2005 Super League season
Super League X | |
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League | 2006 → |
Super League X is the official name of 2005's
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Season summary
Either one or two teams were to be relegated from the league at the end of the season in order to make way for new entrants. The bottom team were certain to be relegated, in order to allow in French club Catalans Dragons. The second bottom team would only be relegated if the winner of National League One met the criteria for Super League entry. On the 3 October the Rugby Football League announced that both finalists in this competition, Castleford Tigers and Whitehaven were eligible for promotion, hence two teams were relegated.
The season was a commercial success, with a rise in average crowd size for the regular rounds of 8,887, continuing the trend of rises every year since 2001.[1] This is the first time in the history of Super League the Grand Final has not included the league leader at the end of the regular season: St Helens were knocked out by Bradford Bulls in the semi-final.
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | St Helens (L)
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28 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1028 | 537 | +491 | 47 | Semi Final |
2 | Leeds Rhinos | 28 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 1152 | 505 | +647 | 44 | |
3 | Bradford Bulls (C) | 28 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 1038 | 684 | +354 | 37 | Elimination Semi Final |
4 | Warrington Wolves | 28 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 792 | 702 | +90 | 36 | |
5 | Hull F.C. | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 756 | 670 | +86 | 32 | |
6 | London Broncos | 28 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 800 | 718 | +82 | 28 | |
7 | Wigan Warriors | 28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 698 | 718 | −20 | 28 | |
8 | Huddersfield Giants | 28 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 742 | 791 | −49 | 24 | |
9 | Salford City Reds | 28 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 549 | 732 | −183 | 22 | |
10 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 716 | 999 | −283 | 20 | |
11 | Widnes Vikings (R) | 28 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 598 | 1048 | −450 | 13 | Relegation to National League One |
12 | Leigh Centurions (R)
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28 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 445 | 1210 | −765 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated
Play-off
Elimination play-offs | Qualifying / elimination semi-finals | Elimination final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
1 | St. Helens | 16 | Leeds Rhinos | 6 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Leeds Rhinos | 19 | Bradford Bulls | 15 | ||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Bradford Bulls | 44 | ||||||||||||||||
Bradford Bulls | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | London Broncos | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
Bradford Bulls | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
Hull F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Warrington Wolves | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Hull F.C. | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
Grand final
- 15 October: Leeds Rhinos 6-15 Bradford Bulls
2005 Transfers
Players
References
- ^ "engage Super League sets attendance record". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13.