2005 Rugby League National Leagues

The 2005 National Leagues (known as the LHF Healthplan National Leagues due to sponsorship) were the second, third and fourth divisions of rugby league in the UK.

2005 Nationeal League
League	National Leagues
National League One
Champions	Castleford Tigers
League leaders	Whitehaven
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from National League One	Castleford Tigers
Relegated to National League Two	Barrow Raiders Featherstone Rovers
National League Two
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from National League Two	York City Knights
National League Three
Champions	Coventry Bears
League leaders	Bradford Dudley Hill

National League One

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Whitehaven	18	16	0	2	648	307	+341	32	Semi-final
2	Castleford Tigers (P)	18	15	0	3	683	386	+297	30
3	Hull Kingston Rovers	18	13	0	5	589	389	+200	26	Elimination Semi-final
4	Halifax	18	10	0	8	604	467	+137	20
5	Doncaster	18	10	0	8	485	470	+15	20
6	Rochdale Hornets	18	9	1	8	468	502	−34	19
7	Oldham	18	6	1	11	455	545	−90	13
8	Batley Bulldogs	18	5	0	13	417	574	−157	10	Qualification for National League Two Playoff Final
9	Featherstone Rovers (R)	18	3	2	13	454	648	−194	8	Relegated to National League Two
10	Barrow Raiders (R)	18	1	0	17	299	832	−533	2

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

	Elimination play-offs					Qualifying/Elimination semifinal					Elimination final					Grand Final
						Leigh Sports Village
						1	Whitehaven	32								Castleford		36
						2	Castleford	22			Wheldon Road					Whitehaven		8
	The Shay
											Castleford		15
	3	Halifax	64
						The Shay					Halifax		12
	6	Doncaster	10
						Halifax		36
	Craven Park
						Hull KR		22
	4	Hull KR	45
	5	Rochdale	4

Grand Final

9 October 2005

Castleford Tigers	36 – 8	Whitehaven
Tries: Davis (2), Blanch, Haughey, Crouch, Huby Goals: Huby (3), Fletcher (2), Hepworth		Tries: Calvert, Seeds

Halton Stadium, Widnes Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Steve Ganson

National League Two

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	York City Knights (P)	18	15	0	3	683	356	+327	30	Promoted to National League One
2	Dewsbury Rams	18	13	1	4	526	350	+176	27	Semi-final
3	Workington Town	18	12	1	5	487	426	+61	25	Elimination Final
4	Swinton Lions	18	11	0	7	623	434	+189	22
5	Hunslet Hawks	18	11	0	7	476	385	+91	22
6	Gateshead Thunder	18	8	1	9	516	508	+8	17
7	Sheffield Eagles	18	8	0	10	414	529	−115	16
8	Keighley Cougars	18	4	1	13	359	471	−112	9
9	Blackpool Panthers	18	3	0	15	356	623	−267	6
10	London Skolars	18	2	0	16	258	620	−362	4

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(P) Promoted

Play-offs

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Crowd
ELIMINATION MATCHES
Swinton Lions	40-28	Hunslet Hawks
Workington Town	47-12	Gateshead Thunder
SEMI-FINALS
Batley Bulldogs	40-20	Dewsbury Rams
Workington Town	17-16	Swinton Lions
ELIMINATION FINAL
Dewsbury Rams	26-18	Workington Town
GRAND FINAL
Batley Bulldogs	28-26	Dewsbury Rams

National League Three

Table

Position	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Pts for	Pts agst	Points
1	Bradford Dudley Hill	18	17	0	1	840	253	34
2	Bramley Buffaloes	18	16	0	2	832	237	32
3	St Albans Centurions	18	14	0	4	770	349	28
4	Warringon Wizards	18	10	1	7	683	382	21
5	Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks	18	9	1	8	444	514	19
6	Hemel Stags	18	8	0	10	409	523	16
7	Coventry Bears	18	7	0	11	525	635	14
8	Huddersfield Underbank Rangers	18	5	0	13	466	679	10
9	Gateshead Storm	18	3	0	15	359	765	6
10	Essex Eels	18	0	0	18	181	1194	0

Play-offs

Week 1

St Albans Centurions 40-6 Hemel Stags

Warrington Wizards 48-12 Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks

Week 2

Bradford Dudley Hill 18-19 Bramley Buffaloes

St Albans Centurions 46–24 Warrington Wizards

Week 3

Bradford Dudley Hill 63-10 St Albans Centurions

Grand Final

Bradford Dudley Hill 28-26 Bramley Buffaloes

External links

• Rugby Football League