Taylor (3 from 3) 3	Half-time: 12 – 0 Penalties: 8 – 5 QRL Report	Tries: 2 Ryan Ghietti 1 Colin Wilkie 1 Javid Bowen* Goals: 3 Khan Ahwang (3 from 4)

Position	Round 15 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	14	7	0	7	1	323	293	+30	16

Easts Tigers	26 – 24	Northern Pride
Tries: Matthew Zgrajewski 1 Javarn White 1 Brentt Warr 1 Leon Ellia-Niukore 1 Goals: Brodie Croft (4 from 4) 4 Penalty Goal: Brodie Croft 1	Half-time: 20 – 12 Penalties: 1 – 3 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Sheldon Powe-Hobbs 1 Justin Castellaro 1 Ryan Ghietti 1 Linc Port Goals: 4 Khan Ahwang (4 from 4)

Position	Round 16 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	15	7	0	8	1	347	319	+28	16

Northern Pride	BYE

Position	Round 17 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
6	Northern Pride	15	7	0	8	2	347	319	+28	18

Northern Pride	10 – 30	Ipswich Jets
Tries: Vaipuna Tia-Kilifi 1 Linc Port 1 Goals: Khan Ahwang (1 from 2) 1	Half-time: 6 – 14 Penalties: 6 – 5 QRL Report	Tries: 2 Richard Pandia 1 Mikaere Beattie 1 Liam Capewell 1 Ben White Goals: 3 Wesley Conlon 1 Mikaere Beattie Penalty Goal: 1 Wesley Conlon

Position	Round 18 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
6	Northern Pride	16	7	0	9	2	357	349	+8	18

Wynnum Manly Seagulls	28 – 8	Northern Pride
Tries: Nicholas Harrold 1 Patrick Templeman 1 Daniel Ogden 1 Alex Barr 1 Goals: Matt Seamark (4 from 4) 4 Penalty Goals: Matt Seamark 1 Patrick Templeman 1	Half-time: 22 – 0 Penalties: 10 – 8 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Luke George 1 Khan Ahwang Goals: 0 Khan Ahwang (0 from 2)

Position	Round 19 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
10	Northern Pride	17	17	7	0	2	365	377	-12	18

Redcliffe Dolphins	36 – 6	Northern Pride
Tries: Jack Ahearn 1 Josh Beehag 1 Zach Strasser 1 Dan Randall 1 Jonus Pearson 1 Harley Aiono 1 Goals: Darren Nicholls (5 from 6) 5 Penalty Goal: Darren Nicholls 1	Half-time: 12 – 6 Penalties: 4 – 6 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Justin Castellaro Goals: 1 Khan Ahwang (1 from 1)

Position	Round 20 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
10	Northern Pride	18	7	0	11	2	371	413	-42	18

Burleigh Bears	24 – 25	Northern Pride
Tries: Hayden Schwass 1 Kurtis Rowe 1 Jamal Fogarty 1 Jeff Lynch 1 Josh Ailaomai 1 Goals: Jamal Fogarty (2 from 5) 2	Half-time: 18 – 6 Penalties: 5 – 4 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Shaun Hudson* 1 Coen Hess* 1 Colin Wilkie 1 Luke George Goals: 4 Khan Ahwang (4 from 4) Field Goal: 1 Jordon Biondi-Odo

Position	Round 21 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
10	Northern Pride	19	8	0	11	2	396	437	-41	20

Northern Pride	20 – 22	Townsville Blackhawks
Tries: Greg Miglio 2 Justin Castellaro 1 Jack Svendsen 1 Goals: Khan Ahwang 2 (2 from 4)	Half-time: 14 – 16 Penalties: 7 – 6 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Delouise Hoeter 1 Moses Pangai 1 Rhyse Martin 1 Kyle Laybutt 1 Anthony Mitchell Goals: 1 Matt Bowen

Position	Round 22 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
10	Northern Pride	20	8	0	12	2	416	459	-43	20

Tweed Heads Seagulls	4 – 30	Northern Pride
Tries: Jacob Garland 1 Goals: 0	Half-time: 0 – 12 Penalties: 13 – 11 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Khan Ahwang (16') 2 Tom Hancock (24' & 56') 1 Jordon Biondi-Odo (41') 1 Jack Svendsen (45') Goals: 5 Khan Ahwang (5 from 5)

Position	Round 23 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
10	Northern Pride	23	9	0	12	2	446	463	-17	22

Northern Pride	40 – 16	Papua New Guinea Hunters
Tries: Sheldon Powe-Hobbs 1 Tom Hancock 1 Javid Bowen* 1 Khan Ahwang 1 Jared Allen 1 Linc Port 1 Justin Castellaro 1 Goals: Khan Ahwang (5 from 7) 5 Penalty Goals: Khan Ahwang 1	Half-time: 26 – 10 Penalties: 9 – 3 QRL Report	Tries: 1 Esau Siune 1 Timothy Lomai 1 Butler Morris Goals: 2 Noel Zeming (2 from 3)

Position	Round 24 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
8	Northern Pride	24	10	0	12	2	486	479	+7	24

CQ Capras	16 – 30	Northern Pride
Tries: Junior Kirisome 1 Brandon Manase 1 Chanel Seigafo 1 Goals: 0	Half-time: 0 – 12 Penalties: 6 – 6 QRL Report	Tries: 2 Linc Port 1 Khan Ahwang 1 Sheldon Powe-Hobbs 1 Colin Wilkie Goals: 5 Khan Ahwang (5 from 5)

Position	Round 25 – 2016	P	W	D	L	B	For	Against	Diff	Pts
8	Northern Pride	23	11	0	12	2	516	495	+21	26

2016 Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Redcliffe Dolphins	23	18	0	5	2	728	345	+383	40
2	Burleigh Bears	23	17	1	5	2	680	497	+183	39
3	Townsville Blackhawks	23	16	1	6	2	694	403	+291	37
4	Papua New Guinea Hunters	23	15	0	8	2	541	421	+120	34
5	Sunshine Coast Falcons	23	12	1	10	2	501	462	+39	29
6	Easts Tigers	23	11	2	10	2	563	520	+43	28
7	Souths Logan Magpies	23	11	2	10	2	587	590	-3	28
8	Northern Pride	23	11	0	12	2	516	495	+21	26
9	Ipswich Jets	23	11	0	12	2	562	555	+7	26
10	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	23	10	0	13	2	547	561	-14	24
11	Norths Devils	23	8	1	14	2	532	686	-154	21
12	CQ Capras	23	6	1	16	2	440	756	-316	17
13	Tweed Heads Seagulls	23	6	0	17	2	393	728	-335	16
14	Mackay Cutters	23	4	1	18	2	468	733	-265	13

Northern Pride (regular season 2016)

• Win = 11 (6 of 12 home games, 5 of 11 away games)
• Loss = 12 (7 of 12 home games, 5 of 11 away games)

2016 Northern Pride players

Pride player	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Pts
Aidan Day	6	0	0	0	0
Akeripa Tia-Kilifi	4	0	0	0	0
Benjamin Reuter	5	0	0	0	0
Brayden Torpy	18	2	0	1	9
Colin Wilkie	19	5	0	0	20
David Murphy	21	0	0	0	0
Denzel King	7	0	0	0	0
Frederick Koraba	2	0	0	0	0
Greg Miglio	2	2	0	0	8
Jack Svendsen	16	5	0	0	20
Jared Allen	23	4	0	0	16
Jordan Biondi-Odo	16	1	0	1	5
Justin Castellaro	21	7	0	0	28
Keelan White	1	0	0	0	0
Khan Ahwang	23	13	77	0	206
Linc Port	23	12	0	0	48
Luke George	15	6	0	0	24
Rajan Opetaia-Halls	9	0	0	0	0
Ryan Ghietti	23	6	0	0	24
Sheldon Powe-Hobbs	22	6	0	0	24
Tom Hancock	21	4	0	0	16
Vaipuna Tia Kilifi	21	2	0	0	8

North Queensland Cowboys who played for the Pride in 2016

Cowboys player	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Pts
Ben Spina*	21	0	0	0	0
Coen Hess*	6	0	0	0	0
Javid Bowen*	14	10	0	0	40
Patrick Kaufusi*	10	1	0	0	4
Shaun Hudson*	21	4	0	0	16

North Queensland Cowboys who played for the Northern Pride in 2015

Cowboys players	2014 Appearances
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0

Televised games

Channel Nine

In August 2012 as part of the historic $1 billion five-year broadcasting agreement with Nine and Fox Sports, the Australian Rugby League Commission confirmed that Intrust Super Cup matches would be televised by Channel 9 until 2018. One match a week is shown live across Queensland at 2.00pm (AEST) on Sunday afternoons on Channel 9 (or GEM), on WIN Television (RTQ) in regional areas and on Imparja Television in remote areas. The match is also broadcast in Papua New Guinea on Kundu 2 TV. The 2015 commentary team is Peter Psaltis, Scott Sattler and Mathew Thompson.

In 2016 the Pride appeared in two televised games:

• Round 1: Northern Pride lost to Sunshine Coast Falcons 25-24 at Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast (Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation Round).
• Round 19: Northern Pride beat Redcliffe Dolphins 20-16 at Barlow Park, Cairns (Indigenous Appreciation Round).

References

1. O'Neill, Rhys (5 January 2016). "5 January 2016". Cairns Post. Cairns.
2. O'Neill, Rhys (11 January 2016). "Ten Questions for the Pride in 2016". Cairns Post. Cairns.
3. O'Neill, Rhys (22 January 2016). "Contract farce leaves player tarnished". Cairns Post. Cairns.
4. New model to strengthen Capras Archived 22 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, QRL Media, QRL website, 21 November 2016, Retrieved 22 November 2016.
5. O'Neill, Rhys (25 January 2016). "Pride in doing a job for club". Cairns Post. Cairns.
6. O'Neill, Rhys (12 March 2016). "Pride look for bigger crowd on Sunday". Cairns Post. Cairns.
7. O'Neill, Rhys (3 February 2016). "Pride go on sale by the numbers". Cairns Post. Cairns.
8. O'Neill, Rhys (12 February 2016). "Pride target off-field wins". Cairns Post. Cairns.
9. Grams, Jacob (12 September 2016). "Williams gives experience Pride of place in his team". Cairns Post. Cairns.
10. Grams, Jacob (12 September 2016). "Pride sack chief executive Jensen amid rumblings". Cairns Post. Cairns.
11. "O'Callaghan confirmed as new coach". Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
12. "Northern Pride have appointed Rod Jensen as their new CEO".
13. "Change puts Pride in position of strength". Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

External links

• Official Website: northernpride.com.au
• Northern Pride RLFC on Facebook
• Northern Pride RLFC on Instagram
• Northern Pride RLFC's channel on YouTube
• Northern Pride RLFC on TikTok
• Northern Pride RLFC on Twitter

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