2005 NRL season

2005 National Rugby League
Teams15
Premiers Wests Tigers (1st title)
Minor premiers Parramatta Eels (5th title)
Matches played189
Points scored8861
Average attendance17,337
Attendance3,276,675
Top points scorer(s) Brett Hodgson (308)
Dally M Medal Johnathan Thurston
Top try-scorer(s) Matt Bowen (21)
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The 2005 NRL season was the 98th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the eighth run by the National Rugby League. The lineup of clubs remained unchanged from the previous year, with fifteen teams contesting the 2005 Telstra Premiership, which culminated in a grand final between the Wests Tigers and the North Queensland Cowboys.