Final
Australia 0 lost to New Zealand 24
| 2005 Tri-Nations Final | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/4004 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 26th November, 2005 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 6:15pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Steve Ganson (St Helens) | |||||||
| Touch Judges | Jason Robinson, Craig Pascoe | |||||||
| Video Ref | David Campbell (St Helens) | |||||||
| Venue | Elland Road (Leeds) | |||||||
| Crowd | 26,534 | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 16 | |||||
| Scrums | 5 | – | 11 | |||||
| Penalties | 8 | – | 11 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | New Zealand | ||||||
| T | 2 | Manu VATUVEI | ||||||
| Brent WEBB | ||||||||
| Paul WHATUIRA | ||||||||
| G | 4/7 | Stacey JONES | ||||||
| Australia | Teams | New Zealand | ||||||
| Anthony MINICHIELLO [Sydney] | 1 | FB | 1 | Brent WEBB [Warriors] | ||||
| Matt KING [Melbourne] | 2 | W | 2 | Jake WEBSTER [Melbourne] | ||||
| Mark GASNIER [St Geo Illa] | 3 | C | 3 | Paul WHATUIRA [Wests Tigers] | ||||
| Matt COOPER [St Geo Illa] | 4 | C | 4 | Clinton TOOPI [Warriors] | ||||
| Brent TATE [Brisbane] | 5 | W | 5 | Manu VATUVEI [Warriors] | ||||
| Trent BARRETT [St Geo Illa] | 6 | FE | 6 | Nigel VAGANA [Cronulla] | ||||
| Craig GOWER [Penrith] | 7 | HB | 7 | Stacey JONES (c) [Warriors] | ||||
| Petero CIVONICEVA [Brisbane] | 8 | FR | 8 | Paul RAUHIHI [North Qld] | ||||
| Danny BUDERUS (c) [Newcastle] | 9 | HK | 9 | Motu TONY [Hull FC] | ||||
| Jason RYLES [St Geo Illa] | 10 | FR | 10 | Ruben WIKI [Warriors] | ||||
| Luke O'DONNELL [North Qld] | 11 | 2R | 11 | David KIDWELL [Melbourne] | ||||
| Craig FITZGIBBON [Sydney] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Louis ANDERSON [Warriors] | ||||
| Ben KENNEDY [Manly] | 13 | L | 13 | Shontayne HAPE [Bradford] | ||||
| Craig WING [Sydney] | 14 | B | 14 | David FAIUMU [North Qld] | ||||
| Willie MASON [Bulldogs] | 15 | B | 15 | Roy ASOTASI [Bulldogs] | ||||
| Mark O'MELEY [Bulldogs] | 16 | B | 16 | David SOLOMONA [Wakefield Trinity] | ||||
| Steve PRICE [Warriors] | 17 | B | 17 | Ali LAUITI'ITI [Leeds] | ||||
| Wayne BENNETT | HC | Brian McCLENNAN | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 2005 Tri-Nations - Game 6 vs. Great Britain
- Next Game:
- 2006 Anzac Test Match - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Trent Waterhouse (bench)
- In:
- Steve Price (bench)
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- 2005 France vs New Zealand - Game 1 vs. France
- Next Game:
- 2006 Anzac Test Match - Game 1 vs. Australia
- Out:
- Iafeta Palea'aesina (front row), Frank Pritchard (second row), Bronson Harrison (lock), Tony Puletua (bench)
- In:
- Manu Vatuvei (wing), Nigel Vagana (five-eighth), Paul Rauhihi (front row), Roy Asotasi (bench)
- Changes:
- Shontayne Hape (centre to lock), Paul Whatuira (wing to centre), David Solomona (five-eighth to bench), Motu Tony (halfback to hooker), David Faiumu (hooker to bench), Ali Lauiti'iti (second row to bench), Stacey Jones (bench to halfback), David Kidwell (bench to second row), Louis Anderson (bench to second row)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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