- 2006 AMNRL season
Infobox rugby league season
year = 2006
competition = American National Rugby League
imagesize = 150px
caption = Logo of the AMNRL
teams = 11
premiers =
count = 2nd
minor premiers =
mpcount = 6th
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top scorer = The 2006 American National Rugby League season was the ninth annualAmerican National Rugby League season, and the 26th since the first season of semi-professional rugby league began in North America. The season began onMay 17 2006 with a match between defending premiersGlen Mills Bulls and thePhiladelphia Fight , played at Jack Pearson Stadium. The same venue hosted theGrand Final between theConnecticut Wildcats andGlen Mills Bulls onAugust 19 ,2006 in front of a crowd of 2,500 [ [http://www.rugbyleaguereview.com/world.htm Rugby League Review - Rugby League World News Page ] ] .There were eleven teams that participated throughout the ten rounds of the regular season. After the regular season concluded, six of these teams qualified for the first week of the playoff series, with the
Connecticut Wildcats victors in theGrand Final securing their second championship title.Pre Season
*Three new teams entered the competition for the 2006 season which took the number of teams in the
American National Rugby League to eleven. These teams were theJacksonville Axemen , Boston Braves (whom were originally called the Boston Wolfhounds) and theNew Haven Warriors . It was originally believed that a team fromChicago would also enter the competition but the AMNRL turned down their application however they may feature in a future AMNRL season.Regular Season Results
Ladder
Playoffs
Week 1
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date =August 5 ,2006
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score = 20–0
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stadium = Jack Casagrande Stadium,Norwalk, Connecticut
attendance =
referee= John Ryan
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date =August 5 ,2006
team1 =
score = 26–22
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stadium = Pier 40, Hudson River Park,New York
attendance =
referee= Benjamin Kelly
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date =August 5 ,2006
team1 =
score = 50–24
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team2 =
points1 = Phil Shipos (18), Steve Thompson (12), Zac Padgett (8), G. Mendez (4), Jim Sweeney (4), Justin Zadnick (4)
points2 = Will Fletcher (8), Dan Van Dellen (8), Perry Vaught (8)
stadium = Shark Park,Levittown, Pennsylvania
attendance =
referee= Ryan McGoughWeek 2
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date =August 12 ,2006
team1 =Connecticut Wildcats
score = 54–6
report = [http://www.amnrl.com/news/08152006wildcatsknights.html (Report)]
team2 =
points1 = Damien O’Malvaney (16), Steve Annunziato (12), Nathan Hollingsworth (10)Danny Bull (4), Brent Griffiths (4), Doug Griffiths (4), Mike McGeachy (4)
points2 = Adam Nable (6)
stadium = Jack Casagrande Stadium,Norwalk, Connecticut
attendance =
referee= Ben Wards
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date =August 12 ,2006
team1 =
score = 54–18
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stadium = Jack Pearson Stadium,Pennsylvania
attendance =
referee= Ryan McGoughChampionship Match
The season culminated on
August 19 ,2006 , with the 4th placedConnecticut Wildcats defeating the minor premiersGlen Mills Bulls 36-28 in the Grand Final Championship Match in front of 2,500 people at Jack Pearson Stadium inConcordville, Pennsylvania . The victory was Connecticut's second premiership in successive years.rugbyleaguebox
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date =August 19 ,2006
team1 =Glen Mills Bulls
score = 28–36
report = [http://www.wildcatsrugby.com/index.php?action=view&article=17 (Report)]
team2 =Connecticut Wildcats
points1 =
points2 =
stadium = Jack Pearson Stadium,Pennsylvania
attendance = 2,500
referee= Ryan McGoughee also
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American National Rugby League
*Rugby league in 2006 Footnotes
External links
;Official websites
* [http://www.amnrl.com/ American National Rugby League Online]
* [http://www.amnrl.com/teams/ Club profiles at Amnrl.com];News sites
* [http://www.amnrl.com/news/index.html AMNRL News]
* [http://www.rugbyleaguereview.com/world.htm AMNRL rugby league review World news]
* [http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/forumdisplay.php?f=130 AMNRL League Unlimited]
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