2005 Harold Matthews Cup Grand Final
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2005
Kick Off: 12:00pm (local time)
Referee: Brenton McHatton
Venue: Western Weekender Stadium, St Marys, NSW, Australia
| Illawarra Steelers (10) | Penrith Panthers (38) | ||
| 1 | Travis ROCHE | 1 | Zoram WATENE |
| 2 | Luke McNAMARA | 2 | Simon GAIRNS |
| 3 | Daniel NICASTRI | 3 | Daniel ROKI |
| 4 | Mathew RYAN | 4 | Kyro FORRESTER |
| 5 | Nathanial HAMPTON-OLIVE | 5 | Ed ERTL |
| 6 | Ben COLLINSON | 6 | Jamie PATTERSON |
| 7 | Robert CARTER | 7 | Wade GRAHAM |
| 8 | Matt KENT | 8 | Mitchell CAHALANE |
| 9 | Mark DELAMONT | 9 | Adam SIMPSON |
| 10 | Haydn MATTHEWS | 10 | Siosaia VAVE |
| 11 | Jake BOWLES | 11 | Lewis DOWERS |
| 12 | Matthew WALKER | 12 | Tinirau ARONA |
| 13 | Brad HUDSON (c) | 13 | Lancen JOUDO (c) |
| 14 | Taiese FEVALEAKI | 14 | Zeb FILISE |
| 15 | Matthew BASSET | 15 | Adrian DOYLE |
| 17 | Hayden BOMBACI | 16 | Shane CROFT |
| 18 | Fouad HIJAZI | 17 | Daniel ROBINSON |
| 19 | Trevor TOUGHER | 18 | Ross WALSH |
| 20 | Luke DUDGEON | 19 | Tyson EPIHA |
| 25 | Christian RICAFUENTE | 20 | Daniel PENESE |
| 21 | William ISA | ||
| 22 | Jesse SENE-LEFAO | ||
| Coach | Scott STEWART & Brad HUGHES | Coach | Bill DOWERS |
| Tries | Tries | ||
| Brad HUDSON | Zoram WATENE (4) | ||
| Mathew RYAN | Mitchell CAHALANE | ||
| Kyro FORRESTER | |||
| Lancen JOUDO | |||
| Goals | Goals | ||
| Nathanial HAMPTON-OLIVE | Daniel ROKI (5) |
Match notes
The teams listed were squads named during the week of the game, not the final team list.