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2006 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

The 2006 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the eighth in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2006 premiership season. The team finished sixth in the regular season, making finals but getting knocked out in the preliminary finals against the Melbourne Storm, losing 24–10.

2006 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank6th
Play-off resultPreliminary Finals
2006 recordWins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 519; against: 481
Team information
CoachNathan Brown
Captain
StadiumJubilee Oval, Wollongong Showground
Avg. attendance15,265
High attendance31,105 (vs. Roosters, round 7)
Top scorers
TriesMark Gasnier (18)
GoalsAaron Gorrell (55)
PointsAaron Gorrell (130)
← 2005 2007 →

Squad gains and losses edit

  or   Player 2005 Club 2006 Club
  Sam Isemonger   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks   St. George Illawarra Dragons
  Andrew Price   Newcastle Knights   St. George Illawarra Dragons
  Michael Ennis   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Brisbane Broncos
  Daniel Holdsworth   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
  Willie Manu   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Castleford Tigers (Super League)
  Shane Marteene   St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
  Bryan Norrie   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Penrith Panthers
  Lance Thompson   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
  Albert Torrens   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Huddersfield Giants (Super League)
  Nick Youngquest   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Penrith Panthers

Ladder edit

2006 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Melbourne Storm 24 20 0 4 2 605 404 +201 441
2   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 16 0 8 2 608 468 +140 36
3   Brisbane Broncos (P) 24 14 0 10 2 497 392 +105 32
4   Newcastle Knights 24 14 0 10 2 608 538 +70 32
5   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 2 534 493 +41 32
6   St George Illawarra Dragons 24 14 0 10 2 519 481 +38 32
7   Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 2 525 573 -48 30
8   Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 2 506 483 +23 28
9   North Queensland Cowboys 24 11 0 13 2 450 463 -13 26
10   New Zealand Warriors 24 12 0 12 2 552 463 +89 242
11   Wests Tigers 24 10 0 14 2 490 565 -75 24
12   Penrith Panthers 24 10 0 14 2 510 587 -77 24
13   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 9 0 15 2 515 544 -29 22
14   Sydney Roosters 24 8 0 16 2 528 650 -122 20
15   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 3 0 21 2 429 772 -343 10

1 The Melbourne Storm were later stripped of this minor premiership due to gross salary cap breaches.
2 The New Zealand Warriors were deducted 4 competition points due to gross salary cap breaches.

Ladder Progression edit

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Ladder Position 10th 13th 7th 5th 10th 9th 7th 9th 11th 9th 9th 8th 8th 7th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 4th 6th 7th 7th 6th 6th
Source:[1]

Season results edit

Round Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Referee Attendance Source
1   Wests Tigers 24 – 15   St. George Illawarra Dragons 10 March Stadium Australia Paul Simpkins 27,865 [2]
2   St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 13   Penrith Panthers 19 March Wollongong Showground Shayne Hayne 12,098 [3]
3   South Sydney Rabbitohs 14 – 44   St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 March Stadium Australia Jason Robinson 16,049 [4]
4   St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 – 12   Brisbane Broncos 2 April Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead 13,708 [5]
5   St. George Illawarra Dragons 6 – 54   Newcastle Knights 8 April Wollongong Showground Tony Archer 17,467 [6]
6   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 – 26   St. George Illawarra Dragons 15 April Brookvale Oval Shayne Hayne 18,069 [7]
7 (ANZAC Day)   St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 12   Sydney Roosters 25 April Sydney Football Stadium Steve Clark 31,105 [8]
8   Melbourne Storm 24 – 10   St. George Illawarra Dragons 29 April Olympic Park Stadium Tony Archer 8,694 [9]
9   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30 – 12   St. George Illawarra Dragons 7 May Endeavour Field Steve Clark 18,845 [10]
10   St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 16   New Zealand Warriors 13 May Wollongong Showground Gavin Badger 10,117 [11]
11 BYE
12   Newcastle Knights 12 – 38   St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 May Newcastle International Sports Centre Tony Archer 23,356 [12]
13   St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 – 1   Parramatta Eels 2 June Jubilee Oval Sean Hampstead 9,075 [13]
14   Penrith Panthers 10 – 20   St. George Illawarra Dragons 10 June Penrith Stadium Jared Maxwell 9,422 [14]
15   Brisbane Broncos 16 – 18   St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 June Lang Park Tony Archer 32,914 [15]
16   St. George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 14   North Queensland Cowboys 24 June Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 13,289 [16]
17 BYE
18   St. George Illawarra Dragons 38 – 28   South Sydney Rabbitohs 9 July Jubilee Oval Jason Robinson 13,126 [17]
19   St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 22   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14 July Jubilee Oval Steve Clark 18,223 [18]
20   Canberra Raiders 31 – 12   St. George Illawarra Dragons 23 July Canberra Stadium Paul Simpkins 13,504 [19]
21   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 34   Melbourne Storm 30 July Jubilee Oval Sean Hampstead 13,866 [20]
22   Parramatta Eels 28 – 6   St. George Illawarra Dragons 4 August Parramatta Stadium Steve Clark 19,137 [21]
23   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 26 – 10   St. George Illawarra Dragons 13 August Stadium Australia Sean Hampstead 31,256 [22]
24   St. George Illawarra Dragons 46 – 16   Wests Tigers 20 August Jubilee Oval Shayne Hayne 14,211 [23]
25   St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 4   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 26 August Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 16,897 [24]
26   Sydney Roosters 16 – 36   St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 September Sydney Cricket Ground Russell Smith 17,142 [25]
FW1   Brisbane Broncos 4 – 20   St. George Illawarra Dragons 9 September Lang Park Paul Simpkins 50,387 [26]
FW2   St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 0   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 15 September Sydney Football Stadium Paul Simpkins 30,907 [27]
FW3   Melbourne Storm 24 – 10   St. George Illawarra Dragons 23 September Stadium Australia Steve Clark 40,901 [28]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ladder". National Rugby League. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Wests Tigers 24 v St George Illawarra 15 / Round 1, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  3. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 12 v Penrith 13 / Round 2, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  4. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Souths 14 v St George Illawarra 44 / Round 3, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  5. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 26 v Brisbane 12 / Round 4, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  6. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 6 v Newcastle 54 / Round 5, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  7. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Manly 24 v St George Illawarra 26 / Round 6, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  8. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Sydney Roosters 12 v St George Illawarra 22 / Round 7, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  9. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Melbourne 24 v St George Illawarra 10 / Round 8, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  10. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Cronulla 30 v St George Illawarra 12 / Round 9, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  11. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 22 v New Zealand 16 / Round 10, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  12. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Newcastle 12 v St George Illawarra 38 / Round 12, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  13. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 8 v Parramatta 1 / Round 13, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  14. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Penrith 10 v St George Illawarra 20 / Round 14, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  15. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Brisbane 16 v St George Illawarra 18 / Round 15, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  16. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 34 v North Queensland 14 / Round 16, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  17. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 38 v Souths 28 / Round 18, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  18. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 16 v Bulldogs 22 / Round 19, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  19. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Canberra 31 v St George Illawarra 12 / Round 20, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  20. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 24 v Melbourne 34 / Round 21, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  21. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Parramatta 28 v St George Illawarra 6 / Round 22, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  22. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Bulldogs 26 v St George Illawarra 10 / Round 23, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  23. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 46 v Wests Tigers 16 / Round 24, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  24. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 18 v Cronulla 4 / Round 25, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  25. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 36 v Sydney Roosters 16 / Round 26, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  26. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 20 v Brisbane 4 / Qualifying Final, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  27. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 28 v Manly 0 / Semi Final, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  28. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Melbourne 24 v St George Illawarra 10 / Preliminary Final, 2006". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
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