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2005 Parramatta Eels season

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2005 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank1st
Play-off resultPreliminary Finalists (Lost 0–29 vs North Queensland Cowboys, 2nd Preliminary Final)
World Club ChallengeDNQ
2005 recordWins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 704; against: 456
Team information
CEODenis Fitzgerald
CoachAustralia Brian Smith
Captain
StadiumParramatta Stadium (Capacity: 20,741)
Waikato Stadium (Capacity: 25,800)
Avg. attendance16,264 (Home)
15,670 (Home & Away)
16,706 (Finals Series)
Agg. attendance195,169 (Home)
400,950 (Home & Away)
64,037 (Finals Series)
High attendance44,327 (25 September vs North Queensland Cowboys, 2nd Preliminary Final)
Top scorers
TriesAustralia Eric Grothe Jr (16)
GoalsAustralia Luke Burt (92)
PointsAustralia Luke Burt (214)
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The 2005 Parramatta Eels season was the 59th in the club's history. Coached by Brian Smith and captained by Nathan Cayless, they competed in the NRL's 2005 Telstra Premiership.[1] The Eels finished the home and away season on top of the ladder to claim the minor premiership, but were knocked out in the preliminary final, going down 0–29 to the North Queensland Cowboys.[2]

Summary

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The 2005 season marked a resurgence of the Parramatta Eels; after two years in the wilderness, the club were back into premiership contention after ending the season as minor premiers on 36 points, ahead of the St. George Illawarra Dragons on points differential. The first week of the 2005 Finals Series saw a comfortable 46–22 win over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, who were in their first finals campaign since the creation of the National Rugby League in 1998. Following the week off, Parramatta were beaten by the Johnathan Thurston-led North Queensland at ANZ Stadium, 29–0, ending another season in disappointment.

Adding further salt to the wound, Parramatta's inspirational forward Nathan Hindmarsh missed the entire finals series and popular cult figure Fuifui Moimoi was suspended in the final round of the season, also missing the finals. Parramatta had also defeated eventual premiers the Wests Tigers twice throughout the season, defeated St. George Illawarra and also recorded a 50-12 victory over North Queensland earlier in the year.[3]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Parramatta Eels 24 16 0 8 2 704 456 +248 36
2 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 16 0 8 2 655 510 +145 36
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 15 0 9 2 597 484 +113 34
4 Wests Tigers (P) 24 14 0 10 2 676 575 +101 32
5 North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 0 10 2 639 563 +76 32
6 Melbourne Storm 24 13 0 11 2 640 462 +178 30
7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 12 0 12 2 550 564 -14 28
8 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 12 0 12 2 554 632 -78 28
9 Sydney Roosters 24 11 0 13 2 488 487 +1 26
10 Penrith Panthers 24 11 0 13 2 554 554 0 26
11 New Zealand Warriors 24 10 0 14 2 515 528 -13 24
12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 9 1 14 2 472 670 -198 23
13 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 1 14 2 482 700 -218 23
14 Canberra Raiders 24 9 0 15 2 465 606 -141 22
15 Newcastle Knights 24 8 0 16 2 467 667 -200 20

Awards

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The following awards were awarded in the post-season:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "NRL 2005 - Parramatta Eels - Rugby League Project".
  2. ^ "NRL 2005 - Prelim Final - Rugby League Project".
  3. ^ "Parramatta Eels: Five times they should have been set for a big season but flopped". Fox Sports. 20 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Honour Roll". parraeels.com.au. Parramatta Eels. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.