Tri Nations 2005 (Rugby League)

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The Tri Nations 2005 was the third edition of the Tri Nations rugby league tournament and was held in Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand. In the final, New Zealand beat Australia 24-0, winning the Tri Nations for the first time.

Venues

city Stadion capacity
Auckland Mount Smart Stadium 30,000
Huddersfield Galpharm Stadium 24,500
Hull KC Stadium 25,400
Leeds Elland Road 37,890
London Loftus Road 18,439
Sydney Telstra Stadium 83,500
Wigan JJB Stadium 25,138

table

team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points
Diff. Table
points
01. AustraliaAustralia Australia 4th 3 0 1 102: 84 + 18 6th
02. New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 4th 2 0 2 118: 120 - 2nd 4th
03. United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 4th 1 0 3 84: 100 - 16 2

Results

October 15,
7:30 p.m.
AustraliaAustralia Australia 28:38 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Telstra Stadium , Sydney
Spectators: 28,255
Referee: Steve Ganson
(18:18)
Report

October 21,
8 p.m.
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 26:28 AustraliaAustralia Australia Mount Smart Stadium , Auckland
Spectators: 15,400
Referee: Steve Ganson
(16: 8)
Report

October 30th
5:15 pm
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 26:42 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Loftus Road , London
Spectators: 15,568
Referee: Glen Black
(8:24)
report

November 6
6:15 pm
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 6:20 AustraliaAustralia Australia JJB Stadium , Wigan
Spectators: 25,004
Referee: Tim Mander
(0: 8)
report

November 12
6:15 pm
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 38: 12 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand Galpharm Stadium , Huddersfield
Spectators: 19,232
Referee: Tim Mander
(26: 0)
report

November 19
6:15 pm
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 14:26 AustraliaAustralia Australia KC Stadium , Hull
Spectators: 25,150
Referee: Steve Ganson
(8:14)
Report

final

November 27th
6:15 pm
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 24: 0 AustraliaAustralia Australia Elland Road , Leeds
Spectators: 26,534
Referee: Steve Ganson
Attempts: Vatuvei (2), Webb , Whatuira
Elevations: Jones (3/4)
Penalties: Jones (1/3)
(16: 0)
report
1 Brent Webb
2 Jake Webster
3 Paul Whatuira
4th Clinton Toopi
5 Manu Vatuvei
6th Nigel Vagana
7th Stacey Jones (C)Captain of the crew
8th Paul Rauhihi
9 Motu Tony
10 Ruben Wiki
11 David Kidwell
12 Louis Anderson
13 Shontayne Hape
Substitute:
14th David Faiumu
15th Roy Asotasi
16 David Solomona
17th Ali Lauiti'iti
1 Anthony Minichiello
2 Matt Sing
3 Mark Gasnier
4th Matt Cooper
5 Brent Tate
6th Trent Barrett
7th Craig Gower
8th Petero Civoniceva
9 Danny Buderus (C)Captain of the crew
10 Jason Ryles
11 Luke O'Donnell
12 Craig Fitzgibbon
13 Ben Kennedy
Substitute:
14th Craig Wing
15th Willie Mason
16 Mark O'Meley
17th Steve Price

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