2005 (2005) Tri-Nations  ()
Number of teams	3
Host country	Australia
Winner	New Zealand (1st title)
Matches played	7
Attendance	155,143 (22,163 per match)
Tries scored	56 (8 per match)
Top scorer	Stacey Jones[1] (42)
Top try scorers	Jake Webster[1] (5) Matt Cooper (5) Clinton Toopi (5)
Tournaments  < 2004 2006 >

The majority of the 2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations was played in Great Britain and Australasia. The final was played between Australia and New Zealand at Elland Road on Saturday 26 November. New Zealand won the match 24-0 and were crowned 2005 Tri-Nations champions, breaking Australia's 27 year undefeated international tournament record.

The tournament was officially known as the 2005 Gillette Tri-Nations due to sponsorship from Gillette.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Tournament matches 1.2 Tournament standings 1.3 Final 1.4 Non-series Tests 1.5 Other Games 2 References 3 See also 4 Further reading 5 External links

[edit] Results

[edit] Tournament matches

2005-10-15	New Zealand	38–28	Australia	Telstra Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 28,255 [1]

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2005-10-21	Australia	28–26	New Zealand	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland Attendance: 15,400 [1]

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2005-10-29	New Zealand	42–26	Great Britain	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 15,568 [1]

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2005-11-05	Australia	20–6	Great Britain	JJB Stadium, Wigan Attendance: 25,004 [1]

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2005-11-12	Great Britain	38–12	New Zealand	Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield Attendance: 19,232 [1]

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2005-11-19	Australia	26–14	Great Britain	KC Stadium, Hull Attendance: 25,150 [1]

[edit] Tournament standings

Team	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Australia	4	3	0	1	102	84	+18	6
New Zealand	4	2	0	2	118	120	−2	4
Great Britain	4	1	0	3	84	100	−16	2

[edit] Final

2005-11-26	New Zealand	24–0	Australia	Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 26,534 [1]

2005 Tri-Nations Champions
New Zealand First title

The historic win by the Kiwis over a mistake-prone Australian side put an end to the Kangaroo's dominance in international rugby league. It was the first time Australia, hot favourites for the match, had failed to win a series or tournament since 1978. It was also the first time New Zealand had beaten their rivals twice in a year since 1953.

Australia: (0) 0
Minichiello, King, Gasnier, Cooper, Tate, Barrett, Gower, Civoniceva, Buderus, Ryles, O'Donnell, Fitzgibbon, Kennedy.
Replacements: Wing, Mason, O'Meley, Price.
Coach: Wayne Bennett

New Zealand: (16) 24
Webb, Webster, Whatuira, Toopi, Vatuvei, N Vagana, Jones, Rauhihi, Tony, Wiki, Kidwell, Anderson, Hape.
Replacements: Faiumu, Asotasi, Solomona, Lauitiitii.
Coach: Brian McClennan

Australia

New Zealand
Tries: Whatuira, Vatuvei (2), Webb
Goals: Jones (4)

Referee: Steve Ganson (England).

[edit] Non-series Tests

During the series, Australia and New Zealand played additional Tests against France.

2005-11-11	France	12–44	Australia	Stade Aime Giral, Perpignan Attendance: 7,913

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2005-11-18	France	22–38	New Zealand	Stade Ernest Wellon, Toulouse Attendance: 12,500

[edit] Other Games

New Zealand played a midweek match against England "A" which did not count as a test match. Halftime was 12-all.

2005-11-07	England	22-30	New Zealand	Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• National Rugby League season 2005
• Super League X

[edit] Further reading

• Peter C. Leitch, Richard Becht (2006). The Year the Kiwis Flew: From Wooden Spooners to Winners. New Zealand: HarperCollins. ISBN 1869506227, 9781869506223. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2P6LAAAACAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s. 

[edit] External links

• Kiwis overcome critics to down Kangaroos in Tri-Nations opener - kangaroos.leagueunlimited.com
• 2005 Tri-nations final at trinations.rlfans.com
• 2005 Tri-nations at rlhalloffame.org.uk
• New Zealand Test teams 2005 at nzrl.co.nz

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