Brisbane Broncos 44–28 Gold Coast Titans — Elimination Final, 2016 NRL Finals Series
9 Sep 2016 · Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, QLD · Attendance: 43,170
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Final, 2016 NRL finals series: Brisbane Broncos 44–28 Gold Coast Titans, at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, QLD on 9 Sep 2016.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes for Glenn (both), Oates (both), Kahu's second try, McQueen (both), James, and Mead could not be confirmed from accessible sources. No official player-of-the-match award was found for this fixture.
Scoring timeline
| 27′ | Brisbane Broncos — try, Wallace |
| 38′ | Gold Coast Titans — try, Hoffman |
| 71′ | Brisbane Broncos — try, Milford |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| Brisbane Broncos | Tries: Kahu 10' (penalty try); Wallace 27'; Glenn; Glenn; Oates; Oates; Kahu; Milford 71' Goals: Kahu (6/7 conversions); Parker (0/1 conversions) |
| Gold Coast Titans | Tries: Hoffman 38'; McQueen; McQueen; James; Mead Goals: Roberts (4/5 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Brisbane Broncos | Gold Coast Titans | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darius Boyd | Fullback | Jarryd Hayne | 1 |
| 2 | Corey Oates | Wing | David Mead | 2 |
| 5 | Jordan Kahu | Centre | Josh Hoffman | 3 |
| 4 | James Roberts | Centre | Konrad Hurrell | 4 |
| 19 | Jonus Pearson | Wing | Nene Macdonald | 5 |
| 6 | Anthony Milford | Five-Eighth | Tyrone Roberts | 6 |
| 7 | Ben Hunt | Halfback | Ash Taylor | 7 |
| 8 | Josh McGuire | Prop | Luke Douglas | 8 |
| 9 | Andrew McCullough | Hooker | Nathan Peats | 9 |
| 10 | Adam Blair | Prop | Ryan James | 10 |
| 11 | Sam Thaiday | Second-Row | Agnatius Paasi | 16 |
| 12 | Matt Gillett | Second-Row | Chris McQueen | 12 |
| 13 | Corey Parker (c) | Lock | Greg Bird (c) | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Jarrod Wallace | Leivaha Pulu | 14 | |
| 15 | Tevita Pangai Junior | Ryan Simpkins | 15 | |
| 16 | Jai Arrow | Nathan Friend | 17 | |
| 17 | Alex Glenn | Nathaniel Peteru | 21 | |
| Wayne Bennett | Coach | Neil Henry | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Gerard Sutton |
Match report
Brisbane hosted Gold Coast in the 2016 NRL Finals Week 1 Elimination Final at Suncorp Stadium on 9 September 2016, with the loser exiting the premiership. Gold Coast led at half-time before Brisbane took control after the break, running out 44-28 winners in a high-scoring shootout that ranked among the highest-scoring finals matches in NRL history, with 72 combined points and 13 tries. A contentious 10th-minute penalty try awarded to Jordan Kahu, after a kick was ruled to have dispossessed the Broncos player over the line, became a major talking point, prompting NRL Head of Referees Tony Archer to publicly defend the bunker's decision afterwards. Ryan James scored his 12th try of the season for Gold Coast, a season-best tally for a forward at the time. The loss ended the Titans' 2016 campaign, while Brisbane advanced to a Semi Final the following week against North Queensland, which they lost in golden point.