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- 110th Six Nations Championship series is won by Wales who complete the Grand Slam
- 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand – The Lions suffer a 3–0 whitewash to the All Blacks, as well as losing to the New Zealand Māori side. It was the first time in 22 years that a Lions side had lost every Test match on tour.
- Tri Nations – New Zealand wins for the 6th time. The All Blacks also picked up the Bledisloe Cup in the process.
- Heineken Cup – Toulouse defeat Stade Français 18–12 in the final.
- Super 12 – The Crusaders defeat the Waratahs 35–25 in the final
- Zurich Premiership (England) – Leicester Tigers win the league, Wasps win the playoffs
- Celtic League – Ospreys
- Top 16 (France) – Biarritz defeat Stade Français 37–34 in the final
- National Provincial Championship (New Zealand): Auckland defeat Otago 39–11 in the final
- Currie Cup (South Africa) – Cheetahs defeat Blue Bulls 29–25 in the final
- In the November Tests, the All Blacks (New Zealand) score a "Grand Slam" by defeating all four Home Nations (Wales, Ireland, England, Scotland) while on tour. This is the first such Grand Slam for a Southern Hemisphere team since Australia did so in 1984, and the first for the All Blacks since 1978.
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