2006 AFL season
110th season of the Australian Football League (AFL) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 2006 season of the Arena Football League, see 2006 Arena Football League season.
The 2006 AFL season was the 110th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 30 March until 30 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
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2006 AFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 16 |
Premiers | West Coast 3rd premiership |
Minor premiers | West Coast 3rd minor premiership |
Pre-season cup | Geelong 1st pre-season cup win |
Brownlow Medallist | Adam Goodes (Sydney) |
Coleman Medallist | Brendan Fevola (Carlton) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 185 |
Total attendance | 6,736,234 (36,412 per match) |
Highest | 97,431 (Grand Final, Sydney vs. West Coast) |
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The premiership was won by the West Coast Eagles for the third time, after it defeated Sydney by one point in the AFL Grand Final.