2006 AMNRL season

Infobox rugby league season
year = 2006
competition = American National Rugby League


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top scorer = The 2006 American National Rugby League season was the ninth annual American National Rugby League season, and the 26th since the first season of semi-professional rugby league began in North America. The season began on May 17 2006 with a match between defending premiers Glen Mills Bulls and the Philadelphia Fight, played at Jack Pearson Stadium. The same venue hosted the Grand Final between the Connecticut Wildcats and Glen Mills Bulls on August 19, 2006 in front of a crowd of 2,500 [ [http://www.rugbyleaguereview.com/world.htm Rugby League Review - Rugby League World News Page ] ] .

There were eleven teams that participated throughout the ten rounds of the regular season. After the regular season concluded, six of these teams qualified for the first week of the playoff series, with the Connecticut Wildcats victors in the Grand Final securing their second championship title.

Pre Season

*Three new teams entered the competition for the 2006 season which took the number of teams in the American National Rugby League to eleven. These teams were the Jacksonville Axemen, Boston Braves (whom were originally called the Boston Wolfhounds) and the New Haven Warriors. It was originally believed that a team from Chicago would also enter the competition but the AMNRL turned down their application however they may feature in a future AMNRL season.

Regular Season Results

Ladder

Playoffs

Week 1

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date = August 5, 2006
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stadium = Jack Casagrande Stadium, Norwalk, Connecticut
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referee= John Ryan
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date = August 5, 2006
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stadium = Pier 40, Hudson River Park, New York
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referee= Benjamin Kelly
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date = August 5, 2006
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score = 50–24
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points1 = Phil Shipos (18), Steve Thompson (12), Zac Padgett (8), G. Mendez (4), Jim Sweeney (4), Justin Zadnick (4)
points2 = Will Fletcher (8), Dan Van Dellen (8), Perry Vaught (8)
stadium = Shark Park, Levittown, Pennsylvania
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referee= Ryan McGough

Week 2

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date = August 12, 2006
team1 = Connecticut Wildcats
score = 54–6
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team2 =
points1 = Damien O’Malvaney (16), Steve Annunziato (12), Nathan Hollingsworth (10)Danny Bull (4), Brent Griffiths (4), Doug Griffiths (4), Mike McGeachy (4)
points2 = Adam Nable (6)
stadium = Jack Casagrande Stadium, Norwalk, Connecticut
attendance =
referee= Ben Wards
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Championship Match

The season culminated on August 19, 2006, with the 4th placed Connecticut Wildcats defeating the minor premiers Glen Mills Bulls 36-28 in the Grand Final Championship Match in front of 2,500 people at Jack Pearson Stadium in Concordville, Pennsylvania. The victory was Connecticut's second premiership in successive years.

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date = August 19, 2006
team1 = Glen Mills Bulls
score = 28–36
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team2 = Connecticut Wildcats
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points2 =
stadium = Jack Pearson Stadium, Pennsylvania
attendance = 2,500
referee= Ryan McGough

ee also

* American National Rugby League
* Rugby league in 2006

Footnotes

External links

;Official websites
* [http://www.amnrl.com/ American National Rugby League Online]
* [http://www.amnrl.com/teams/ Club profiles at Amnrl.com]

;News sites
* [http://www.amnrl.com/news/index.html AMNRL News]
* [http://www.rugbyleaguereview.com/world.htm AMNRL rugby league review World news]
* [http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/forumdisplay.php?f=130 AMNRL League Unlimited]