2006 NAB Cup
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The 2006 NAB Cup was held across Australia
between 24 February and 18 March. The NAB Cup was won by Geelong
who defeated Adelaide in the Grand Final of the knock-out pre-season competition.
220,000 was awarded to the winning club (by comparison, the prize money for the winner of the AFL Grand Final
in 2005 was only nominally larger at $250,000). Smaller amounts were awarded to clubs based on participation and progression through the competition.
Runner-up: $110,000
Losing semi-finalists: $55,000
Week 2 losers: $27,000
Week 1 losers: $16,500
Total prize money: $682,000
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
| Time
| Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Brisbane Lions
| 1.8.13 (70)
| Essendon
| 1.8.12 (69)
| Carrara Stadium
| 13,269
| 24 February
| 7:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Western Bulldogs
| 1.7.12 (63)
| Melbourne
| 0.9.15 (69)
| Marrara Oval
| 6,000
| 24 February
| 8:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Kangaroos
| 1.8.11 (68)
| Sydney Swans
| 0.5.7 (37)
| Manuka Oval
| 5,336
| 25 February
| 2:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Hawthorn
| 1.11.10 (85)
| Richmond
| 0.11.9 (75)
| Telstra Dome
| 15,649
| 25 February
| 4:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Carlton
| 1.8.13 (70)
| Geelong
| 0.15.8 (98)
| Telstra Dome
| 15,649
| 25 February
| 7:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Adelaide
| 2.16.13 (127)
| Port Adelaide
| 0.8.7 (55)
| AAMI Stadium
| 17,012
| 26 February
| 1:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Collingwood
| 2.8.8 (74)
| St Kilda
| 1.9.10 (73)
| Telstra Dome
| 24,567
| 26 February
| 4:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| West Coast Eagles
| 1.7.14 (65)
| Fremantle
| 1.18.10 (127)
| Subiaco Oval
| 36,686
| 26 February
| 4:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
| Time
| Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Brisbane Lions
| 0.12.9 (81)
| Melbourne
| 0.13.12 (90)
| Telstra Dome
| 11,612
| 3 March
| 7:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Hawthorn
| 1.7.7 (58)
| Adelaide
| 2.7.11 (71)
| Aurora Stadium
| 8,060
| 4 March
| 6:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Fremantle
| 0.15.10 (100)
| Collingwood
| 2.10.6 (84)
| Subiaco Oval
| 15,610
| 5 March
| 4:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Kangaroos
| 1.8.3 (60)
| Geelong
| 1.10.17 (86)
| Cazaly Stadium
| 7,824
| 4 March
| 7:45 PM
| AFL.com.au report
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
| Time
| Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Adelaide
| 1.16.21 (129)
| Melbourne
| 1.5.5 (44)
| AAMI Stadium
| 12,594
| 10 March
| 7:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Geelong
| 3.10.14 (101)
| Fremantle
| 1.10.12 (81)
| Telstra Dome
| 12,042
| 11 March
| 7:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
| Time
| Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Adelaide
| 1.10.15 (84)
| Geelong
| 3.10.5 (92)
| AAMI Stadium
| 30,707
| 18 March
| 7:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
2. Adelaide
3. Fremantle
4. Melbourne
5. Brisbane
6. Collingwood
7. Hawthorn
8. North Melbourne
9. St. Kilda
10. Essendon
11. Western Bulldogs
12. Richmond
13. Carlton
14. Sydney
15. West Coast
16. Port Adelaide
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
between 24 February and 18 March. The NAB Cup was won by Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
who defeated Adelaide in the Grand Final of the knock-out pre-season competition.
Prize money
A$Australian dollar
The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...
220,000 was awarded to the winning club (by comparison, the prize money for the winner of the AFL Grand Final
AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions for that year...
in 2005 was only nominally larger at $250,000). Smaller amounts were awarded to clubs based on participation and progression through the competition.
Runner-up: $110,000
Losing semi-finalists: $55,000
Week 2 losers: $27,000
Week 1 losers: $16,500
Total prize money: $682,000
Week one
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
| Time
| Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
| 1.8.13 (70)
| Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
| 1.8.12 (69)
| Carrara Stadium
Carrara Stadium
Carrara Stadium is a sporting venue on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrara....
| 13,269
| 24 February
| 7:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Western Bulldogs
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
| 1.7.12 (63)
| Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
| 0.9.15 (69)
| Marrara Oval
Marrara Oval
Marrara Stadium is a sports ground in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The ground was built in 1991 and Australian rules football and Cricket are primarily played at the venue...
| 6,000
| 24 February
| 8:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Kangaroos
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
| 1.8.11 (68)
| Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
| 0.5.7 (37)
| Manuka Oval
Manuka Oval
Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital....
| 5,336
| 25 February
| 2:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
| 1.11.10 (85)
| Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
| 0.11.9 (75)
| Telstra Dome
Telstra Dome
Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
| 15,649
| 25 February
| 4:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
| 1.8.13 (70)
| Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
| 0.15.8 (98)
| Telstra Dome
Telstra Dome
Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
| 15,649
| 25 February
| 7:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Adelaide
| 2.16.13 (127)
| Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
| 0.8.7 (55)
| AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium
Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
| 17,012
| 26 February
| 1:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
| 2.8.8 (74)
| St Kilda
| 1.9.10 (73)
| Telstra Dome
Telstra Dome
Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
| 24,567
| 26 February
| 4:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| West Coast Eagles
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
| 1.7.14 (65)
| Fremantle
Fremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
| 1.18.10 (127)
| Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
| 36,686
| 26 February
| 4:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
Week two
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
| Time
| Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
| 0.12.9 (81)
| Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
| 0.13.12 (90)
| Telstra Dome
Telstra Dome
Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
| 11,612
| 3 March
| 7:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
| 1.7.7 (58)
| Adelaide
| 2.7.11 (71)
| Aurora Stadium
Aurora Stadium
York Park is a sports ground in the Inveresk and York Park Precinct, Launceston, Australia. Holding 20,000 people—more than any other stadium in Tasmania—York Park has been known as Aurora Stadium under a six-year naming rights agreement signed with Aurora Energy in 2004...
| 8,060
| 4 March
| 6:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Fremantle
Fremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
| 0.15.10 (100)
| Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
| 2.10.6 (84)
| Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
| 15,610
| 5 March
| 4:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Kangaroos
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
| 1.8.3 (60)
| Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
| 1.10.17 (86)
| Cazaly Stadium
| 7,824
| 4 March
| 7:45 PM
| AFL.com.au report
Week three
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
| Time
| Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Adelaide
| 1.16.21 (129)
| Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
| 1.5.5 (44)
| AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium
Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
| 12,594
| 10 March
| 7:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
| 3.10.14 (101)
| Fremantle
Fremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
| 1.10.12 (81)
| Telstra Dome
Telstra Dome
Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
| 12,042
| 11 March
| 7:40 PM
| AFL.com.au report
Week four
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
| Time
| Report
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Adelaide
| 1.10.15 (84)
| Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
| 3.10.5 (92)
| AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium
Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
| 30,707
| 18 March
| 7:10 PM
| AFL.com.au report
Knock-Out Chart
Final Placings
1. Geelong2. Adelaide
3. Fremantle
4. Melbourne
5. Brisbane
6. Collingwood
7. Hawthorn
8. North Melbourne
9. St. Kilda
10. Essendon
11. Western Bulldogs
12. Richmond
13. Carlton
14. Sydney
15. West Coast
16. Port Adelaide