2006 AFL season

Infobox AFL season
year = 2006


imagesize = 100px
caption = AFL logo
teams = 16
premiers = AFL WCE
count = 3rd
minor premiers = AFL WCE
mpcount = 3rd
national cup winners = AFL Gee
nccount = 1st
matches = 185
attendance = 6204056
top goal scorer = Brendan Fevola (AFL Car)
brownlow medallist = Adam Goodes (AFL Syd)

Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2006.

National Cup

Geelong 3.10.5 (95) defeated the Adelaide Crows 1.10.15 (84) in the Final. The game was held at AAMI Stadium, with an attendance of 30,707.

Premiership season

Round 1 (Season Launch)

Round 2

Round 3 (Easter)

=Round 4 (ANZAC Day)=

=Round 5 (Return to MCG)=

This round saw one of the most controversial ends to a football match in the St Kilda v Fremantle match, see AFL siren controversy, 2006.

=Round 6 (Rivalry Round)=

Round 7 (Mother's Day)

Round 8

Round 9 (Green shirt round)

Note: Green shirt round acknowledges the contribution of new and inexperienced umpires in junior competitions. [http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=268428]

Round 10

=Round 11 (Queen's Birthday)=

Round 12 (Split Round)

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

=Round 16 (Heritage Round)=

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22 (Father's Day)

Finals

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

emi Finals

Preliminary Finals

Grand Final

Ladder

Awards

*The Brownlow Medal was awarded 25 September 2006 to Sydney Swans' Adam Goodes, for the AFL's best and fairest player.
*The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to West Coast Eagles' Chris Judd as the AFLPA's most valuable player.
*The Coleman Medal was awarded to Brendan Fevola of Carlton.
*The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to West Coast Eagles' Andrew Embley as the player best afield in the AFL Grand Final.
*The AFL Rising Star award goes to Danyle Pearce from Port Adelaide.
*The McClelland Trophy was awarded to the West Coast Eagles for finishing atop the ladder after the regular season.
*The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to the Carlton Blues for finishing 16th on the AFL ladder for the second straight year under Denis Pagan.
*The 2006 All-Australian Team has been announced, with 10 debutants and Brad Johnson named as captain.
*The AFL Mark of the Year was awarded to Brad Ottens of Geelong for his mark in Round 5.
*The AFL Goal of the Year was awarded to Eddie Betts of Carlton for his goal in Round 21.

Best and Fairests

*Adelaide: Simon Goodwin
*Brisbane: Simon Black
*Carlton: Lance Whitnall
*Collingwood: Alan Didak
*Essendon: Scott Lucas
*Fremantle: Matthew Pavlich
*Geelong: Paul Chapman
*Hawthorn: Sam Mitchell
*Kangaroos: Brady Rawlings
*Melbourne: James McDonald
*Port Adelaide: Brendon Lade
*Richmond: Kane Johnson
*St. Kilda: Nick Riewoldt
*Sydney: Adam Goodes
*West Coast: Chris Judd
*Western Bulldogs: Brad Johnson ^{[http://footystats.freeservers.com/Daily/2006b&f.html]}

Notable Events

* In Round 5, Fremantle and St Kilda's game ended in controversy after the final siren was not heard by umpires, with the extra time allowing St Kilda to level the scores - the result was changed by the AFL commission later in the week on the basis that the timekeeper had failed to perform his duties.
* Richmond suffered three 100-point losses in season 2006, against the Western Bulldogs in round 1 (115 points), the Sydney Swans in round 7 (118 points) and then St Kilda in round 17 (103 points).
* A struggling Richmond team defeated league-leaders Adelaide in round 8 in an often-discussed game. To counteract Adelaide's strong flood, Richmond slowly built up a lead by patiently controlling the football without ever kicking to a contest, a move described as both boring and brilliant. In the final quarter, Adelaide were forced to switch to man-on-man tactics, almost erasing the deficit, but falling three points short. In executing this plan, Richmond took 181 marks, which is the highest amount ever (recorded since 1987).
* In round 8, Brendan Fevola became the first player to kick all of his team's goals in a game since Mark Arceri in 1991. Of Carlton's 4.10(34), Fevola contributed 4.5(29), Simon Wiggins scored two behinds, and three behinds were rushed.

Player changes

Debuts

Retirements

End of season

*John Barker ^{[http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=290583]} AFL Haw

*Mark Chaffey ^{[http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=293370]} AFL Ric

*Barnaby French - AFL Car

*Saverio Rocca ^{( [http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=293295] )} AFL Kan

*Jarrad Schofield^{( [http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=293399] )}AFL Fre

*Brad Scott ^{[http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=288242]} AFL Bri

*Greg Stafford ^{[http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=293370]} AFL Ric

*Chad Morrison ^{[http://collingwoodfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=293485]} - AFL Col

*Adam Kingsley - AFL Por

*Stephen Powell - AFL Stk

*Justin Peckett - AFL Stk

*Rohan Smith - AFL WB

*Michael Voss - AFL Bri

*Drew Banfield - West Coast Eagles

ackings/Delistings

*Jayden Attard - AFL Bri
*Matthew Ball - AFL Haw
*Matthew Bishop - AFL Por
*Luke Forsyth - AFL Bri
*Ben Hart - AFL Ade
*Clark Keating - AFL Bri
*Andrew Kellaway - AFL Ric
*Troy Makepeace - AFL Kan
*Marty Pask - AFL Bri
*Justin Perkins - AFL Kan
*Mark Powell - AFL Kan
*Cameron Thurley - AFL Kan

Trades

See also

* 2006 AFL finals series
* 2006 Australian football code crowds
* List of 2006 AFL debuts
* Collingwood Magpies 2006 Season
* Sydney Swans 2006 Season
* List of Australian Football League premiers

External links

* [http://www.afl.com.au Official AFL website]
* [http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/ FOXSPORTS Australia AFL section]
* [http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy Heraldsun site]
* [http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/ The Age Online]

References

* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/seas/2006.html 2006 Season - AFL Tables]