2006 Parramatta Eels season

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

2006 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank8th
Play-off resultQualifying Finalists (Lost 6–12 vs Melbourne Storm, 4th Qualifying Final*)
World Club ChallengeDNQ
2006 recordWins: 12; draws: 0; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 506; against: 483
Team information
CEODenis Fitzgerald
CoachAustralia Brian Smith (Round 1–9)
Australia Jason Taylor (Interim, Round 10–Qualifying Final)
Captain
StadiumParramatta Stadium (Capacity: 20,741)
Waikato Stadium (Capacity: 25,800)
Avg. attendance14,587 (Home)
15,670 (Home & Away)
15,690 (Finals Series)
Agg. attendance175,042 (Home)
376,073 (Home & Away)
15,690 (Finals Series)
High attendance21,141 (21 April vs Wests Tigers, Round 7)
Top scorers
TriesAustralia Jarryd Hayne (17)
GoalsAustralia Luke Burt (29)
PointsAustralia Luke Burt (76)
← 2005 List of seasons 2007 →

The 2006 Parramatta Eels season was the 60th in the club's history. Coached by Brian Smith and Jason Taylor and captained by Nathan Cayless, they competed in the NRL's 2006 Telstra Premiership.[1]

Summary

[edit]

The Parramatta Eels began the 2006 season with the knowledge that their coach Brian Smith, would not be there next season, after being asked to step down by the management of the Parramatta Eels rugby league club in what turned out to be a direct trade with the Newcastle Knights club for their coach, Michael Hagan. However, Smith resigned officially on 15 May 2006, after an extremely poor start to the season, which left the Parramatta side running 14th and second-last.[2]

Assistant coach and former Parramatta player, Jason Taylor, took over as caretaker manager for the rest of the year and led a Parramatta resurgence in the second-half of the season to eventually reach eighth position by season's end including a nine-game winning streak. They were, however, eliminated by eventual runners-up Melbourne Storm in the first week of the finals, 6–12. Melbourne were later found guilty of wilful and deliberate breaches of the salary cap over a five year period between 2006 and 2010.[3][4][5]

Standings

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 24 20 0 4 2 605 404 +201 441
2 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 16 0 8 2 608 468 +140 36
3 Brisbane Broncos (P) 24 14 0 10 2 497 392 +105 32
4 Newcastle Knights 24 14 0 10 2 608 538 +70 32
5 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 2 534 493 +41 32
6 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 14 0 10 2 519 481 +38 32
7 Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 2 525 573 -48 30
8 Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 2 506 483 +23 28
9 North Queensland Cowboys 24 11 0 13 2 450 463 -13 26
10 New Zealand Warriors 24 12 0 12 2 552 463 +89 242
11 Wests Tigers 24 10 0 14 2 490 565 -75 24
12 Penrith Panthers 24 10 0 14 2 510 587 -77 24
13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 9 0 15 2 515 544 -29 22
14 Sydney Roosters 24 8 0 16 2 528 650 -122 20
15 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 3 0 21 2 429 772 -343 10

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

Players and staff

[edit]

The current playing squad and coaching staff of the Parramatta Eels for the 2006 NRL season as of 21 September 2006.

Parramatta Eels
First grade squad Coaching staff

Head coach



Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)



Awards

[edit]

The following awards were awarded in the post-season:[6]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "NRL 2006 - Parramatta Eels - Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ "Brian Smith resigns as Eels coach". League Unlimited. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  3. ^ "Parramatta Eels set to appoint Jason Taylor as coach, chairman Steve Sharp considers standing down". ABC News. 11 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy stands firm over 2007 grand final result". 28 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Melbourne Storm players gather to mark 10 years since 2007 NRL premiership".
  6. ^ "Honour Roll". parraeels.com.au. Parramatta Eels. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.