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The salary cap for the 2006 season was A$3.366 million per club for their 25 highest-paid players. [3] The New Zealand Warriors were investigated by the National Rugby League over alleged salary cap breaches committed by the team's previous administrators. The club admitted to inflating its salary cap to the tune of nearly $1 million during the ...
To date there have been over 850 first-grade players to wear the blue and white of the Bulldogs. Based in Belmore, a suburb of Sydney, the Bulldogs in 1935 were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition, a predecessor of the current NRL competition. Canterbury won its first premiership in just its fourth season (1938).
This article lists all rugby league footballers who have played first-grade NRL games for the Melbourne Storm. Cameron Smith made a record 430 appearances for Melbourne from 2002–2020. Notes: Debut: Players are listed in order of player cap number as shown on Melbourne Storm honour board. [1] Appearances: NRL games for Melbourne Storm only.
20 August – Foundation Storm player Scott Hill announces he will be leaving the club at the end of the 2006 season, taking up an offer to play in the Super League with Harlequins. [3] 5 September – Cameron Smith is awarded the Dally M Medal, winning the medal by four points. Smith is the first Melbourne player to win the game's official ...
The 2006 Sydney Roosters season was the 99th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL 's 2006 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 14th (out of 15). [ 1 ]
2006 was also the final season for club stalwarts Travis Norton and Matt Sing. Norton, who captained the side from 2004 to 2007, and Sing, who scored 73 tries for the club and rejuvenated his career in the process, were key figures in the club's transformation from cellar dwellers into a credible premiership threat.
The 2005 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 97th in the club's history. Coached by Shaun McRae and captained by Peter Cusack , they competed in the National Rugby League 's 2006 Telstra Premiership , finishing the regular season in last place, and collecting their eighth (and to date most recent) wooden spoon .
Controversy struck the NRL once again, when North Queensland Cowboys player Mitchell Sargent testing positive to the drug cocaine. [8] 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 ...