The champion City Rovers side captained by Albert Asher.
The 1916 Auckland Rugby League season was the 8th year of the organisation.
All grades were dramatically affected by players enlisting in the war efforts. Prior to the commencement of the season it was stated in the management committee meeting that 487 players in the Auckland district alone had committed to the war effort.[1] Teams were filled with older players and juniors. The Otahuhu senior team as was noted at their committee meeting featured “only three men eligible for military service..., and these were all registered and waiting to be called up. Of the remainder, six were married men with families, two were permanent force men, and four were under military age”.[2]
Despite this attendances were still good, with the mid season match between City Rovers and Grafton Athletic at Victoria Park attracting 3,000 spectators. While the Round 7 fixtures at Victoria Park drew the same number of spectators and 4,000 attending the round 8 matches. All the gate takings were donated to the Children's Hospital Ward Equipment Fund.[3] The final round saw over 4,000 attend Victoria Park where City Rovers won the title with a 14 points to 10 win over Grafton Athletic.[4] City also went on to win the end of season knockout Roope Rooster competition.
Owing to the effects of the war on playing strength and out of respect for the tremendous war effort there were no representative matches played in 1916, though City Rovers did play the Lower Waikato in two exhibition fixtures (home and away), and Richmond Rovers and Thames Old Boys (based in Auckland) travelled to Thames to play a match at the season end.
Preceded by
1915
8th Auckland Rugby League season 1916
Succeeded by
1917
^"Big Entry of Teams". Auckland Star. Vol. XLVII, no. 107. 4 May 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^"Otahuhu Club". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LIII, no. 16225. 10 May 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^"City Defeats North Shore". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LIII, no. 16277. 10 July 1916. p. 8. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^"Senior Championship/Won by City Rovers/City Defeats Grafton/North Shore V Newton/Ponsonby V Otahuhu". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LIII, no. 16289. 24 July 1916. p. 8. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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