2006 NRL Season — Final Regular-Season Ladder

15 clubs, each playing a 24-game regular season (26-round draw, 2 byes each). Melbourne Storm's minor premiership was later stripped (2010) for salary-cap breaches, but the ladder itself was never retroactively altered — reported here as played. New Zealand Warriors' points total already reflects a 4-point penalty imposed pre-season for a prior salary-cap breach.

NRL 2006 ▾

Ladder

Pos	Club	P	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	20	4	605	404	+201	44
2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	16	8	608	468	+140	36
3	Brisbane Broncos	24	14	10	497	392	+105	32
4	Newcastle Knights	24	14	10	608	538	+70	32
5	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	14	10	534	493	+41	32
6	St George Illawarra Dragons	24	14	10	519	481	+38	32
7	Canberra Raiders	24	13	11	525	573	-48	30
8	Parramatta Eels	24	12	12	506	483	+23	28
9	North Queensland Cowboys	24	11	13	450	463	-13	26
10	New Zealand Warriors	24	12	12	552	463	+89	24
11	Wests Tigers	24	10	14	490	565	-75	24
12	Penrith Panthers	24	10	14	510	587	-77	24
13	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	9	15	515	544	-29	22
14	Sydney Roosters	24	8	16	528	650	-122	20
15	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	3	21	429	772	-343	10

Qualified for the finals series — top 8 (McIntyre final eight system) that season.

Finals series

Qualifying Final

Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
8 Sep 2006	Newcastle Knights 25–18 Manly-Warringah	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle, NSW	23,752
9 Sep 2006	Brisbane Broncos 4–20 St George Illawarra	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, QLD	50,387
9 Sep 2006	Canterbury-Bankstown 30–12 Canberra Raiders	Telstra Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW	14,628
10 Sep 2006	Melbourne Storm 12–6 Parramatta Eels	Olympic Park, Melbourne, VIC	15,690

Semi-Final

Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
15 Sep 2006	St George Illawarra 28–0 Manly-Warringah	Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW	30,907
16 Sep 2006	Brisbane Broncos 50–6 Newcastle Knights	Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW	22,081

Preliminary Final

Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
22 Sep 2006	Canterbury-Bankstown 20–37 Brisbane Broncos	Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW	29,511
23 Sep 2006	Melbourne Storm 24–10 St George Illawarra	Telstra Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW	40,901

Grand Final

Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
1 Oct 2006	Brisbane Broncos 15–8 Melbourne Storm	Telstra Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW	79,609

Full Grand Final page (Clive Churchill Medal, match context, sources) →

Sources

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