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Williams to remain in League, which club is still unknown Bulldogs Bulldogs and New Zealand forward Sonny Bill Williams is almost certain to knock back offers from the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) and remain with Rugby League but which club he'll be at is another question with the Roosters emerging as favourites to snare 13:04
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Rabbitohs Member Day & Twenty20 Cricket Match - Sun 7th Jan South Sydney Rabbitohs All Rabbitohs Football Club Members are invited to enjoy an afternoon of Twenty20 Cricket when the South Sydney Football Club, in conjunction with South Sydney Cricket Club, holds their Twenty20 Cricket extravaganza as part of the Rabbitohs' annual Member 14:56
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Auckland Lions preparing for NSW Premier League Mt Albert Lions The new Auckland Lions side that will compete in the New South Wales Premier League competition will be walking the tightrope and is behind schedule as it prepares to do battle against NSW based sides next year. 20:41
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Roosters hold crisis talks after drunken incident Sydney Roosters Sydney Roosters have held crisis talks after a drunken player misbehaved at a sponsor's function. 0:00
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Clubs playing in this season Click on team name to view the club's season page 2006 NRL Telstra Premiership
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All the teams are through for Round 18 of the 2006 Telstra Premiership.
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2006 NRL Season Preview
Welcome to everyone for the new season and it's one of the most exciting seasons shaping up on record. The Super League season is four weeks old and the competition has been going great guns to date.
Rleague.com is glad to be back for our 9th year with a completely new and enchanced website that will take the game into the future. Our relaunch co-incides with the opening round of the Telstra Premiership this coming Friday night when the Wests Tigers begin their title defence against the favourites in St.George-Illawarra.
It's hard to pick a winner this season but Rleague.com in 2006 will provide comprehensive coverage on the Telstra Premiership and Engage Super League competitions along with providing a massive Archive, News and Discussion resource to accomodate supporters of all generations.
1st THE BULLDOGS If and the word is a big IF the Bulldogs can have a good run with injuries this season (Sonny Bill Williams aside) they will go very close to winning the Premiership they won in 2004. The Bulldogs have the best foward pack in the game with Mark O'Meley, Willie Mason, Roy Asotasi, Reni Maitua, Nate Myles and captain Andrew Ryan leading the way. Brent Sherwin has proven himself to be a big match performer and will enjoy Braith Anasta being elsewhere this season. Matthew Utai, Willie Tonga and Hazem El Masri provide plenty of points outwide. The Bulldogs biggest problem will be getting Williams on the field and their depth will be tested. If they can maintain a good run, they'll take out the title on the back of their forward pack.
2nd SYDNEY ROOSTERS The Roosters didn't have the best of 2005 seasons and Ricky Stuart will have them hungry to bounce back this season. The Roosters snared the only two State of Origin players on the open market and have a starting line up glittering with stars. The Roosters are too good a side on paper to miss out this year and will be the front-runners throughout the year. Once again they'll make the Grand Final only to fall at the final hurdle.
3rd PARRAMATTA EELS I'm not the biggest fan of Brian Smith but he's a professional enough coach not to distract himself with matters for the following season. Parramatta will take out their 2nd Minor Premiership and be there in the running until once again stumbling in the match before the Grand Final. The Eels have the best depth across the park that no other NRL club provides. Parramatta deserve to be favourites for the Minor Premiership but their ability when the pressure is applied will stop them once again.
4th NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS The loss of Paul Rauhihi will be a massive one but they have the talent and speed across the park to put together a 3rd successive outstanding season. The Cowboys made the Grand Final last year cashing in on another Parramatta choke and didn't disgrace themselves in the decider before the Wests Tigers ultimately won. In Matthew Bowen, Johnathan Thurston, Matt Sing and Ty Williams they have four of the most dangerous players in the game and they have a good steady leader in Travis Norton who will be out to finish his career on a high. The Cowboys are a genuine chance this year but I believe they'll fall one short of the Grand Final.
5th ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS Everyone's favourites to win the Premiership and they have a side on paper that should always be up there with the big guns. The Dragons I believe this year will be inconsistent with too many distractions in contract discussions halting a consistent ride to the top. The jury is still out on Nathan Brown as a coach and whether he's up to the elite NRL standard. The Dragons will one week be the best side running around and the following week show why they can't win the Premiership. They'll make it to the second week of the Finals getting the fans hopes up for a run to the title only to yet again disappoint.
6th MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES The Sea Eagles are my surprise packets for this year and will impress many people. They have bought astutely in the off-season and Matt Orford at halfback will prove to be a massive bonus for them. Manly have been building up strongly after going through difficult times in recent years, which saw them forced into a shotgun marriage with North Sydney. Manly since becoming privately owned have enjoyed stability on and off the field and now have the money again to compete. The Sea Eagles are a club on the rise.
7th BRISBANE BRONCOS The Broncos will be front-runners for most of the season and will yet again limp into the Finals. Brisbane will play their two trademark Finals games before being eliminated easily. The Broncos for the last five seasons have always started the Premiership well before stumbling in the second half of the year to exit the competition without a whimper. I can't see too much changing this year except that Darren Smith won't be on call to save the Broncos mid-season. Wayne Bennett needs to come up with new ideas and challenges to halt the Broncos slide and Darren Lockyer has to stand up in the big matches.
8th MELBOURNE STORM The Storm are an under-rated side who are very well coached by Craig Bellamy. Melbourne have an excellent home ground record and continue to surprise their critics every season by making the Finals. I've been one who has been predicting the Storm to slide (and fold) but they always keep producing new stars every season to take them into the Finals. They'll find it tougher this year without Matt Orford running the show but in Cooper Cronk they have a fine young talent. The loss of Robbie Kearns will hurt them and the appearances of Scott Hill on the field are getting rarer. The Storm should sneak into the eight but that is as far as they'll go.
9th WESTS TIGERS The defending Premiers have already been dealt the massive blow of losing their halfback and captain Scott Prince before a ball was kicked. Tim Sheens is a very professional operator and will put the matter behind him but it's a question of whether the players and Prince can keep their focus. The emotion of winning last year would have taken a lot out of the Wests Tigers players and teams will be lifting against them knowing they are the current Premiers. It'll take a big effort for the players to get over the hangover of success and Prince will be the most monitored player this year. I think they'll struggle with the extra pressure and exposure that they didn't have last year.
10th CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS Cronulla are a side that competes well on a weekly basis and they have a very good home record. The Sharks are every chance of making the Finals but their depth is a concern losing Jason Stevens, Danny Nutley, Adam Dykes and Michael Sullivan. They have picked up some good buys in Ben Ross, Lance Thompson and Darren Albert but they lack the depth to be a serious threat. Cronulla will beat many sides at home but will continue to struggle away from home. The signing of Thompson comes with massive question marks on and off the field.
11th PENRITH PANTHERS Penrith have performed well in the pre-season despite massive off-field dramas in the off season with Craig Gower sacked as captain and John Lang told he only has one year remaining before Matthew Elliott takes charge. Gower has showed no signs in the trials that he'll struggle this year but Penrith is a club most likely to be affected by the coaching dramas on top of the dramas relating to Gower. Penrith has been forced to offload much of its depth since winning in 2003 and it's going to take full toll this year, especially if the Panthers are hit by injuries. It's going to be a tough struggle ahead for the Mountain Men.
12th CANBERRA RAIDERS Matthew Elliott has done a good job in getting a spare parts Raiders side inspired by Jason Smith to be competitive on a weekly basis. Now that Elliott's future has been sorted and he'll be with Penrith, I'm predicting that the Raiders will struggle this year and it won't surprise me to see Elliott gone and replaced by his successor before the season is out. Canberra have a strong Premier League side but aside from an injury prone Smith lack the class and skill to be a threat this year.
13th NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS Starting the season on -4 points is going to be a tough ask for the Warriors. The salary cap dramas plus the loss of Stacey Jones will prove too much for the New Zealander's and it's going to be a rebuilding year for Ivan Cleary and the Warriors 'new' management. The Warriors need to clean out the deadwood and build a plan for the future where they'll never be caught in salary cap troubles again and be forced to offload players of Jones' ability before his time. The Warriors will scrap enough wins to finish above Souths but this year is a test of mental strength and character.
14th SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS I would love to see Peter Holmes a Court and Russell Crowe win the EGM and gain control of the South Sydney club as they desperately need to move into a different and positive direction for the future. However, I fear that George Piggins and his faction will gain sufficient votes to keep their iron fist control of Souths and continue the 'chook raffle', 'she'll be right' and 'Sort it out in the carpark' mentality that has destroyed Souths in the last 16 years. The players and coaching staff will be saying that the dramas won't have an effect on them but it is and will for sure. The dramas are only going to get deeper as I predict when Holmes a Court and Crowe don't need the 75% of votes required for management control of South Sydney. Not only do members have the future of the Football Club in their hands come Sunday 19th March but they also have the destiny of the season in their hands. Should the 'Yes' vote win in an upset then I expect Souths to finish higher than 14th.
Wildcard NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS It's virtually impossible to predict where Newcastle will come with the entire club's fortunes resting on the health of one individual. If Andrew Johns can play the full season then the Knights will certainly be in the top five but if he starts to miss a large batch of matches their place on the table will slide with that. If Johns is out for the season - they will come last. Michael Hagan is a very calm operator and person and he won't be affected by his impending move to Parramatta the following season. His and Newcastle's biggest worry will be how many games Johns plays this season. Their whole year depends on the fitness and performance of one champion halfback.
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Storm |
25 |
20 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
613 |
419 |
44 |
+194 |
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Bulldogs |
24 |
16 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
608 |
468 |
36 |
+140 |
| 3 |
Broncos |
25 |
15 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
512 |
400 |
34 |
+112 |
| 4 |
Knights |
24 |
14 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
608 |
538 |
32 |
+70 |
| 5 |
Sea Eagles |
24 |
14 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
534 |
493 |
32 |
+41 |
| 6 |
Dragons |
24 |
14 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
519 |
481 |
32 |
+38 |
| 7 |
Raiders |
24 |
13 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
525 |
573 |
30 |
-48 |
| 8 |
Eels |
24 |
12 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
506 |
483 |
28 |
+23 |
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Cowboys |
24 |
11 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
450 |
463 |
26 |
-13 |
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Warriors |
24 |
12 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
552 |
463 |
24 |
+89 |
| 11 |
Tigers |
24 |
10 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
490 |
565 |
24 |
-75 |
| 12 |
Panthers |
24 |
10 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
510 |
587 |
24 |
-77 |
| 13 |
Sharks |
24 |
9 |
0 |
15 |
2 |
515 |
544 |
22 |
-29 |
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Roosters |
24 |
8 |
0 |
16 |
2 |
528 |
650 |
20 |
-122 |
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Rabbitohs |
24 |
3 |
0 |
21 |
2 |
429 |
772 |
10 |
-343 |
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