NRL 2005

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The 2005 NRL was the eighth season of the National Rugby League , the Australian-New Zealand rugby league championship. The first place in the table after the end of the regular season occupied the Parramatta Eels , who were eliminated in the semifinals against the North Queensland Cowboys . They lost in the 16:30 final against the Wests Tigers , who won the NRL for the first time.

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 24 16 0 8th 704: 456 + 248 36
    02. St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 16 0 8th 655: 510 + 145 36
    03. Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 15th 0 9 597: 484 + 113 34
    04th Wests Tigers colours.svg West Tigers 24 14th 0 10 676: 575 + 101 32
    05. North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 14th 0 10 639: 563 + 76 32
    06th Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 13 0 11 640: 462 + 178 30th
    07th Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 12 0 12 550: 564 - 14 28
    08th. Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 12 0 12 554: 632 - 78 28
    09. Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Sydney Roosters 24 11 0 13 488: 487 + 1 26th
    010. Penrith colors.svg Penrith Panthers 24 11 0 13 554: 554 ± 0 26th
    011. New Zealand colors.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 10 0 14th 515: 528 - 13 24
    012. Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 9 1 14th 472: 670 - 198 23
    013. South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 1 14th 482: 700 - 218 23
    014th Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders 24 9 0 15th 465: 606 - 141 22nd
    015th Newcastle colors.svg Newcastle Knights 24 8th 0 16 467: 667 - 200 20th
    • Since each team had two byes this season, 4 points were added to the normal number of points after the season.

    Playoffs

    Elimination / qualification playoffs

    September 9,
    8 p.m.     		Wests Tigers colours.svg West Tigers 50: 6 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Telstra Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 26,463
    Referee: Paul Simpkins
    (14: 6)
    Report
    September 10
    6:30 pm     		Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 18:24 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane
    Spectators: 25,193
    Referee: Steve Clark
    (4:18)
    Report
    September 10,
    8:30 p.m.     		St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28:22 Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks WIN Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 19,608
    Referee: Tony Archer
    (4: 6)
    Report
    September 11,
    16:00     		Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 46:22 Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 19,710
    Referee: Tim Mander
    (28: 0)
    report

    Quarter finals

    17th September
    7:50 pm     		Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 16:24 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 16,810
    Referee: Paul Simpkins
    (0:16)
    report
    September 18,
    16:00     		Wests Tigers colours.svg West Tigers 34: 6 Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 36,563
    Referee: Tim Mander
    (10: 6)
    Report

    Semifinals

    September 24th
    7:45 pm     		St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12: 20 Wests Tigers colours.svg West Tigers Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 41,260
    Referee: Tim Mander
    (6:16)
    Report
    September 25,
    16:00     		Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 0: 29 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Telstra Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 44,327
    Referee: Steve Clark
    (0:18)
    report

    Grand Final

    October 2, 2005
    7:00 p.m.     		Wests Tigers colours.svg West Tigers 30:16 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Telstra Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 82,453
    Referee: Tim Mander
    Attempts: Gibbs 18th received
    Richards 35th received
    Laffranchi 45th received
    Fitzhenry 63rd received
    Payten 80th
    increased increases: Hodgson (5/5)
    		 (12: 6)
    Report     		Attempts: Bowen 8th received
    Norton 55th received
    Sing 76th received
    Increases: Hannay (2/3)
    1 Brett Hodgson
    2 Daniel Fitzhenry
    3 Shane Elford
    4th Paul Whatuira
    5 Pat Richards
    6th Benji Marshall
    7th Scott Prince (C)Captain of the crew
    8th Anthony Laffranchi
    9 Robbie Farah
    10 John Scandalis
    11 Ben Galea
    12 Mark O'Neill
    13 Dene Halatau
    Substitute:
    14th Liam Fulton
    15th Chris Heighington
    16 Bryce Gibbs
    17th Todd Payten
    1 Matt Bowen
    2 Ty Williams
    3 Josh Hannay
    4th Paul Bowman
    5 Matt Sing
    16 Justin Smith
    6th Johnathan Thurston
    8th Paul Rauhihi
    9 Aaron Payne
    10 Shane Tronc
    11 Steve Southern
    12 Luke O'Donnell
    13 Travis Norton (C)Captain of the crew
    Substitute:
    7th Brett Firman
    14th David Faiumu
    15th Mitchell Sargent
    17th Rod Jensen

    statistics

    Most attempts made
    Surname tries society
    1. AustraliaAustralia Matt Bowen 21st North Queensland Cowboys
    2. AustraliaAustralia Billy Slater 20th Melbourne Storm
    AustraliaAustralia Colin Best St. George Illawarra Dragons
    IrelandIreland Pat Richards West Tigers
    5. AustraliaAustralia Shaun Berrigan 19th Brisbane Broncos
    6th AustraliaAustralia Ty Williams 18th North Queensland Cowboys
    New ZealandNew Zealand Paul Whaitura West Tigers
    8th. AustraliaAustralia Amos Roberts 17th Sydney Roosters
    9. AustraliaAustralia Brett Stewart 16 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
    AustraliaAustralia David Simmons Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
    AustraliaAustralia Matt Sing North Queensland Cowboys
    Most points scored
    Surname Points society
    1. AustraliaAustralia Brett Hodgson 308 West Tigers
    2. AustraliaAustralia Luke Burt 214 Parramatta Eels
    3. AustraliaAustralia Preston Campbell 190 Penrith Panthers
    4th New ZealandNew Zealand Luke Covell 186 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
    5. LebanonLebanon Hazem El Masri 180 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
    6th AustraliaAustralia Matt Orford 172 Melbourne Storm
    7th AustraliaAustralia Josh Hannay 152 North Queensland Cowboys
    8th. New ZealandNew Zealand Stacey Jones 147 New Zealand Warriors
    9. AustraliaAustralia Clinton Schifscofske 142 Canberra Raiders
    10. AustraliaAustralia Michael Witt 140 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

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