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Super League X
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2005's Super League X is the official name for the 10th engage Super League season in the sport of rugby league. The Grand Final, held at Old Trafford on 15 October, saw Bradford Bulls crowned Champions. The Grand Final was the final match of a six team play-off series which itself was the climax of a league season that kicked off in early February.
Either one or two teams were to be relegated from the league at the end of the season in order to make way for new entrants. The bottom team were certain to be relegated, in order to allow in French club Les Catalans. The second bottom team would only be relegated if the winner of National League One met the criteria for Super League entry. On the 3 October the Rugby Football League announced that both finalist in this competition, Castleford Tigers and Whitehaven were eligible for promotion, hence two teams were relegated.
The season was a commercial success, with a rise in average crowd size for the regular rounds of 8,887, continuing the trend of rises every year since 2001 [1]. It is worth noting that this is the first time in the history of Super League the Grand Final has not included the league leader at the end of the regular season: St Helens were knocked out by Bradford Bulls in the semi-final.
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- Champions: Bradford Bulls
- League Leader's Shield: St. Helens
- Relegated: Leigh Centurions, Widnes Vikings
| Team | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Points |
| St Helens | 28 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1028 | 537 | 491 | 47 |
| Leeds Rhinos | 28 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 1150 | 505 | 645 | 44 |
| Bradford Bulls | 28 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 1038 | 684 | 354 | 37 |
| Warrington Wolves | 28 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 792 | 702 | 90 | 36 |
| Hull FC | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 756 | 670 | 86 | 32 |
| London Broncos | 28 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 800 | 718 | 82 | 28 |
| Wigan Warriors | 28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 698 | 718 | -20 | 28 |
| Huddersfield Giants | 28 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 742 | 791 | -49 | 24 |
| Salford City Reds | 28 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 549 | 732 | -183 | 22 |
| Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 716 | 997 | -281 | 20 |
| Widnes Vikings | 28 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 598 | 1048 | -450 | 13 |
| Leigh Centurions | 28 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 445 | 1210 | -765 | 5 |
Home team first
- 23 September: Bradford Bulls 44-22 London Broncos
- 24 September: Warrington Wolves 6-40 Hull FC
- 1 October (Elimination SF): Bradford Bulls 71-0 Hull FC
- 30 September (Qualification SF): St Helens 16-19 Leeds Rhinos
- 7 October: St Helens 18-23 Bradford Bulls
- 15 October: Leeds Rhinos 6-15 Bradford Bulls
| Preceded by Super League IX |
Super League Season 2005 |
Succeeded by Super League XI |