Tri Nations 2006 (Rugby League)

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The Tri Nations 2006 was the fourth edition of the Tri Nations rugby league tournament and was held in Australia and New Zealand. In the final, Australia beat New Zealand 16:12 in extra time, winning the Tri Nations for the third time. The last edition of the Tri Nations took place in 2006, as these were then replaced by the Four Nations .

Venues

city Stadion capacity
Auckland Mount Smart Stadium 30,000
Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Christchurch Jade Stadium 38,628
Melbourne Telstra Dome 56,347
Sydney Aussie Stadium 43,000
Wellington Westpac Stadium 34,500

table

team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points
Diff. Table
points
01. AustraliaAustralia Australia 4th 3 0 1 95:66 + 29 6th
02. New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 4th 2 0 2 85:68 + 19 4th
03. United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 4th 1 0 3 51:97 - 46 2

Results

October 14
20:00
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 18:30 AustraliaAustralia Australia Mount Smart Stadium , Auckland
Spectators: 17,887
Referee: Ashley Klein
(6:20)
report

October 21,
8 p.m.
AustraliaAustralia Australia 20:15 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Telstra Dome , Melbourne
Spectators: 30,732
Referee: Ashley Klein
(6: 4)
Report

October 28,
8:00 p.m.
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 18:14 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Jade Stadium , Christchurch
Spectators: 17,005
Referee: Paul Simpkins
(6: 2)
Report

November 4th
8:00 pm
AustraliaAustralia Australia 12: 23 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Aussie Stadium , Sydney
Spectators: 24,953
Referee: Ashley Klein
(6: 6)
Report

November 11,
8 p.m.
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 34: 4 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Westpac Stadium , Wellington
Spectators: 16,401
Referee: Paul Simpkins
(16: 4)
Report

November 18,
8:00 p.m.
AustraliaAustralia Australia 33:10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane
Spectators: 44,358
Referee: Paul Simpkins
(18: 4)
Report

final

November 25,
8 p.m.
AustraliaAustralia Australia 16:12 a.d. New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Aussie Stadium , Sydney
Spectators: 27,325
Referee: Ashley Klein
Attempts: Tate , Lockyer
Increases: Thurston (1/1)
Penalty kicks: Thurston (3/3)
(10: 6)
Report
Attempts: Pritchard , Soliola
Penalty kicks : Jones (2/2)
1 Karmichael Hunt
2 Brent Tate
3 Mark Gasnier
4th Justin Hodges
5 Greg Inglis
6th Darren Lockyer (C)Captain of the crew
7th Johnathan Thurston
8th Brent Kite
9 Cameron Smith
10 Petero Civoniceva
11 Nathan Hindmarsh
12 Andrew Ryan
13 Luke O'Donnell
Substitute:
14th Willie Mason
15th Mark O'Meley
16 Shaun Berrigan
17th Anthony Tupou
1 Brent Webb
2 Shontayne Hape
3 Iosa Soliola
4th Steve Matai
5 Manu Vatuvei
6th Nigel Vagana
7th Stacey Jones
8th Ruben Wiki (C)Captain of the crew
9 Dene Halatau
10 Roy Asotasi
11 David Kidwell
12 Simmon Mannering
13 David Fa'alogo
Substitute:
14th Motu Tony
15th Nathan Cayless
16 Adam Blair
17th Frank Pritchard

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