2006 NRL Season Results

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  • Round 1 saw quite a number of upsets, and most games were very closely contested.
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Wests Tigers 24 - 15 St George Illawarra Dragons 10 March 2006 7:30pm Telstra Stadium P. Simpkins 27,865
Newcastle Knights 25 - 6 Parramatta Eels 11 March 2006 5:30pm Energy Australia Stadium R. Smith 26,198
Canterbury Bulldogs 22 - 24 Penrith Panthers 11 March 2006 7:30pm Telstra Stadium S. Hampstead 17,510
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14 - 27 Canberra Raiders 11 March 2006 7:30pm Brookvale Oval S. Hayne 17,136
New Zealand Warriors 16 - 22 Melbourne Storm 12 March 2006 2:00pm Mt Smart Stadium S. Clark 10,035
South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 - 40 Sydney Roosters 12 March 2006 2:30pm Telstra Stadium J. Robinson 16,741
Brisbane Broncos 4 - 36 North Queensland Cowboys 12 March 2006 2:00pm Suncorp Stadium T. Archer 46,229
Cronulla Sharks Bye

  • Many records were broken in this round. The Cowboy's Matt Sing scores his 150th try in first-grade, the sixth player to do so. Canterbury's Hazem El Masri scored 34 points, a club record; and Andrew Johns broke his own club record with 30 points for Newcastle.
  • The extremely hot conditions on the Sunday afternoon of this round affected two games in particular. In Wollongong, a slow-moving, somewhat sloppy game saw St George Illawarra in their first ever period of golden point extra time, going down to Penrith by the narrowest of margins. On the other hand, at Canberra, an all-time premiership record 102 points were scored between Newcastle and Canberra. This surpasses the previous record of 97 points scored in St. George's 91-6 defeat of Canterbury in 1935.
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Canterbury Bulldogs 47 - 12 Wests Tigers 17 March 2006 7:30pm Telstra Stadium S. Clark 32,578
Parramatta Eels 22 - 14 New Zealand Warriors 18 March 2006 5:30pm Waikato Stadium S. Hampstead 16,089
Cronulla Sharks 12 - 16 Brisbane Broncos 18 March 2006 7:30pm Toyota Park R. Smith 14,221
North Queensland Cowboys 20 - 16 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18 March 2006 8:30pm Dairy Farmers Stadium P. Simpkins 23,296
Sydney Roosters 18 - 22 Melbourne Storm 19 March 2006 2:30pm Aussie Stadium T. Archer 10,841
St George Illawarra Dragons 12 - 13 Penrith Panthers 19 March 2006 3:00pm WIN Stadium S. Hayne 12,098
Canberra Raiders 32 - 70 Newcastle Knights 19 March 2006 3:00pm Canberra Stadium J. Robinson 11,606
South Sydney Rabbitohs Bye

Surprisingly, many of the scores from this round were quite one-sided.

Winning team Winning team score Win. Tries Win. Goals Def. team Def. team score Def. Tries Def. Goals Ground Date Referee Crowd
Newcastle Knights 46 Thaiday 3, Carney, Buderus, M Gidley, Lowrie Johns 9/10 Canterbury Bulldogs 22 El Masri, Emelio, Mason, Hughes El Masri 3/4 EnergyAustralia Stadium Friday, 24th March Steve Clark 25,504
New Zealand Warriors 26 Ropati, Webb, Toopi, Vatuvei, Guttenbiel Martin 3/5 Wests Tigers 10 Crockett, Fitzhenry Hodgson 1/2 Jade Stadium Saturday, 25th March Russell Smith 21,346
Manly Sea Eagles 20 B.Stewart, Burns, Bell Orford 4/4 Cronulla Sharks 18 Dykes, Albert, Bailey Covell 3/4 Brookvale Oval Saturday, 25th March Sean Hampstead 13,114
North Queensland Cowboys 40 Thurston 2, Sweeney, O'Donnell, Williams, Bowman Thurston 8/8 Melbourne Storm 8 Geyer, Webster Smith 0/2 Dairy Farmers Stadium Saturday, 25th March Paul Simpkins 14,675
St George Illawarra Dragons 44 Gasnier 3, Best. Millard, Gorrell, Hornby Gorrell 8/8 South Sydney Rabbitohs 14 Gordon, Rigon, Merritt Merritt 1/3 Telstra Stadium Sunday, 26th March Jason Robinson 16,049
Brisbane Broncos 30 Tupou 2, Lockyer, Hodges, Hunt, Stagg Ennis 2/5, Parker 1/1 Parramatta Eels 10 Vella, B Smith Burt 1/2 Suncorp Stadium Sunday, 26th March Tony Archer 25,525
Sydney Roosters 56 Roberts 2, Minichiello 2, Tupou 2, Soliola, Finch, Cross, Harrison Fitzgibbon 6/8, Roberts 2/2 Canberra Raiders 20 Tongue 2, Howell, Withers Schifcofske 2/4 Aussie Stadium Sunday, 26th March Shayne Hayne 9,826

The second golden point game of the season occurred on the Saturday of this round. Penrith were once again level with their opponents after 80 minutes, however this time their opponents (Canberra) were the first to score in extra time.

Winning team Winning team score Win. Tries Win. Goals Def. team Def. team score Def. Tries Def. Goals Ground Date Referee Crowd
North Queensland Cowboys 26 Sing 2, Scott, Faiumu Thurston 5/6 Parramatta Eels 18 McKinnon 2, Grothe Riddell 2/3, Delaney 1/1 Parramatta Stadium Friday 31st March Paul Simpkins 14,131
Cronulla Sharks 24 Scott, Douglas, Latu, Thompson, Bailey Covell 2/5 South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 Polglase, Sutton, Mellor ,Merritt Merritt 1/2, Williams 2/2 Toyota Park Saturday 1st April Shayne Hayne 12,274
Manly Sea Eagles 30 B.Stewart, Matai, Bell, Orford, Burns Orford 5/5 Sydney Roosters 22 Soward, Morley, Minichiello. Fitzgibbon 3/3, Roberts 2/2 Brookvale Oval Saturday 1st April Tony Archer 17,117
Canberra Raiders 21 Mogg 2, Learoyd-Lars, Howell Schifcofske 2/4. Field Goal - Schifcofske.) (in golden point extra time - field goal to Canberra) Penrith Panthers 20 Hookey, Lewis, Pritchard, Wesser Campbell 2/5 Canberra Stadium Saturday 1st April Gavin Badger 9,399
Wests Tigers 30 Fitzhenry 3, Elford 2, Laffranchi, Whatuira Hodgson 1/7 Melbourne Storm 28 Slater 2, Inglis, Hoffman, Cronk Smith 4/5 Leichhardt Oval Sunday 2nd April Jason Robinson 17,803
St George Illawarra Dragons 26 Price, Hornby, Gorrell, Isemonger Gasnier 1/1, Gorrell 4/5 Brisbane Broncos 12 Webcke, Boyd Ennis 2/2 WIN Stadium Sunday 2nd March Sean Hampstead 13,708
New Zealand Warriors 26 Tuimavave, Vatuvei, Rovelli, Fien Martin 5/5. Newcastle Knights 22 M Gidley 2, Lowrie, Simpson K Gidley 2/4 EnergyAustralia Stadium Sunday 2nd April Russell Smith 18,359

Winning team Winning team score Win. Tries Win. Goals Def. team Def. team score Def. Tries Def. Goals Ground Date Referee Crowd
North Queensland Cowboys 32 Jensen 2, Thurston, Sing, Cooper. Thurston 6/7. Wests Tigers 12 Marshall, De Gois. Hodgson 2/3. Dairy Farmers Stadium Friday 7th April Steve Clark 20,262
Brisbane Broncos 30 Tupou 2, Lockyer, Boyd, Hodges. Parker 5/7, Seymour 0/2. South Sydney Rabbitohs 12 Mellor, Merritt. Merritt 2/2. Suncorp Stadium Saturday 8th April Gavin Badger 20,816
Sydney Roosters 28 Roberts, Tupou, Wing, Finch, Harrison. Fitzgibbon 4/6. Cronulla Sharks 24 Simmons, Kimmorley, Scott, Covell. Covell 4/4. Toyota Park Saturday 8th April Sean Hampstead 12,331
Newcastle Knights 54 Carmont 2, Carney, Thaiday, Johns, Brown, K Gidley, Buderus, Quinn. Johns 9/10. St George Illawarra Dragons 6 Best. Gorrell 1/1. WIN Stadium Saturday 8th April Tony Archer 17,367
Manly Sea Eagles 22 Bell 2, Hicks. Orford 5/5. New Zealand Warriors 8 Martin 2. Martin 0/2. Ericsson Stadium Sunday 9th April Russell Smith 7,888
Canterbury Bulldogs 30 Cutler, Ryan, Patten, Emelio. El Masri 7/7. Canberra Raiders 12 Carney 2. Schifcofske 2/2. Canberra Stadium Sunday 9th April Jason Robinson 12,125
Penrith Panthers 44 Wesser 2, Campbell, Gower, Rodney, Hookey, Luke Priddis. Campbell 8/9. Parramatta Eels 18 Tahu 2, Taia, Widders. Riddell 1/2, Delaney 0/2. Parramatta Stadium Sunday 9th April Shayne Hayne 14,194

A very rare event occurred in Round 6 - a referee was injured during a match. In the 28th minute of the Newcastle vs Nth Qld match, referee Paul Simpkins blew time off and made his way off the field with an injured calf muscle. A replacement referee was organised - Tony Des Las Heras, who had refereed the Jersey Flegg (third-tier competition) match earlier, was brought onto the field to take control of the rest of the match.

Also, for the first time in 8 years, first grade competitive rugby league returned to Adelaide after the Adelaide Rams were not closen to be included in the competition after the 1998 season. The Penrith Panthers hosted the Melbourne Storm at Hindmarsh Stadium, which was won by Melbourne 40-18. However, Rugby league officials were hoping for an attendance of at least 10,000, and were disappointed with the attendance of only 7,017.

Winning team Winning team score Win. Tries Win. Goals Def. team Def. team score Def. Tries Def. Goals Ground Date Referee Crowd
Brisbane Broncos 24 Thaiday, Eastwood, Civoniceva, Parker 6/6. Sydney Roosters 6 Roberts Roberts 1/1 Aussie Stadium Friday 14th April Steve Clark 21,246
St George Illawarra Dragons 26 Cooper 2, Young, Bickerstaff Head 5/5 Manly Sea Eagles 24 Kennedy, Robertson, B.Stewart, Kite Matt Orford 4/5 Brookvale Oval Saturday 15th April Shayne Hayne 18,069
Canberra Raiders 18 Tongue 2, Withers Schifcofske 3/3 New Zealand Warriors 14 Webb, Koopu Martin 3/4 Canberra Stadium Saturday 15th April Gavin Badger 7,174
Melbourne Storm 40 Inglis 3, King, Smith, Hoffman, Crocker Smith 6/8 Penrith Panthers (H) 18 Hookey 3, Galea Campbell 1/4 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Saturday 15th April Tony Archer 7,017
Wests Tigers 42 Crockett 2, Whatuira 2, O'Hara, Galea, Trimarchi Hodgson 6/7, Prince 1/1 Cronulla Sharks 16 Kearney, Simmons, Vagana Covell 2/3 Campbelltown Stadium Sunday 16th April Jason Robinson 15,550
North Queensland Cowboys 18 Sargent, Thurston, Bowen Thurston 3/3 Newcastle Knights 16 M Gidley, Carmont, Buderus Johns 2/3 EnergyAustralia Stadium Sunday 16th April Paul Simpkins, Tony Des Las Heras 26,048
Canterbury Bulldogs 26 Hughes, Tonga, Patten, Ryan El Masri 5/6 South Sydney Rabbitohs (H) 18 Merritt, Galuvao, Sutton Merritt 3/3, Sutton 0/1 Telstra Stadium Monday 17th April Russell Smith 19,529

(H) denotes home team at a neutral or shared venue.

Winning team Winning team score Win. Tries Win. Goals Def. team Def. team score Def. Tries Def. Goals Ground Date Referee Crowd
Parramatta Eels 28 Wests Tigers 16 Parramatta Stadium Friday 21st April Tony Archer 21,141
New Zealand Warriors 46 South Sydney Rabbitohs 14 Ericsson Stadium Saturday 22nd April Jason Robinson 8,015
Cronulla Sharks 24 North Queensland Cowboys 22 Toyota Park Saturday 22nd April Gavin Badger 9,025
Melbourne Storm 52 Newcastle Knights 6 Olympic Park Saturday 22nd April Russell Smith 9,084
Brisbane Broncos 30 Penrith Panthers 6 Suncorp Stadium Sunday 23rd April Shayne Hayne 25,133
Manly Sea Eagles 40 Canterbury Bulldogs 14 Telstra Stadium Sunday 23rd April Sean Hampstead 13,621
St George Illawarra Dragons (H) 22 Sydney Roosters 12 Aussie Stadium Tuesday 25th April Steve Clark 31,105

"(H)" denotes home team playing at opposition's usual home venue

Winning team Winning team score Win. Tries Win. Goals Def. team Def. team score Def. Tries Def. Goals Ground Date Referee Crowd
Cronulla Sharks 40 Penrith Panthers 12 Credit Union Australia Stadium Friday 28th April Sean Hampstead 16,268
Sydney Roosters 22 North Queensland Cowboys 18 Dairy Farmers Stadium Saturday 29th April Shayne Hayne 21,175
Melbourne Storm 24 St George Illawarra Dragons 10 Olympic Park Saturday 29th April Tony Archer 8,694
Brisbane Broncos 30 Canberra Raiders 28 Suncorp Stadium Saturday 29th April Russell Smith 23,582
Canterbury Bulldogs 30 New Zealand Warriors 16 Ericsson Stadium Sunday 30th April Gavin Badger 11,604
Newcastle Knights 24 South Sydney Rabbitohs 18 Telstra Stadium Sunday 30th April Jason Robinson 8,649
Manly Sea Eagles (H) 23 Parramatta Eels 22 SCG Sunday 30th April Steve Clark 19,208

"(H)" denotes home team at a neutral venue

Home team Score Away team Score Ground Crowd Date Report
North Queensland 22 Penrith 6 Dairy Farmers Stadium 16,808 May 6 NRL.com.au report
South Sydney 14 Melbourne 38 Telstra Stadium 8,083 May 6 NRL.com.au report
Parramatta 10 Canberra 30 Parramatta Stadium 10,146 May 6 NRL.com.au report
Cronulla 30 St George Illawarra 12 Toyota Park 18,845 May 7 NRL.com.au report
Wests 16 Manly 22 Leichhardt Oval 20,231 May 7 NRL.com.au report
Newcastle 32 Brisbane 30 Energy Australia Stadium 21,252 May 7 NRL.com.au report
Sydney 14 Canterbury 30 Aussie Stadium 16,121 May 7 NRL.com.au report

New Zealand had the bye

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
St George Illawarra Dragons 22 - 16 New Zealand Warriors 13 May 2006 5:30pm WIN Stadium G. Badger 10,117
Melbourne Storm 18 - 6 North Queensland Cowboys 13 May 2006 7:30pm Olympic Park S. Clark 10,830
Brisbane Broncos 32 - 10 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 13 May 2006 7:30pm Suncorp Stadium J. Robinson 24,991
Canterbury Bulldogs 22 - 18 Parramatta Eels 14 May 2006 2:30pm Telstra Stadium S. Hayne 13,159
Penrith Panthers 32 - 20 South Sydney Rabbitohs 14 May 2006 3:00pm CUA Stadium J. Maxwell 10,991
Wests Tigers 16 - 18 Newcastle Knights 14 May 2006 3:00pm Campbelltown Stadium S. Hampstead 14,499
Canberra Raiders 28 - 38 Cronulla Sharks 14 May 2006 3:00pm Canberra Stadium B. Cummins 9,695
Sydney Roosters Bye

  • Parramatta played their first game under stand-in coach Jason Taylor, following Brian Smith's resignation earlier in the week[1]. Following this announcement, star Parramatta players Mark Riddell and Tim Smith were fined $5000 each and relegated to Premier League by Parramatta after turning up to Monday morning training intoxicated[2].
  • All six home teams won their respective matches over the weekend.
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Penrith Panthers 30 - 20 Parramatta Eels 19 May 2006 7:30pm CUA Stadium S. Clark 16,764
New Zealand Warriors 34 - 12 Wests Tigers 20 May 2006 7:30pm Ericsson Stadium J. Maxwell 8,210
Newcastle Knights 22 - 12 Canberra Raiders 20 May 2006 7:30pm Energy Australia Stadium J. Robinson 18,236
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 34 - 12 Melbourne Storm 20 May 2006 7:30pm Brookvale Oval G. Badger 9,338
Canterbury Bulldogs 32 - 24 Cronulla Sharks 21 May 2006 2:30pm Telstra Stadium T. Archer 12,728
Sydney Roosters 28 - 26 South Sydney Rabbitohs 21 May 2006 3:00pm Aussie Stadium S. Hayne 13,221
Brisbane Broncos Bye
St George Illawarra Dragons Bye
North Queensland Cowboys Bye

  • Cronulla Sharks hooker Tevita Latu is stood down from the club on Monday 22nd May after claims from 19-year-old Brooke Peninton that the player punched her in the face[3]. After being arrested on late on Monday, he was granted police bail to face Sutherland Local Court on June 15[4]. He was later sacked by the Cronulla club and deregistered by the National Rugby League the following Wednesday.
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Newcastle Knights 12 - 38 St George Illawarra Dragons 26 May 2006 7:30pm Energy Australia Stadium T. Archer 23,356
North Queensland Cowboys 14 - 15 Canberra Raiders 27 May 2006 5:30pm Dairy Farmers Stadium G. Badger 16,971
Cronulla Sharks 34 - 20 New Zealand Warriors 27 May 2006 7:30pm Toyota Park B. Cummins 9,490
Brisbane Broncos 25 - 6 Canterbury Bulldogs 27 May 2006 7:30pm Suncorp Stadium S. Clark 30,589
Melbourne Storm 17 - 16 Penrith Panthers 28 May 2006 2:30pm Olympic Park S. Hayne 7,899
South Sydney Rabbitohs 4 - 44 Wests Tigers 28 May 2006 3:00pm Telstra Stadium P. Simpkins 13,640
Parramatta Eels 22 - 20 Sydney Roosters 28 May 2006 3:00pm Parramatta Stadium S. Hampstead 13,044
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Bye

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
St George Illawarra Dragons 8 - 1 Parramatta Eels 2 June 2006 7:30pm Oki Jubilee Stadium S. Hampstead 9,075
Melbourne Storm 20 - 16 Sydney Roosters 3 June 2006 5:30pm Olympic Park B. Cummins 8,491
Canberra Raiders 24 - 22 South Sydney Rabbitohs 3 June 2006 7:30pm Canberra Stadium J. Maxwell 10,150
Canterbury Bulldogs 38 - 22 Newcastle Knights 3 June 2006 7:30pm Telstra Stadium P. Simpkins 12,658
New Zealand Warriors 18 - 23 Brisbane Broncos 4 June 2006 2:00pm Ericsson Stadium S. Hayne 7,746
Penrith Panthers 22 - 29 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4 June 2006 2:30pm CUA Stadium T. Archer 10,256
Wests Tigers 24 - 14 North Queensland Cowboys 4 June 2006 3:00pm Telstra Stadium S. Clark 15,736
Cronulla Sharks Bye

  • The South Sydney Rabbitohs were able to record their first victory for the 2006 season, taking advantage of Brisbane's depleted line-up due to State of Origin commitments to prevail 34-14 at Telstra Stadium. A crowd of just 6,537, the smallest crowd to date in 2006, braved the cold, wet weather to witness this intriguing game.[5]
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 16 - 12 Wests Tigers 9 June 2006 7:30pm Brookvale Oval S. Hayne 11,588
Penrith Panthers 10 - 20 St George Illawarra Dragons 10 June 2006 5:30pm CUA Stadium J. Maxwell 9,422
South Sydney Rabbitohs 34 - 14 Brisbane Broncos 10 June 2006 7:30pm Telstra Stadium B. Cummins 6,537
North Queensland Cowboys 4 - 26 Cronulla Sharks 10 June 2006 7:30pm Dairy Farmers Stadium S. Hampstead 16,778
Sydney Roosters 12 - 22 New Zealand Warriors 11 June 2006 2:30pm Aussie Stadium R. Smith 6,807
Parramatta Eels 22 - 34 Melbourne Storm 11 June 2006 3:00pm Parramatta Stadium P. Simpkins 7,139
Canterbury Bulldogs 26 - 28 Canberra Raiders 12 June 2006 3:00pm Telstra Stadium G. Badger 12,541
Newcastle Knights Bye

  • St George Illawarra hooker Shaun Timmins is charged by Brisbane police on Saturday 17th June for "being a public nuisance". Having not even played in the Dragon's match against the Brisbane Broncos the night earlier, it was alleged Timmins sat on a street sweeper whilst making his way back to his hotel room at around 3:30am. Early reports quote the club's chief executive Peter Doust as saying that Timmins was not intoxicated at the time as far as he was aware[6]. Media figures later summed this up as an over-reaction and, while not encouraging Timmins' actions, noted that it was an act of larrikinism rather than malice.
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Brisbane Broncos 16 - 18 St George Illawarra Dragons 16 June 2006 7:30pm Suncorp Stadium
Wests Tigers 26 - 14 Sydney Roosters 17 June 2006 5:30pm Telstra Stadium
Parramatta Eels 30 - 10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 17 June 2006 7:30pm Parramatta Stadium
Cronulla Sharks 15 - 12 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 17 June 2006 7:30pm Toyota Park
New Zealand Warriors 30 - 18 Newcastle Knights 18 June 2006 2:00pm Ericsson Stadium
Melbourne Storm 22 - 12 Canberra Raiders 18 June 2006 2:30pm CUA Stadium
Canterbury Bulldogs 20 - 12 North Queensland Cowboys 18 June 2006 3:00pm Carrara Stadium
Penrith Panthers Bye

  • Wests Tigers' five-eighth Benji Marshall dislocated his right shoulder yet again, which ended his season. In other news, the Sydney Roosters' Craig Fitzgibbon and Brett Finch got into a swearing match during their match against Canberra.
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Melbourne Storm 16 - 12 Canterbury Bulldogs 23 June 2006 7:30pm Olympic Park