2006 AFL season
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Carlton 9.14 ( 68 ) Hawthorn 15.10 ( 100 ) Telstra Dome 45,102 Friday , 21 April
Western Bulldogs 14.14 ( 98 ) Geelong 14.13 ( 97 ) Telstra Dome 45,922 Saturday , 22 April
Brisbane Lions 11.16 ( 82 ) Richmond 14.12 ( 96 ) The Gabba 30,266 Saturday , 22 April
Fremantle 9.5 ( 59 ) Adelaide 9.16 ( 70 ) Subiaco Oval 35,090 Saturday , 22 April
Kangaroos 10.11 ( 71 ) West Coast 14.11 ( 95 ) Manuka Oval 9,541 Sunday , 23 April
Sydney 13.14 ( 92 ) Melbourne 15.7 ( 97 ) SCG 29,167 Sunday , 23 April
Port Adelaide 19.8 ( 122 ) St Kilda 18.10 ( 118 ) AAMI Stadium 32,188 Monday , 24 April
Collingwood 15.16 ( 106 ) Essendon 12.17 ( 89 ) MCG 91,234 Tuesday , 25 April
Premiership season -- Round 4 ( ANZAC Round )
The 2006 Australian Football League season was the 110th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 17th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. West Coast defeated defending premiers Sydney in the grand final to win their third premiership, in what was the first grand final since 1966 to be decided by one point.