| 2006 National Rugby League | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 15 |
| Premiers |  Brisbane Broncos (6th title) |
| Minor premiers |  Melbourne |
| Matches played | 189 |
| Points scored | 8201 |
| Average attendance | 16,485 |
| Attendance | 3,115,700 |
| Top points scorer(s) |  Hazem El Masri (296) |
| Dally M Medal | Cameron Smith |
| Top try-scorer(s) |  Nathan Merritt (22) |
The 2006 NRL season was the 99th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the ninth run by the National Rugby League. The lineup of teams remained unchanged from the previous year, with fifteen clubs competing for the 2006 Telstra Premiership. Throughout the 26 rounds of the regular season ten teams from New South Wales (9 of them from the Sydney basin), two from Queensland and one each from Victoria, the ACT and New Zealand competed for the minor premiership. Eight of these teams qualified for the four-week finals series, with the Brisbane Broncos eventual victors over the Melbourne Storm in the grand final.[2] Melbourne finished the regular season first so were awarded the minor premiership, but this was later revoked due to the Melbourne Storm salary cap breach.
- ^ Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian
- ^ Bernard, Grantley (2006-10-02). "Storm laments lost opportunity". Fox Sports. Premier Media Group Pty Ltd. Retrieved 2009-12-17.