2006 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season

The 2006 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 60th in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by Ben Kennedy, competed in the National Rugby League's 2006 Telstra Premiership. The Sea Eagles finished the regular season 5th (out of 15), reaching the finals where they were knocked out in the second week by the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

Season 2006, its 60th season in the competition, saw an average season in which the Manly side again advanced to the finals, finishing fifth. For this season only, a commemorative 60th anniversary logo was used on the player jerseys. Despite losing their first two matches of the season (both by small margins) the Sea Eagles built on their 2005 season to once again advance to the play-offs. Highlights in the season included wins over the Roosters in round 4, the Bulldogs in round 7, the Storm in round 11 and a last-minute win over the defending premiers Wests Tigers in round 14 in which Brett Stewart scored a spectacular try in the last five minutes.

In an away final against the Newcastle Knights, the Sea Eagles led at halftime only to see their lead run down in a controversial second half. Although they did advance a week further, the Sea Eagles' season ended with a 28–0 shutout at the hands of the St. George Illawarra Dragons. That match also marked Ben Kennedy's final game after two years in Manly colours.

At the 2006 Dally M Awards Manly's Ben Kennedy, who will retire at the end of the season, was named lock and captain of the year.^[1]

	Team	Pld	W	L	B	F	A	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	20	4	2	605	404	+201	44
2	Bulldogs	24	16	8	2	608	468	+140	36
3	Brisbane Broncos	24	14	10	2	497	392	+105	32
4	Newcastle Knights	24	14	10	2	608	538	+70	32
5	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	14	10	2	534	493	+41	32
6	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	14	10	2	519	481	+38	32
7	Canberra Raiders	24	13	11	2	525	573	-48	30
8	Parramatta Eels	24	12	12	2	506	483	+23	28
9	North Queensland Cowboys	24	11	13	2	450	463	-13	26
10	New Zealand Warriors	24	12	12	2	552	463	+89	241
11	Wests Tigers	24	10	14	2	490	565	-75	24
12	Penrith Panthers	24	10	14	2	510	587	-77	24
13	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	9	15	2	515	544	-29	22
14	Sydney Roosters	24	8	16	2	528	650	-122	20
15	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	3	21	2	429	772	-343	10

¹The New Zealand Warriors were deducted 4 competition points due to gross salary cap breaches.

References

↑ Jackson, Glenn (6 September 2006). "Smith and mates Storm awards". The Age. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

Est. 1947 in Sydney, New South Wales

The Club	History (Northern Eagles) Records Players Coaches Rivalry with Melbourne Storm

Home ground	Brookvale Oval

Important figures	Roy Bull Ken Arthurson Rex Mossop Frank Stanton Fred Jones Bob Fulton Ron Willey Graham Eadie Max Krilich Terry Randall Paul Vautin Des Hasler Geoff Toovey Steve Menzies Stewart brothers Jamie Lyon

League	NSWRL ARL NRL

Titles	Premierships (8) 1972 1973 1976 1978 1987 1996 2008 2011 World Club Challenges (1) 2009

Seasons (62)	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup New South Wales Cup Past Amco Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	Manly-Warringah/North Sydney District Rugby League

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