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The 2006 NRL season was the 99th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the ninth run by the National Rugby League. The lineup of teams remained unchanged from the previous year, with fifteen clubs competing for the 2006 Telstra Premiership .
#1 Arthur Hennessy, Australia's first test captain #10 Dally Messenger, league's 1st drawcard star #17 Sandy Pearce, rowing & footballing family #21 Arthur Halloway, a player and coach #35 Pat Walsh, a devotion to duty #67 Chris McKivat, Olympian & dual code int'l #72 Peter Burge, from a footballing family #76 Chook Fraser youngest Kangaroo #77 Herb Gilbert #88 Frank Burge Kangaroo brother #89 ...
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.
Players that debuted in the same game are normally capped in order of which position they played in the game, but order is at club discretion. Statistics correct as of round 10 of the 2024 NRL season .
Previous Club: refers to the previous first-grade rugby league club (NRL or Super League) the player played at and does not refer to any junior club, Rugby Union club or a rugby league club he was signed to but never played at. Current players are indicated in bold text for their Knights career years.
Darren Lockyer and Wayne Bennett with the NRL trophy after 2006 grand final.. The 2006 Brisbane Broncos season was the nineteenth in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Darren Lockyer, they won the NRL's 2006 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 3rd place before going on to defeat the first-placed Melbourne Storm in the 2006 NRL Grand Final (their 6th).
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 ...
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.