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2006

Coach: Neale Daniher
Captain: David Neitz
Finishing Position: 7th
Best and Fairest: James McDonald
Leading Goalkicker: David Neitz (68)
Best First Year Player: Clint Bartram
Major Sponsor: Primus Telecommunications
Members: 24,698

Matches Ladder Playing List Best and Fairest Coaching Staff
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The leadership group consisted of David Neitz as captain, along with Russell Robertson, Cameron Bruce, Brad Miller and Brad Green.

Melbourne's third consecutive appearance in the finals, and last before they imploded in 2007, was a rough road. They lost to eventual wooden spooners Carlton in Round 1, 2006 and didn't register a victory until Round 4. Winning 10 of their next 11 put them back in the race for the finals before one win in their last five put them out of the running for a double chance. They won a final for the first time since 2002 but bowed out against Fremantle a week later.

At the end of the season Shannon Motlop, Phil Read, Alistair Nicholson and Nick Smith were delisted.

Practice Matches

OppositionResultScore
Kangaroos WIN22pts

NAB Cup

RoundOppositionResultScore
1 Western Bulldogs WIN69-63
QF Brisbane WIN90-81
SF Adelaide LOSS44-129

Premiership season

RoundOppositionResultScore
1 Carlton LOSS72-93
2 Western Bulldogs LOSS90-137
3 Adelaide LOSS97-102
4 Sydney WIN97-92
5 Kangaroos WIN90-86
6 Geelong WIN87-81
7 Fremantle WIN117-58
8 Hawthorn WIN136-61
9 West Coast LOSS75-97
10 St. Kilda WIN103-90
11 Collingwood WIN141-94
12 Essendon WIN111-75
13 Port Adelaide WIN120-82
14 Brisbane Lions WIN98-90
15 Richmond WIN70-52
16 Fremantle LOSS67-96
17 Western Bulldogs WIN119-68
18 Carlton LOSS73-80
19 Sydney LOSS63-95
20 Kangaroos WIN132-82
21 Geelong DRAW94-94
22 Adelaide LOSS94-152
EF St. Kilda WIN90-72
SF Fremantle LOSS74-102

Ladder

WDL%P
West Coast1705120.468
Adelaide1606142.164
Fremantle1507109.860
Sydney1408128.756
Collingwood1408119.356
St. Kilda1408118.456
Melbourne1318109.754
Western Bulldogs1309106.452
Richmond1101186.144
Geelong1011199.042
Hawthorn901385.736
Port Adelaide801488.832
Brisbane Lions701582.428
Kangaroos701580.928
Essendon311881.914
Carlton311874.214

Senior List

NumberPlayerGamesGoals
1 Simon Buckley 0 0
2 Nathan Jones 8 2
3 Clint Bizzell 0 0
4 Ben Holland 16 1
5 Brock McLean 18 14
6 Matthew Bate 14 8
7 Brad Miller 15 4
9 David Neitz 21 68
10 Daniel Ward 17 3
11 Paul Johnson 2 2
12 Colin Sylvia 17 10
13 Adem Yze 24 30
14 Lynden Dunn 11 13
15 Nick Smith 1 0
16 Travis Johnstone 22 10
17 Chris Johnson 9 0
18 Brad Green 23 11
19 Clint Bartram 22 6
21 Daniel Bell 12 0
22 Brent Moloney 7 1
23 James McDonald 24 6
24 Russell Robertson 23 44
25 Nathan Brown 9 3
26 Heath Neville 0 0
27 Jared Rivers 22 4
28 Phil Read 5 1
29 Michael Newton 0 0
30 Simon Godfrey 16 4
31 Paul Wheatley 7 1
32 Cameron Bruce 24 21
33 Byron Pickett 20 9
34 Jeff White 24 11
35 Ryan Ferguson 3 0
36 Aaron Davey 22 37
40 Mark Jamar 22 10
41 Nathan Carroll 24 1
44 Shannon Motlop 3 0
45 Matthew Whelan 19 3

Rookie List

NumberPlayerGamesGoals
37 Matthew Warnock 2 0
38 Daniel Hughes 0 0
39 Shane Neaves 0 0
42 Andre Gianfagna 0 0
43 Jace Bode 0 0

Best and Fairest

The match committee selected up to eight players per game and rated them out of 10. The maximum number of votes a player can receive per game is 40.

PlayerVotes
1 James McDonald 464
2 Cameron Bruce 317
3 Brock McLean 303
4 David Neitz 290
5 Brad Green 259
6 Nathan Carroll 257
7 Matthew Whelan 250
8 Jared Rivers 224
9 Jeff White 204
10 Travis Johnstone 197

Other Awards
Most consistent - James McDonald
Most improved - Nathan Carroll

AFL Coaches Association Player of the Year

PlayerVotes
1 Cameron Bruce 49
2 David Neitz 45
3 Brock McLean 38
4 James McDonald 29
5 Byron Pickett 27
6 Travis Johnstone 24
7 Aaron Davey 23
8 Matthew Whelan
Nathan Carroll
22
10 Adem Yze 18
11 Brad Green 15
12 Russell Robertson 12
13 Daniel Ward 10
14 Brad Miller 9
15 Jeff White
Jared Rivers
6
17 Simon Godfrey 5
18 Matthew Bate
Nathan Jones
3
20 Clint Bartram 2
21 Ben Holland
Colin Sylvia
1

Coaching staff

Peter Curran - Assistant coach
Mark Riley - Assistant coach
Anthony Rock - Assistant coach

Tribunal

RoundPlayerChargeSanction
Round 1 Byron Pickett Wrestling $900 fine
Round 5 Adem Yze Wrestling $900 fine
Round 9 Brad Miller Striking 2 matches
Round 16 Adem Yze Abusive Language $900 fine
Round 16 Brad Green Headbutting 1 match
Round 16 Matthew Whelan Melee $1500 fine
Round 16 Paul Wheatley Melee $1500 fine
Round 16 Daniel Ward Melee $1500 fine
Round 16 Nathan Carroll Melee Not guilty
Round 19 David Neitz Charging Not Guilty
Round 22 Brock McLean Rough Conduct Reprimand
Elimination Final Jared Rivers Wrestling $900

Links
AFL Tables season page
Coaches Association votes