2006 NRL Season

Finals

The Melbourne Storm went into the finals for the first time as Minor Premiers. They had a week off after their first finals win against the Parramatta Eels 12-6 to prepare for a Preliminary Final encounter, again the St. George Illawarra Dragons which was won by the Storm 24-10, earning them a spot in the Grand Final against the Brisbane Broncos. The Broncos had surprised everyone in the previous two months. After a slight hiccup in the Qualifying Final, going down against St. George Illawarra Dragons 20-4, they came back in the next two weeks, beating the Newcastle Knights 50-6 in the Semi Final and coming from 20-6 down at halftime to win 37-20 against the Bulldogs in the Preliminary Final.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Qualifying Finals
Newcastle Knights	25–18	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	8 September 2006 8:00pm	Energy Australia Stadium	Sean Hampstead	23,752
Brisbane Broncos	4–20	St George Illawarra Dragons	9 September 2006 6:30pm	Suncorp Stadium	Paul Simpkins	50,387
Bulldogs	30–12	Canberra Raiders	9 September 2006 8:30pm	Telstra Stadium	Shayne Hayne	14,628
Melbourne Storm	12–6	Parramatta Eels	10 September 2006 4:00pm	Olympic Park	Steve Clark	15,690
Semi Finals
St George Illawarra Dragons	28–0	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	15 September 2006 7:45pm	Sydney Football Stadium	Paul Simpkins	30,907
Newcastle Knights	6–50	Brisbane Broncos	16 September 2006 7:45pm	Sydney Football Stadium	Steve Clark	22,081
Preliminary Finals
Bulldogs	20–37	Brisbane Broncos	22 September 2006 7:45pm	Sydney Football Stadium	Paul Simpkins	29,511
Melbourne Storm	24–10	St George Illawarra Dragons	23 September 2006 7:45pm	Telstra Stadium	Steve Clark	40,901
Grand Final
Melbourne Storm	8–15	Brisbane Broncos	1 October 2006 7:05pm	Telstra Stadium	Paul Simpkins	79,609