The 2005 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland was a

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tour played by the

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, also known as the All Blacks, in the United Kingdom and in the

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against their respective national teams. Played through November, it consisted of 4 matches against

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and

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. It was the first Grand Slam Tour by the

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since the 18 match Grand Slam tour of 1978. New Zealand won all matches with a touring squad of 35 players selected by Head Coach

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. The first against

on 5 November, then against

on 12 November,

on 19 November and finally

on 26 November 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.

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.

was Head Coach with Wayne Smith and

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as his Assistant Coaches.

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was named captain for the tour.

Tests

A total of four matches were played during the 2005 Grand Slam tour against the four home unions of

and

. The tour was played over four weeks, with one game each week.

Wales

were looking to beat the All Blacks for the first time since 1953, when they won 13–8 at

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.Match Review
at NZ Rugby Museum They came into the match and tour as the most recent Six Nations champions and the last of the

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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. The

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coaching staff named three debutantes for the first test in

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and

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were chosen ahead of regular starters Tony Woodcock and

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, while Angus MacDonald came on for James Ryan for his first international.

Match summary

The All Blacks started off their tour with a 41–3 victory over

on 5 November, the 100th anniversary of rugby between the two teams.

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was the standout player for New Zealand, scoring 26 points including two of the five tries by the visitors.

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scored the other three tries for his team.

took another loss to the All Blacks, having to wait another year until they could break their losing streak against them, winning 13–8.

= First half

= Both sides started the game a bit rusty but the All Blacks quickly took control of the ball and position on the field, depleting the Welsh team of a chance at attack. 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 metres through a gap before getting tackled downfield, failing to offload to the open

at his shoulder. Carter converted to be two from two and put the All Blacks out in front 6–0. 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 nice break through a missed tackle to set up a ruck inside the All Blacks' 22-metre line. With players wide, an easy catch and pass game would have got them the try they needed but poor ball handling ended up with the penalty being called instead. First-five Stephen Jones converted it into points and decreased the deficit to a penalty's-worth, 3 points.

scored the only try of the first half after some nice all round All Black play. With the scores at 6–3 in favour 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

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, it was an easy pass out to Gear after that who scored in the right hand corner. Carter converted the sideline conversion and put the All Blacks out to 13.

gained confidence as the first half progressed but 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.

= Second half

= The

showed no signs of slowing down when they came out and 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 nice 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.

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converted and New Zealand secured the win with still half an hour to play with a 27–3 lead. With the game all but over, both sides shifted down a few gears with scrappy play dominating much of the final half-hour. However, New Zealand were the ones who capitalised on it, when they scored their fourth try of the game, coming from a dominant play by Carter who broke an easy tackle and cruised down the line to score his 17th and, after the conversion, 19th points of the match. Yet, he wasn't finished, in the final minute of play Conrad Smith put a kick through for Umaga; Umaga won the race to 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. Carter finished with 26 of the team's 41 points and the All Blacks started off their tour on the highest possible note.

Scoring summary

*1st half ** NZ – 10'

penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 3–0'' ** NZ – 16'

penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 6–0'' ** WAL – 19' Stephen Jones penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 6–3'' ** NZ – 28'

try, conversion successful (

). Score: ''New Zealand 13–3'' *2nd half ** NZ – 43'

try, conversion successful (

). Score: ''New Zealand 20–3'' ** NZ – 48'

try, conversion successful (

). Score: ''New Zealand 27–3'' ** NZ – 66'

try, conversion successful (

). Score: ''New Zealand 34 – 3'' ** NZ – 78'

try, conversion successful (

). Score: ''New Zealand 41–3'' *Final: New Zealand 41–3 Wales

Player movement

Both teams utilised all of their replacement players, bringing them on at some point during the match.

and Tony Woodcock were the two usual starters on the bench making room for run-on debutantes

and

, while Angus MacDonald made his debut off the bench.

=New Zealand

=Wales

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

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. The All Black coaches named a completely different squad than their team that played against

with loose forward

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and prop

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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.

was named captain while regular captain

was rested. They also named five forward replacements and only two back replacements.

Match summary

The All Blacks' second test was as good as their first with good win over

on 12 November. The score would have been a shutout, but a late try by

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left the full-time score at 45–7. Two tries each to wingers

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and

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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

offloaded to busy halfback

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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

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that failed to clear the touchline. New Zealand soaked up the Irish pressure and gained possession, No. 8

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broke down the right hand line, passed to

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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. A dangerous tackle by

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brought memories of the

"spear tackle" on

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in the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour and he was lucky to leave with just a warning. Five minutes after the tackle, winger

got the wide ball and scored what looked like New Zealand's fourth try of the night, but referee

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referred to the television match official and awarded

a line-out instead, after it was determined his leg was out of bounds before the ball was grounded in goal.

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. Ten minutes from full-time Ireland took a quick tap and

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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. Ireland finally got on the board two minutes from full-time when

crossed the line from an Irish maul. David Humphreys converted, and the Irish left without the embarrassment of a whitewash. 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.

Scoring summary

*1st half ** NZ –

try, conversion successful ( Nick Evans). Score: ''New Zealand 7–0'' ** NZ –

try, conversion unsuccessful. Score: ''New Zealand 12–0'' ** NZ – Nick Evans penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 15–0'' ** NZ – Nick Evans penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 18–0'' ** NZ –

try, conversion successful ( Nick Evans). Score: ''New Zealand 25–0'' *2nd half ** NZ – Nick Evans penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 28–0'' ** NZ – Nick Evans penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 31–0'' ** NZ –

try, conversion successful ( Nick Evans). Score: ''New Zealand 38–0'' ** NZ –

try, conversion successful ( Nick Evans). Score: ''New Zealand 45–0'' ** IRE –

try, conversion successful (

). Score: ''New Zealand 45–7'' *Final: New Zealand 45– 7 Ireland

Player movement

New Zealand used four of their possible seven substitutes, with

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coming on to have his first run-out of the tour. Ireland used six of their subs during the game, with only

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not being used.

= New Zealand

=Ireland

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

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. New Zealand named the best team possible for the game with only seven of the players staying on from the last test against Ireland.

was a late replacement after copping a head knock in the previous test, he was replaced by

. 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

, first playing on 12 February 1905.

Match summary

Staunch defence was a major factor in New Zealand's 23–19 win over

on 19 November in front of capacity crowd at a

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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.

= 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.

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converted the sideline conversion and the

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crowd settled down to see how the All Blacks would respond. As the two teams battled for supremacy in all areas it took five-eight Daniel 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,

, who scored under the posts. Carter converted and the scores were equal 20 minutes in. 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

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a week ago, were being given a much tougher test. 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.

= Second half

= New Zealand were immediately on the front foot five minutes after the restart with Daniel Carter making another break which set up a platform for

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to barrel over. With the conversion successful, New Zealand were out to a 10-point lead early on. 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. A couple of minutes before Woodcock was due to return, the replacement prop,

, was sin-binned and, for a short while, New Zealand were down to 13 men. 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,

was penalised for intentionally killing the ball and was shown the yellow card, giving the home team a shot at the win. 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.

Scoring summary

*1st half ** ENG – Martin Corry try, conversion successful (

). Score: ''England 7–0'' **NZ –

try, conversion successful (

). Score: ''New Zealand 7–7'' ** ENG –

penalty goal. Score: ''England 10–7'' ** NZ –

penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 10–10'' ** NZ –

penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 13–10'' *2nd half **NZ –

try, conversion successful (

). Score: ''New Zealand 20–10'' ** ENG –

penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 20–13'' ** NZ –

penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 23–13'' ** ENG –

penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 23–16'' ** ENG –

penalty goal. Score: ''New Zealand 23–19'' *Final: New Zealand 23–19 England

Player movement

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

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. England only used one of their seven substitutes, with Matt Stevens coming on for

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in the 74th minute.

= New Zealand

= England

Scotland

References

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