2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
NRL Rank3rd
Play-off result Premiers
2014 recordWins: 15; draws: 0; losses: 9
Points scoredFor: 585; against: 361
Team information
CEO Shane Richardson
Head Coach Michael Maguire
Captain
Stadium ANZ Stadium
Avg. attendance19,888
High attendance43,255 v Canterbury, Rd 7
Top scorers
Tries Alex Johnston
Goals Adam Reynolds
Points Adam Reynolds
<  2013 List of seasons 2015  >

The 2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 105th in the club's history. Coached by Michael Maguire and captained by John Sutton, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2014 Telstra Premiership.

Contents

Season summary

Milestones

On Sunday 5 October 2014, the South Sydney Rabbitohs finally ended their 43-year drought, and claimed the NRL Premiership Trophy after defeating the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the Grand Final, 30–6.

Squad List

Squad Movement

Gains

PlayerSigned FromUntil End ofNotes
Glenn Stewart Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
2016
Tim Grant Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
2018
Cody Walker Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
2016

Losses

Player2015 ClubNotes
Sam Burgess Rugby Union
Beau Champion Parramatta Eels
Apisai Koroisau Penrith Panthers
Nathan Merritt Retired
Lote Tuqiri Retired
Ben Te'o Rugby Union

Re-signings

PlayerClubUntil End ofNotes
Jason Clark South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
2016
Issac Luke South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
2017
Contract ended because of Lukes movement to New Zealand Warriors [1]
Chris McQueen South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
2016

Contract lengths

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2416082615385+23036
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2416082502399+10336
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs (P)2415092585361+22434
4 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415092506426+8034
5 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24140102596406+19032
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24140102536460+7632
7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24130112446439+730
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24120122549456+9328
9 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24120122571491+8028
10 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24120122477580−10328
11 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24110132469528−5926
12 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24100142463571−10824
13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24100142420631−21124
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2490152372538−16622
15 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2480162466623−15720
16 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2450192334613−27914

Fixtures

Pre-season

In 2014, the Rabbitohs again competed in three pre-season trial matches.

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreAttendanceReport
Sunday, 9 February Back to Belmore Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney 38 125,000
Saturdayurday, 22 February Charity Shield St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong 38 2014,633
Legend:   Win  13+ Win  Loss  13+ Loss  Draw

NRL Auckland Nines

The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2014 competition was played over two days on 15 and 16 February at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Rabbitohs featured in Pool Red and played the Panthers, Storm and Dragons. The top two teams of each pool qualified for the quarter finals.

Pool Play

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Penrith Panthers 32015337+164
2 South Sydney Rabbitohs 32015338+154
3 Melbourne Storm 3102394012
4 St. George Illawarra Dragons 31022656302
Source: [ citation needed ]

Regular Season

RoundOpponentScoreDateTimeVenueCrowdPos.
Round 1Sydney28-8March 6thThursday 8:05pm ANZ Stadium 27,2825th
Round 2Manly12-14March 14thFriday 7:40pm Central Coast Stadium 15,1208th
Round 3Wests Tigers16-25March 21stFriday 7:40pm ANZ Stadium 20,06110th
Round 4Canberra18-30March 30thSunday 2:00pm ANZ Stadium 16,03214th
Round 5St George Illawarra26-6April 5thSaturday 7:30pm Sydney Cricket Ground 24,3683rd
Round 6Penrith18-2April 11thFriday 7:40pm Sportingbet Stadium 11,6747th
Round 7Canterbury14-15April 18thFriday 4:00pm ANZ Stadium 43,25511th
Round 8Brisbane28-26April 25thFriday 8:00pm Suncorp Stadium 44,1227th
Round 9Gold Coast40-18May 10thSaturday 5:30pm Cbus Super Stadium 19,1076th
Round 10Melbourne14-27May 16thFriday 7:40pm ANZ Stadium 18,50810th
Round 11Cronulla18-0May 26thMonday 7:00pm Remondis Stadium 8,1379th
Round 12St George Illawarra29-10June 2ndMonday 7:00pm ANZ Stadium 11,7715th
Round 13Warriors34-18June 7thSaturday 7:30pm NIB Stadium 20,2672nd
Round 14Wests Tigers32-10June 13thFriday 7:45pm ANZ Stadium 20,7212nd
Round 15 Bye
Round 16North QLD18-20June 28thSaturday 7:30pm 1300SMILES Stadium 15,8974th
Round 17Gold Coast10-14July 7thMonday 7:00pm ANZ Stadium 10,9254th
Round 18 Bye
Round 19Parramatta32-12July 18thFriday 7:40pm Pirtek Stadium 16,1254th
Round 20Canberra34-18July 28thMonday 7:00pm GIO Stadium 9,5263rd
Round 21Newcastle50-10August 3rdSunday 3:00pm Barlow Park 11,5782nd
Round 22Manly23-4August 8thFriday 7:45pm Sydney Cricket Ground 27,0621st
Round 23Brisbane42-16August 14thThursday 7:45pm ANZ Stadium 14,0942nd
Round 24North QLD10-22August 23rdSaturday 7:30pm ANZ Stadium 17,1711st
Round 25Canterbury21-14August 28thThursday 7:45pm ANZ Stadium 20,4243rd
Round 26Sydney18-22September 4thThursday 7:45pm Allianz Stadium 32,4813rd
Qualifying FinalManly40-24September 12thFriday 7:55pm Allianz Stadium 25,733-
Preliminary FinalSydney32-22September 26thFriday 7:55pm ANZ Stadium 52,592-
Grand FinalCanterbury30-6October 5thSunday 7:20pm ANZ Stadium 83,833-

Source: [2]

Finals

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand Final
13 Sept, Allianz Stadium
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 18
4 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 1919 Sept, Allianz Stadium
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 31
13 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 3027 Sept, ANZ Stadium
5 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 32 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 12
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 20 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 185 Oct, ANZ Stadium
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 6
14 Sept, AAMI Park 26 Sept, ANZ Stadium South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 30
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 22
7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 2820 Sept, Allianz Stadium South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 32
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 18
12 Sept, Allianz Stadium Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 17
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 24
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 40

Grand final

Sunday, 5 October
7:35pm AEDT
South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney colours.svg 30 6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Tries
Lote Tuqiri(7') 0/1
Johnston (20') 1
G. Burgess (56') 1
Auva'a (73') 1
Reynolds (78') 1
Inglis (80') 1

Goals
Reynolds 5/7 (27' pen, 58', 64' pen, 75', 79')
S. Burgess 0/1

Tries
Williams (49') 1

Goals
Hodkinson 1/1 (51')

ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 83,833
Referee: Shayne Hayne, Gerard Sutton
Clive Churchill Medal: Sam Burgess

Player statistics

PlayerAppearancesTriesGoalsField GoalsTotal Points

Representative honours

All Stars ANZAC Test Pacific Test City / Country State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Four Nations
N/A
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Inglis
Flag of Fiji.svg Lote Tuqiri
City colours.svg Adam Reynolds,

City colours.svg Dylan Walker

Queensland colours.svg Chris McQueen,

Queensland colours.svg Ben Te'o,

Queensland colours.svg Greg Inglis

Queensland colours.svg Chris McQueen,

Queensland colours.svg Ben Te'o,

Queensland colours.svg Greg Inglis


Queensland colours.svg Ben Te'o,

Queensland colours.svg Greg Inglis

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Inglis,

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dylan Walker,

Flag of England.svg George Burgess,

Flag of England.svg Tom Burgess,

Flag of New Zealand.svg Issac Luke

Post-season

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  2. "NRL 2014 - South Sydney Rabbitohs". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 4 June 2023.