Kammala wannan jumla: A gasar tseren jirgin ruwa ta New Zealand a watan Fabrairun 2016, ta lashe lambar yabo ta farko ta kasa tare da manyan mata. Ta lashe azurfa tare da Hyde a cikin sau biyu, kuma ya zama zakara na kasa tare da quad scull. A watan Maris na 2016, an sanar da Donoghue a matsayin memba na Kungiyar Rowing ta New Zealand, tare da zama a cikin mata (tare da Georgia Perry, Lucy Spoors, da Sarah Gray) waɗanda har yanzu ba su cancanci shiga gasar ba.
Wasannin Olympics na shekara ta 2016. Ta yi gasa a gasar cin kofin karshe a Rotsee kusa da Lucerne, Switzerland, a watan Mayu 2016 inda suka kasa samun cancanta a matsayi na uku saboda jiragen ruwa biyu ne kawai suka ci gaba zuwa gasar Olympics.