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2005 National Provincial Championship

Rugby union competition

The 2005 season was the 30th and final year of the National Provincial Championship (NPC), a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand, in its original format. Auckland were the winners of Division 1, Hawke's Bay were the winners of Division 2, and Wairarapa Bush were the winners of Division 3.

Division 1

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Canterbury – RS	9	7	1	1	234	138	+94	25	14	4	1	35
2	Auckland	9	7	0	2	290	219	+71	32	28	5	0	33
3	North Harbour	9	6	1	2	280	158	+122	34	16	6	0	32
4	Otago	9	6	0	3	218	145	+73	24	16	3	1	28
5	Wellington	9	5	0	4	268	204	+64	32	22	4	2	26
6	Southland	9	4	0	5	200	256	–56	20	31	1	2	19
7	Waikato	9	4	0	5	203	199	+4	23	20	1	1	18
8	Bay of Plenty	9	3	0	6	188	241	−53	23	25	3	2	17
9	Taranaki	9	2	0	7	164	215	−51	20	20	2	3	13
10	Northland	9	0	0	9	97	367	−270	11	52	0	1	1

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Division 2

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Hawke's Bay	8	8	0	362	117	+245	54	16	8	0	40
2	Counties Manukau	8	7	1	320	162	+158	44	18	7	0	35
3	Nelson Bays	8	5	3	289	192	+97	39	29	3	0	23
4	North Otago	8	4	4	285	228	+67	36	32	4	2	22
5	Marlborough	8	4	4	201	183	+18	26	23	3	1	20
6	Manawatu	8	3	5	155	200	−45	20	27	2	1	15
7	Wanganui	8	2	6	156	197	−41	20	24	3	2	13
8	Poverty Bay	8	3	5	161	298	−137	20	30	1	0	13
9	East Coast	8	0	8	71	423	−362	8	62	0	0	0

Results

Round 1

Bye: Marlborough

Round 2

Bye: East Coast

Round 3

Bye: Wanganui

Round 4

Bye: Poverty Bay

Round 5

Bye: Nelson Bays

Round 6

Bye: Manawatu

Round 7

Bye: Counties Manukau

Round 8

Bye: North Otago

Round 9

Bye: Hawke's Bay

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Division 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Wairarapa Bush	7	6	1	257	94	+163	37	10	6	1	31
2	Horowhenua-Kapiti	7	6	1	189	123	+66	29	15	4	0	28
3	King Country	7	5	2	220	107	+113	30	14	3	2	25
4	Buller	7	5	2	153	149	+4	17	19	2	0	22
5	Mid Canterbury	7	2	5	108	149	−41	9	18	1	2	11
6	Thames Valley	7	2	5	131	185	−54	13	24	1	1	10
7	South Canterbury	7	2	5	98	191	−93	13	25	1	1	10
8	West Coast	7	0	7	79	237	−158	11	34	0	2	2

Semi-finals

Horowhenua-Kapiti 37-5 King Country
Wairarapa Bush 20-14 Buller

Grand final

Wairarapa Bush 28-23 Horowhenua-Kapiti

References

The 2006 New Zealand Rugby Almanack, Edited by Clive Akers and Geoff Miller

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