2006 Canberra Raiders season

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.

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
CEOSimon Hawkins
Coach
Assistant Coach		Matthew Elliott
David Furner
Captain
StadiumCanberra Stadium
Avg. attendance11,489
High attendance21,255
Top scorers
TriesTodd Carney, Adam Mogg (12)
PointsClinton Schifcofske (178)
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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 1New Zealand WarriorsWin2816Feb 12North Harbour Stadium 11,000N/A[3]
Trial 2Brisbane BroncosLoss2028Feb 18Port Macquarie Regional Stadium6,000N/A[4]
NRL Regular Season Games
1Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesWin271411 MarBrookvale Oval17,1354/15
2Newcastle KnightsLoss327019 MarCanberra Stadium11,60610/15
3Sydney RoostersLoss562026 MarSydney Football Stadium9,82614/15
4Penrith PanthersWin21201 AprCanberra Stadium9,39912/15
5BulldogsLoss12309 AprCanberra Stadium12,12512/15
6New Zealand WarriorsWin181415 AprCanberra Stadium7,17411/15
7BYE21-23 Apr9/15
8Brisbane BroncosLoss283029 AprSuncorp Stadium23,58212/15
9Parramatta EelsWin30106 MayParramatta Stadium10,1469/15
10Cronulla SharksLoss181414 MayCanberra Stadium9,69512/15
11Newcastle KnightsLoss221220 MayEnergy Australia Stadium18,23612/15
12North Queensland CowboysWin151427 MayDairy Farmers Stadium16,97112/15
13South Sydney RabbitohsWin24223 JunCanberra Stadium10,15010/15
14BulldogsWin282612 JunTelstra Stadium12,5419/15
15Melbourne StormLoss221218 JunOlympic Park7,95410/15
16Sydney RoostersWin421025 JunCanberra Stadium11,8768/15
17Parramatta EelsLoss12181 JulCanberra Stadium8,8249/15
18Penrith PanthersLoss12248 JulPenrith Stadium9,11111/15
19Wests TigersWin201816 JulCanberra Stadium9,12510/15
20St George Illawarra DragonsWin311223 JulCanberra Stadium13,5049/15
21South Sydney RabbitohsLoss82129 JulTelstra Stadium6,15212/15
22Brisbane BroncosWin30186 AugCanberra Stadium13,1378/15
23Wests TigersWin191813 AugCampbelltown Stadium18,4748/15
24BYE18-20 Aug8/15
25Melbourne StormLoss182226 AugCanberra Stadium21,2558/15
26Cronulla SharksWin26242 SepToyota Stadium9,2897/15
NRL Finals Games
QFBulldogsLoss12309 SepTelstra Stadium14,628N/A
ColourResult
GreenWin
RedLoss
YellowGolden point Win
BlueBye

Round 19
Raiders playing the Tigers at Canberra Stadium

Club Awards
Award Winner[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
2006 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 2420042605404+201441
2 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2416082608468+14036
3 Brisbane Broncos (P) 24140102497392+10532
4 Newcastle Knights 24140102608538+7032
5 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24140102534493+4132
6 St George Illawarra Dragons 24140102519481+3832
7 Canberra Raiders 24130112525573-4830
8 Parramatta Eels 24120122506483+2328
9 North Queensland Cowboys 24110132450463-1326
10 New Zealand Warriors 24120122552463+89242
11 Wests Tigers 24100142490565-7524
12 Penrith Panthers 24100142510587-7724
13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2490152515544-2922
14 Sydney Roosters 2480162528650-12220
15 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2430212429772-34310

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.

References
  1. Wilson, Chris (2006-09-10). "We can't blame it on the rain Raiders blunder their way out of '06 in dismal night". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  2. "NEIL HENRY TO COACH RAIDERS IN 2007". The World of Rugby League. 2006-04-10. Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  3. "NRL Trial: Raiders v Warriors - North Harbour Stadium (NZ)".
  4. "NRL Trial: Broncos v Raiders - Port Macquarie Regional Stadium".
  5. "Award Winners". Canberra Raiders. Archived from the original on 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
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