2005 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

Grand Slam rugby union tour March 2014 March 2014 October 2009 September 2010 New Zealand Graham Henry Wales 1 1 0 0 Ireland 1 1 0 0 England 1 1 0 0 Scotland 1 1 0 0 Dan Carter (39) Rico Gear (5) 4 4 The 2005 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland was a Grand Slam rugby union tour played by the New Zealand national team (the All Blacks) in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland as part of the 2005 end-of-year rugby union tests. Played through November, it consisted of 4 matches against Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland. It was the first Grand Slam tour by the All Blacks since the 18-match tour of 1978. New Zealand won all of their matches with a touring squad of 35 players selected by Head Coach Graham Henry. The matches were played during November 2005. The first match was against Wales on the 5th, the second was against Ireland on the 12th, the third was against England on the 19th, and the last match was against Scotland on the 26th to complete the first successful Grand Slam tour of the professional era. The last successful Grand Slam was by Australia in 1984 in between 14 other matches.CNN.com - Wales beat Ireland for grand slam - Mar 19, 2005 http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/03/19/rugby.wales/ 2024-07-19 CNN 4 Touring squad A total of 35 players were selected for the touring squad: five props, three hookers, four locks, seven loose forwards, three halfbacks, seven midfielders and six back three-quarters, including five new caps.Article from Cape Times – All Blacks to blood new talent on Grand Slam tour Graham Henry was Head Coach with Wayne Smith and Steve Hansen as his assistant coaches. Tana Umaga was named captain for the tour. 2005 New Zealand Grand Slam touring squad Props John Afoa Carl Hayman Saimone Taumoepeau Neemia Tialata1 Tony Woodcock Hookers Andrew Hore Keven Mealamu Anton Oliver Locks Jason Eaton1 Chris Jack James Ryan Ali WilliamsLoose forwards Jerry Collins Sione Lauaki Angus MacDonald1 Chris Masoe1 Richie McCaw Rodney So'oialo Mose Tuiali'i Halfbacks Jimmy Cowan Byron Kelleher Piri WeepuMidfielders Dan Carter Nick Evans Aaron Mauger Ma'a Nonu Conrad Smith Isaia Toeava1 Tana Umaga (c) Back three-quarters Rico Gear Doug Howlett Leon MacDonald Mils Muliaina Joe Rokocoko Sitiveni SivivatuCoaches Graham Henry (head) Wayne Smith (asst.) Steve Hansen (asst.) – Most players are capable of playing multiple positions. – Squad only include players who have been named in a starting 15 or reserves bench. – (c) = Captain – 1 = New cap Tests A total of four matches were played during the 2005 Grand Slam tour against the four home unions of Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland. The tour was played over four weeks, with one game each week. DateOpponentScoreVenueAttendance5 NovWales41–3Millennium Stadium, Cardiff74,40212 NovIreland45–7Lansdowne Road, Dublin42,00019 NovEngland23–19 Twickenham, London62,00026 NovScotland29–10Murrayfield, Edinburgh47,678New Zealand scores in bold Wales Wales were looking to beat the All Blacks for the first time since 1953, when they won 13–8 at Cardiff Arms Park.Match Review https://web.archive.org/web/20100521182505/http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/teamsheet.asp?level1=Database&level2=ABC&MT_ID=1399 21 May 2010 at NZ Rugby Museum They came into the match and tour as the most recent Six Nations champions and the last of the Home Nations to agree to play the All Blacks on the 2005 tour. New Zealand came in after a successful British & Irish Lions tour and another Tri Nations win.June 2024 The All Black coaching staff named three debutants for the first test in Cardiff: Neemia Tialata and Chris Masoe were chosen ahead of regular starters Tony Woodcock and Richie McCaw, while Angus MacDonald came on for James Ryan for his first international. 5 November 2005 WAL 3–41 Report NZL S. Jones 19' Gear (3) 28' c, 43' c, 48' cCarter (2) 66' c, 78' c Carter (5) Carter (2) 10', 16' Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 74,402 Chris White (England) FB 15Gareth Thomas (c) 56RW 14Kevin MorganOC 13Mark TaylorIC 12Ceri Sweeney 68LW 11Shane WilliamsFH 10Stephen JonesSH 9 Mike Phillips 49N8 8 Michael OwenOF 7 Colin Charvis 68BF 6 Jonathan ThomasRL 5 Robert SidoliLL 4 Brent Cockbain 61TP 3 Adam Jones 46HK 2 Mefin Davies 61LP 1 Duncan JonesReplacements:HK 16T. Rhys Thomas 61PR 17Chris Horsman 46LK 18Luke Charteris 61FL 19Robin Sowden-Taylor 68SH 20Gareth Cooper 49FH 21Nicky Robinson 68WG 22Lee Byrne 56Coach:WAL Mike Ruddock FB 15Mils Muliaina 72RW 14Rico Gear 68OC 13Conrad SmithIC 12Tana Umaga (c)LW 11Joe RokocokoFH 10Dan CarterSH 9 Byron Kelleher 68N8 8 Rodney So'oialoOF 7 Chris Masoe 68BF 6 Jerry CollinsRL 5 James Ryan 65LL 4 Chris JackTP 3 Carl HaymanHK 2 Anton Oliver 65LP 1 Neemia Tialata 51Replacements:HK 16Andrew Hore 65PR 17Tony Woodcock 51LK 18Angus Macdonald 65FL 19Richie McCaw 68SH 20Jimmy Cowan 68CE 21Ma'a Nonu 68FB 22Leon MacDonald 72Coach:NZL Graham Henry Key Substitution Blood bin Yellow card Red card Match summary The All Blacks started off their tour with a 41–3 victory over Wales in Cardiff on 5 November, the 100th anniversary of rugby between the two teams. Dan Carter scored 26 points for New Zealand, including two of the five tries by the visitors. Rico Gear scored the other three tries for his team. First half The All Blacks took control of the ball and position on the field, to deter the chance of the Welsh team's offensive attack.June 2024 New Zealand struck first with an early penalty before Byron Kelleher lost the first chance for a try in the 16th minute of play. The halfback took a quick tap at halfway, running 45 meters through a gap before getting tackled downfield, failing to offload to the open Tana Umaga at his shoulder. Carter converted to be two from two and put the All Blacks out in front 6–0.June 2024 Wales also missed a chance for a try that had to be substituted for penalty because of poor play. Gareth Thomas made it happen with a break through a missed tackle to set up a ruck inside the All Blacks' 22-meter line. A penalty was called for poor ball handling. First-five Stephen Jones converted it into points and decreased the deficit to a penalty's-worth, 3 points.June 2024 Rico Gear scored the only try of the first half. With the scores at 6–3 in favor of the visitors, Chris Jack took the ball from the line-out in Welsh territory and provided the ball to the backs. Umaga straightened and feed back to Carter who spread it to Mils Muliaina. He then passed to Gear who scored in the right hand corner. Carter converted the sideline conversion and put the All Blacks out to 13.June 2024 The Rico Gear try in the corner nine minutes from the half-time break gave the All Blacks the upper hand going into the second half.June 2024 Second half The All Blacks scored two converted tries in the first ten minutes, both from Gear. Gear scored his second, set up by Carter, and third in the same corner as his first; his second came from a pass from Carter who put him through the gap and it was an easy run to the try line, while his third was as simple as his first two with some easy passing out wide where Gear got outside his man and scored another five-pointer. Carter converted and New Zealand secured the win with still half an hour to play with a 27–3 lead.June 2024 Both sides shifted down a few gears dominating much of the final half-hour.New Zealand scored their fourth try of the game, coming from a play by Carter who broke a tackle and ran down the line to score his 17th and, after the conversion, 19th points of the match. In the final minute of play Conrad Smith put a kick through for Umaga; Umaga ran to catch the ball, but went down with his challenger and popped the ball up to a supporting Carter who went in for his second try and then his fifth conversion of the night.June 2024 Carter finished with 26 of the team's 41 points and the All Blacks started off their tour on the highest possible note. Both teams used all of their replacement players, bringing them on at some point during the match. Richie McCaw and Tony Woodcock were the two usual starters on the bench making room for run-on debutants Neemia Tialata and Chris Masoe, while Angus MacDonald made his debut off the bench. Ireland Ireland were looking for a historic first win over the All Blacks. Throughout the entirety of their test rugby back catalogue, Ireland had failed to register a single victory. The closest they had come was a 10–10 draw in 1973 at Lansdowne Road. The All Black coaches named a completely different squad than their team that played against Wales with loose forward Sione Lauaki and prop John Afoa making their debuts. Afoa was selected in the initial squad for the Tri Nations earlier in the year but had to wait until the 2005 end-of-year tour be he got on the field. Richie McCaw was named captain while regular captain Tana Umaga was rested. They also named five forward replacements and only two back replacements. 12 November 2005 IRE 7–45 Report NZL Horan Humphreys Sivivatu (2)WeepuHowlett (2) Evans (4) Evans (4) Lansdowne Road, Dublin 42,000 Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) FB 15Geordan Murphy 76RW 14Tommy BoweOC 13Gordon D'ArcyIC 12Shane HorganLW 11Anthony HorganFH 10Ronan O'Gara 71SH 9 Peter StringerN8 8 Denis LeamyOF 7 Johnny O'ConnorBF 6 Simon Easterby (c) 70RL 5 Malcolm O'Kelly 60LL 4 Donncha O'CallaghanTP 3 John Hayes 60HK 2 Shane Byrne 70LP 1 Marcus HoranReplacements:HK 16Rory Best 70PR 17Simon Best 60LK 18Matt McCullough 60FL 19Neil Best 70SH 20Kieran CampbellFH 21David Humphreys 76FB 22Girvan Dempsey 76Coach:IRE rugby union Eddie O'Sullivan FB 15Leon MacDonaldRW 14Doug HowlettOC 13Ma'a NonuIC 12Aaron MaugerLW 11Sitiveni SivivatuFH 10Nick EvansSH 9 Piri Weepu 60N8 8 Mose Tuiali'iOF 7 Richie McCaw (c) 70BF 6 Sione LauakiRL 5 Ali WilliamsLL 4 Jason EatonTP 3 John AfoaHK 2 Keven Mealamu 60LP 1 Tony Woodcock 60Replacements:HK 16Andrew Hore 60PR 17Saimone Taumoepeau 60PR 18Carl HaymanLK 19Chris JackN8 20Rodney So'oialo 70SH 21Jimmy Cowan 60FB 22Mils MuliainaCoach:NZL Graham Henry Key Substitution Blood bin Yellow card Red card Match summary The All Blacks' second test was as good as their first with good win over Ireland on 12 November. The score would have been a shutout, but a late try by Marcus Horan left the full-time score at 45–7. Two tries each to wingers Sitiveni Sivivatu and Doug Howlett and another 20 points contributed by Nick Evans helped the All Blacks to a perfect 2–0 start to their Grand Slam tour. First half Ireland struggled in the first ten minutes, unable to get out of their own half from the pressure the All Blacks applied. The result was inevitable as Sitiveni Sivivatu broke a tackle and scored the first try of the match in the ninth minute of play. Nick Evans converted and the All Blacks were up 7–0. As possession switched between teams, New Zealand were the first to do something with it when stand-in captain Richie McCaw offloaded to busy halfback Piri Weepu for their second try. Evans missed the conversion, but a penalty five minutes later brought the All Blacks up to 15–0 26 minutes in. With another penalty in the 35th minute, New Zealand gained a chance at a counter-attack off a kick from Ronan O'Gara that failed to clear the touchline. New Zealand soaked up the Irish pressure and gained possession, No. 8 Mose Tuiali'i broke down the right hand line, passed to Leon MacDonald who fed Sivivatu for his second and New Zealand's third. Evans converted and New Zealand went into half-time with a 25–0 advantage. Second half New Zealand started where they finished off in the second half with Ireland trying to perform better than their poor first half when Nick Evans kicked two penalties in the first eight minutes from some disappointing play from the home side.June 2024 A dangerous tackle by Ma'a Nonu on Gordon D'Arcy brought memories of the Tana Umaga "spear tackle" on Brian O'Driscoll in the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour and he was lucky to leave with just a warning.June 2024 Five minutes after the tackle, winger Doug Howlett got the wide ball and scored what looked like New Zealand's fourth try of the night, but referee Jonathan Kaplan referred to the television match official and awarded Ireland a line-out instead, after it was determined his leg was out of bounds before the ball was grounded in goal. Ma'a Nonu was also called back after he knocked the ball on over the line. Howlett gained what he thought he had five minutes later with the first of his tries as the All Blacks spread it wide beyond Ireland's capacity, Evans converted and New Zealand were up 28–0.June 2024 Ten minutes from full-time Ireland took a quick tap and Shane Horgan scrambled over the line but was unable to ground the ball and they were awarded a penalty five metres out. Four minutes later, when the game was all but over, Howlett prospered from another period of prolonged New Zealand pressure and claimed his second try of the afternoon. Another conversion followed, and New Zealand were up by 45 points.June 2024 Ireland finally got on the board two minutes from full-time when Marcus Horan crossed the line from an Irish maul. David Humphreys converted, and the Irish left without the embarrassment of a whitewash.June 2024 New Zealand finished the game with a dominant performance, not letting Ireland in until the last minute, racking up their second win of the tour and halfway to their first Grand Slam tour since 1978.June 2024 New Zealand used four of their possible seven substitutes, with Saimone Taumoepeau coming on to have his first run-out of the tour. Ireland used six of their subs during the game, with only Kieran Campbell not being used. England England provided the toughest challenge yet with only four points separating the teams at the final whistle. England were the most recent team of the four 2005 opponents to beat the All Blacks with a 15–13 victory in 2003 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington. New Zealand named the best team possible for the game with only seven of the players staying on from the last test against Ireland. Richie McCaw was a late replacement after copping a head knock in the previous test, he was replaced by Chris Masoe. It was marked and remembered by the three yellow cards referee Alan Lewis delivered to the All Blacks, who at one time were down to 13 men. Along with Wales, England were celebrating 100 years of test rugby against the All Blacks, first playing on 12 February 1905. 19 November 2005 ENG 19–23 Report NZL Corry Hodgson Hodgson (4) MealamuUmaga Carter (2) Carter (3) Twickenham Stadium, London 62,000 Alan Lewis (Ireland) FB 15Josh LewseyRW 14Mark CuetoOC 13Jamie NoonIC 12Mike TindallLW 11Ben CohenFH 10Charlie HodgsonSH 9 Matt DawsonN8 8 Martin Corry (c)OF 7 Lewis MoodyBF 6 Pat SandersonRL 5 Danny GrewcockLL 4 Steve BorthwickTP 3 Phil VickeryHK 2 Steve ThompsonLP 1 Andrew Sheridan 74Replacements:HK 16Lee MearsPR 17Matt Stevens 74LK 18Louis DeaconFL 19Chris JonesSH 20Harry EllisFH 21Olly BarkleyFB 22Mark van GisbergenCoach:ENG Andy Robinson FB 15Mils MuliainaRW 14Doug HowlettOC 13Tana Umaga (c)IC 12Aaron Mauger 77LW 11Sitiveni Sivivatu 74FH 10Dan CarterSH 9 Byron Kelleher 73N8 8 Rodney So'oialo 76OF 7 Chris Masoe 77BF 6 Jerry CollinsRL 5 Ali Williams 64 67LL 4 Chris JackTP 3 Carl HaymanHK 2 Keven MealamuLP 1 Tony Woodcock 57Replacements:HK 16Andrew HorePR 17Neemia Tialata 66LK 18Jason Eaton 64 67FL 19Mose Tuiali'i 76SH 20Piri Weepu 73WG 21Joe Rokocoko 74FB 22Leon MacDonald 77Coach:NZL Graham Henry Key Substitution Blood bin Yellow card Red card Match summary Staunch defence was a major factor in New Zealand's 23–19 win over England on 19 November in front of capacity crowd at a Twickenham Stadium going through a few developments. With 14 men for the better part of the second half, New Zealand kept the home team to just one try, running in two of their own and a total of 10 successful kicks at goal completing the scoring.June 2024 First half England dominated the early stages of the game, captain Martin Corry running in the first try five minutes in. New Zealand were penalised in their desperation to recover, and England opted for the line-out which got them to the All Blacks' 22-metre line. They completed the line-out and from the ensuing maul the home team scored their first and only try of the match. Charlie Hodgson converted the sideline conversion and the Twickenham crowd settled down to see how the All Blacks would respond.June 2024 As the two teams battled for supremacy in all areas it took five-eight Dan Carter to make the break. Through a weak tackle by Corry on his own 22-metre line, Carter had a two-on-one. He managed to offload to his captain, Tana Umaga, who scored under the posts. Carter converted and the scores were equal 20 minutes in.June 2024 After some tremendous defence from both teams, a penalty goal each saw the score move to 10–10 in which was an intensely fought battle, evident in the scrums where England, dominant in their match against Australia a week ago, were being given a much tougher test.June 2024 Another penalty by Carter after one missed by Hodgson left the All Blacks with a 13–10 advantage going into halftime after a tough, fast first half.June 2024 Second half New Zealand were immediately on the front foot five minutes after the restart with Dan Carter making another break which set up a platform for Keven Mealamu to barrel over. With the conversion successful, New Zealand were out to a 10-point lead early on.June 2024 Another penalty each, and the score at 23–13, England sustained enough forward pressure to force Tony Woodcock to commit a yellow card offence in the 57th minute. England responded successfully with two penalties to Hodgson from some nice line-out and driving work by the forwards. The lead was knocked down to four points with a quarter of an hour left in the match with New Zealand still with 14 men.June 2024 A couple of minutes before Woodcock was due to return, the replacement prop, Neemia Tialata, was sin-binned and, for a short while, New Zealand were down to 13 men.June 2024 England were still unable to score any points though and with both sin-binned players returning, it looked like the All Blacks would be able to hold out for the last four minutes. However, with England threatening on attack, Chris Masoe was penalised for intentionally killing the ball and was shown the yellow card, giving the home team a shot at the win.June 2024 Despite the player advantage, England could not create the opportunity to score the try needed for the victory, and New Zealand escaped with their toughest win of the tour.June 2024 New Zealand received three yellow cards throughout the game, and were reduced to 13 men at one point. They also utilised all of their replacements except Andrew Hore. England only used one of their seven substitutes, with Matt Stevens coming on for Andrew Sheridan in the 74th minute. Scotland 26 November 2005 SCO 10–29 Report NZL Webster Paterson Paterson Gear (2)EvansLauaki Evans (2)MacDonald Evans Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 47,678 Nigel Whitehouse (Wales) FB 15Hugo SouthwellRW 14Chris PatersonOC 13Marcus Di Rollo 57IC 12Andrew HendersonLW 11Sean LamontFH 10Dan Parks 68SH 9 Chris Cusiter 20N8 8 Simon TaylorOF 7 Ally Hogg 68BF 6 Jason WhiteRL 5 Scott MurrayLL 4 Craig Hamilton 40TP 3 Bruce Douglas 59HK 2 Scott Lawson 59LP 1 Gavin KerrReplacements:HK 16Dougie Hall 59PR 17Craig Smith 59LK 18Alastair Kellock 40FL 19Kelly Brown 68SH 20Mike Blair 20FH 21Phil Godman 68CE 22Simon Webster 57Coach:SCO Frank Hadden FB 15Isaia ToeavaRW 14Rico GearOC 13Conrad Smith 40IC 12Tana Umaga (c)LW 11Joe RokocokoFH 10Nick Evans 70SH 9 Piri Weepu 64N8 8 Sione LauakiOF 7 Richie McCaw 45BF 6 Angus MacdonaldRL 5 James Ryan 64LL 4 Chris JackTP 3 John AfoaHK 2 Anton Oliver 48LP 1 Saimone Taumoepeau 69Replacements:HK 16Andrew Hore 48PR 17Neemia Tialata 69LK 18Jason Eaton 64FL 19Mose Tuiali'i 45SH 20Jimmy Cowan 64FH 21Leon MacDonald 70CE 22Ma'a Nonu 40Coach:NZL Graham Henry Key Substitution Blood bin Yellow card Red card References External links 2005 Tour in detail 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 Tour Category:2005 rugby union tours Category:2005–06 in Irish rugby union Category:2005–06 in English rugby union Category:2005–06 in Welsh rugby union Category:2005–06 in Scottish rugby union Category:2005–06 in European rugby union Category:2005–06 in British rugby union