2006 Canberra Raiders season

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2006 Canberra Raiders season
Simon Hawkins
Coach
Assistant Coach		Matthew Elliott
David Furner
Captain
StadiumCanberra Stadium
Avg. attendance11,489
High attendance21,255
Top scorers
TriesTodd Carney, Adam Mogg (12)
PointsClinton Schifcofske (178)
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The 2006

2006 Telstra Premiership
, finishing the regular season 7th (out of 15) to make the finals. They were knocked out of the play-offs in the first week by the Bulldogs.

Season summary

The Raiders started the

Telstra Stadium, and eliminated from the 2006 premiership race. This was also the final match for coach Matthew Elliott, who is coaching Penrith in 2007. His replacement was former North Queensland Cowboys' assistant coach Neil Henry.[2]

Season results

Trial Games
Round Opponent Result Can. Opp. Date Venue Crowd Position
Trial 1 New Zealand Warriors Win 28 16 Feb 12 North Harbour Stadium 11,000 N/A[3]
Trial 2 Brisbane Broncos Loss 20 28 Feb 18 Port Macquarie Regional Stadium 6,000 N/A[4]
NRL Regular Season Games
1
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
 Win 27 14 11 Mar Brookvale Oval 17,135 4/15
2 Newcastle Knights Loss 32 70 19 Mar Canberra Stadium 11,606 10/15
3 Sydney Roosters Loss 56 20 26 Mar Sydney Football Stadium 9,826 14/15
4 Penrith Panthers Win 21 20 1 Apr Canberra Stadium 9,399 12/15
5
Bulldogs
 Loss 12 30 9 Apr Canberra Stadium 12,125 12/15
6 New Zealand Warriors Win 18 14 15 Apr Canberra Stadium 7,174 11/15
7 BYE 21-23 Apr 9/15
8 Brisbane Broncos Loss 28 30 29 Apr
Suncorp Stadium
 23,582 12/15
9 Parramatta Eels Win 30 10 6 May Parramatta Stadium 10,146 9/15
10
Cronulla Sharks
 Loss 18 14 14 May Canberra Stadium 9,695 12/15
11 Newcastle Knights Loss 22 12 20 May
Energy Australia Stadium
 18,236 12/15
12 North Queensland Cowboys Win 15 14 27 May
Dairy Farmers Stadium
 16,971 12/15
13 South Sydney Rabbitohs Win 24 22 3 Jun Canberra Stadium 10,150 10/15
14
Bulldogs
 Win 28 26 12 Jun Telstra Stadium 12,541 9/15
15 Melbourne Storm Loss 22 12 18 Jun Olympic Park 7,954 10/15
16 Sydney Roosters Win 42 10 25 Jun Canberra Stadium 11,876 8/15
17 Parramatta Eels Loss 12 18 1 Jul Canberra Stadium 8,824 9/15
18 Penrith Panthers Loss 12 24 8 Jul Penrith Stadium 9,111 11/15
19 Wests Tigers Win 20 18 16 Jul Canberra Stadium 9,125 10/15
20
St George Illawarra Dragons
 Win 31 12 23 Jul Canberra Stadium 13,504 9/15
21 South Sydney Rabbitohs Loss 8 21 29 Jul Telstra Stadium 6,152 12/15
22 Brisbane Broncos Win 30 18 6 Aug Canberra Stadium 13,137 8/15
23 Wests Tigers Win 19 18 13 Aug
Campbelltown Stadium
 18,474 8/15
24 BYE 18-20 Aug 8/15
25 Melbourne Storm Loss 18 22 26 Aug Canberra Stadium 21,255 8/15
26
Cronulla Sharks
 Win 26 24 2 Sep
Toyota Stadium
 9,289 7/15
NRL Finals Games
QF
Bulldogs
 Loss 12 30 9 Sep Telstra Stadium 14,628 N/A
Colour Result
Green Win
Red Loss
Yellow Golden point Win
Blue Bye

Round 19
Raiders playing the Tigers at Canberra Stadium

Club Awards

Award Winner[5]
Player of the Year Alan Tongue
Coaches Award Clinton Schifcofske
Rookie of the Year Adrian Purtell
Fred Daly Memorial Clubman of the Year Trophy Jason Smith
Premier League
Player of the Year 		Ryan Hinchcliffe
Premier League
Coaches Award 		Bronx Goodwin
Jersey Flegg Player of the Year Josh McCrone
Jersey Flegg Coaches Award Nick Colley

Season Ladder

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.

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Chris (2006-09-10). "We can't blame it on the rain Raiders blunder their way out of '06 in dismal night". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  2. ^ "NEIL HENRY TO COACH RAIDERS IN 2007". The World of Rugby League. 2006-04-10. Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  3. ^ "NRL Trial: Raiders v Warriors - North Harbour Stadium (NZ)".
  4. ^ "NRL Trial: Broncos v Raiders - Port Macquarie Regional Stadium".
  5. ^ "Award Winners". Canberra Raiders. Archived from the original on 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
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