NRL 2006

Round 26

Sydney Roosters 16 lost to St George Illawarra Dragons 36

NRL 2006
Round 26
Sydney
Roosters
16
36 St George Illawarra
Dragons
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/6909
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 2nd September, 2006
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Russell Smith (Castleford)
Venue SCG (Sydney)
Crowd 17,142
Match Stats
Halftime Score 14 8
Scrums 6 9
Penalties 5 6
Sydney Scoresheet St George Illawarra
Amos ROBERTS 2 T 2 Clint GREENSHIELDS
Ryan CROSS   2 Brett MORRIS
      Matt COOPER
      Wes NAIQAMA
      Justin POORE
 
Craig FITZGIBBON 2/4 G 2/4 Aaron GORRELL
      2/3 Wes NAIQAMA
Sydney Teams St George Illawarra
Shaun FOLEY 1 FB 1 Clint GREENSHIELDS
Amos ROBERTS 2 W 2 Wes NAIQAMA
Ryan CROSS 3 C 3 Mark GASNIER
Iosia SOLIOLA 4 C 4 Matt COOPER
Sam PERRETT 5 W 5 Brett MORRIS
 
Brett FINCH 6 FE 6 Trent BARRETT (c)
Josh LEWIS 7 HB 7 Ben HORNBY
 
Anthony TUPOU 8 FR 8 Luke BAILEY
John DOYLE 9 HK 17 Shaun TIMMINS
Charlie TONGA 10 FR 10 Jason RYLES
Shane SHACKLETON 14 2R 11 Matt BICKERSTAFF
Craig FITZGIBBON (c) 12 2R 12 Ashton SIMS
Chris FLANNERY 13 L 13 Ben CREAGH
 
Nigel PLUM 11 B 9 Aaron GORRELL
Jamie SOWARD 15 B 14 Danny WICKS
David SHILLINGTON 16 B 15 Justin POORE
Setaimata SA 17 B 16 Sam ISEMONGER
 
Ricky STUART   HC   Nathan BROWN
   
 

Team Info

Sydney

Previous Game:
Round 25 vs. Warriors
Next Game:
n/a
Out:
Heath L'Estrange (hooker)
In:
John Doyle (hooker)
Changes:
David Shillington (front row to bench), Nigel Plum (second row to bench), Shane Shackleton (bench to second row), Charlie Tonga (bench to front row)

St George Illawarra

Previous Game:
Round 25 vs. Cronulla
Next Game:
Qualif Final vs. Brisbane
Out:
Dean Young (hooker), Michael Henderson (bench)
In:
Justin Poore (bench), Sam Isemonger (bench)
Changes:
Shaun Timmins (bench to hooker)

Match Notes

Some sources, including the Big League magazine for this match, report this game is 14-36, with Fitzgibbon kicking 1/4. Other sources on the internet and in the Rugby League annual for 2006, have 16-36, which is the correct score, with Fitzgibbon kicking 1/3 and Roberts 1/1. The match video confirms that the result is 16-36 with Fitzgibbon kicking 2/4 goals. This is confirmed by the Rugby League Week magazine from the week following this match.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin

Sources: 2006 Official Rugby League Annual