Australia and New Zealand in 2005
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Source: the site's AFL, NRL, cricket, rugby, football and basketball records · as of 19 Oct 2026
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Sydney Swans
def. West Coast, 58-54
Wests Tigers
def. North Queensland, 30-16
New South Wales
def. Queensland, 2-1
England
def. Australia, 1-2 (2 drawn)
The year, month by month
January
- TennisAustralian Open women'sSerena Williams
- Date
- 29 Jan
- TennisAustralian Open men'sMarat Safin
- Date
- 30 Jan
February: nothing in this view
March
- F1Australian Grand PrixGiancarlo Fisichella (Renault)
- Venue
- Albert Park
- Date
- 6 Mar
- Note
- Formula One World Championship round 1, Melbourne
- BasketballNBLSydney Kings def. Illawarra Hawks
- Season
- 2004-05
- Runner-up
- Illawarra Hawks
- CricketSheffield ShieldNew South Wales
- Season
- 2004-05
April: nothing in this view
May
- Rugby unionSuper RugbyCrusaders def. NSW Waratahs
- Runner-up
- NSW Waratahs
June: nothing in this view
July
- NRLState of OriginNew South Wales def. Queensland, 2-1
- Runner-up
- Queensland
- Venue
- Lang Park
- Date
- 6 Jul
- Note
- Series decider, game 3: New South Wales 32, Queensland 10
August: nothing in this view
September
- Rugby unionBledisloe CupNew Zealand def. Australia, 0-2
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Date
- 3 Sep
- Note
- Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first
- CricketThe AshesEngland def. Australia, 1-2 (2 drawn)
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Date
- 8 Sep
- Note
- Series in England; date is the start of the last Test
- AFLAFLSydney Swans def. West Coast, 58-54
- Runner-up
- West Coast
- Venue
- M.C.G.
- Date
- 24 Sep
October
- NRLNRLWests Tigers def. North Queensland, 30-16
- Runner-up
- North Queensland
- Venue
- Stadium Australia
- Date
- 2 Oct
- Rugby unionNPCAuckland def. Otago, 39-11
- Runner-up
- Otago
- Venue
- Eden Park
- Note
- Played as the National Provincial Championship
November: nothing in this view
December
- CricketBoxing Day TestAustralia def. South Africa, Australia won by 184 runs
- Runner-up
- South Africa
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Date
- 26 Dec
- Note
- Against South Africa; the Test starts on 26 December
Events without a day are listed under the month they usually fall in.
National teamsWins-draws-losses
Australia
- Men's rugby union4-0-8
Beat South Africa
- Men's football7-1-4
Beat Uruguay
- Women's football2-0-1
Beat Germany
- Men's basketball3-0-0
Beat New Zealand
- Men's cricket
Test 9-4-2 · ODI 21-1-5 · T20I 1-0-1
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union7-0-1
Beat South Africa
- Men's football0-0-1
- Men's basketball0-0-3
- Men's cricket
Test 3-2-2 · ODI 6-0-12 · T20I 1-0-1
Records come from the site's national-team Elo results (rugby union, football, basketball), its cricket results (Test, ODI and T20I; no-result matches left out) and the champions board (titles). Rugby league internationals, women's rugby and women's cricket are not tracked, so rugby league shows only in years with a World Cup title.
Year in perspective
The Line
St George Illawarra NRL
Top club on the Line, 1668
City of the year
- Sydney4
- Auckland1
- Christchurch1
Titles by metro
- Sydney: AFL, NBL, NRL, Sheffield Shield
- Auckland: NPC
- Christchurch: Super Rugby
Since 1897, to 2005: Sydney 135, Melbourne 127
Trans-Tasman
Australia 14, New Zealand 3, drawn 1
By sport
- Basketball, men: Australia 3, New Zealand 0
- ODI cricket: Australia 7, New Zealand 1
- T20I cricket: Australia 1, New Zealand 0
- Test cricket: Australia 2, New Zealand 0, drawn 1
- Football, men: Australia 1, New Zealand 0
- Rugby union, men: Australia 0, New Zealand 2