2005 RUGBY LEAGUE TRI-NATIONS OVERVIEW
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.
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2005 TRI-NATIONS POOL ROUNDS
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
|
2005 Tri-Nations Final
Nov 26th New Zealand 24 – Australia 0, Location – Elland Road, Leeds, England, Crowd – 26,514
2005 Tri-Nations Champions: New Zealand
