2006 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

The 2006 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the eighth in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2006 premiership season. The team finished sixth in the regular season, making finals but getting knocked out in the preliminary finals against the Melbourne Storm, losing 24–10.

2006 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank	6th
Play-off result	Preliminary Finals
2006 record	Wins: 14; Draws: 0; Losses: 10
Points scored	For: 519; Against: 481
Team information
Coach	Nathan Brown
Captain	Trent Barrett
Stadium	Jubilee Oval, Wollongong Showground
Avg. Attend.	15,265
High. Attend.	31,105 (vs. Roosters, round 7)
Top scorers
Tries	Mark Gasnier (18)
Goals	Aaron Gorrell (55)
Points	Aaron Gorrell (130)
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Squad gains and losses

or	Player	2005 Club	2006 Club
	Sam Isemonger	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	St. George Illawarra Dragons
	Andrew Price	Newcastle Knights	St. George Illawarra Dragons
	Michael Ennis	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Brisbane Broncos
	Daniel Holdsworth	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
	Willie Manu	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Castleford Tigers (Super League)
	Shane Marteene	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
	Bryan Norrie	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Penrith Panthers
	Lance Thompson	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
	Albert Torrens	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Huddersfield Giants (Super League)
	Nick Youngquest	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Penrith Panthers

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne	24	20	0	4	2	605	404	+201	44^1
2	Bulldogs	24	16	0	8	2	608	468	+140	36
3	Brisbane	24	14	0	10	2	497	392	+105	32
4	Newcastle	24	14	0	10	2	608	538	+70	32
5	Manly Warringah	24	14	0	10	2	534	493	+41	32
6	St. George Illawarra	24	14	0	10	2	519	481	+38	32
7	Canberra	24	13	0	11	2	525	573	-48	30
8	Parramatta	24	12	0	12	2	506	483	+23	28
9	North Queensland	24	11	0	13	2	450	463	-13	26
10	New Zealand	24	12	0	12	2	552	463	+89	24^2
11	Wests Tigers	24	10	0	14	2	490	565	-75	24
12	Penrith	24	10	0	14	2	510	587	-77	24
13	Cronulla-Sutherland	24	9	0	15	2	515	544	-29	22
14	Sydney	24	8	0	16	2	528	650	-122	20
15	South Sydney	24	3	0	21	2	429	772	-343	10

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.

Ladder Progression

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ladder Position	10th	13th	7th	5th	10th	9th	7th	9th	11th	9th	9th	8th	8th	7th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	6th	7th	7th	6th	6th
Source:[1]

Season results

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date	Venue	Referee	Attendance	Source
1	Wests Tigers	24 – 15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	10 March	Stadium Australia	Paul Simpkins	27,865	[2]
2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	12 – 13	Penrith Panthers	19 March	Wollongong Showground	Shayne Hayne	12,098	[3]
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	14 – 44	St. George Illawarra Dragons	26 March	Stadium Australia	Jason Robinson	16,049	[4]
4	St. George Illawarra Dragons	26 – 12	Brisbane Broncos	2 April	Wollongong Showground	Sean Hampstead	13,708	[5]
5	St. George Illawarra Dragons	6 – 54	Newcastle Knights	8 April	Wollongong Showground	Tony Archer	17,467	[6]
6	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24 – 26	St. George Illawarra Dragons	15 April	Brookvale Oval	Shayne Hayne	18,069	[7]
7 (ANZAC Day)	St. George Illawarra Dragons	22 – 12	Sydney Roosters	25 April	Sydney Football Stadium	Steve Clark	31,105	[8]
8	Melbourne Storm	24 – 10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	29 April	Olympic Park Stadium	Tony Archer	8,694	[9]
9	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	30 – 12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	7 May	Endeavour Field	Steve Clark	18,845	[10]
10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	22 – 16	New Zealand Warriors	13 May	Wollongong Showground	Gavin Badger	10,117	[11]
11		BYE
12	Newcastle Knights	12 – 38	St. George Illawarra Dragons	26 May	Newcastle International Sports Centre	Tony Archer	23,356	[12]
13	St. George Illawarra Dragons	8 – 1	Parramatta Eels	2 June	Jubilee Oval	Sean Hampstead	9,075	[13]
14	Penrith Panthers	10 – 20	St. George Illawarra Dragons	10 June	Penrith Stadium	Jared Maxwell	9,422	[14]
15	Brisbane Broncos	16 – 18	St. George Illawarra Dragons	16 June	Lang Park	Tony Archer	32,914	[15]
16	St. George Illawarra Dragons	34 – 14	North Queensland Cowboys	24 June	Wollongong Showground	Paul Simpkins	13,289	[16]
17		BYE
18	St. George Illawarra Dragons	38 – 28	South Sydney Rabbitohs	9 July	Jubilee Oval	Jason Robinson	13,126	[17]
19	St. George Illawarra Dragons	16 – 22	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	14 July	Jubilee Oval	Steve Clark	18,223	[18]
20	Canberra Raiders	31 – 12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	23 July	Canberra Stadium	Paul Simpkins	13,504	[19]
21	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24 – 34	Melbourne Storm	30 July	Jubilee Oval	Sean Hampstead	13,866	[20]
22	Parramatta Eels	28 – 6	St. George Illawarra Dragons	4 August	Parramatta Stadium	Steve Clark	19,137	[21]
23	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	26 – 10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	13 August	Stadium Australia	Sean Hampstead	31,256	[22]
24	St. George Illawarra Dragons	46 – 16	Wests Tigers	20 August	Jubilee Oval	Shayne Hayne	14,211	[23]
25	St. George Illawarra Dragons	18 – 4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	26 August	Wollongong Showground	Paul Simpkins	16,897	[24]
26	Sydney Roosters	16 – 36	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2 September	Sydney Cricket Ground	Russell Smith	17,142	[25]
FW1	Brisbane Broncos	4 – 20	St. George Illawarra Dragons	9 September	Lang Park	Paul Simpkins	50,387	[26]
FW2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	28 – 0	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	15 September	Sydney Football Stadium	Paul Simpkins	30,907	[27]
FW3	Melbourne Storm	24 – 10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	23 September	Stadium Australia	Steve Clark	40,901	[28]

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