2005–06 Rugby Union County Championship
# 2005–06 Rugby Union County Championship

The 2005–06 Tetley's Bitter Rugby Union County Championship was the 106th edition of England's County Championship rugby union club competition.

Lancashire won their 18th title (beating Gloucestershire's record) after defeating Devon in the final.

## Final

* 29 May 2006

| Lancashire | 32-26 (HT 13-20) | Devon |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Payne (2), van der Venter, McCormack Con: Nutt (3) Pen: Nutt (2) | | Try: Lowrie, Kingdom Con: Kingdom (2) Pen: Kingdom (4) |

* Twickenham Referee: Geirant Ashton Jones

| | Warren Spragg | Orrell |
| - | - | - |
| | Neil Kerfoot | Waterloo |
| | Chris Briers | Orrell |
| | Freeman Payne | Waterloo |
| | Jalo van der Venter | Waterloo |
| | Steve Nutt | Waterloo |
| | Dave McCormack (capt) | Sedgley Park |
| | Martin O'Keefe | Waterloo |
| | Jonny Roddam | Sedgley Park |
| | Alan Yates | Westcliff |
| | Paul Arnold | Nottingham |
| | Erik Lund | Sedgley Park |
| | Richard Senior | Sedgley Park |
| | Dan Palmer | Waterloo |
| | Adam Newton | Sale |
| Replacements: ||
| | Chris Leck | Sale |
| | Matt Collie | Orrell |
| | Alex Loney | Nottingham |
| | Ben Lloyd | Sale |
| | Glynn Dewhurst | Preston Grasshoppers |
| Coach: ||
| | Mark Nelson |
| | Gary Kingdom | Exeter Chiefs |
| | Jon Fabian | Plymouth Albion |
| | Keni Fisilau | Plymouth Albion |
| | Sam Leung-Wai | Plymouth Albion |
| | Ed Barnes | Plymouth Albion |
| | Pat Sykes | Plymouth Albion |
| | Richard John | Launceston |
| | Tim Mathias | Weston-super-Mare |
| | James Owen | Plymouth Albion |
| | Ryan Hopkins | Plymouth Albion |
| | Mike Lewis | Plymouth Albion |
| | Brett Luxton | Launceston |
| | Gary Willis | Exeter Chiefs |
| | Brett Stroud | Plymouth Albion |
| | Chris Lowrie (capt) | Plymouth Albion |
| Replacements: ||
| | Danny Thomas | Plymouth Albion |
| | Danny Porte | Exeter Chiefs |
| | Graham Dawe | Plymouth Albion |
| | Wayne Reed | Launceston |
| | Dave Kimberley | Launceston |
| Coach: ||
| | Graham Dawe & John Roberts |
