2016 All Stars match
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| Date | Saturday 13 February 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Suncorp Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Brisbane | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preston Campbell Medal | James Graham (WAS) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Advance Australia Fair | Jessica Mauboy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Matt Cecchin, Allan Shortall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 37,339 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Saturday 13 February 2016 | |||||||||
| Stadium | Suncorp Stadium | |||||||||
| Location | Brisbane | |||||||||
| Woman of the Match | TBA | |||||||||
| Advance Australia Fair | TBA | |||||||||
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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.
1 - Tyson Frizell was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jeremy Smith.
2 - Robbie Farah was originally selected to play but withdrew to instead attend Super Bowl 50. He was replaced by Michael Ennis.
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.
4 - Lachlan Maranta was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jordan Kahu.
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.
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.
7 - Trent Hodkinson was originally selected to play but withdrew. He was replaced by Adam Reynolds.
8 - Sam Burgess was originally selected to play but withdrew and Chris Lawrence was added to the team.
9 - Simon Mannering withdrew due to the birth of his son and was replaced by Ryan Hoffman.>
10 - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck withdrew due to injury. Jordan Kahu moved to fullback and Konrad Hurrell was added to the bench.
11 - Chris Grevsmuhl and Alex Johnston were both withdrawn from the squad and replaced by David Fifita and Leilani Latu. Andrew Fifita has been promoted to the starting side, with Sam Thaiday shifting to the back row in place of Grevsmuhl. Edrick Lee will start on the wing in place of Johnston, with David Fifita and Latu joining the interchange bench.
12 - Matthew Wright and Beau Scott replaced Antonio Winterstein and Paul Gallen.
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.
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