2006 NRL season results

Regular Season

Round 1

Round 4

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 to make it 21-20.

New Zealand had the bye

Round 10

Round 13

It took 70 minutes to score a point in the St. George Illawarra Dragons and Parramatta Eels game with Parramatta's five-eighth John Morris poped over a field goal to make it 1-0 to Parramatta. But eventually St. George Illwarra found there rhythm to go out 8-1 winners.

Round 16

*For the third week in a row, the Friday night game was won in the last minute, this time it was the Melbourne Storm winning 16-12 after trailing 12-10 with less then a minute to go against the Canterbury Bulldogs.
*Wests Tigers' five-eighth Benji Marshall dislocated his right shoulder yet again, which ended his season.
*The Sydney Roosters' Craig Fitzgibbon and Brett Finch got into a swearing match during their match against the Canberra Raiders.
*The South Sydney Rabbitohs suffered there worst defeat in the club's history with a humiliating 66-0 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.

Round 19

*St George Illawarra 16 Bulldogs 22 at OKI Jubilee Stadium Kogarah, Fri 14 July 7:30pm
*New Zealand 12 Parramatta 20 at Mt Smart Stadium Auckland, Sat 15 July 5:30pm
*South Sydney 20 Manly 26 at Telstra Stadium Sydney, Sat 15 July 7:30pm
*Penrith 17 North Queensland 8 at CUA Stadium Penrith, Sat 15 July 7:30pm
*Newcastle 16 Melbourne 24 at EnergyAustralia Stadium Newcastle, Sun 16 July 2:30pm
*Canberra 20 Wests Tigers 18 "in extra time" at Canberra Stadium ACT, Sun 16 July 3:00pm
*Sydney Roosters 38 Cronulla 32 at Aussie Stadium Sydney, Sun 16 July 3:00pm
*Brisbane had the bye

Round 20

*Melbourne 28 Cronulla 12 at Olympic Park Melbourne, Fri 21 July 7:30pm
*Bulldogs 25 Sydney Roosters 0 at Telstra Stadium Sydney, Sat 22 July 5:30pm
*Newcastle 24 South Sydney 18 at EnergyAustralia Stadium Newcastle, Sat 22 July 7:30pm
*North Queensland 26 Brisbane 10 at Dairy Farmers Stadium Townsville, Sat 22 July 7:30pm
*Wests Tigers 6 Parramatta 34 at Telstra Stadium Sydney, Sun 23 July 2:30pm
*Manly 32 Penrith 30 at Brookvale Oval Sydney, Sun 23 July 3:00pm
*Canberra 31 St George Illawarra 12 at Canberra Stadium ACT, Sun 23 July 3:00pm
*New Zealand had the bye

Round 21

*Cronulla 18 Newcastle 22 at Toyota Park Sydney, Fri 28 July 7:30pm
*Penrith 36 New Zealand 6 at CUA Stadium Penrith, Sat 29 July 5:30pm
*Parramatta 31 Manly 18 at Parramatta Stadium Sydney, Sat 29 July 7:30pm
*South Sydney 21 Canberra 8 at Telstra Stadium Sydney, Sat 29 July 7:30pm
*Brisbane 6 Wests Tigers 20 at Suncorp Stadium Brisbane, Sun 30 July 2:30pm
*St George Illawarra 24 Melbourne 34 at OKI Jubilee Stadium Kogarah, Sun 30 July 3:00pm
*Sydney Roosters 40 North Queensland Cowboys 20 at Aussie Stadium Sydney, Sun 30 July 3:00pm
*Bulldogs had the bye

Round 22

*Rugby league returned to the Central Coast for the first time in 2006, with over 18,000 packing into the picturesque Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium at Gosford to witness the Roosters play the Knights.
*Parramatta continued their winning streak with a victory over the Dragons, Cronulla slumped to another loss, whilst Melbourne and the Bulldogs all but extinguished the hopes of the 2005 Grand Finalists with big victories over the Wests Tigers and North Queensland Cowboys respectively.
*South Sydney recorded back-to-back victories for the first and only time this season.

Round 25

*Controversy struck the NRL once again, when North Queensland Cowboys player Mitchell Sargent testing positive to the drug cocaine. [News.com.au [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20237477-2,00.html NRL star tests positive to cocaine] August 24, 2006 - 03:15pm] He was immediately sacked from the club.
*The Panthers were the only team outside the eight before Round 25 with a slight chance of becoming finalists. However, with the Panthers losing, the top eight became set in stone, meaning no other team was any longer able to make the final series.
*For the second week in a row, the Broncos held their opponents scoreless beating Parramatta 23-0.

emi Finals

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