Super League X

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Super League X is the official name for the 2005 engage Super League season in the sport of rugby league. The Grand Final, held at Old Trafford on 15 October, saw Bradford Bulls crowned Champions. The Grand Final was the final match of a six team play-off series which itself was the climax of a league season that kicked off in early February.

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 Les Catalans. 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 finalist 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]. It is worth noting that 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.

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[edit] Summary

[edit] Final standings

Team Played Won Drew Lost For Against Difference Points
St Helens 28 23 1 4 1028 537 491 47
Leeds Rhinos 28 22 0 6 1150 505 645 44
Bradford Bulls 28 18 1 9 1038 684 354 37
Warrington Wolves 28 18 0 10 792 702 90 36
Hull FC 28 15 2 11 756 670 86 32
London Broncos 28 13 2 13 800 718 82 28
Wigan Warriors 28 14 0 14 698 718 -20 28
Huddersfield Giants 28 12 0 16 742 791 -49 24
Salford City Reds 28 11 0 17 549 732 -183 22
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 28 10 0 18 716 997 -281 20
Widnes Vikings 28 6 1 21 598 1048 -450 13
Leigh Centurions 28 2 1 25 445 1210 -765 5

[edit] Play-off series

Home team first

[edit] Elimination Play-offs

[edit] Semi-finals

  • 1 October (Elimination SF): Bradford Bulls 71-0 Hull FC
  • 30 September (Qualification SF): St Helens 16-19 Leeds Rhinos

[edit] Final Eliminator

[edit] Grand Final

Preceded by
Super League IX		 Super League Season
2005		 Succeeded by
Super League XI
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