5 at Telstra Dome, Melbourne – 2006 State of Origin is won by Queensland in the third and deciding match against New South Wales 16–14 before 54,833 August 26 at Twickenham Stadium, London – 2006 Challenge Cup tournament culminates in St Helens R.F.C.'s 42–12 win over Huddersfield Giants in the final before 65,187 October 1 at Telstra Stadium, Sydney – 2006 NRL premiership culminates in the Brisbane Broncos' 15–8 win over the Melbourne Storm in the Grand Final before 79,609 October 14 at Old Trafford, Manchester – Super League XI culminates in St Helens R.F.C.'s 26–4 win over Hull F.C. in the Grand Final before 72,582 November 25 at Aussie Stadium, Sydney – 2006 Tri-nations tournament culminates in Australia's 16–12 win over New Zealand in the final before 27,325 Rugby union 112th Six Nations Championship series is won by France Sale Sharks win the Guinness Premiership London Wasps win the 2005-06 Powergen Cup Biarritz win the Top 14 Ulster win the Celtic League Munster win the 2005-06 Heineken Cup The Crusaders win the Super 14 final in foggy conditions. The All Blacks win the 2006 Tri Nations Series The Blue Bulls and the Free State Cheetahs share the Currie Cup in Bloemfontein after the final went into extra time and was drawn 28–28 Ski jumping Four Hills Tournament – Janne Ahonen and Jakub Janda are joint winners, the first time in the tournament's 54-year history that it has been shared Ski mountaineering February–March – 2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering held in the Province of Cuneo in Italy Speed skating European Championships held at Hamar, Norway Men's all-round: Enrico Fabris (Italy) with 151.523 points Ladies' all-round: Claudia Pechstein (Germany) with 163.159 points World Sprint Championships held at Heerenveen, Netherlands Men: Joey Cheek (USA) with 139.990 points Ladies: Svetlana Zhurova (Russia) with 153.625 points World Allround Championships held at Calgary, Alberta, Canada Men: Shani Davis (USA) with 145.742 points Ladies: Cindy Klassen (Canada) with 154.580 points Swimming 8th World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai Australia wins the most medals (24) and the most gold medals (12) 28th European LC Championships held in Budapest Italy and France win the most medals (15); Russia the most gold medals (7) August 12 – Roland Schoeman breaks the short course world record in the men's 50m freestyle (short course) at Hamburg with a time of 20:98 seconds. August 28 – at Hobart, Tasmania, Australian