2006 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

NRL Rank

First Grade

Team information

CEO

Coach

Captain

Stadium

Telstra Stadium

Top scorers

Tries

Goals

Points

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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 shown 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.

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	L	B	F	A	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	20	4	2	605	404	+201	44
2	Bulldogs	24	16	8	2	608	468	+140	36
3	Brisbane Broncos	24	14	10	2	497	392	+105	32
4	Newcastle Knights	24	14	10	2	608	538	+70	32
5	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	14	10	2	534	493	+41	32
6	St George Illawarra Dragons	24	14	10	2	519	481	+38	32
7	Canberra Raiders	24	13	11	2	525	573	-48	30
8	Parramatta Eels	24	12	12	2	506	483	+23	28
9	North Queensland Cowboys	24	11	13	2	450	463	-13	26
10	New Zealand Warriors	24	12	12	2	552	463	+89	241
11	Wests Tigers	24	10	14	2	490	565	-75	24
12	Penrith Panthers	24	10	14	2	510	587	-77	24
13	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	9	15	2	515	544	-29	22
14	Sydney Roosters	24	8	16	2	528	650	-122	20
15	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	3	21	2	429	772	-343	10

¹The New Zealand Warriors were deducted 4 competition points due to gross salary cap breaches.

Player Statistics

Player	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Total Points

–	–	–	–	–	–

Representative Honours

Player	All Stars	ANZAC Test	Pacific Test	City / Country	State of Origin 1	State of Origin 2	State of Origin 3	Four Nations

References

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Est. 1908 at Redfern Town Hall, Sydney, New South Wales

The club	History Honours Players Coaches Records Representatives Results

Home grounds	Current ANZ Stadium Past Sydney Sports Ground Redfern Oval Sydney Football Stadium

Culture	Charity Shield South Side Story Book of Feuds Ron Coote Cup Rivalries Return to Redfern South Sydney Leagues Club Red and Green Ball George Piggins Medal Souths Cares Rabbitohs Hall Of Fame

Important figures	Arthur Hennessy Benny Wearing George Treweek Jack Rayner Clive Churchill John Sattler Bob McCarthy George Piggins Russell Crowe

League	Current NRL Past NSWRL ARL

Titles	Premierships – 21 1908 1909 1914 1918 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1967 1968 1970 1971 2014

Seasons (105)	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current Auckland Nines National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League North Sydney Bears

Related articles	The Burrow Reggie the Rabbit South Sydney Central

2006 in rugby league

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International Rugby League

British Rugby League

Competitions	Super League Results Grand Final National Leagues Challenge Cup

SL Teams	Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers Catalans Dragons Harlequins Huddersfield Giants Hull FC Leeds Rhinos Salford City Reds St Helens Wakefield Wildcats Warrington Wolves Wigan Warriors

Other clubs	Celtic Crusaders

Australian Rugby League

Competitions	State of Origin NRL season Results Grand Final Queensland Cup NSWRL Premier League

By club	Brisbane Broncos Bulldogs Canberra Raiders Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Melbourne Storm Newcastle Knights New Zealand Warriors North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers

Related articles	Dally M Awards

Other Domestic competitions

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