Match Day
The grand final was played at Sydney's Telstra Stadium before a crowd of 82,453. Television coverage of the match was provided by Nine's Wide World of Sports with commentary from Ray Warren, Peter Sterling, Paul Vautin, Phil Gould, Matthew Johns, Andrew Voss and Ben Ikin. The Veronicas and Pete Murray provided pre-match performances. A minute's silence was then held for the previous day's 2005 Bali bombings before Natalie Bassingthwaighte sung the Australian national anthem.
| Wests Tigers |
Posit. | North Queensland Cowboys |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Brett Hodgson | FB | 1 Matt Bowen |
| 2 Daniel Fitzhenry | WG | 2 Ty Williams |
| 3 Shane Elford | CE | 3 Josh Hannay |
| 4 Paul Whatuira | CE | 4 Paul Bowman |
| 5 Pat Richards | WG | 5 Matt Sing |
| 6 Benji Marshall | 5/8th | 6 Johnathan Thurston |
| 7 Scott Prince (c) | HB | 16 Justin Smith |
| 8 Anthony Laffranchi | PR | 8 Paul Rauhihi |
| 9 Robbie Farah | HK | 9 Aaron Payne |
| 10 John Skandalis | PR | 10 Shane Tronc |
| 11 Ben Galea | SR | 11 Steve Southern |
| 12 Mark O'Neill | SR | 12 Luke O'Donnell |
| 13 Dene Halatau | LF | 13 Travis Norton (c) |
| 14 Liam Fulton | Int. | 7 Brett Firman |
| 15 Chris Heighington | Int. | 14 David Faiumu |
| 16 Bryce Gibbs | Int. | 15 Mitchell Sargent |
| 17 Todd Payten | Int. | 17 Rod Jensen |
| Tim Sheens | Coach | Graham Murray |
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