2006 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 2006 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 12th in the club's history. Coached by Graham Murray and captained by Travis Norton, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2006 Telstra Premiership and finished 9th (out of 15), failing to reach the play-offs for the first time since 2003. Aaron Payne was named the club's player of the year.^[1]

Ladder

For more details on this topic, see 2006 NRL season results.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne	24	20	0	4	2	605	404	+201	44
2	Bulldogs	24	16	0	8	2	608	468	+140	36
3	Brisbane	24	14	0	10	2	497	392	+105	32
4	Newcastle	24	14	0	10	2	608	538	+70	32
5	Manly	24	14	0	10	2	534	493	+41	32
6	St George Illawarra	24	14	0	10	2	519	481	+38	32
7	Canberra	24	13	0	11	2	525	573	-48	30
8	Parramatta	24	12	0	12	2	506	483	+23	28
9	North Queensland	24	11	0	13	2	450	463	-13	26
10	New Zealand	24	12	0	12	2	552	463	+89	24
11	Wests Tigers	24	10	0	14	2	490	565	-75	24
12	Penrith	24	10	0	14	2	510	587	-77	24
13	Cronulla	24	9	0	15	2	515	544	-29	22
14	Sydney	24	8	0	16	2	528	650	-122	20
15	South Sydney	24	3	0	21	2	429	772	-343	10

• New Zealand Warriors were stripped of 4 competition points due to breaches of the salary cap.

Squad

No. Position Player HK Clint Amos WG Brenton Bowen FB Matthew Bowen CE Paul Bowman PR Ray Cashmere SR Gavin Cooper HK David Faiumu FE Brett Firman CE Ashley Graham CE Josh Hannay CE Mark Henry WG Rod Jensen SR Jacob Lillyman FE Shane Muspratt

No. Position Player LK Travis Norton* SR Luke O'Donnell HK Aaron Payne* PR Mitchell Sargent PR Matthew Scott WG Matt Sing SR Justin Smith SR Steve Southern PR Daniel Stickland WG Neil Sweeney PR Robert Tanielu HB Johnathan Thurston* PR Shane Tronc SR Carl Webb WG Ty Williams

(*) Travis Norton captained 20 games, Aaron Payne captained 3 games and Johnathon Thurston captained 1 game.

Draw and Results

Round	Opponent	Result	Nth.Qld	Opp.	Date	Venue
1	Brisbane Broncos	Win	36	4	13 Mar	Suncorp Stadium
2	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Win	20	16	18 Mar	Dairy Farmers Stadium
3	Melbourne Storm	Win	40	8	25 Mar	Dairy Farmers Stadium
4	Parramatta Eels	Win	26	18	31 March	Parramatta Stadium
5	Wests Tigers	Win	32	12	7 Apr	Dairy Farmers Stadium
6	Newcastle Knights	Win	18	16	16 Apr	EnergyAustralia Stadium
7	Cronulla Sharks	Loss	22	24	22 Apr	Toyota Park
8	Sydney Roosters	Loss	18	22	29 Apr	Dairy Farmers Stadium
9	Penrith Panthers	Win	22	6	6 May	Dairy Farmers Stadium
10	Melbourne Storm	Loss	6	18	13 May	Olympic Park
11	BYE
12	Canberra Raiders	Loss	14	15	27 May	Dairy Farmers Stadium
13	Wests Tigers	Loss	14	24	4 June	Telstra Stadium
14	Cronulla Sharks	Loss	4	26	10 June	Dairy Farmers Stadium
15	Canterbury Bulldogs	Loss	12	20	18 June	Carrara Stadium
16	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Loss	14	16	24 June	WIN Stadium
17	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Win	16	14	1 July	Dairy Farmers Stadium
18	BYE
19	Penrith Panthers	Loss	8	17	15 July	CUA Stadium
20	Brisbane Broncos	Win	26	10	22 July	Dairy Farmers Stadium
21	Sydney Roosters	Loss	20	40	30 July	Aussie Stadium
22	Canterbury Bulldogs	Loss	14	54	5 Aug	Dairy Farmers Stadium
23	New Zealand Warriors	Loss	0	26	12 Aug	Ericsson Stadium
24	Newcastle Knights	Loss	12	19	19 Aug	EnergyAustralia Stadium
25	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Win	34	12	27 Aug	Telstra Stadium
26	Parramatta Eels	Win	22	8	1 Sep	Telstra Stadium

Overall Player Stats

Player	App	Int	T	G	FG	Pts	Avg Tackles	Avg Hit Ups
Matt Sing	24	0	13	0	0	52	7.2	11.7
Matthew Bowen	24	0	5	0	0	20	3.6	16.8
Travis Norton	19	1	0	0	0	0	21.8	6.4
Aaron Payne	18	3	6	0	0	24	26.1	6.3
Justin Smith	17	5	3	1	0	14	26.3	10
Johnathan Thurston	17	0	11	49	0	142	11.6	10.2
Paul Bowman	16	0	3	0	0	12	16.9	13.5
Luke O'Donnell	16	0	4	0	0	16	20.3	18
Carl Webb	14	6	0	0	0	0	14.4	12.4
Ashley Graham	14	0	3	6	0	24	10.1	10
Shane Tronc	13	8	1	0	0	4	25	15
Neil Sweeny	13	0	6	1	0	26	7.7	10.8
Matthew Scott	12	10	2	0	0	8	19.2	12.4
Mitchell Sargent	12	8	1	0	0	4	20.2	12.4
Gavin Cooper	12	6	3	0	0	12	22.3	11.3
Steven Sothern	9	9	1	0	0	4	21.7	7.5
Josh Hannay	9	0	2	8	0	12	12	7.3
David Faiumu	8	10	2	0	0	8	17.4	7.4
Jacob Lillyman	8	7	0	0	0	0	22.1	8.9
Mark Henry	7	1	3	0	0	12	16.4	12
Brett Firman	7	0	1	0	0	4	14.3	5.9
Brenton Bowen	7	0	4	0	0	16	2.3	14.6
Ray Cashmere	5	1	0	0	0	0	17.2	14.2
Ty Williams	5	0	1	0	0	4	9.2	10
Brent McConnell	3	0	1	2	0	8	20.7	6
Shane Muspratt	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	9
Clint Amos	1	5	0	0	0	0	18.2	4.2
Rod Jensen	0	12	3	0	0	12	22.7	8.5
Robert Tanielu	0	3	0	0	0	0	9	9
Daniel Strickland	0	1	0	0	0	0	19	2

Keys- App=Appearances, Int=Interchange, T=Tries, G=Goals, FG=Field Goals, Pts=Points, Avg Tackles=Average Tackles, Avg hit Ups=Average Hit Ups

References

1. ^ Honours at cowboys.com.au