NRL 2006

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The NRL 2006 was the ninth season of the National Rugby League , the Australian-New Zealand rugby league championship. The first place in the table after the end of the regular season occupied the Melbourne Storm , who lost 8:15 in the final to the Brisbane Broncos . This was the third time that they won the NRL.

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 20th 0 4th 605: 404 + 201 44
    02. Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 16 0 8th 608: 468 + 140 36
    03. Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 14th 0 10 497: 392 + 105 32
    04th Newcastle colors.svg Newcastle Knights 24 14th 0 10 608: 538 + 70 32
    05. Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14th 0 10 534: 493 + 41 32
    06th St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 14th 0 10 519: 481 + 38 32
    07th Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 525: 573 - 48 30th
    08th. Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 506: 483 + 23 28
    09. North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 11 0 13 450: 463 - 13 26th
    010. New Zealand colors.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 12 0 12 552: 463 + 89 24 *
    011. Wests Tigers colours.svg West Tigers 24 10 0 14th 490: 565 - 75 24
    012. Penrith colors.svg Penrith Panthers 24 10 0 14th 510: 587 - 77 24
    013. Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 9 0 15th 515: 544 - 29 22nd
    014th Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Sydney Roosters 24 8th 0 16 528: 650 - 122 20th
    015th South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 3 0 21st 429: 772 - 343 10
    • Since each team had two byes this season, 4 points were added to the normal number of points after the season. The New Zealand Warriors were an exception, with 4 points being deducted for violating the salary cap.

    Playoffs

    Elimination / qualification playoffs

    September 8, 8
    p.m.     		Newcastle colors.svg Newcastle Knights 25:18 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Energy Australia Stadium , Newcastle
    Spectators: 23,752
    Referee: Sean Hampstead
    (0:12)
    report
    September 9,
    6:30 p.m.     		Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 4:20 St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane
    Spectators: 50,387
    Referee: Paul Simpkins
    (4:10)
    Report
    September 9,
    8:30 p.m.     		Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30: 12 Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders Telstra Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 14,628
    Referee: Shayne Hayne
    (12: 6)
    Report
    September 10,
    16:00     		Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 12: 6 Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels Olympic Park Stadium , Melbourne
    Spectators: 15,690
    Referee: Steve Clark
    (12: 0)
    report

    Quarter finals

    September 15,
    7:45 p.m.     		St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28: 0 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 30,907
    Referee: Paul Simpkins
    (8: 0)
    report
    September 16
    7:45 pm     		Newcastle colors.svg Newcastle Knights 6:50 Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 22,081
    Referee: Steve Clark
    (0:24)
    report

    Semifinals

    September 22nd
    7:45 pm     		Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20:37 Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 29,511
    Referee: Paul Simpkins
    (20: 6)
    Report
    23 September
    19:45     		Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24:10 St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Telstra Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 40,901
    Referee: Steve Clark
    (12: 6)
    Report

    Grand Final

    October 1, 2006
    7:00 p.m.     		Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 15: 8 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Telstra Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 79,609
    Referee: Paul Simpkins
    Attempts: Hodges , Tate
    Increases: Lockyer (1/1)
    Penalty Kicks: Lockyer (1/1), Parker (1/2)
    Dropgoals: Lockyer (1/1)     		(8: 4)
    Report     		Try: King , Turner
    1 Justin Hodges
    2 Darius Boyd
    3 Brent Tate
    4th David Stagg
    5 Karmichael Hunt
    6th Darren Lockyer (C)Captain of the crew
    7th Shane Perry
    8th Shane Webcke
    9 Shaun Berrigan
    10 Petero Civoniceva
    11 Sam Thaiday
    12 Brad Thorn
    13 Tonie Carroll
    Substitute:
    14th Corey Parker
    15th Dane Carlaw
    16 Ben Hannant
    17th Casey McGuire
    1 Billy Slater
    2 Matt Geyer
    3 Matt King
    4th Greg Inglis
    5 Steve Turner
    6th Scott Hill
    7th Cooper Cronk
    8th Antonio Kaufusi
    9 Cameron Smith (C)Captain of the crew
    10 Brett White
    11 David Kidwell
    12 Ryan Hoffman
    13 Dallas Johnson
    Substitute:
    14th Adam Blair
    15th Jeremy Smith
    16 Ben Cross
    17th Nathan Friend

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