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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership |
 
  Clubs playing in this season Click on team name to view the club's season page Winner/Premiers: Wests Tigers Runner up: North Queensland Cowboys Last place: Newcastle Knights NRL Telstra Premiership 2005 NRL SEASON IN REVIEW by James Stewart (N/A) To date the National Rugby League competition in 2005 was the closest in history. The competition featured record crowds as popularity of the game soared due to its openness and unpredictability. And for a rare season, the game didn't suffer a major black eye from off-field dramas. Office tipsters were glad to see the end of the season, with upsets more regular than not. Every team was strong enough to make the finals, there were no easy beats, there were no longer certain results. The teams that finished 9th to 14th all had plays at making the finals in the final two weeks of the competition and it was just as crazy at the top of the table. Any thoughts of normality returning during the finals series was quickly washed away as the favourites crashed. Newcastle - the team that finished last are a great example. They won six of their final seven games after losing their first 13 games of the season due to a crippling injury toll. Unbelievably the 2005 wooden spooners were probably the form team in the competition leading into the finals toppling four of the finalists in the process. Wests Tigers - who finished 4th in the regular season - never once sat higher on the table as their finishing position, made a dramatic run through the finals to finish amazing premiers and become the league's first joint venture success. Amazingly the Tigers were many peoples favourites for the wooden spoon at the start of the competition, and at one stage during the season were 150-1 on to take the title. With a mixture of youth, experience, speed and slight of hand the Tigers found the right mixture. Led by veteran coach Tim Sheens, his plan to be grand final contenders by 2007 was brought forward two years on the back of young guns Scott Prince and Benji Marshall. Behind an underrated pack of mobile forwards, made up of youth and journeymen and a fast skillful backline the Tigers became a force that many fans had yearned for since the late 60's. The runners-up North Queensland came into the season one of the favourites following their dramatic, fairytale run in the 2004 finals. Despite a sometimes patchy season, the outfit managed to finish in 5th position with a shot at the title, but their dreams lay in disarray after week one of the finals after a 50-6 massacre at the hands of the Tigers. The Cowboys rallied with a tight win against the Storm and then went through to the Grand Final for a re-match against the Tigers with an upset 29-0 win over the Parramatta Eels in the Qualifying final. Despite an early lead in the Grand Final, the Cowboys seemed a class behind the Tigers and went down gallantly 30-16. Parramatta finished minor premiers after a terrific final half to the season that saw them blow away most sides. Rookie halfback Tim Smith transformed the outfit into serious contenders; however, the demons within seemed the only obstacle to them taking out their first title since 1986. Once again Parramatta's frailties in the finals were exposed as they played a brand of 'panic' football in the qualifying final against North Queensland that saw their premiership hopes crumble once more at their own feet. Their performance in that game did no justice at all to their performances leading into the finals, they should have ended premiers had they found that form. St.George-Illawarra were many punters premiership favourites throughout the season, but once again their poor record in finals football lingered over the team like that bad smell that won't go away. A team full of representative stars, speed and skill went into the finals in great form on the back of seven straight wins, but started the finals in scratchy fashion against the Sharks and never seemed to find top gear against the Tigers in the qualifying final going down 20-12. Once again the post mortems at Parramatta and St.George-Illawarra went into full swing. By Round 15 of the competition there seemed only one winner in 2005, the Brisbane Broncos. They had only lost two games at this point, but like every year before them they seemed to breakdown after the origin series. Despite having a lesser representation than previous seasons the Broncos couldn't break out of 2nd gear the entire second half of the season. Despite looking run away minor premiers, six losses out of their last seven games saw them overtaken on the table in the final rounds by the Dragons and Eels. They suffered a narrow loss to Melbourne in the first week of the finals, and despite opening up the Tigers defence several times in week two they amazingly failed to convert any of their many opportunities into points. The Tigers went onto win comfortably with a blitz in the second half to send the Brisbane team spirralling out of the finals for yet another year. Amazingly three of 2004's final four, Roosters, Bulldogs and Panthers didn't even make the finals. The Roosters and the Panthers always seemed to be behind the leading teams in terms of squad strength, tactics and injuries. The Roosters failed to find an adequate replacement for the retired Brad Fittler, trying many different combinations throughout the season, nothing seemed to click and the defensive prowess of previous years never really showed. The Panthers never got going in 2005, and were stuck in 13th place for most of it. They struggled to recapture form of years gone by with some critical losses due to salary cap restrictions. But their squad was still powerful as they showed with 5 straight wins at the end of the season that almost saw them snag a play off spot. The previous season's premiers the Bulldogs never really got going. After a 28-0 demolition in the first half of the season opener against the Dragons, the back to back premiership double for the Bulldogs seemed a forgone conclusion. The Bulldogs went on to win 46-28 but the Dragons exposed some defensive weaknesses and injury to key prop Mark O'Meley started the Bulldogs horror year of injury. O'Meley joined Willie Mason (due back a month before the finals) on the long term injury list, and with former captain Steven Price no longer at the club the Bulldogs no longer had the firepower up front. They were also struck down by continuing dramas regarding key off contract players Sonny-Bill Williams, Willie Mason and Braith Anasta. Anasta was squeezed out. By the end of the season the Bulldogs had almost every key player suffering a long term injury during the year. Key youngster Sonny-Bill Williams injured in Round 4, didn't make it back till Round 13. He injured his knee badly in his first hit-up and never made it back onto the park in 2005 - summing up the Bulldogs entire season. The defending premiers limped out of the competition in 12th suffering two humiliating losses to Parramatta and the Tigers, their biggest defeats since 1935 their inaugural season. The Melbourne Storm looked good things for the premiership after 30 point wins over the Knights and Dragons in the first two games of the season and then a 50-4 demolition of the Broncos in round 4. Good wins were mixed with some indifferent performances throughout the year, with their home base at Olympic Park not offering a home advantage as strong as previous years. Despite that key players Matt Orford and Billy Slater along with the emergence of brilliant backs such as Matt King, Jake Webster and Greg Inglis all hit the heights of their own personal form throughout stages of the season sending the storm into the play offs in 6th position. Deja vu for the Storm with a win over the Broncos in week one of the finals in Brisbane and then out the door in week two of the finals for the third consecutive year with an indifferent performance against the Cowboys. Another year the Storm could rue what could have been with Matt Orford leaving the club for Manly in 2006. Despite finishing 3rd last the South Sydney Rabbitohs were one of good news stories of 2005. The Rabbitohs only won 9 games, but managed to stave off a committed resurgence from the Newcastle Knights to avoid the wooden spoon for the first time since 2002 (which they only avoided due to the salary cap scandal of the Bulldogs). Led by new coach Shaun McRae, several veteran players and brilliant youngsters Ashley Harrison, Mark Minichiello and John Sutton the Rabbitohs turned giant killers on several occasions with wins particularly against both of last years grand finalists and a 49-26 win over the eventual minor premiers. Two teams to have a resurgence were Manly and Cronulla. Manly who on the back of off season buys Ben Kennedy and Brent Kite started the season on fire winning 9 of their first 12 games. After 15 rounds they sat in 3rd place, but slumped to win only 2 of their last 11 games limping into the play offs in eighth position and proving no match for the high flying eels. Cronulla were similar to Manly winning eight of their first 10 games only to stumble mid season winning just four games after round 12. They finished in 7th position and were gallant in losing to 2nd place St.George-Illawarra in week one of the finals by six points. The Raiders were another team to start the season well, they led the competition for two rounds in rounds 5 and 6, and were still 4th by round 10. However five straight losses after that period sent them spiralling down the table, and with inspirational captain Simon Woolford serving a lengthy suspension the Raiders capitulated to lose their final seven games and finish second last. The Warriors recruited well in the off season with Todd Byrne, Nathan Fien, Ruben Wiki and Steven Price bolstering the squad. But they were as inconsistent as it comes often going win, loss, win, loss at times during the season. They never got going with injuries and out of form players limiting their attacking potential of years gone by. A year that will go down as one of the greatest seasons in the games history, but that will be more so due to the eveness and closeness of the competition than anything else. The quality of football at times wasn't the best and with talent spread across the competition perhaps that is the price that is paid without a group of stand out teams in the competition. But amongst the carnage that was 2005, one team stood tall, the Wests Tigers 2005 NRL Premiers. Imagine that. James Stewart - 16/10/2005
  Grand Final - Oct 2Sun: Tigers 30 d. Cowboys 16 Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Qualifying Finals - Sep 24-25Sat: Dragons 12 l. Tigers 20 Sun: Eels 0 l. Cowboys 29 Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Finals Week Two - Sep 17-18Sat: Storm 16 l. Cowboys 24 Sun: Tigers 34 d. Broncos 6 Eels week off Dragons week off Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Finals Week One - Sep 9-11Fri: Tigers 50 d. Cowboys 6 Sat: Broncos 18 l. Storm 24 Sat: Dragons 28 d. Sharks 22 Sun: Eels 46 d. Sea Eagles 22 Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] All Groups: Round 1 - Mar 11-13Fri: Bulldogs 46 d. Dragons 28 Sat: Tigers 12 l. Eels 28 Sat: Sharks 20 d. Panthers 14 Sat: Roosters 24 d. Souths 12 Sun: Warriors 20 l. Sea Eagles 26 Sun: Storm 48 d. Knights 10 Sun: Broncos 29 d. Cowboys 16 Raiders bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 2 - Mar 18-20Fri: Cowboys 24 d. Bulldogs 12 Sat: Raiders 39 d. Knights 14 Sat: Dragons 12 l. Storm 46 Sat: Broncos 12 l. Warriors 24 Sun: Sea Eagles 46 d. Sharks 20 Sun: Panthers 20 l. Roosters 28 Sun: Souths 49 d. Eels 26 Tigers bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 3 - Mar 25-27Fri: Roosters 22 l. Broncos 40 Sat: Eels 10 l. Sharks 18 Sat: Panthers 18 d. Dragons 8 Sun: Warriors 22 l. Cowboys 32 Sun: Sea Eagles 25 d. Storm 18 Sun: Tigers 37 d. Bulldogs 36 Mon: Souths 18 l. Raiders 25 Knights bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 4 - Apr 1-3Fri: Eels 26 d. Panthers 16 Sat: Storm 50 d. Broncos 4 Sat: Cowboys 52 d. Knights 18 Sat: Raiders 42 d. Dragons 22 Sun: Warriors 46 d. Souths 14 Sun: Sharks 26 d. Bulldogs 12 Sun: Roosters 26 l. Tigers 32 Sea Eagles bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 5 - Apr 8-10Fri: Panthers 36 d. Storm 16 Sat: Tigers 24 d. Warriors 6 Sat: Dragons 32 d. Sea Eagles 6 Sat: Sharks 38 d. Cowboys 6 Sun: Broncos 54 d. Eels 14 Sun: Souths 37 d. Knights 12 Sun: Raiders 24 d. Roosters 16 Bulldogs bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 6 - Apr 15-17Fri: Bulldogs 16 l. Roosters 29 Sat: Souths 6 l. Panthers 36 Sat: Cowboys 44 d. Tigers 20 Sat: Storm 14 l. Eels 26 Sun: Sea Eagles 36 d. Raiders 14 Sun: Dragons 24 l. Broncos 34 Sun: Knights 26 l. Warriors 30 Sharks bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 7 - Apr 23-25Sat: Eels 26 d. Tigers 16 Sat: Panthers 22 l. Cowboys 36 Sat: Sharks 12 l. Broncos 16 Sun: Raiders 10 l. Storm 46 Sun: Knights 20 l. Bulldogs 24 Sun: Sea Eagles 48 d. Souths 14 Mon: Roosters 24 l. Dragons 26 Warriors bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 8 - Apr 29-May 1Fri: Broncos 38 d. Sea Eagles 12 Sat: Storm 10 l. Sharks 30 Sat: Cowboys 38 d. Roosters 18 Sat: Bulldogs 30 d. Eels 16 Sun: Warriors 14 l. Panthers 16 Sun: Knights 10 l. Raiders 14 Sun: Tigers 32 l. Dragons 40 Rabbitohs bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 9 - May 7-8Sat: Dragons 42 d. Souths 10 Sat: Panthers 18 l. Raiders 26 Sat: Sharks 28 d. Warriors 24 Sun: Broncos 35 d. Bulldogs 28 Sun: Eels 50 d. Cowboys 12 Sun: Roosters 32 d. Knights 2 Sun: Sea Eagles 34 d. Tigers 26 Storm bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 10 - May 13-15Fri: Dragons 34 d. Panthers 12 Sat: Bulldogs 10 l. Sea Eagles 18 Sat: Cowboys 6 l. Broncos 23 Sat: Souths 12 l. Storm 38 Sun: Warriors 6 l. Roosters 10 Sun: Knights 16 l. Tigers 32 Sun: Raiders 26 l. Sharks 32 Eels bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 11 - May 20-22Fri: Eels 18 d. Sea Eagles 12 Sat: Storm 16 l. Bulldogs 26 Sat: Knights 16 l. Dragons 18 Sat: Souths 16 l. Warriors 34 Sun: Tigers 28 d. Raiders 16 Sun: Panthers 22 l. Sharks 30 Broncos bye Roosters bye Cowboys bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 12 - May 27-29Fri: Bulldogs 12 l. Cowboys 48 Sat: Broncos 36 d. Souths 12 Sat: Roosters 30 d. Raiders 16 Sat: Sharks 26 l. Eels 34 Sun: Warriors 21 d. Tigers 4 Sun: Storm 24 d. Dragons 16 Sun: Sea Eagles 36 d. Panthers 26 Knights bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 13 - Jun 3-5Fri: Roosters 18 l. Sea Eagles 22 Sat: Cowboys 56 d. Sharks 14 Sat: Bulldogs 21 drew Souths 21 Sat: Dragons 32 d. Warriors 18 Sun: Tigers 14 l. Storm 30 Sun: Panthers 22 l. Eels 32 Sun: Knights 16 l. Broncos 34 Raiders bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 14 - Jun 10-12Fri: Tigers 34 d. Sharks 18 Sat: Raiders 12 l. Broncos 20 Sat: Souths 44 d. Sea Eagles 6 Sat: Knights 0 l. Eels 50 Sun: Warriors 24 d. Storm 16 Sun: Dragons 34 d. Cowboys 4 Bulldogs bye Roosters bye Panthers bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 15 - Jun 17-19Fri: Sharks 16 d. Roosters 10 Sat: Eels 28 d. Warriors 18 Sat: Storm 14 l. Panthers 28 Sat: Broncos 40 d. Tigers 22 Sun: Souths 10 l. Dragons 28 Sun: Bulldogs 28 d. Raiders 10 Sun: Sea Eagles 48 d. Knights 26 Cowboys bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 16 - Jun 24-26Fri: Roosters 12 d. Eels 8 Sat: Raiders 23 d. Cowboys 22 Sat: Panthers 24 l. Knights 28 Sat: Storm 48 d. Souths 6 Sun: Warriors 30 d. Broncos 18 Sun: Dragons 24 l. Tigers 32 Sun: Sea Eagles 12 l. Bulldogs 31 Sharks bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 17 - Jul 1-3Fri: Tigers 49 d. Sea Eagles 24 Sat: Bulldogs 6 l. Storm 33 Sat: Cowboys 24 d. Warriors 16 Sat: Knights 14 l. Roosters 28 Sun: Raiders 22 d. Panthers 14 Sun: Broncos 22 d. Sharks 10 Sun: Eels 52 d. Souths 16 Dragons bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 18 - Jul 8-10Fri: Eels 40 d. Dragons 14 Sat: Souths 24 d. Sharks 14 Sat: Panthers 16 d. Sea Eagles 12 Sat: Storm 20 d. Raiders 0 Sun: Warriors 24 l. Bulldogs 26 Sun: Tigers 26 d. Roosters 16 Sun: Knights 22 d. Cowboys 18 Broncos bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 19 - Jul 15-17Fri: Panthers 16 l. Bulldogs 18 Sat: Roosters 22 l. Warriors 24 Sat: Cowboys 14 l. Souths 16 Sun: Sharks 30 d. Knights 26 Sun: Broncos 28 d. Storm 15 Sun: Sea Eagles 10 l. Dragons 36 Sun: Raiders 26 d. Eels 18 Tigers bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 20 - Jul 22-24Fri: Bulldogs 29 d. Broncos 22 Sat: Warriors 24 d. Raiders 16 Sat: Cowboys 38 d. Panthers 18 Sat: Eels 10 l. Knights 16 Sun: Storm 24 d. Roosters 10 Sun: Dragons 20 d. Sharks 10 Sun: Tigers 42 d. Souths 20 Sea Eagles bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 21 - Jul 29-31Fri: Dragons 44 d. Roosters 6 Sat: Knights 37 d. Storm 18 Sat: Broncos 24 d. Raiders 18 Sat: Panthers 42 d. Warriors 34 Sun: Sea Eagles 24 l. Cowboys 26 Sun: Sharks 6 l. Tigers 46 Sun: Souths 37 d. Bulldogs 24 Eels bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 22 - Aug 5-7Fri: Cowboys 16 l. Dragons 36 Sat: Warriors 20 l. Eels 38 Sat: Sharks 40 d. Storm 16 Sat: Bulldogs 13 l. Knights 28 Sun: Raiders 14 l. Tigers 22 Sun: Sea Eagles 21 d. Broncos 20 Sun: Roosters 28 l. Panthers 30 Souths bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 23 - Aug 12-14Fri: Eels 56 d. Bulldogs 4 Sat: Storm 22 d. Warriors 10 Sat: Roosters 14 d. Sharks 8 Sat: Raiders 16 l. Souths 29 Sun: Tigers 28 d. Cowboys 16 Sun: Broncos 4 l. Dragons 24 Sun: Knights 22 d. Sea Eagles 14 Panthers bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 24 - Aug 19-21Fri: Tigers 54 d. Bulldogs 2 Sat: Warriors 4 l. Knights 16 Sat: Cowboys 31 d. Raiders 28 Sat: Souths 17 d. Roosters 16 Sun: Sharks 68 d. Sea Eagles 6 Sun: Dragons 25 d. Eels 22 Sun: Panthers 22 d. Broncos 20 Storm bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 25 - Aug 26-28Fri: Broncos 10 l. Roosters 17 Sat: Storm 34 d. Tigers 22 Sat: Sea Eagles 20 l. Warriors 22 Sat: Knights 44 d. Sharks 14 Sun: Bulldogs 6 l. Panthers 28 Sun: Eels 48 d. Raiders 10 Sun: Souths 16 l. Cowboys 30 Dragons bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Round 26 - Sep 2-4Fri: Eels 28 d. Broncos 14 Sat: Sharks 22 l. Souths 26 Sat: Cowboys 30 d. Storm 24 Sat: Raiders 18 l. Sea Eagles 36 Sun: Roosters 32 d. Bulldogs 12 Sun: Dragons 36 d. Knights 28 Sun: Tigers 22 l. Panthers 38 Warriors bye Index [Teams & Predictions] [Matches Review] Please email website@rleague.com or hit the submissions link (top left of page) with any corrections/omissions from this list: Brisbane Broncos: Gains (includes re-signings): Justin Hodges (Roosters), Brad Thorn (NZ Rugby Union) Losses: Carl Webb (North Queensland), Michael De Vere (Huddersfield), Brad Meyers (Bradford), Craig Frawley (Canberra), Ben Czislowski (Bulldogs), Gorden Tallis, Ben Ikin, Paul Green (Retired) Bulldogs: Gains (includes re-signings): Chris Armit (Parramatta), Ben Czislowski (Broncos), Nathan Armit (Parramatta), Marvin Karawana (NZ) Losses: Steven Price (Warriors), Jonathan Thurston (Cowboys), Dennis Scott (Storm), Jamie Feeney (Storm), Hutch Maiava (Sharks), Glen Hughes, Steven Hughes (Retired) Canberra Raiders: Gains (includes re-signings): Jason Smith (Hull), Matt Adamson (Leeds), Lincoln Withers, Michael Howell, David Howell (Dragons), Craig Frawley (Broncos), Jermaine Ale (Roosters), Bronx Goodwin (Sharks), Damon Alley-Tovio (Rabbitohs), Ben Jones (Redcliffe) Losses: Ruben Wiki (Warriors), Joel Monaghan (Roosters), Luke Davico (Wigan), Brad Drew (Huddersfield), Mark McLinden (London) Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks: Gains (includes re-signings): Adam Dykes (Eels), Paul Mellor (Castleford), Vince Mellars (Warriors), Hutch Maiava (Bulldogs), Luke Covell (Tigers), Beau Scott (Dragons) Losses: Jason Williams (Released), Matt Seers, Paul Franze (Panthers), Chris Beattie, Matt Bickerstaff, Dean Bosnich, Pat Gibson, Andrew Dallalana (France), Matt Rieck (Tigers), Andrew Emelio (Widnes), Jason Kent (Leigh), Michael Russo (retired) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles: Gains (includes re-signings): Ben Kennedy (Newcastle), Brent Kite (Dragons), Michael Witt (Parramatta), Ashley Alberts (Brisbane) Losses: Albert Torrens (Dragons), Ian Donnelly (Storm), Andrew Walker (retired) Melbourne Storm: Gains (includes re-signings): Dennis Scott, Jamie Feeney (Bulldogs), Ian Donnelly (Manly), Jamie McDonald (Cowboys) Losses: Stephen Kearney (Hull), Danny Williams (London), Kirk Reynoldson, Dustin Cooper (Knights), Rodney Howe, Robbie Ross (retired), Ben MacDougall (Union) New Zealand Warriors: Gains (includes re-signings): Steve Price (Bulldogs), Ruben Wiki (Raiders), Nathan Fien (Cowboys), Todd Byrne (Roosters) Losses: PJ Marsh, Marcus Perenara (Eels), Jerry SeuSeu (Wigan), Justin Murphy (Widnes), Thomas Leuluai (London), Matt Jobson (Tigers), Henry Fa'afili (Warrington), Mark Tookey (London), Danny Sullivan, Paul Dezolt (Released), Vinnie Anderson (London) Newcastle Knights: Gains (includes re-signings): Kirk Reynoldson, Dustin Cooper (Storm), Dane Campbell (Brisbane Easts) Losses: Ben Kennedy (Manly), Timana Tahu (Eels), Michael Ennis (Dragons), Matt Parsons, Russell Richardson, Robbie O'Davis (retired), Jamie Fitzgerald (Released) North Queensland Cowboys: Gains (includes re-signings): Jonathan Thurston (Bulldogs), Carl Webb (Broncos), Justin Smith (Souths), Keiren Kerr (Tigers) Losses: Nathan Fein (Warriors), Glenn Morrison (Eels), Kevin Campion (retired), Jamie McDonald (Storm) Parramatta Eels: Gains (includes re-signings): Timana Tahu (Knights), Mark Riddell, Henry Perenara (Dragons), Paul Stringer (Souths), Chad Robinson, Ian Henderson (Roosters), Glenn Morrison (Cowboys), PJ Marsh, Marcus Perenara (Warriors) Losses: Adam Dykes (Sharks), Michael Witt (Manly), Chris Thorman (Huddersfield), David Vaealiki (Wigan), Junior Langi (Salford), Chris Stapleton (Leigh), Lee Hopkins (Released), Corey Pearson (retired), Jamie Lyon (St Helens), Wise Kativerata (union), Chris Armit, Nathan Armit (Bulldogs), Mal Kaufusi (London), Shane Muspratt (Cowboys) Penrith Panthers: Gains (includes re-signings): Paul Franze (Sharks) Losses: Paul Whatuira (Tigers), Amos Roberts, Richard Fa'aoso (Roosters), Ryan Girdler, Martin Lang (Retired) South Sydney Rabbitohs: Gains (includes re-signings): Shannon Hegarty, Peter Cusack (Roosters), Willie Peters (Widnes), Scott Logan (Hull) Losses: Paul Stringer (Eels), Justin Smith (Cowboys), Owen Craigie (Widnes), Mark Meredith (Tigers), Damon Alley-Tovio (Raiders), Willie Manu (Dragons), Mark Leafa (Leigh), Brett O'Farrell (Sharks), Jason Death (retired) St.George-Illawarra Dragons: Gains (includes re-signings): Colin Best (Hull), Albert Torrens (Manly), Michael Ennis (Knights), Willie Manu (Souths) Losses: Nathan Blacklock (Hull), Brett Firman (Roosters), David Howell, Michael Howell, Lincoln Withers (Raiders), Brent Kite (Manly), Willie Leyshon (Retired), Henry Perenara, Mark Riddell (Eels), Brett White (Storm), Tony Jensen, Stacey Katu, Lachlan Russell, John Olzard (Released) Sydney Roosters: Gains (includes re-signings): Amos Roberts, Richard Fa'aoso (Panthers), Joel Monaghan (Raiders), Brett Firman (Dragons) Losses: Justin Hodges (Broncos), Shannon Hegarty, Peter Cusack (Souths), Chad Robinson, Ian Henderson (Eels), Jermaine Ale (Raiders), Aaron Mercer (Tigers), Todd Byrne (Warriors), Brad Fittler (retired) Wests Tigers: Gains (includes re-signings): Paul Whatuira (Panthers), Matt Rieck (Sharks), Mark Meredith (Souths), Aaron Mercer (Roosters), Matt Jobson (Warriors) Losses: Luke Covell (Sharks), Keiran Kerr (Cowboys), Gray Viane (St Helens), Luke Isaaka (Leigh), Scott Sattler, Darren Senter, Jason Moodie, Michael Buettner, Robert Mears (retired) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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