2006 VFL season
| 2006 VFL season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 13 |
| Premiers | Sandringham Zebras 10th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Northern Bullants 8th minor premiership |
| Leading goalkicker | Aaron Edwards, Frankston |
| Matches played | 126 |
The 2006 Victorian Football League (VFL) is a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring 12 teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.
It was the 125th season of the Australian rules football competition.
League affiliations
[edit]Prior to the 2006 season, the VFL–AFL reserves affiliation which had existed for the previous three seasons between North Melbourne and Port Melbourne was terminated. In its place, North Melbourne arranged to be affiliated with both North Ballarat and Tasmania, with half of its reserves players allocated to each team. Port Melbourne continued as a stand-alone senior team in the competition.[1]
As a result, the competition stayed constant at thirteen teams: ten VFL–AFL affiliations, one AFL reserves team (Geelong) and two stand-alone VFL teams (Port Melbourne and Frankston).
Prior to the season, Springvale came to an arrangement with the City of Casey to relocate to the new Casey Fields multi-sports complex in Cranbourne East. The club changed its name to the Casey Scorpions.[2]
Ladder
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Bullants | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1983 | 1113 | 178.2 | 68 | Finals |
| 2 | Sandringham (P) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1926 | 1505 | 128.0 | 52 | |
| 3 | Geelong reserves | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1784 | 1633 | 109.2 | 52 | |
| 4 | Williamstown | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1690 | 1490 | 113.4 | 44 | |
| 5 | Frankston | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1857 | 1575 | 117.9 | 40 | |
| 6 | Werribee | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1900 | 1759 | 108.0 | 40 | |
| 7 | North Ballarat | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1816 | 1757 | 103.4 | 36 | |
| 8 | Coburg | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1623 | 1614 | 100.6 | 36 | |
| 9 | Tasmania | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1754 | 1844 | 95.1 | 28 | |
| 10 | Box Hill | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1609 | 2108 | 76.3 | 24 | |
| 11 | Casey Scorpions | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1529 | 1862 | 82.1 | 20 | |
| 12 | Bendigo | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1516 | 1991 | 76.1 | 16 | |
| 13 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1490 | 2226 | 66.9 | 12 |
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals Series
[edit]| Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 September, AMF Oval | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Northern Bullants | 12.13 (85) | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Williamstown | 19.16 (130) | 9 September, TEAC Oval | ||||||||||||||||
| Northern Bullants | 15.10 (100) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 September, Frankston Oval | Frankston | 11.15 (81) | 17 September, TEAC Oval | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Frankston | 20.13 (133) | Williamstown | 12.16 (88) | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Coburg | 13.4 (82) | Geelong | 17.13 (115) | 24 September, Optus Oval | ||||||||||||||
| Geelong | 11.7 (73) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 September, TEAC Oval | 16 September, TEAC Oval | Sandringham | 13.13 (91) | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Werribee | 16.12 (108) | Sandringham | 23.14 (152) | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | North Ballarat | 28.16 (184) | 10 September, TEAC Oval | Northern Bullants | 10.12 (72) | ||||||||||||||
| Geelong | 19.14 (128) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 September, TEAC Oval | North Ballarat | 19.8 (122) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sandringham | 20.16 (136) | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Geelong | 17.13 (115) | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Final
[edit]| 2006 VFL Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday 24 September
(2:10 pm) |
Sandringham | def. | Geelong | Optus Oval (crowd: 6,000) | [3] |
| 2.7 (19) 6.4 (40) 11.9 (75) 13.13 (91) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
4.3 (27) 4.3 (27) 6.5 (41) 11.7 (73) |
Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Phillip Read (Sandringham) | ||
| Sautner 3, Biddlecombe 2, Motlop 2, Smith 2, Dunn, Gallagher, Liddell, Wheatley | Goals | Kingsley 4, Byrne 2, Ablett, Hunt, McCarthy, Slade | |||
Season Awards
[edit]Awards
[edit]- The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal was won by Aaron Edwards (Frankston), who kicked 88 goals.[4]
- The J. J. Liston Trophy was also won by Aaron Edwards (Frankston), who polled 18 votes. Edwards finished ahead of Brett Johnson (Williamstown), who was second with 17 votes, and Daniel Harford (Northern Bullants), who was third with 14 votes.[5]
- The Fothergill–Round Medal was won by Jason Davenport (Geelong reserves).[6]
- Box Hill won the reserves premiership. Box Hill 10.11 (71) defeated Williamstown 8.11 (59) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors Grand Final on 24 September.[7]
VFL Team of the Year
[edit]| B: | David Biagi (Casey) | Shaun Pollard (Frankston) | Andy Biddlecombe (Sandringham) |
| HB: | Daniel Harford (Northern Bullants) | Justin Crow (Northern Bullants) | Jordan Doering (Bendigo) |
| C: | David Gallagher (Sandringham) | James Byrne (Geelong) (Capt.) | Kyle Matthews (Casey) |
| HF: | Tim Hazell (Port Melbourne) | Digby Morrell (Northern Bullants) | Brett Geappen (Tasmania) |
| F: | James Podsiadly (Werribee) | Aaron Edwards (Frankston) | Salim Hassan (Werribee) |
| Foll: | Warren Carlyle (Port Melbourne) | Brett Johnson (Williamstown) | James Allen (Werribee) |
| Int: | Jacob King (Coburg) | Neil Winterton (Frankston) | Steven Greene (Williamstown) |
| Matthew Sharkey (North Ballarat) |
Notable events
[edit]- Commencing this season, a two year rule trial was conducted throughout the VFL premiership season on behalf of the AFL, under which a backwards kick to a team-mate which was caught in the defensive half of the ground would be called play-on instead of a mark; a line was painted across the centre of the field to accommodate.[8]
See also
[edit]- List of VFA/VFL premiers
- Australian Rules Football
- Victorian Football League
- Australian Football League
- 2006 AFL season
References
[edit]- ^ "History of the VFL 1877 – 2013". Fox Sports Pulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Ben Carbonaro (29 April 2006). "Good start out at Casey Fields". Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Sandy's hat trick". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. 25 September 2006. p. 53.
- ^ "Frosty Miller Medallists". Fox Sports Pulse. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "2006 Medallists across Australia". Footystats Diary. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Fothergill–Round Medallists". Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "2006 TRUEnergy VFL reserves". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Caroline Wilson (8 February 2006). "Coaches shut out of rules decisions". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 7 April 2023.