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 D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts 1 Hawke's Bay 8 8 0 0 362 117 +245 54 16 8 0 40 2 Counties Manukau 8 7 0 1 320 162 +158 44 18 7 0 35 3 Nelson Bays 8 5 0 3 289 192 +97 39 29 3 0 23 4 North Otago 8 4 0 4 285 228 +67 36 32 4 2 22 5 Marlborough 8 4 0 4 201 183 +18 26 23 3 1 20 6 Manawatu 8 3 0 5 155 200 −45 20 27 2 1 15 7 Wanganui 8 2 0 6 156 197 −41 20 24 3 2 13 8 Poverty Bay 8 3 0 5 161 298 −137 20 30 1 0 13 9 East Coast 8 0 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 D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts 1 Wairarapa Bush 7 6 0 1 257 94 +163 37 10 6 1 31 2 Horowhenua-Kapiti 7 6 0 1 189 123 +66 29 15 4 0 28 3 King Country 7 5 0 2 220 107 +113 30 14 3 2 25 4 Buller 7 5 0 2 153 149 +4 17 19 2 0 22 5 Mid Canterbury 7 2 0 5 108 149 −41 9 18 1 2 11 6 Thames Valley 7 2 0 5 131 185 −54 13 24 1 1 10 7 South Canterbury 7 2 0 5 98 191 −93 13 25 1 1 10 8 West Coast 7 0 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