wins four gold medals in the five events they entered in the World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan. Rugby league Bartercard Cup won by Mt Albert Lions 27 November – The Kiwis defeat the Australian Kanagroos 24-0 in the final of the rugby league tri-nations championship. (The third team being Great Britain). Rugby union 9 July – The All Blacks complete a 3–0 whitewash of the touring British & Irish Lions. 3 September: The All Blacks defeat Australia's Wallabies 34-24 in the final match of the 2005 Tri Nations Series, and win the title for the sixth time. 27 November – The All Blacks defeat Scotland at Edinburgh to become only the second All Black touring team to complete the "Grand Slam" of rugby – beating Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland on one tour (the first being in 1978). Shooting Ballinger Belt – John Whiteman (Upper Hutt) Soccer Inaugural year of the New Zealand Football Championship won by Auckland City FC The Chatham Cup is won by Central United (Auckland) who beat Palmerston North Marist 2–1 in the final. Births 23 September – Gustav Legnavsky, freestyle skier Deaths January 2 January – John Ziman, physicist and humanist 12 January – John Brown, cricket umpire (born 1928) 15 January – Terry Crowley, linguistics academic (born 1953) 19 January – Bill Andersen, trade union leader (born 1924) 21 January – Neville Scott, athlete (born 1935) February 4 February – Barbara Angus, diplomat, historian (born 1924) 14 February – Albert Harris, orchestrator, arranger and composer (born 1916) 16 February – Margaret Milne, potter (born 1917) 26 February – Ian Colquhoun, cricketer (born 1924) 28 February – Phil Fuemana, musician (born 1964) March 4 March – Douglas Dumbleton, cricket player and umpire (born 1918) 9 March – Brian Turner, naval officer (born 1915) 15 March – Marilyn Pryor, anti-abortion advocate (born 1936) 27 March – Richard Kearney, jurist (born 1930) April 1 April – Greg Aim, cricketer, sports and arts administrator (born 1933) 4 April – Mark Beban, cricketer (born 1940) 12 April – Kevin Stuart, rugby union player (born 1928) 19 April – What A Nuisance, thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1978) 23 April – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Queensland politician (born 1911) May 1 May – Rex Bergstrom, econometrics academic (born 1925) 8 May – Ellis Child, cricketer (born 1925) 11 May – Bob Stuart, rugby union player and administrator (born 1920) 12 May – Ivan