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 National Rugby League's 2006 Telstra Premiership.

2006 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank8th
Play-off resultQualifying Final
2006 recordWins: 12; Draws: 0; Losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 506; Against: 483
Team information
CoachBrian Smith & Jason Taylor
Captain
StadiumParramatta Stadium
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Summary

The Parramatta Eels began Season 2006 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, Brian Smith resigned officially on 15 May 2006, after an extremely poor start to the season, which left the Eels running 14th and second-last. Assistant coach and former Eels great, Jason Taylor, took over as caretaker manager for the rest of the season and led a Parramatta resurgence in the second-half of the season to eventually reach 8th position by season's end. They were, however, eliminated by eventual runners-up Melbourne Storm in the first week of the Finals, 12–6.

Ladder

National Rugby League
Team Pld W D L B F A PD Pts
1 Melbourne 2420042605404+201441
2 Bulldogs 2416082608468+14036
3 Brisbane 24140102497392+10532
4 Newcastle 24140102608538+7032
5 Manly Warringah 24140102534493+4132
6 St. George Illawarra 24140102519481+3832
7 Canberra 24130112525573-4830
8 Parramatta 24120122506483+2328
9 North Queensland 24110132450463-1326
10 New Zealand 24120122552463+89242
11 Wests Tigers 24100142490565-7524
12 Penrith 24100142510587-7724
13 Cronulla-Sutherland 2490152515544-2922
14 Sydney 2480162528650-12220
15 South Sydney 2430212429772-34310

1The Melbourne Storm were later stripped of this minor premiership due to gross salary cap breaches.
2The New Zealand Warriors were deducted 4 competition points due to gross salary cap breaches.

Awards
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References
  1. "Honour Roll". parraeels.com.au. Parramatta Eels. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
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