RUGBY LEAGUE TRI-NATIONS

 

Host Nation - Great Britain with games co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia

Number of Teams - 3

Highest Crowd - 28,255 Sydney, Australia

Average Crowd - 22,527

Total Crowd - 157,691

2005 Tri-Nations Snapshot - The 2005 Tri-Nations series kicked off in Australia and New Zealand before going to England. The games in the UK were once again well attended. New Zealand entered the series as favourites for the wooden spoon. What was to unfold would put the Tri-Nations series on the map. Great Britain only managed to win one of four games handing New Zealand a place in the final against Australia. The final at Elland Rd, Leeds produced one of the biggest upsets in recent times. New Zealand defeted Australia 24 - 0. This was the first time that New Zealand had won a Tri-Nations series. It was also the first time Australia had lost a series since their loss to France in 1978.

Game 1

Oct 15th New Zealand 38 - Australia 28

Location - Telstra Stadium, Sydney, Australia

Crowd - 28,255

 

Game 2

Oct 21st Australia 28 - New Zealand 26

Location - Ericsson Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand

Crowd - 18,000

 

Game 3

Oct 29th New Zealand 42 - Great Britain 26

Location - Loftus Road, London, England

Crowd - 15,568

 

Game 4

Nov 6th Australia 20 - Great Britain 6

Location - JJB Stadium, Wigan, England

Crowd - 25,004 (Sellout)

 

Game 5

Nov 12th Great Britain 38 - New Zealand 12

Location - Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield, England

Crowd - 19,200 (Sellout)

 

Game 6

Nov 19th Australia 26 - Great Britain 14

Location - KC Stadium, Hull, England

Crowd - 25,150 (Sellout)

Final Table

Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
Australia	4	3	0	1	102	84	6
New Zealand	4	2	0	2	118	120	4
Great Britain	4	1	0	3	84	100	2