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2006 New Zealand Warriors season
NRL Rank10th
2006 recordWins: 12; draws: 0; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 552; against: 463
Team information
CEOWayne Scurrah
CoachIvan Cleary
Assistant coachJohn Ackland
Captains
StadiumEricsson Stadium
Avg. attendance8,829
Top scorers
TriesBrent Webb (11)
GoalsTony Martin (68)
PointsTony Martin (160)
← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 New Zealand Warriors season was the 12th in the club's history. The club competed in Australasia's National Rugby League. The coach of the team was Ivan Cleary while Steve Price was the club captain.

Milestones

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  • 25 March - Round 3: Awen Guttenbeil played in his 150th match for the club.
  • 25 June - Round 16: The Warriors defeated the South Sydney Rabbitohs 66–0 at Telstra Stadium. This result stands as the Warriors largest victory to date.
  • 9 July - Round 18: Jerome Ropati played in his 50th match for the club.
  • 9 July - Round 18: Louis Anderson played in his 50th match for the club.
  • 12 August - Round 23: Brent Webb played in his 100th match for the club.

Salary cap breach

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Before the season started the Warriors were investigated by the National Rugby League over alleged salary cap breaches committed by the team's previous administrators. The club admitted to inflating its salary cap to the tune of nearly $1 million during the 2005 season. As punishment, the National Rugby League fined the Warriors club $430,000 and stripped the team of four competition points prior to the beginning of the season. It was the first time in 99 years of rugby league in Australia that a team has started a season on less than zero premiership points.

The Warriors appealed the decision by the NRL to strip the four competition points but accepted the financial penalty. Prior to the beginning of the season, the National Rugby League confirmed that the points penalty would stand. The penalty would prove the decisive factor in the Warriors missing the finals for the third year in succession.

Jersey & Sponsors

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The Warriors adopted a new home jersey for 2006, a predominantly Black & White design supplied by Puma AG. A new away jersey was also adopted, being mainly Grey with Black details.

Fixtures

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See also: List of New Zealand Warriors results

The Warriors used Ericsson Stadium as their home ground in 2006, their only home ground since they entered the competition in 1995. On 12 July, the stadium reverted to its original name: Mt Smart Stadium.

Pre-Season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
12 February Trial 1 Canberra Raiders North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Loss 16 - 28 Todd Byrne, Tony Martin, Cooper Vuna Martin (2) 11,000 [1]
18 February Trial 2 North Queensland Cowboys Barlow Park, Cairns Loss 10 - 26 Manu Vatuvei, George Tuakura Martin (1) 15,000 [1]
25 February Trial 3 Bulldogs Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast Win 24 - 20 Nathan Fien, Ruben Wiki, Tony Martin, Jerome Ropati Martin (4) 12,380 [1]

Regular season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
12 March Round 1 Melbourne Storm Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Loss 16 - 22 Koopu, Vatuvei, Ropati Martin (2) 10,035 [2]
18 March Round 2 Parramatta Eels Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Loss 14 - 22 Tuimavave, Vatuvei Martin (3) 16,089 [3]
25 March Round 3 Wests Tigers AMI Stadium, Christchurch Win 26 - 10 Guttenbeil, Ropati, Toopi, Webb, Vatuvei Martin (3) 14,675 [4]
2 April Round 4 Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Win 26 - 22 Fien, Rovelli, Tuimavave, Vatuvei Martin (5) 18,359 [5]
9 April Round 5 Manly Sea Eagles Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Loss 8 - 22 Martin (2) 7,888 [6]
15 April Round 6 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra Loss 14 - 18 Koopu, Webb Martin (3) 7,174 [7]
22 April Round 7 South Sydney Rabbitohs Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 46 - 14 Wiki (2), Byrne, Gatis, Martin, Price, Webb Martin (9) 8,015 [8]
30 April Round 8 Bulldogs Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Loss 16 - 30 Faumuina, Koopu Martin (4) 11,604 [9]
Round 9 Bye
13 May Round 10 St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Illawarra Loss 16 - 22 Mannering, Price, Webb Martin (2) 10,117 [10]
20 May Round 11 Wests Tigers Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 34 - 12 Anderson, Faumuina, Mannering, Rovelli, Tuimavave, Webb Martin (5) 8,210 [11]
27 May Round 12 Cronulla Sharks Toyota Park, Sydney Loss 20 - 34 Koopu (2), Mannering, Faumuina Martin (2) 9,490 [12]
4 June Round 13 Brisbane Broncos Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Loss 18 - 23 Wiki (2), Ah Van Martin (3) 7,746 [13]
11 June Round 14 Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Win 22 - 12 Vatuvei (2), Fien, Martin, Webb Martin (1) 6,806 [14]
18 June Round 15 Newcastle Knights Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 30 - 18 Fien (2), Faumuina, Price, Ropati Martin (5) 6,240 [15]
25 June Round 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs Telstra Stadium, Sydney Win 66 - 0 Hohaia (3), Ropati (2), Webb (2), Ah Van, Mannering, Martin,
Price, Tuimavave		 Martin (9) 6,597 [16]
1 July Round 17 Penrith Panthers Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Win 28 - 22 Mannering (2), Martin, Webb, Wiki Martin (4) 8,723 [17]
9 July Round 18 Bulldogs Telstra Stadium, Sydney Loss 18 - 22 (a.e.t) Koopu, Mannering, Vatuvei Martin (3) 14,076 [18]
15 July Round 19 Parramatta Eels Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 12 - 20 Price, Rovelli Martin (2) 14,499 [19]
Round 20 Bye
29 July Round 21 Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Sydney Loss 6 - 36 Vautvei Martin (1) 9,725 [20]
5 August Round 22 Cronulla Sharks Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 12 - 10 Luck, Rovelli Martin (2) 4,850 [21]
12 August Round 23 North Queensland Cowboys Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 26 - 0 Hohaia (2), Mannering, Rapira, Vatuvei Hohaia (3) 5,425 [22]
19 August Round 24 Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Win 24 - 20 Webb (2), Mannering, Vatuvei Hohaia (4) 13,477 [23]
27 August Round 25 Sydney Roosters Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 42 - 16 Ropati (4), Ah Van (2), Lauaki, Wiki Hohaia (5) 12,711 [24]
3 September Round 26 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Loss 12 - 36 Byrne, Rovelli Hohaia (2) 47,193 [25]

Ladder

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2006 NRL season
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.

Squad

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See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players

Twenty five players were used by the Warriors in 2006, including several players who made their first grade debuts.

No. Name Nationality Position Warriors Debut App T G FG Pts
33 Awen Guttenbeil New Zealand SR 14 April 1996 23 1 0 0 4
64 Wairangi Koopu New Zealand CE / SR 9 April 1999 20 6 0 0 24
66 Clinton Toopi New Zealand CE 2 May 1999 10 1 0 0 4
87 Richard Villasanti Australia PR 18 February 2001 1 0 0 0 0
97 Brent Webb New Zealand FB 1 April 2002 22 11 0 0 44
98 Sione Faumuina New Zealand CE / LK 1 April 2002 17 4 0 0 16
99 Lance Hohaia New Zealand UB 6 April 2002 12 5 14 0 48
102 Evarn Tuimavave New Zealand PR 1 September 2002 23 4 0 0 16
108 Jerome Ropati New Zealand CE / FE 31 August 2003 22 9 0 0 36
109 Tony Martin Australia CE 14 March 2004 20 6 68 0 160
110 Epalahame Lauaki New Zealand SR 14 March 2004 8 1 0 0 4
112 Louis Anderson New Zealand LK 28 March 2004 23 1 0 0 4
115 Manu Vatuvei New Zealand WG 23 May 2004 18 10 0 0 40
118 Cooper Vuna New Zealand WG 21 August 2004 3 0 0 0 0
121 Steve Price Australia PR 13 March 2005 21 5 0 0 20
122 Todd Byrne Australia WG 13 March 2005 9 2 0 0 8
123 Ruben Wiki New Zealand PR 13 March 2005 22 6 0 0 24
124 Nathan Fien New Zealand HK 13 March 2005 21 4 0 0 16
125 Simon Mannering New Zealand CE 26 June 2005 17 9 0 0 36
126 Micheal Luck Australia SR 12 March 2006 24 1 0 0 4
127 Grant Rovelli Italy HB 12 March 2006 24 4 0 0 16
128 George Gatis Greece HK 25 March 2006 17 2 0 0 8
129 Patrick Ah Van New Zealand WG 9 April 2006 15 4 0 0 16
130 Misi Taulapapa Samoa WG 22 April 2006 5 0 0 0 0
131 Sam Rapira New Zealand PR 20 May 2006 10 1 0 0 4

Staff

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  • Chief Executive Officer: Wayne Scurrah

Coaching Staff

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Transfers

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Gains

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Player Previous Club Length Notes
Micheal Luck North Queensland Cowboys
Grant Rovelli Sydney Roosters
George Gatis North Queensland Cowboys

Losses

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Player Club Notes
Stacey Jones Catalans Dragons
Monty Betham Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Francis Meli St Helens R.F.C.
Iafeta Paleaaesina Wigan Warriors
Karl Temata Harlequins RL
Tevita Latu Cronulla Sharks

Mid-Season Losses

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Player Club Notes
Richard Villasanti Cronulla Sharks granted an early release on 3 May after 96 appearances for the Warriors since arriving in 2001.
Clinton Toopi Leeds Rhinos granted an early release on 17 July.
Sione Faumuina Harlequins RL contract terminated by the Warriors on 30 Augustafter another case of serious misconduct.

Awards

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  • 14 September – Steve Price wins the club's premier accolade as the Lion Red Player of the Year. Grant Rovelli wins the Vodafone Young Player of the Year, Micheal Luck the Puma Clubman of the Year and Brent Webb the Vodafone One Tribe Supporters' Player of the Year.

Other teams

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Players not required by the Warriors were released to play in the 2006 Bartercard Cup. These included Misi Taulapapa for the Mount Albert Lions and Cooper Vuna for the Tamaki Titans. Sam Rapira and Lance Hohaia both made appearances for the Waicoa Bay Stallions while Richard Villasanti played for the Canterbury Bulls.

References

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  1. ^ a b c 2006 NRL trials Archived 2 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine warriors.co.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 1 rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 2 rugbyleagueproject.org
  4. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 3 rugbyleagueproject.org
  5. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 4 rugbyleagueproject.org
  6. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 5 Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine rugbyleagueproject.org
  7. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 6 rugbyleagueproject.org
  8. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 7 rugbyleagueproject.org
  9. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 8 rugbyleagueproject.org
  10. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 10 rugbyleagueproject.org
  11. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 11 rugbyleagueproject.org
  12. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 12 rugbyleagueproject.org
  13. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 13 rugbyleagueproject.org
  14. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 14 rugbyleagueproject.org
  15. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 15 rugbyleagueproject.org
  16. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 16 rugbyleagueproject.org
  17. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 17 rugbyleagueproject.org
  18. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 18 rugbyleagueproject.org
  19. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 19 rugbyleagueproject.org
  20. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 21 rugbyleagueproject.org
  21. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 22 rugbyleagueproject.org
  22. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 23 rugbyleagueproject.org
  23. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 24 rugbyleagueproject.org
  24. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 25 rugbyleagueproject.org
  25. ^ NRL 2006 - Round 26 rugbyleagueproject.org
  26. ^ Iro decides to leave Vodafone Warriors warriors.co.nz, 31 October 2012
  27. ^ Warriors trainer quits to join Roosters stuff.co.nz, 15 October 2012
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