2006 South Sydney Rabbitohs season: Difference between revisions
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On 30 August 2006 [[Jason Taylor (rugby league)|Jason Taylor]] was appointed head coach in place of [[Shaun McRae]] for seasons [[2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season|2007]] and [[2008 South Sydney Rabbitohs season|2008]]. |
On 30 August 2006 [[Jason Taylor (rugby league)|Jason Taylor]] was appointed head coach in place of [[Shaun McRae]] for seasons [[2007 South Sydney Rabbitohs season|2007]] and [[2008 South Sydney Rabbitohs season|2008]]. |
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==Ladder== |
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{{Nrl2006ladder}} |
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! abbr="Position" | Pos. |
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!Team |
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!abbr="Played" |Pld |
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! abbr="Won" |W |
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! abbr="Drawn" |D |
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! abbr="Lost" |L |
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! abbr="Bye" |B |
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! abbr="Points for" |F |
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! abbr="Points against" |A |
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! abbr="Points difference" |PD |
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! abbr="Points" |Pts |
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|1||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Melbourne Storm|16}} [[2006 Melbourne Storm season|Melbourne Storm]] |
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|24||20||0||4||2||605||404||+201||'''44''' |
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|2||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Canterbury Bulldogs|16}} [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs|Bulldogs]] |
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|24||16||0||8||2||608||468||+140||'''36''' |
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|3||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Brisbane Broncos|16}} [[2006 Brisbane Broncos season|Brisbane Broncos]] |
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|24||14||0||10||2||497||392||+105||'''32''' |
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|- style="background: #ccffcc;" |
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|4||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Newcastle Knights|16}} [[Newcastle Knights]] |
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|24||14||0||10||2||608||538||+70||'''32''' |
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|- style="background: #ccffcc;" |
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|5||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Manly Sea Eagles|16}} [[2006 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season|Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]] |
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|24||14||0||10||2||534||493||+41||'''32''' |
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|- style="background: #ccffcc;" |
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|6||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|St. George Illawarra Dragons|16}} [[St George Illawarra Dragons]] |
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|24||14||0||10||2||519||481||+38||'''32''' |
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|- style="background: #ccffcc;" |
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|7||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Canberra Raiders|16}} [[Canberra Raiders]] |
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|24||13||0||11||2||525||573||-48||'''30''' |
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|- style="background: #ccffcc;" |
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|8||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Parramatta Eels|16}} [[2006 Parramatta Eels season|Parramatta Eels]] |
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|24||12||0||12||2||506||483||+23||'''28''' |
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|9||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|North Queensland Cowboys|16}} [[2006 North Queensland Cowboys season|North Queensland Cowboys]] |
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|24||11||0||13||2||450||463||-13||'''26''' |
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|10||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|New Zealand Warriors|16}} [[2006 New Zealand Warriors season|New Zealand Warriors]] |
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|24||12||0||12||2||552||463||+89||'''24<sup>'''1'''</sup>''' |
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|11||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Wests Tigers|16}} [[2006 Wests Tigers season|Wests Tigers]] |
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|24||10||0||14||2||490||565||-75||'''24''' |
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|12||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Penrith Panthers|16}} [[Penrith Panthers]] |
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|24||10||0||14||2||510||587||-77||'''24''' |
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|13||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Cronulla Sharks|16}} [[2006 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season|Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks]] |
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|24||9||0||15||2||515||544||-29||'''22''' |
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|14||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Eastern Suburbs|16}} [[2006 Sydney Roosters season|Sydney Roosters]] |
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|24||8||0||16||2||528||650||-122||'''20''' |
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|15||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|South Sydney Rabbitohs|16}} '''South Sydney Rabbitohs''' |
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|24||3||0||21||2||429||772||-343||'''10''' |
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<sup>'''1'''</sup>The New Zealand Warriors were deducted 4 competition points due to gross salary cap breaches. |
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Revision as of 10:13, 24 April 2014
The 2005 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 97th in the club's history. Coached by Shaun McRae and captained by Peter Cusack, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2006 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in last place, and collecting their 8th wooden spoon.
Souths acquired many sound players for 2006 including Joe Gulavao, Stuart Webb, Jaiman Lowe and Ben Rogers. They also re-signed key five-eighth/lock John Sutton for several years.
Despite coming close, Souths were yet to score a win after round ten but had showed significant progress. One area of weakness nominated by fans included the half back position. An injury to regular half-back Ben Walker took a heavy toll on the team's performance. Players who have made a big impact in a losing side included David Fa'alogo (a New Zealand International) and Nathan Merritt. Merritt finished the season as the NRL's leading try scorer with 22 tries.
David Peachey came to the club after being sacked by his English club Widnes. On 11 June 2006, in his second match for the Rabbitohs, Peachey steered the bottom of the table Souths to their first win of the 2006 season with a commanding 34-14 win over the second placed Brisbane Broncos. This was Souths first win over the Broncos since 1989.
On 25 June Souths suffered their worst defeat ever, going down 66-0 to the New Zealand Warriors at Telstra Stadium. In a rare move, this catastrophic result moved the club to make a full and unreserved apology to their fans through the nation's press, in direct letters to members and through the electronic media. Souths finished the season in last place.
On 30 August 2006 Jason Taylor was appointed head coach in place of Shaun McRae for seasons 2007 and 2008.
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Melbourne Storm
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24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 605 | 404 | +201 | 441 |
| 2 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
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24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 608 | 468 | +140 | 36 |
| 3 |  Brisbane Broncos (P)
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24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 497 | 392 | +105 | 32 |
| 4 |  Newcastle Knights
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24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 608 | 538 | +70 | 32 |
| 5 |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
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24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 534 | 493 | +41 | 32 |
| 6 |  St George Illawarra Dragons
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24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 519 | 481 | +38 | 32 |
| 7 |  Canberra Raiders
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24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 525 | 573 | -48 | 30 |
| 8 |  Parramatta Eels
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24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 506 | 483 | +23 | 28 |
| 9 |  North Queensland Cowboys
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24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 450 | 463 | -13 | 26 |
| 10 |  New Zealand Warriors
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24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 552 | 463 | +89 | 242 |
| 11 |  Wests Tigers
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24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 490 | 565 | -75 | 24 |
| 12 |  Penrith Panthers
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24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 510 | 587 | -77 | 24 |
| 13 |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
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24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 515 | 544 | -29 | 22 |
| 14 |  Sydney Roosters
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24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 528 | 650 | -122 | 20 |
| 15 |  South Sydney Rabbitohs
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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.