| 2006 VFL season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 13 |
| Premiers | Sandringham Zebras 10th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Northern Bullants 8th minor premiership |
| Leading goalkicker | Aaron Edwards, Frankston |
| Matches played | 126 |
The 2006 Victorian Football League (VFL) is a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring 12 teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.
It was the 125th season of the Australian rules football competition.
Prior to the 2006 season, the VFL–AFL reserves affiliation which had existed for the previous three seasons between North Melbourne and Port Melbourne was terminated. In its place, North Melbourne arranged to be affiliated with both North Ballarat and Tasmania, with half of its reserves players allocated to each team. Port Melbourne continued as a stand-alone senior team in the competition. [1]
As a result, the competition stayed constant at thirteen teams: ten VFL–AFL affiliations, one AFL reserves team (Geelong) and two stand-alone VFL teams (Port Melbourne and Frankston).
Prior to the season, Springvale came to an arrangement with the City of Casey to relocate to the new Casey Fields multi-sports complex in Cranbourne East. The club changed its name to the Casey Scorpions. [2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Bullants | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1983 | 1113 | 178.2 | 68 | Finals |
| 2 | Sandringham (P) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1926 | 1505 | 128.0 | 52 | |
| 3 | Geelong reserves | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1784 | 1633 | 109.2 | 52 | |
| 4 | Williamstown | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1690 | 1490 | 113.4 | 44 | |
| 5 | Frankston | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1857 | 1575 | 117.9 | 40 | |
| 6 | Werribee | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1900 | 1759 | 108.0 | 40 | |
| 7 | North Ballarat | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1816 | 1757 | 103.4 | 36 | |
| 8 | Coburg | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1623 | 1614 | 100.6 | 36 | |
| 9 | Tasmania | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1754 | 1844 | 95.1 | 28 | |
| 10 | Box Hill | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1609 | 2108 | 76.3 | 24 | |
| 11 | Casey Scorpions | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1529 | 1862 | 82.1 | 20 | |
| 12 | Bendigo | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1516 | 1991 | 76.1 | 16 | |
| 13 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1490 | 2226 | 66.9 | 12 |
| Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 September, AMF Oval | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Northern Bullants | 12.13 (85) | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Williamstown | 19.16 (130) | 9 September, TEAC Oval | ||||||||||||||||
| Northern Bullants | 15.10 (100) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 September, Frankston Oval | Frankston | 11.15 (81) | 17 September, TEAC Oval | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Frankston | 20.13 (133) | Williamstown | 12.16 (88) | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Coburg | 13.4 (82) | Geelong | 17.13 (115) | 24 September, Optus Oval | ||||||||||||||
| Geelong | 11.7 (73) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 September, TEAC Oval | 16 September, TEAC Oval | Sandringham | 13.13 (91) | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Werribee | 16.12 (108) | Sandringham | 23.14 (152) | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | North Ballarat | 28.16 (184) | 10 September, TEAC Oval | Northern Bullants | 10.12 (72) | ||||||||||||||
| Geelong | 19.14 (128) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 September, TEAC Oval | North Ballarat | 19.8 (122) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sandringham | 20.16 (136) | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Geelong | 17.13 (115) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006 VFL Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday 24 September (2:10 pm) | Sandringham | def. | Geelong | Optus Oval (crowd: 6,000) | [3] |
| 2.7 (19) 6.4 (40) 11.9 (75) 13.13 (91) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 4.3 (27) 4.3 (27) 6.5 (41) 11.7 (73) | Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Phillip Read (Sandringham) | ||
| Sautner 3, Biddlecombe 2, Motlop 2, Smith 2, Dunn, Gallagher, Liddell, Wheatley | Goals | Kingsley 4, Byrne 2, Ablett, Hunt, McCarthy, Slade | |||
| B: | David Biagi (Casey) | Shaun Pollard (Frankston) | Andy Biddlecombe (Sandringham) |
| HB: | Daniel Harford (Northern Bullants) | Justin Crow (Northern Bullants) | Jordan Doering (Bendigo) |
| C: | David Gallagher (Sandringham) | James Byrne (Geelong) (Capt.) | Kyle Matthews (Casey) |
| HF: | Tim Hazell (Port Melbourne) | Digby Morrell (Northern Bullants) | Brett Geappen (Tasmania) |
| F: | James Podsiadly (Werribee) | Aaron Edwards (Frankston) | Salim Hassan (Werribee) |
| Foll: | Warren Carlyle (Port Melbourne) | Brett Johnson (Williamstown) | James Allen (Werribee) |
| Int: | Jacob King (Coburg) | Neil Winterton (Frankston) | Steven Greene (Williamstown) |
| Matthew Sharkey (North Ballarat) | |||
| Coach: | |||
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