2006 Parramatta Eels season

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]

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 >

Summary

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 2006-2010.[3][4][5]

Standings
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.

Players and staff

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

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

References
  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.
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