2006 Canberra Raiders season

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2006 Canberra Raiders season
NRL Rank7th
Play-off resultLost in qualifying final
2006 recordWins: 13; draws: 0; losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 525; against: 573
Team information
CEO Simon Hawkins
Coach
Assistant Coach
Matthew Elliott
David Furner
Captain
Stadium Canberra Stadium
Avg. attendance11,489
High attendance21,255
Top scorers
Tries Todd Carney, Adam Mogg (12)
Points Clinton Schifcofske (178)
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The 2006 Canberra Raiders season was the 25th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2006 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 7th (out of 15) to make the finals. They were knocked out of the play-offs in the first week by the Bulldogs.

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Season summary

The Raiders started the 2006 season heavy favourites to run last, [1] however the raiders' players believed that they could make the top 8, but despite this external pessimism and heavy losses to the Knights and the Roosters early on, fought back and guaranteed themselves a finals berth with a round to play. 2006 saw club stalwarts Simon Woolford, newly named captain, Clinton Schifcofske and the club's longest serving player, Jason Croker, leave the club, going to St George Illawarra, the Queensland Reds rugby union team and the Super League club the Catalans Dragons respectively. Outgoing backs Schifcofske and Adam Mogg both earned representative berths with Queensland in State of Origin. Saturday 9 September 2006 saw Jason Croker, Simon Woolford, Clinton Schifcofske, Michael Hodgson, Jason Smith and Adam Mogg all play their final games for the club. The round one finals series clash with the Bulldogs saw the Raiders defeated 30-12 in slippery and muddy conditions at Telstra Stadium, and eliminated from the 2006 premiership race. This was also the final match for coach Matthew Elliott, who is coaching Penrith in 2007. His replacement was former North Queensland Cowboys' assistant coach Neil Henry. [2]

Season results

Trial Games
RoundOpponentResultCan.Opp.DateVenueCrowdPosition
Trial 1 New Zealand Warriors Win2816Feb 12 North Harbour Stadium 11,000N/A [3]
Trial 2 Brisbane Broncos Loss2028Feb 18 Port Macquarie Regional Stadium 6,000N/A [4]
NRL Regular Season Games
1 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Win271411 Mar Brookvale Oval 17,1354/15
2 Newcastle Knights Loss327019 Mar Canberra Stadium 11,60610/15
3 Sydney Roosters Loss562026 Mar Sydney Football Stadium 9,82614/15
4 Penrith Panthers Win21201 Apr Canberra Stadium 9,39912/15
5 Bulldogs Loss12309 Apr Canberra Stadium 12,12512/15
6 New Zealand Warriors Win181415 Apr Canberra Stadium 7,17411/15
7BYE21-23 Apr9/15
8 Brisbane Broncos Loss283029 Apr Suncorp Stadium 23,58212/15
9 Parramatta Eels Win30106 May Parramatta Stadium 10,1469/15
10 Cronulla Sharks Loss181414 May Canberra Stadium 9,69512/15
11 Newcastle Knights Loss221220 May Energy Australia Stadium 18,23612/15
12 North Queensland Cowboys Win151427 May Dairy Farmers Stadium 16,97112/15
13 South Sydney Rabbitohs Win24223 Jun Canberra Stadium 10,15010/15
14 Bulldogs Win282612 Jun Telstra Stadium 12,5419/15
15 Melbourne Storm Loss221218 Jun Olympic Park 7,95410/15
16 Sydney Roosters Win421025 Jun Canberra Stadium 11,8768/15
17 Parramatta Eels Loss12181 Jul Canberra Stadium 8,8249/15
18 Penrith Panthers Loss12248 Jul Penrith Stadium 9,11111/15
19 Wests Tigers Win201816 Jul Canberra Stadium 9,12510/15
20 St George Illawarra Dragons Win311223 Jul Canberra Stadium 13,5049/15
21 South Sydney Rabbitohs Loss82129 Jul Telstra Stadium 6,15212/15
22 Brisbane Broncos Win30186 Aug Canberra Stadium 13,1378/15
23 Wests Tigers Win191813 Aug Campbelltown Stadium 18,4748/15
24BYE18-20 Aug8/15
25 Melbourne Storm Loss182226 Aug Canberra Stadium 21,2558/15
26 Cronulla Sharks Win26242 Sep Toyota Stadium 9,2897/15
NRL Finals Games
QF Bulldogs Loss12309 Sep Telstra Stadium 14,628N/A
ColourResult
GreenWin
RedLoss
YellowGolden point Win
BlueBye

Round 19
Raiders playing the Tigers at Canberra Stadium

Raiders Tigers canberra stadium.jpg

Club Awards

AwardWinner [5]
Player of the Year Alan Tongue
Coaches Award Clinton Schifcofske
Rookie of the Year Adrian Purtell
Fred Daly Memorial Clubman of the Year Trophy Jason Smith
Premier League Player of the Year Ryan Hinchcliffe
Premier League Coaches Award Bronx Goodwin
Jersey Flegg Player of the Year Josh McCrone
Jersey Flegg Coaches Award Nick Colley

Season Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2420042605404+201441
2 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2416082608468+14036
3 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (P)24140102497392+10532
4 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24140102608538+7032
5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24140102534493+4132
6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 24140102519481+3832
7 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24130112525573-4830
8 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24120122506483+2328
9 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24110132450463-1326
10 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24120122552463+89242
11 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24100142490565-7524
12 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24100142510587-7724
13 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2490152515544-2922
14 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2480162528650-12220
15 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2430212429772-34310

1The Melbourne Storm were later stripped of this minor premiership due to gross salary cap breaches.
2The New Zealand Warriors were deducted 4 competition points due to gross salary cap breaches.

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