M.C.G. · Fri 11 Aug 2006 · 62,940 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 5.2 | 7.6 | 7.10 | 74 |
| CollingwoodCOLL | 2.0 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 61 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 74 and 61.
Essendon won by 13 points.
10.14 (74) — 9.7 (61)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Peverill | 21 | 12 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Dustin Fletcher | 22 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Jobe Watson | 12 | 16 | 28 | 10 |
| 4 |
| 0 |
| Jason Johnson | 18 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Brent Stanton | 17 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Heffernan | 12 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Nathan Lovett-Murray | 17 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Adam McPhee | 13 | 9 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| James Hird | 15 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Lucas | 16 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Camporeale | 10 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Welsh | 10 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Kepler Bradley | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Johnson | 10 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Ben Jolley | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mark McVeigh | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Angus Monfries | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Jay Nash | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Courtney Johns | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Mark Bolton | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ricky Dyson | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| David Hille | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Johnson 1, Stanton 1, Lovett-Murray 1, Lucas 1, Camporeale 1, Johnson 1, Monfries 1, Johns 3
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dane Swan | 22 | 9 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| Josh Fraser | 16 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Burns | 10 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Buckley | 15 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| James Clement | 17 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Shane OBree | 11 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Ben Johnson | 17 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Ryan Lonie | 15 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Shaw | 12 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Alan Didak | 13 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Paul Licuria | 11 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Tarkyn Lockyer | 11 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Scott Pendlebury | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Travis Cloke | 13 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Egan | 11 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Brodie Holland | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Iles | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Tarrant | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Maxwell | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Prestigiacomo | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Cloke | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Anthony Rocca | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |