2006 Super League season results

• Bradford's home ground, Odsal, was renamed to 'Grattan Stadium' before this round for sponsorship reasons.
• The week prior to this round saw the shock move of Stuart Fielden from the Bradford Bulls to Wigan for a Super League record fee of £450,000. Despite a 30-12 home win over Warrington they remain bottom of the league after round 18.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Bradford Bulls	42 – 16	Huddersfield Giants	23 June, 20:00 BST	Grattan Stadium	Steve Ganson	10,655
Hull	28 – 10	Castleford Tigers	23 June, 20:00 BST	KC Stadium	Ashley Klein	11,360
Leeds Rhinos	36 – 20	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	23 June, 20:00 BST	Headingley Stadium	Karl Kirkpatrick	13,597
Wigan Warriors	30 – 12	Warrington Wolves	23 June, 20:00 BST	JJB Stadium	Richard Silverwood	16,103
Catalans Dragons	38 – 18	Harlequins RL	24 June, 18:00 BST	Stade Aimé Giral	Steve Clark	4,197
St Helens R.F.C.	28 – 6	Salford City Reds	24 June, 18:00 BST	Knowsley Road	Phil Bentham	8,307
Source: "Super League XI 2006 - Round 18". Rugby League Project. Retrieved on 2009-06-10.

• Following round 19, the bottom half of the league table was now very close, with 6 teams able to reach the play-offs and 5 still at risk of relegation.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Salford City Reds	17 – 16	Bradford Bulls	30 June, 20:00 BST	The Willows	Richard Silverwood	4,203
Catalans Dragons	16 – 24	Hull	1 July, 17:45 BST	Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié	Phil Bentham	4,479
Harlequins RL	24 – 26	Wigan Warriors	1 July, 18:00 BST	The Twickenham Stoop	Karl Kirkpatrick	4,115
Castleford Tigers	52 – 26	Warrington Wolves	2 July 12:30 BST	The Jungle	Steve Ganson	5,411
Huddersfield Giants	14 – 36	Leeds Rhinos	2 July, 15:00 BST	Galpharm Stadium	Ashley Klein	7,416
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	36 – 52	St Helens R.F.C.	2 July 15:30 BST	Belle Vue	Ronnie Laughton	4,927
Source: "Super League XI 2006 - Round 19". Rugby League Project. Retrieved on 2009-06-10.

• Wigan left the bottom of the table for the first time in three months but were still in the relegation position as Les Catalans were exempt from relegation. Warrington ended their bad run of results by beating Huddersfield.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Leeds Rhinos	26 – 24	Bradford Bulls	7 July, 20:00 BST	Headingley Stadium	Phil Bentham	17,700
St Helens R.F.C.	52 – 26	Catalans Dragons	7 July, 20:00 BST	Knowsley Road	Karl Kirkpatrick	8,058
Wigan Warriors	42 – 24	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	7 July, 20:00 BST	JJB Stadium	Ashley Klein	13,686
Salford City Reds	20 – 24	Hull	8 July, 12:30 BST	The Willows	Steve Ganson	4,076
Harlequins RL	24 – 16	Castleford Tigers	8 July, 15:00 BST	The Twickenham Stoop	Ronnie Laughton	3,656
Warrington Wolves	30 – 26	Huddersfield Giants	9 July, 12:30 BST	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Richard Silverwood	7,785
Source: "Super League XI 2006 - Round 20". Rugby League Project. Retrieved on 2009-06-10.

• Wigan climbed out of the relegation zone after beating Salford - their fifth consecutive win. Wakefield had a chance to put Wigan back in the drop zone but blew a 20-0 lead against Huddersfield to allow the Giants to record a crucial victory.
• Hull's Richard Horne became the first player in 91 years to score tries in 11 straight games for the club in their victory over Warrington.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Bradford Bulls	30 – 16	Catalans Dragons	14 July, 20:00 BST	Grattan Stadium	Ronnie Laughton	10,388
St Helens R.F.C.	30 – 24	Harlequins RL	14 July, 20:00 BST	Knowsley Road	Phil Bentham	7,950
Wigan Warriors	20 – 12	Salford City Reds	14 July, 20:00 BST	JJB Stadium	Richard Silverwood	13,630
Hull	36 – 24	Warrington Wolves	15 July, 18:15 BST	KC Stadium	Ashley Klein	9,247
Huddersfield Giants	26 – 20	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	16 July, 15:00 BST	Galpharm Stadium	Steve Ganson	4,848
Castleford Tigers	31 – 30	Leeds Rhinos	16 July, 15:15 BST	The Jungle	Karl Kirkpatrick	11,016
Source: "Super League XI 2006 - Round 21". Rugby League Project. Retrieved on 2009-06-10.

• Hull's 13 match winning streak came to an end at Harlequins but 2nd place rivals Leeds lost to leaders St Helens, who had Jamie Lyon sent off. Wigan's recent revival was halted by Warrington.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	20 – 42	Bradford Bulls	21 July, 20:00 BST	Belle Vue	Phil Bentham	4,003
Harlequins RL	18 – 16	Hull	22 July, 15:00 BST	The Twickenham Stoop	Karl Kirkpatrick	4,023
Leeds Rhinos	14 – 18	St Helens R.F.C.	22 July, 17:00 BST	Headingley Stadium	Ashley Klein	17,700
Catalans Dragons	26 – 6	Salford City Reds	22 July, 18:00 BST	Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié	Peter Taberner	5,070
Huddersfield Giants	34 – 10	Castleford Tigers	23 July, 15:00 BST	Galpharm Stadium	Jamie Leahy	5,573
Warrington Wolves	22 – 20	Wigan Warriors	23 July, 15:00 BST	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Richard Silverwood	13,024
Source: "Super League XI 2006 - Round 22". Rugby League Project. Retrieved on 2009-06-10.

• Wakefield re-ignited the relegation battle with a win against local rivals Castleford, despite being reduced to 11 men by the end of the game.
• Leeds lost the battle for second place, and their third league match in a row.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Bradford Bulls	50 – 22	Warrington Wolves	4 August, 20:00 BST	Grattan Stadium	Steve Ganson	11,469
Hull	23 – 16	Leeds Rhinos	4 August, 20:00 BST	KC Stadium	Phil Bentham	13,721
St Helens R.F.C.	56 – 8	Huddersfield Giants	4 August, 20:00 BST	Knowsley Road	Ashley Klein	8,378
Salford City Reds	34 – 0	Harlequins RL	4 August, 20:00 BST	The Willows	Peter Taberner	3,046
Wigan Warriors	40 – 4	Catalans Dragons	4 August, 20:00 BST	JJB Stadium	Karl Kirkpatrick	12,647
Castleford Tigers	0 – 18	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	5 August, 19:30 BST	The Jungle	Richard Silverwood	7,230
Source: "Super League XI 2006 - Round 23". Rugby League Project. Retrieved on 2009-06-10.

• St Helens rested a number of senior players for the trip to Perpignan ahead of the Challenge Cup Final. Despite this, their young side were only beaten by a Stacey Jones try 30 seconds from full-time.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Bradford Bulls	48 – 10	Castleford Tigers	18 August, 20:00 BST	Grattan Stadium	Richard Silverwood	10,576
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	12 – 14	Leeds Rhinos	18 August, 20:00 BST	Belle Vue	Phil Bentham	10,576
Wigan Warriors	14 – 10	Huddersfield Giants	18 August, 20:00 BST	JJB Stadium	Karl Kirkpatrick	14,092
Warrington Wolves	28 – 22	Harlequins RL	19 August, 18:15 BST	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Steve Ganson	7,375
Catalans Dragons	26 – 22	St Helens R.F.C.	19 August, 19:00 BST	Stade Saint-Michel	Ashley Klein	4,551
Hull	11 – 10	Salford City Reds	20 August, 15:15 BST	KC Stadium	Ben Thaler	10,172
Source: "Super League XI 2006 - Round 25". Rugby League Project. Retrieved on 2009-06-10.

• St. Helens returned to full strength having won the Challenge Cup in the week between rounds 25 and 26.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Leeds Rhinos	54 – 16	Warrington Wolves	1 September, 20:00 BST	Headingley Stadium	Ben Thaler	17,349
St Helens R.F.C.	34 – 12	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	1 September, 20:00 BST	Knowsley Road	Karl Kirkpatrick	8,991
Wigan Warriors	38 – 16	Bradford Bulls	1 September, 20:00 BST	JJB Stadium	Ashley Klein	15,830
Castleford Tigers	27 – 12	Harlequins RL	2 September, 18:00 BST	The Jungle	Phil Bentham	5,531
Huddersfield Giants	24 – 18	Salford City Reds	3 September, 15:00 BST	Galpharm Stadium	Steve Ganson	5,027
Hull	26 – 12	Catalans Dragons	3 September, 15:15 BST	KC Stadium	Richard Silverwood	10,300
Source: "Super League XI 2006 - Round 26". Rugby League Project. Retrieved on 2009-06-10.

• The relegation battle will go down to the wire as Wakefield beat Bradford while Castleford lost to Salford. Wakefield meet Castleford next week for what could be a relegation decider.
• St Helens receive the League Leaders' Shield for a second successive year as recognition for finishing top of the competition league table for the regular season.
• Harlequins secure survival after beating Wigan.
• Salford secure a top-6 play-off spot for the first time in their history.
• Warrington secure the last play-off spot, but can still over-haul Salford for fifth place.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Bradford Bulls	12 – 20	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	8 September, 20:00 BST	Grattan Stadium	Steve Ganson	9,451
Salford City Reds	26 – 16	Castleford Tigers	8 September, 20:00 BST	The Willows	Karl Kirkpatrick	6,106
St Helens R.F.C.	54 – 18	Leeds Rhinos	9 September, 18:00 BST	Knowsley Road	Richard Silverwood	10,024
Catalans Dragons	12 – 20	Huddersfield Giants	9 September, 19:00 BST	Stade Aimé Giral	Ben Thaler	6,463
Harlequins RL	31 – 30	Wigan Warriors	10 September, 15:00 BST	The Twickenham Stoop	Phil Bentham	5,737
Warrington Wolves	26 – 14	Hull	10 September, 15:00 BST	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Ashley Klein	9,915
Source: "Super League XI 2006 - Round 27". Rugby League Project. Retrieved on 2009-06-10.

• Castleford were relegated as a consequence of their 29-17 defeat away to Wakefield.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Leeds Rhinos	60 – 12	Catalans Dragons	15 September, 20:00 BST	Headingley Stadium	Karl Kirkpatrick	13,391
Wigan Warriors	38 – 16	Hull	15 September, 20:00 BST	JJB Stadium	Ben Thaler	16,554
Harlequins RL	40 – 18	Salford City Reds	16 September, 15:00 BST	The Twickenham Stoop	Steve Ganson	3,053
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	29 – 17	Castleford Tigers	16 September, 18:00 BST	Belle Vue	Richard Silverwood	11,000
Huddersfield Giants	30 – 42	Bradford Bulls	17 September, 15:00 BST	Galpharm Stadium	Phil Bentham	7,002
Warrington Wolves	30 – 38	St Helens R.F.C.	17 September, 15:00 BST	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Ashley Klein	13,024
Source: "Super League XI 2006 - Round 28". Rugby League Project. Retrieved on 2009-06-10.

Super League XI followed the top-six play-off system, for its fifth consecutive year. Places were granted to the top six teams in the Super League XI table. Following the final round of matches on the weekend of 15–17 September, all six play-off teams were set (in order of finishing place):

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St. Helens	28	24	0	4	939	430	+509	48
2	Hull	28	20	0	8	720	578	+142	40
3	Leeds	28	19	0	9	869	543	+326	38
4	Bradford	28	16	2	10	802	568	+234	32[a]
5	Salford	28	15	0	13	600	539	+61	26
6	Warrington	28	15	0	13	743	721	+22	26

Notes

^ a: Bradford deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches[1]

Home field advantage was given by position in the league table at the end of regular rounds, with the lower team playing on the team's ground. The only exception to this rule was the grand final, which was played at Old Trafford following tradition. The format followed the double elimination rule for the first and second placed teams, meaning whichever of the teams lost their qualifying play-off match would have to lose again in order to be knocked-out of the play-offs entirely.