2005 NRL season

2005 National Rugby League
Teams	15
Premiers	Wests Tigers (1st title)
Minor premiers	Parramatta Eels (5th title)
Matches played	189
Points scored	8861
Average attendance	17,337
Attendance	3,276,675
Top points scorer(s)	Brett Hodgson (308)
Player of the year	Johnathan Thurston (Dally M Medal)
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.