2006 AFL Premiership Season
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Teams	16
Premiers	West Coast (3rd premiership)
Minor Premiers	West Coast (3rd minor premiership)
AFL Cup Winner	Geelong (1st pre-season cup win)
Matches played	185
Attendance	6,204,056 (33,535 per match)
Coleman Medallist	Brendan Fevola (Carlton)
Brownlow Medallist	Adam Goodes (Sydney)

Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2006.

[edit] National Cup

Geelong 3.10.5 (95) defeated the Adelaide Crows 1.10.15 (84) in the Final. The game was held at AAMI Stadium, with an attendance of 30,707.

[edit] Premiership season

[edit] Round 1 (Season Launch)

[edit] Round 2

[edit] Round 3 (Easter)

[edit] Round 4 (ANZAC Day)

[edit] Round 5 (Return to MCG)

This round saw one of the most controversial ends to a football match in the St Kilda v Fremantle match, see AFL siren controversy, 2006.

[edit] Round 6 (Rivalry Round)

[edit] Round 7 (Mother's Day)

[edit] Round 8

[edit] Round 9 (Green shirt round)

Note: Green shirt round acknowledges the contribution of new and inexperienced umpires in junior competitions. [1]

[edit] Round 10

[edit] Round 11 (Queen's Birthday)

[edit] Round 12 (Split Round)

[edit] Round 13

[edit] Round 14

[edit] Round 15

[edit] Round 16 (Heritage Round)

[edit] Round 17

[edit] Round 18

[edit] Round 19

[edit] Round 20

[edit] Round 21

[edit] Round 22 (Father's Day)

[edit] Finals

[edit] Qualifying and Elimination Finals

[edit] Semi Finals

[edit] Preliminary Finals

[edit] Grand Final

[edit] Ladder

[edit] Awards

• The Brownlow Medal was awarded 25 September 2006 to Sydney Swans' Adam Goodes, for the AFL's best and fairest player.
• The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to West Coast Eagles' Chris Judd as the AFLPA's most valuable player.
• The Coleman Medal was awarded to Brendan Fevola of Carlton.
• The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to West Coast Eagles' Andrew Embley as the player best afield in the AFL Grand Final.
• The AFL Rising Star award goes to Danyle Pearce from Port Adelaide.
• The McClelland Trophy was awarded to the West Coast Eagles for finishing atop the ladder after the regular season.
• The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to the Carlton Blues for finishing 16th on the AFL ladder for the second straight year under Denis Pagan.
• The 2006 All-Australian Team has been announced, with 10 debutants and Brad Johnson named as captain.
• The AFL Mark of the Year was awarded to Brad Ottens of Geelong for his mark in Round 5.
• The AFL Goal of the Year was awarded to Eddie Betts of Carlton for his goal in Round 21.

[edit] Best and Fairests

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[edit] Notable Events

• In Round 5, Fremantle and St Kilda's game ended in controversy after the final siren was not heard by umpires, with the extra time allowing St Kilda to level the scores - the result was changed by the AFL commission later in the week on the basis that the timekeeper had failed to perform his duties.
• Richmond suffered three 100-point losses in season 2006, against the Western Bulldogs in round 1 (115 points), the Sydney Swans in round 7 (118 points) and then St Kilda in round 17 (103 points).
• A struggling Richmond team defeated league-leaders Adelaide in round 8 in an often-discussed game. To counteract Adelaide's strong flood, Richmond slowly built up a lead by patiently controlling the football without ever kicking to a contest, a move described as both boring and brilliant. In the final quarter, Adelaide were forced to switch to man-on-man tactics, almost erasing the deficit, but falling three points short. In executing this plan, Richmond took 181 marks, which is the highest amount ever (recorded since 1987).
• In round 8, Brendan Fevola became the first player to kick all of his team's goals in a game since Mark Arceri in 1991. Of Carlton's 4.10(34), Fevola contributed 4.5(29), Simon Wiggins scored two behinds, and three behinds were rushed.
• For the first time in VFL/AFL history, four non-Victorian teams filled the top four. This included both teams from Western Australia, one from South Australia and one from New South Wales.
• With Port Adelaide missing the finals, this meant that every club has missed the finals at least once since 2000.

[edit] Player changes

[edit] Debuts

[edit] Retirements

[edit] End of season

[edit] Sackings/Delistings

[edit] Trades

[edit] See also

• 2006 AFL finals series
• 2006 Australian football code crowds
• List of 2006 AFL debuts
• Collingwood Magpies 2006 Season
• Sydney Swans 2006 Season
• List of Australian Football League premiers

[edit] External links

• Official AFL website
• FOXSPORTS Australia AFL section
• Heraldsun site
• The Age Online

[edit] References

• 2006 Season - AFL Tables