2005 Rugby League National Leagues

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
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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.

National League One[]

Table[]

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	Pts for	Pts agst	Pts	Qualification
1	Whitehaven	18	16	0	2	648	307	32	Play-off Semi Final
2	Castleford Tigers	18	15	0	3	683	368	30
3	Hull Kingston Rovers	18	13	0	5	589	389	26	Elimination Finals
4	Halifax	18	10	0	8	604	467	20
5	Doncaster	18	10	0	8	485	470	20
6	Rochdale Hornets	18	9	1	8	468	502	19
7	Oldham	18	6	1	11	455	545	13
8	Batley Bulldogs	18	5	0	13	417	574	10	Relegation Play-off
9	Featherstone Rovers	18	3	2	13	454	648	8	Relegated to National League Two
10	Barrow Raiders	18	1	0	17	299	832	2

Play-offs[]

Elimination play-offs

Qualifying / Elimination semi-finals

Elimination final

Grand Final

Leigh Sports Village

Whitehaven

32

Castleford

22

Castleford

36

The Shay

Wheldon Road

Whitehaven

8

Halifax

64

Castleford

15

Doncaster

10

The Shay

Halifax

12

Halifax

36

Craven Park

Hull KR

22

Hull KR

45

Rochdale

4

Key:         Losing team progressing     Winning team progressing

National League Two[]

Table[]

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	Pts for	Pts agst	Pts	Qualification
1	York City Knights	18	15	0	3	683	356	30	Promoted to National League One
2	Dewsbury Rams	18	13	1	4	526	350	27	Play-off Semi Final
3	Workington Town	18	12	1	5	487	426	25	Elmination Finals
4	Swinton Lions	18	11	0	7	623	434	22
5	Hunslet Hawks	18	11	0	7	476	385	22
6	Gateshead Thunder	18	8	1	9	516	508	17
7	Sheffield Eagles	18	8	0	10	414	529	16
8	Keighley Cougars	18	4	1	13	359	471	9
9	Blackpool Panthers	18	3	0	15	356	623	6
10	London Skolars	18	2	0	16	258	620	4

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		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		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

See also[]

• Rugby League Championships

References[]

External links[]

• Rugby Football League