2016 TAC Cup season

2016 premiership season
Teams	12, *16
Premiers	Sandringham Dragons 3rd premiership
Minor premiers	Dandenong Stingrays 3rd minor premiership
Wooden spooners	Northern Knights 4th wooden spoon

The 2016 TAC Cup season was the 25th season of the TAC Cup competition. The season was won by the Sandringham Dragons while defeating the Murray Bushrangers in the grand final by 17 points, this claimed the Dragons third premiership title.

Ladder

2016 TAC Cup Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Dandenong Stingrays	17	14	3	0	1479	1117	132.41	56
2	Geelong Falcons	17	13	4	0	1610	1192	135.07	52
3	North Ballarat Rebels	17	12	5	0	1583	1206	131.26	48
4	Murray Bushrangers	17	11	5	1	1518	1179	128.75	46
5	Sandringham Dragons (P)	17	11	5	1	1439	1152	124.91	46
6	Oakleigh Chargers	17	8	9	0	1266	1254	100.96	32
7	Calder Cannons	17	8	9	0	1346	1465	91.88	32
8	Eastern Ranges	17	7	10	0	1482	1366	108.49	28
9	Gippsland Power	18	6	12	0	1340	1584	84.60	24
10	Western Jets	18	5	13	0	1168	1624	71.92	20
11	Bendigo Pioneers	18	4	14	0	1299	1792	72.49	16
12	Northern Knights	18	4	14	0	1192	1660	71.81	16
13	Queensland U18s	2	2	0	0	192	147	130.61	8
14	NSW/ACT Rams	2	1	1	0	168	177	94.92	4
15	NT Thunder U18s	2	1	1	0	116	184	63.04	4
16	Tassie Mariners	2	0	2	0	112	211	53.08	0
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Grand Final

	2016 TAC Cup Grand Final
Sunday 25 September (11:05 am)	Murray Bushrangers	def. by	Sandringham Dragons	Marvel Stadium	Report
	1.4 (10) 4.6 (30) 7.10 (52)  9.14 (68)	Q1 Q2 Q3  Final	2.2 (14) 6.6 (42) 9.8 (62)  12.13 (85)
2: T. Marshall, T. McMullan, N. Richards 1: L. Tiziani, L. Pinnuck, Z. Sproule		Goals	2: T. Maloney, H. Brayshaw, A. Krakauer 1: O. Florent, J. Trew, G. Lok, C. Lyons, H. Mclean, J. Scrimshaw
C. Spargo, W. Brodie, F. Carroll, J. Cousins, R. Garthwaite, H. Morrison		Best	A. McGRATH, O. Florent, C. Lyons, A. Sakeson, T. Taranto, A. Krakauer