2006 AFL season
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Collingwood 21.13 ( 139 ) Western Bulldogs 16.9 ( 105 ) MCG 67,920 Friday , 26 May
Geelong 12.18 ( 90 ) Richmond 17.8 ( 110 ) Skilled Stadium 23,386 Saturday , 27 May
Adelaide 18.16 ( 124 ) Carlton 9.6 ( 60 ) AAMI Stadium 41,157 Saturday , 27 May
Essendon 9.15 ( 69 ) Port Adelaide 20.9 ( 129 ) Telstra Dome 29,232 Saturday , 27 May
Hawthorn 7.12 ( 54 ) Sydney 19.5 ( 119 ) MCG 28,387 Saturday , 27 May
Brisbane Lions 21.15 ( 141 ) Fremantle 10.13 ( 73 ) The Gabba 27,999 Sunday , 28 May
St Kilda 10.14 ( 74 ) Kangaroos 8.9 ( 57 ) Telstra Dome 30,904 Sunday , 28 May
West Coast 13.19 ( 97 ) Melbourne 11.9 ( 75 ) Subiaco Oval 41,032 Sunday , 28 May
Premiership season -- Round 9
This round was marketed as Green Shirt Round , to acknowledge the contribution of new and inexperienced umpires in junior competitions . [ 1 ]
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.