2006 Queensland Cup

The 2006 Queensland Cup season was the 11th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Queensland Wizard Cup due to sponsorship from Wizard Home Loans featured 11 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.

2006 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 11 – September 16, 2006
Teams11
Premiers Redcliffe Dolphins (5th title)
Minor premiers Toowoomba Clydesdales (3rd title)
Matches played116
Points scored5,972
Player of the year Brandon Costin (Courier Mail Medal)

The Redcliffe Dolphins won their fifth premiership, defeating the Toowoomba Clydesdales 27–6 at Suncorp Stadium. Souths Logan Magpies five-eighth Brandon Costin was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.[1]

Teams

In 2006, the Queensland Cup retained the same 11 teams that competed in the 2005 season. The Wynnum Seagulls, who played under that name from 1995 to 2005, returned to playing as the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
 Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Jim Lenihan Ryan Gundry None
 Central Comets Browne Park Matt Parish Herewini Rangi None
 Easts Tigers Langlands Park Michael Booth Matt Lockyer None
 Ipswich Jets QLD Group Stadium Trevor Gillmeister Danny Coburn None
 North Queensland Young Guns Dairy Farmers Stadium Michael Crawley Daniel Strickland North Queensland Cowboys
 Norths Devils Bishop Park Wayne Treleaven Anthony Boyd Melbourne Storm
 Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval Anthony Griffin Troy Lindsay Brisbane Broncos
 Souths Logan Magpies Brandon Park Mark Gliddon Brandon Costin None
 Toowoomba Clydesdales Clive Berghofer Stadium Mark Gee Nick Kenny Brisbane Broncos
 Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Steve Murphy Matt King None
 Wynnum Manly Seagulls Kougari Oval Neil Wharton Jimmy Ahmat None

Ladder
2006 Queensland Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Toowoomba Clydesdales 2016042680462+21832
2 North Queensland Young Guns 2014242604392+21230
3 Redcliffe Dolphins (P) 2014062619434+18528
4 Tweed Heads Seagulls 2011092473455+1822
5 Easts Tigers 2010282505490+1522
6 Burleigh Bears 209382429435-621
7 Norths Devils 2081112538570-3217
8 Central Comets 2071122409560-15115
9 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 2053122483562-7913
10 Souths Logan Magpies 2052132497632-13512
11 Ipswich Jets 2040162486731-2458

Finals series
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Qualifying / Elimination Finals
Tweed Heads Seagulls 4 – 12 Easts Tigers 26 August 2006 Piggabeen Sports Complex
North Queensland Young Guns 8 – 22 Redcliffe Dolphins 27 August 2006 Townsville Sports Reserve
Semi Finals
North Queensland Young Guns 18 – 28 Easts Tigers 1 September 2006 Dairy Farmers Stadium
Toowoomba Clydesdales 56 – 22 Redcliffe Dolphins 2 September 2006 Clive Berghofer Stadium
Preliminary Final
Redcliffe Dolphins 30 – 16 Easts Tigers 9 September 2006 Dolphin Oval
Grand Final
Toowoomba Clydesdales 6 – 27 Redcliffe Dolphins 16 September 2006 Suncorp Stadium
 
  Qualifying / Elimination Finals Major / Minor Semi Finals Preliminary Final Grand Final
                                     
1 Toowoomba 56  
    Redcliffe 22         Toowoomba 6
2 North Qld 8     Redcliffe 30   Redcliffe 27
3 Redcliffe 22       Easts 16  
North Qld 18
4 Tweed Heads 4   Easts 28  
5 Easts 12

Grand Final
Saturday, 16 September
Toowoomba Clydesdales 6 – 27 Redcliffe Dolphins
Tries:
Ben Vaeau 1
Goals:
Nick Parfitt 1		 1st: 6 - 12
2nd: 0 - 15
Report		 Tries:
2 Rory Bromley
1 Ryan Cullen
1 Mark Shipway
1 Marty Turner
Goals:
3 Greg Bourke
Field Goals:
1 Mick Roberts
Suncorp Stadium
Referee: Brett Suttor
Man of the Match: Mick Roberts (Redcliffe)
Toowoomba Clydesdales Position Redcliffe Dolphins
Nick ParfittFBRyan Cullen
Denan KempWGChris Giumelli
Jason MoonCEGreg Bourke
Jamie SimpsonCENick Emmett
Steve MichaelsWGRory Bromley
Joel MoonFEChris Fox
Ben GreenHBMarty Turner
Nick Kenny (c)PRTroy Lindsay (c)
John Te ReoHKMick Roberts
Ben VaeauPRAdam Starr
Chris MuckertSRGrant Flugge
Derrick WatkinsSRDanny Burke
Greg EastwoodLKMark Shipway
David TaylorBenchNick Walker
Joe ClarkeBenchShannon Fish
Lynden MurphyBenchDaniel Green
Lachlan MorganBenchGerard Parle
Mark GeeCoachAnthony Griffin

Toowoomba finished the regular season as minor premiers and charged into the Grand Final after a dominant 56–22 win over Redcliffe in the major semi final. Redcliffe ended the season in 3rd place and upset the 2nd place North Queensland Young Guns 22–8 in the first week of the finals. After the big loss to Toowoomba, the Dolphins defeated Easts 30–16 to qualify for their eighth Grand Final and their fourth against the Clydesdales. In the regular season, Toowoomba defeated Redcliffe 42–28 in Round 8, while the Dolphins won the return match 34–16 in Round 18.

First half

Toowoomba prop Ben Vaeau opened the scoring in just the 3rd minute of the contest when he steamrolled through the Dolphins defence from 10 metres out to score. Redcliffe hit back in the 8th minute when halfback Marty Turner stepped through some soft defence to score under the posts. With 10 seconds remaining in what was a tough first half, the Dolphins took the lead when fullback Ryan Cullen went through under the posts to score. The Dolphins taking a 12–6 lead into the half time break.

Second half

Redcliffe maintained their narrow six-point lead for most of the second half, before hooker Mick Roberts kicked a field goal in the 67th minute to extended his side's lead to seven. Just over a minute later the Dolphins had their third try of the game when centre Nick Emmett batted down a Roberts' cross-field kick to his winger Rory Bromley who scored in the corner. Redcliffe pulled off a carbon copy of the try five minutes later when Emmett brought down a Turner kick and handed it off to Bromley who got his second. With two minutes remaining, Mark Shipway scored to seal the contest for Redcliffe and secure their fifth Queensland Cup premiership.

The 2006 Grand Final would be the last game the Toowoomba Clydesdales would ever play in the Queensland Cup. One of the foundation clubs of the competition, the Clydesdales ceased operations at the end of the year due to financial reasons.[2][3]

End-of-season awards

See also

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20061230082445/http://queensland.rleague.com/results/2006/qld-cup.php
  2. https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/nathan-friend-push-return-clydesdales/588277/
  3. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-12-06/clydesdales-quit-qld-cup/2146986
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