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. They finished the regular season in 5th and played in their first Grand Final, which they lost to the Wests Tigers.

It was played on the night of Sunday, 2 October at Sydney 's Telstra Stadium between 4th-placed Wests Tigers and 5th-placed North Queensland Cowboys, the only two clubs in the competition that hadn't yet been to the NRL grand final. Before that, the Wests Magpies last won a title in 1952 and were woodens spooners in 1998 and 1999, while the Balmain Tigers hadn’t tasted championship glory since 1969.So understandably, Tigers players and fans alike were delirious with excitement after defeating North Queensland more than a decade ago. Kick Off. MATTHEW Johns has spilled the beans on his role in one of Channel 9’s most embarrassing NRL Grand Final moments. Date. MATTHEW Johns has spilled the beans on his role in one of Channel 9’s most embarrassing NRL Grand Final moments. Each was created intending to bring out the positionings of rugby league characteristice of ‘strength of body’, ‘strength of mind’ and ‘strength of character’ Sun 12 Apr, 2020 NRL History. NRL Classic: Wests Tigers v Cowboys - Grand Final, 2005. 00:32 ... Full Match Replay: Wests Tigers v Cowboys - Grand Final, 2005. Stadium Australia (Sydney) Crowd.
Sun 02 Oct, 2005 Matty Johns in between Grill Team co-hosts Mark Geyer and Gus Worland.MATTY Johns was retired by 2005, but he was still involved in some of the more memorable moments of that year’s NRL Grand Final.The Wests Tigers went on an incredible winning streak in the back end of 2005 to make the decider, and they were too good for Johnathan Thurston’s Cowboys on that Sunday night in October, winning 30-16.It was the joint-venture club’s maiden premiership since debuting in 2000.

They were freestyling,” Mark Geyer said.“I think even if you interviewed (Tigers coach) Timmy Sheens that night you would have got one.”We’ll have to wait and see if anything trumps that in 2016.

Posts: 356 NRL Grand Final. Match info page for the Wests Tigers vs. North Queensland Cowboys game in the Grand Final of the 2005 NRL season. Join Date: Jan 2005. Continuing to use this site, you agree with this. Sound be a great game, especially with the way both teams played this weekend. Location: Newcastle. West Tigers v's North QLD Cowboys!! The Tigers finished the regular season in 4th position before reaching the 2005 NRL grand final, their first. “At first I didn’t hear it and when Heighington started rattling them off I was going, ‘Oh dear.’”He received some stern direction from his employer after that interview went awry.“Then (Channel 9’s former head of sport) Steve Crawley’s in my ear and he said, ‘Matt, find a sensible one.’ So I looked over and I saw Benny Galea there so I went over and I said, Mate,’ and he went, ‘Oh mate, effing unbelievable.”To be exact, this is what Galea — who was heroic in defence that night, tackling gun fullback Matt Bowen on nearly every one of his kick returns — said.“This is unbelievable, f***ing all the boys have stuck together all year, we won the comp, we’re number one, f***ing ...”“The first two — Patty Richards and Laffranchi — they were kind of apologetic, but Heighington and Galea took it to the next level.
In a match-up suggested by bookmakers as a … Watching it, you wouldn’t have known anything was wrong.Next up to the plate was back-rower Anthony Laffranchi, who scored a four-pointer in the big dance.“Mate it’s f***ing, oh sorry, it’s awesome mate,” he said.This time Matty flinched, glancing back towards the camera before looking to the sky in a “If I stare up here for long enough maybe we can pretend the last five seconds never happened” kind of way.Chris Heighington then upped the ante, and the cracks started to show on Johns’ face.“Yeah mate it’s f***ing awesome, you don’t know how to f***ing ... there’s no words for it, it’s just f***ing unbelievable,” the Tiger said.Johns’ lips were pursed, the smile was gone and you could just see his mind whirring. MATTHEW Johns has spilled the beans on his role in one of Channel 9’s most embarrassing NRL Grand Final moments. Since their foundation in 1995, the club has appeared in three grand finals (2005, 2015 and 2017) winning in 2015, and has reached the finals ten times. So pumped was the playing group that they got a bit carried away with the occasion after full-time, forgetting they were still being broadcast on live TV.Working for Channel 9 at the time, Johns was tasked with speaking to players on the ground as they walked around celebrating with their supporters. sport; nrl; Matty Johns relives the infamous aftermath of the 2005 Grand Final. NRL Telstra Premiership 2005 Grand Final Wests Tigers v Cowboys Full Match Replay. He told all his listeners what he was really thinking.“I tell you what, it was so loud the crowd knew it,” Johns said. In a match-up suggested by bookmakers as a 500/1 chance for the 2005 grand final's opponents at the start of the season,In the fifth minute the Tigers were mounting an attack ten metres from the Cowboys line when on the third tackle, hooker Robbie Farah put his prop forward Anthony Laffranchi through a gap to crash over the line and score near the uprights.The match had the highest television ratings for a night time grand final in history.Having won the NRL grand final, Wests had earned the right to play against 2005 Super League Champions, the We are using cookies for the best presentation of our site. Tim Mander. _____ Mazda 3 MPS Sports in Hot Red. Sunday, October 2nd, 2005.