▁year ' s ▁final : ▁a ▁Br umb ies ▁victory ▁over ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁in ▁Can ber ra . ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁win ▁the ▁following ▁week ▁at ▁home ▁over ▁the ▁Chief s , ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁win ▁over ▁the ▁Red s ▁at ▁T raf al gar ▁Park . ▁Although ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁ 3 5 – 2 0 ▁loss ▁to ▁the ▁Bull s ▁after ▁Cr us aders ▁captain ▁Rich ie ▁McC aw ▁was ▁knock ed ▁un cons cious , ▁they ▁eventually ▁finished ▁the ▁regular ▁season ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁table . ▁McC aw ▁returned ▁from ▁his ▁five ▁weeks ▁on ▁the ▁sid eline ▁to ▁lead ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁in ▁their ▁semi - final ▁victory ▁over ▁the ▁H urr ican es . ▁They ▁faced ▁the ▁War ata hs ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁at ▁J ade ▁Stadium . ▁ ▁Le ading ▁ 1 4 – 6 ▁at ▁hal ft ime , ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁then ▁moved ▁out ▁to ▁a ▁ 2 9 - point ▁lead . ▁Despite ▁three ▁late ▁tries ▁by ▁the ▁War ata hs , ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁won ▁their ▁fifth ▁title ▁with ▁a ▁ 3 5 – 2 0 ▁win . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁reward ▁for ▁their ▁sevent h ▁final s ▁appearance ▁and ▁fifth ▁title , ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁Super ▁ 1 2 ▁tro phy . ▁After ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁season , ▁the ▁franch ise ▁saw ▁the ▁departure ▁of ▁stal w arts ▁Andrew ▁Me hr t ens ▁and ▁Justin ▁Marshall , ▁both ▁of