2006 Geelong Football Club season

The 2006 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 107th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong finished the regular season in tenth position on the ladder, resulting in the club not qualifying for the finals.

Geelong Football Club
2006 season
PresidentFrank Costa
CoachMark Thompson
(7th season)
Captain(s)Steven King
(4th season)
Home groundSkilled Stadium
Pre-season competitionPremiers
AFL season10th
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and FairestPaul Chapman
Leading goalkickerGary Ablett, Jr. (35)
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News

Captains

Club list

Player list
Players are listed in alphabetical order by surname, and statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2006 AFL season only.[1]
Player # AFL debut Games Goals Behinds Kicks Handballs Disposals Marks Tackles
Gary Ablett, Jr. 29 2002 21 35 28 212 142 354 74 65
Nathan Ablett 23 2005 7 4 3 33 23 56 27 5
Jimmy Bartel 3 2002 21 15 12 297 187 484 139 79
Mark Blake 24 2005 8 0 0 12 45 57 16 9
Shannon Byrnes 17 2004 10 3 11 100 47 147 58 26
Tim Callan 7 2003 6 0 0 32 32 64 19 12
Paul Chapman 35 2000 22 31 19 331 153 484 134 89
Joel Corey 11 2000 22 8 4 298 231 529 107 64
Matthew Egan 19 2005 22 1 0 102 130 232 82 31
Corey Enright 44 2001 22 11 2 327 164 491 139 64
Ryan Gamble 34 2006 1 0 0 5 3 8 4 1
Charlie Gardiner 16 2002 5 4 2 45 30 75 25 13
Tom Harley 2 1998 13 0 0 88 71 159 60 18
Josh Hunt 8 2001 22 4 4 239 152 391 96 49
David Johnson 28 2002 17 5 1 152 69 221 80 34
Steve Johnson 20 2002 15 30 13 139 60 199 70 22
James Kelly 9 2002 15 7 2 134 119 253 48 40
Steven King 1 1996 16 1 1 116 97 213 67 23
Kent Kingsley 18 1999 9 10 8 46 20 66 36 8
Paul Koulouriotis 14 2000 1 0 0 5 9 14 2 3
Cameron Ling 45 2000 22 10 3 248 255 503 131 61
Tom Lonergan 13 2005 3 1 2 17 7 24 12 5
Andrew Mackie 4 2004 14 10 10 150 70 220 75 26
Matthew McCarthy 26 2003 4 6 1 22 7 29 17 5
Darren Milburn 39 1997 22 4 8 242 209 451 167 49
Cameron Mooney 21 1999 17 22 8 177 82 259 124 20
Brad Ottens 6 1998 22 26 20 139 104 243 104 45
Stephen Owen 31 — — — — — — — — —
Henry Playfair 22 2003 8 5 5 32 33 65 41 11
Brent Prismall 32 2006 8 4 2 72 34 106 30 11
Peter Riccardi 15 1992 6 3 2 50 21 71 20 10
Max Rooke 33 2002 17 8 1 114 121 235 62 55
Matthew Scarlett 30 1998 20 4 2 237 87 324 109 22
Matthew Spencer 25 2006 2 0 0 3 6 9 2 3
Mathew Stokes 27 2006 9 9 5 72 45 117 51 23
Kane Tenace 10 2004 14 3 1 150 51 201 47 23
Travis Varcoe 5 —[a] — — — — — — — —
Trent West 12 —[b] — — — — — — — —
David Wojcinski 40 1999 15 1 6 116 80 196 45 30

Rookie list
Players are listed in alphabetical order by surname, and statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2006 AFL season only.[1]
Player # AFL debut Games Goals Behinds Kicks Handballs Disposals Marks Tackles
Nick Batchelor* 42 — — — — — — — — —
Todd Grima 36 — — — — — — — — —
Sam Hunt 38 2002 — — — — — — — —
Tim Sheringham 41 — — — — — — — — —
Will Slade* 37 2002 6 1 1 32 31 63 21 7
  • * Nominated rookie (Elevated to senior list during season, eligible for senior selection)

Games

NAB Cup
Round Date and local time[2] Opponent[2] Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold)[2] Venue[2] Attendance[2]
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 25 February (7:40 pm) Carlton 1.8.13 (70) 0.15.8 (98) Won by 28 points Telstra Dome [A] 13,518
QF Saturday, 3 March (7:40 pm) Kangaroos 1.8.3 (60) 1.10.17 (86) Won by 26 points Cazaly's Stadium [A] 7,824
SF Saturday, 11 March (7:40 pm) Fremantle 3.10.14 (101) 1.10.12 (81) Won by 20 points Telstra Dome [H] 12,042
GF Saturday, 18 March (7:20 pm) Adelaide 1.10.15 (84) 3.10.5 (92) Won by 8 points AAMI Stadium [A] 30,707
Geelong were the 2006 NAB Cup premiers.

Regular season
Round Date and local time[3][4] Opponent[3][4] Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold)[3][4] Venue[3][4] Attendance[3][4] Ladder
position[4]
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 1 April (2:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 17.13 (115) 5.8 (38) Won by 77 points Skilled Stadium [H] 23,029 2nd
2 Saturday, 8 April (2:10 pm) Kangaroos 22.6 (138) 10.9 (69) Won by 69 points Skilled Stadium [H] 22,839 1st
3 Saturday, 15 April (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 6.13 (49) 15.11 (101) Lost by 52 points Skilled Stadium [H] 24,026 3rd
4 Saturday, 22 April (2:15 pm) Western Bulldogs 14.14 (98) 14.13 (97) Lost by 1 point Telstra Dome [A] 45,922 6th
5 Saturday, 29 April (7:10 pm) Sydney 15.17 (107) 13.7 (85) Lost by 22 points Telstra Stadium [A] 37,032 7th
6 Friday, 5 May (7:40 pm) Melbourne 13.9 (87) 11.15 (81) Lost by 6 points MCG [A] 36,041 11th
7 Friday, 12 May (7:40 pm) St Kilda 9.10 (64) 12.10 (82) Won by 18 points Telstra Dome [A] 48,313 9th
8 Saturday, 20 May (7:10 pm) Collingwood 22.14 (146) 6.8 (44) Lost by 102 points MCG [A] 69,819 11th
9 Saturday, 27 May (2:10 pm) Richmond 12.8 (90) 17.8 (110) Lost by 20 points Skilled Stadium [H] 23,386 12th
10 Saturday, 3 June (2:10 pm) West Coast 15.8 (98) 16.5 (101) Lost by 3 points Skilled Stadium [H] 20,428 13th
11 Friday, 9 June (7:40 pm) Essendon 20.10 (130) 13.10 (88) Won by 42 points MCG [H] 43,600 11th
12 Saturday, 17 June (2:10 pm) Fremantle 6.16 (52) 18.10 (118) Won by 66 points Subiaco Oval [A] 34,236 11th
13 Sunday, 2 July (12:40 pm) Adelaide 21.21 (147) 8.7 (55) Lost by 92 points AAMI Stadium [A] 41,752 11th
14 Saturday, 8 July (2:10 pm) Carlton 11.11 (77) 23.4 (142) Won by 65 points Telstra Dome [A] 32,096 10th
15 Sunday, 16 July (1:10 pm) Port Adelaide 9.14 (68) 8.10 (58) Won by 10 points Skilled Stadium [H] 19,149 10th
16 Sunday, 23 July (2:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 13.12 (90) 13.11 (89) Won by 1 point Telstra Dome [H] 39,417 9th
17 Sunday, 30 July (1:10 pm) Kangaroos 13.12 (90) 8.12 (60) Lost by 30 points Manuka Oval [A] 9,561 9th
18 Sunday, 6 August (1:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 13.9 (87) 14.20 (104) Won by 17 points The Gabba [A] 28,055 9th
19 Sunday, 13 August (2:10 pm) St Kilda 11.14 (80) 15.13 (103) Lost by 23 points Telstra Dome [H] 40,986 9th
20 Saturday, 19 August (2:10 pm) Sydney 14.6 (90) 9.9 (63) Won by 27 points Skilled Stadium [H] 21,775 9th
21 Saturday, 26 August (2:10 pm) Melbourne 14.10 (94) 14.10 (94) Draw Skilled Stadium [H] 23,068 10th
22 Sunday, 3 September (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 21.7 (133) 10.12 (72) Lost by 61 points Telstra Dome [A] 28,188 10th

Ladder

2006 AFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 West Coast (P) 22 17 5 0 2257 1874 120.4 68 Finals series
2 Adelaide 22 16 6 0 2331 1640 142.1 64
3 Fremantle 22 15 7 0 2079 1893 109.8 60
4 Sydney 22 14 8 0 2098 1630 128.7 56
5 Collingwood 22 14 8 0 2345 1965 119.3 56
6 St Kilda 22 14 8 0 2074 1752 118.4 56
7 Melbourne 22 13 8 1 2146 1957 109.7 54
8 Western Bulldogs 22 13 9 0 2311 2173 106.4 52
9 Richmond 22 11 11 0 1934 2245 86.1 44
10 Geelong 22 10 11 1 1982 2002 99.0 42
11 Hawthorn 22 9 13 0 1834 2140 85.7 36
12 Port Adelaide 22 8 14 0 1911 2151 88.8 32
13 Brisbane Lions 22 7 15 0 1844 2239 82.4 28
14 Kangaroos 22 7 15 0 1754 2167 80.9 28
15 Essendon 22 3 18 1 2021 2469 81.9 14
16 Carlton 22 3 18 1 1791 2415 74.2 14
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Notes
Key
  • ^[H] Home match.
  • ^[A] Away match.
General notes

See also

References
  1. "2006 Stats – Player Lists – Geelong". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  2. "AFL Statistics: Match Results; Pre Season; Geelong; 2006". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  3. "AFL Statistics: Match Results; Home & Away; Geelong; 2006". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  4. "2006 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  5. "Travis Varcoe statistics". AFL Tables. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  6. "Trent West statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
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