2005 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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2005 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
NRL RankFirst Grade
Team information
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Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shaun McRae
Captain
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Stadium Aussie Stadium
Top scorers
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<  2004 2006  >

The 2005 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 96th in the club's history. Coached by Shaun McRae and captained by Bryan Fletcher and Peter Cusack, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2005 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 13th out of 15 teams, failing to reach the finals.

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In March, Souths life member Russell Crowe made the Rabbitohs the first club team in Australia to be sponsored by a film, when he negotiated a deal to advertise his movie Cinderella Man on their jerseys. [1] The Rabbitohs' first win of the season was a 49–26 triumph over the Parramatta Eels in Round 2.

The Rabbitohs would be winless again until Round 5, when they defeated the Newcastle Knights 37–12 at Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium in Gosford, before a crowd of 16,162.

For the next eight rounds, the Rabbitohs suffered loss after loss to the NRL juggernauts (including form teams Melbourne, Brisbane and Manly with the only relief being the bye in Round 8. After a promising start, Season 2005 was shaping up much like the last few years for the Rabbitohs.

However Round 13 against the Bulldogs was to prove a turning point in the club's season. Souths held the reigning premiers to a shock 21-all draw, and thereafter, momentum suddenly seemed to be swinging back the Bunnies' way. A week later they hammered Manly 44–6, and though they went on to lose three more consecutively after that (including a second to arch-rivals St George Illawarra Dragons), they bounced back to win 5 of their last 6, beginning with a 24–14 win over Cronulla at the Sydney Football Stadium, and highlighted with a spirited 16-14 downing of the North Queensland Cowboys at Dairy Farmers Stadium in Townsville. Finally overcoming the Bulldogs in Round 21, the Rabbitohs also defeated the Sydney Roosters in Sydney 17–16 in a hard-fought and spiteful encounter. Their last match was against the Sharks at Toyota Stadium. Souths won this in convincing fashion, with young five-eighth John Sutton making a significant impression.

All in all, season 2005 was the most promising since re-admission; under coach Shaun McRae the team were beginning to look like a renewed force. Their reasonably strong finish handed the bottom place on the NRL ladder to the Newcastle Knights, therefore avoiding the horrible fate of receiving three wooden-spoons in a row. South Sydney finished the 2005 season level on 23 premiership points with 2004 premiers the Canterbury Bulldogs.

Ladder

2005 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2416082704456+24836
2 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 2416082655510+14536
3 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415092597484+11334
4 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers (P)24140102676575+10132
5 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24140102639563+7632
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24130112640462+17830
7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24120122550564-1428
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24120122554632-7828
9 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24110132488487+126
10 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24110132554554026
11 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24100142515528-1324
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2491142472670-19823
13 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2491142482700-21823
14 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2490152465606-14122
15 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2480162467667-20020

Player statistics

PlayerAppearancesTriesGoalsField GoalsTotal Points
Roy Bell 531014
Beau Champion 80306
Peter Cusack 242008
Chris Enahoro 10000
David Fa'alogo 2430012
Bryan Fletcher 1440016
Scott Geddes 181004
Yileen Gordon 102008
Glenn Hall 30000
Ashley Harrison 21100040
Shannon Hegarty 2240016
Lee Hookey 1130012
Brett Kearney 30000
Scott Logan 201004
Shannan Mcpherson 20000
Adam Macdougall 172008
Luke Macdougall 16110044
Manase Manuokafoa 152008
Shane Marteene 31004
Mark Minichiello 2450020
Mick Moran 112008
Todd Polglase 1880032
Shane Rigon 132008
Luke Stuart 221004
John Sutton 1957135
Peter Taylor 10000
Ben Walker 9324363
Shane Walker 181004
Brad Watts 13512044
Joe Williams 8023248
Garth Wood 72008
Trent Young 81004
Totals84706482

Source: [2]

Representative honours

Player All Stars ANZAC Test Pacific Test City / Country State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Four Nations
Ashley Harrison 00000010

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References

  1. ↑ AAP (11 March 2005). "Crowe sees ad trend". The Sydney Morning Herald . Australia. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "NRL 2005 - South Sydney Rabbitohs". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
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