Australia and New Zealand in 2006
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Source: the site's AFL, NRL, cricket, rugby, football and basketball records · as of 19 Oct 2026
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West Coast
def. Sydney Swans, 85-84
Brisbane Broncos
def. Melbourne Storm, 15-8
Queensland
def. New South Wales, 2-1
New Zealand
def. Australia, 0-3
The year, month by month
January
- TennisAustralian Open women'sAmélie Mauresmo
- Date
- 28 Jan
- TennisAustralian Open men'sRoger Federer
- Date
- 29 Jan
February: nothing in this view
March
- FootballA-League MenSydney FC def. Central Coast Mariners, 1-0
- Season
- 2005-06
- Runner-up
- Central Coast Mariners
- Minor premier
- Adelaide United
- Venue
- Aussie Stadium, Sydney
- Date
- 5 Mar
- BasketballNBLMelbourne United def. Sydney Kings
- Season
- 2005-06
- Runner-up
- Sydney Kings
- CricketSheffield ShieldQueensland
- Season
- 2005-06
April
- F1Australian Grand PrixFernando Alonso (Renault)
- Venue
- Albert Park
- Date
- 2 Apr
- Note
- Formula One World Championship round 3, Melbourne
May
- Rugby unionSuper RugbyCrusaders def. Hurricanes
- Runner-up
- Hurricanes
June: nothing in this view
July
- NRLState of OriginQueensland def. New South Wales, 2-1
- Runner-up
- New South Wales
- Venue
- Docklands Stadium
- Date
- 5 Jul
- Note
- Series decider, game 3: Queensland 16, New South Wales 14
August
- Rugby unionBledisloe CupNew Zealand def. Australia, 0-3
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Date
- 19 Aug
- Note
- Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first
September
- AFLAFLWest Coast def. Sydney Swans, 85-84
- Runner-up
- Sydney Swans
- Venue
- M.C.G.
- Date
- 30 Sep
October
- NRLNRLBrisbane Broncos def. Melbourne Storm, 15-8
- Runner-up
- Melbourne Storm
- Venue
- Stadium Australia
- Date
- 1 Oct
- Rugby unionNPCWaikato def. Wellington, 37-31
- Runner-up
- Wellington
- Venue
- Waikato Stadium
- Note
- Played as the Air New Zealand Cup
November: nothing in this view
December
- CricketBoxing Day TestAustralia def. England, Australia won by an innings and 99 runs
- Runner-up
- England
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Date
- 26 Dec
- Note
- Against England; the Test starts on 26 December
Events without a day are listed under the month they usually fall in.
National teamsWins-draws-losses
Australia
- Men's rugby union7-1-5
Beat South Africa
- Men's football6-4-3
Beat Japan
- Women's football5-2-2
Beat Japan
- Men's basketball2-0-4
Beat Brazil
- Women's basketball3-0-0
Beat Russia
- Men's cricket
Test 10-0-0 · ODI 20-0-8 · T20I 1-0-1
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union12-0-1
Beat Australia
- Men's football3-1-4
Beat Georgia
- Men's basketball2-0-4
Beat Panama
- Men's cricket
Test 3-2-3 · ODI 9-0-5 · T20I 1-1-1
Records come from the site's national-team Elo results (rugby union, football, basketball), its cricket results (Test, ODI and T20I; no-result matches left out) and the champions board (titles). Rugby league internationals, women's rugby and women's cricket are not tracked, so rugby league shows only in years with a World Cup title.
Year in perspective
The Line
Melbourne Storm NRL
Top club on the Line, 1693
City of the year
- Brisbane2
- Christchurch1
- Hamilton (NZ)1
Titles by metro
- Brisbane: NRL, Sheffield Shield
- Christchurch: Super Rugby
- Hamilton (NZ): NPC
- Melbourne: NBL
- Perth: AFL
- Sydney: A-League Men
Since 1897, to 2006: Sydney 136, Melbourne 128
Trans-Tasman
Australia 1, New Zealand 3
By sport
- ODI cricket: Australia 1, New Zealand 0
- Rugby union, men: Australia 0, New Zealand 3
This year in history
- The A-League began in 2005-06. Sydney FC won the first championship.