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| 2014 North Queensland Cowboys season | ||||
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| NRL Rank | 5th | |||
| Play-off result | Lost semi-final (v Sydney Roosters, 30-31) | |||
| 2014 record | Wins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 10 | |||
| Points scored | For: 596; against: 406 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Peter Jourdain | |||
| Coach | Paul Green | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | 1300SMILES Stadium | |||
| Avg. attendance | 14,752 | |||
| High attendance | 25,120 (vs. Brisbane, Finals Week 1) | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Antonio Winterstein (15) | |||
| Goals | Johnathan Thurston (93) | |||
| Points | Johnathan Thurston (234) | |||
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The 2014 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 20th in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2014 Telstra Premiership.
On February 16, the Cowboys won the first trophy in their club's history when they won the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines tournament held at Eden Park in Auckland defeating the Brisbane Broncos, 16-7, in the final. They won the trophy and a prize money cheque of $370,000. Winger Kyle Feldt was awarded the Breakout Player of the Tournament award, while Gavin Cooper, Kane Linnett, James Tamou and Antonio Winterstein were named in the Team of the Tournament. The Cowboys finished the NRL season in 5th place, defeating the Brisbane Broncos in the first week of the finals. They were eliminated a week later by the Sydney Roosters.
| First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach Assistant coaches
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| Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes |
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| John Asiata | 2015 |
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| Lachlan Coote | 2016 |
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| Cameron King | 2015 |
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| Tautau Moga | 2016 |
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| Hezron Murgha | 2015 |
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| Ben Spina | 2014 |
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| Matthew Wright | 2014 |
| Player | Signed To | Until End of | Notes |
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| Matt Bowen | 2014 |
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| Kalifa Faifai Loa | 2015 |
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| Ashley Graham | Retirement | - |
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| Clint Greenshields | Retirement | - |
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| Chris Grevsmuhl | 2015 |
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| Jayden Hodges | 2016 |
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| Dallas Johnson | Retirement | - |
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| Felise Kaufusi | 2014 |
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| Blake Leary | 2014 |
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| Tyson Martin | 2014 |
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| Scott Moore | 2014 |
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| Wayne Ulugia | 2015 |
| Player | Club | Until End of | Notes |
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| Gavin Cooper | 2017 |
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| Kyle Feldt | 2017 |
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| Glenn Hall | 2015 |
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| Sam Hoare | 2016 |
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| Rory Kostjasyn | 2016 |
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| Robert Lui | 2015 |
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| Brent Tate | 2015 |
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| Matthew Wright | 2016 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| 1 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 615 | 385 | +230 | 36 | |
| 2 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 502 | 399 | +103 | 36 | |
| 3 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 585 | 361 | +224 | 34 | |
| 4 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 506 | 426 | +80 | 34 | |
| 5 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 596 | 406 | +190 | 32 | |
| 6 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 536 | 460 | +76 | 32 | |
| 7 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 446 | 439 | +7 | 30 | |
| 8 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 549 | 456 | +93 | 28 | |
| 9 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 571 | 491 | +80 | 28 | |
| 10 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 477 | 580 | −103 | 28 | |
| 11 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 469 | 528 | −59 | 26 | |
| 12 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 463 | 571 | −108 | 24 | |
| 13 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 420 | 631 | −211 | 24 | |
| 14 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 372 | 538 | −166 | 22 | |
| 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 466 | 623 | −157 | 20 | |
| 16 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 334 | 613 | −279 | 14 | |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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| Saturday, 8 February | Trial 1 | Dolphin Oval | 32 – 8 | Sims (2), Kaufusi, King, Santo, Taumalolo | Feldt (3), Coote (1) | 12,000 | ||||
| Saturday, 22 February | Trial 2 | Clive Berghofer Stadium | 28 – 12 | Hall, Morgan, Sims, Taumalolo, Winterstein | Thurston (4) | 8,532 | ||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw | ||||||||||
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 February 15 and 16 at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Cowbous featured in Pool navy and played Canberra, Manly and the Warriors. The top two teams of each pool qualified for the quarter-finals.
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 41 | +39 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 2 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 53 | -21 | 2 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 53 | -28 | 2 | |
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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| Saturday, 15 February | 2:50pm | Round 1 | Eden Park | 8 – 17 | Feldt, Rona | ||||||
| Saturday, 15 Saturday | 6:35pm | Round 2 | Eden Park | 24 – 4 | Bowen (bonus try), Cooper (bonus try), Linnett, Thompson | Feldt (3) | |||||
| Sunday, 16 February | 1:45pm | Round 3 | Eden Park | 23 – 28 | Winterstein (2), Santo (bonus try), Feldt, Linnett | Feldt (1) | |||||
| Legend: Win Loss | |||||||||||
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Newcastle Knights | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Brisbane Broncos | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Brisbane Broncos | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Parramatta Eels | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Brisbane Broncos | 7 | |||||||||||||
| North Queensland Cowboys | 16 | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand Warriors | 17 | |||||||||||||
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 16 | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand Warriors | 0 | |||||||||||||
| North Queensland Cowboys | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Penrith Panthers | 12 | |||||||||||||
| North Queensland Cowboys | 22 | |||||||||||||
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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| Sunday, 16 February | 4:45pm | Quarter | Eden Park | 22 – 12 | Feldt (2), Morgan, Rona, Sims | Feldt (1) | |||||
| Sunday, 16 February | 6:10pm | Semi | Eden Park | 8 – 0 | Bowen, Feldt | ||||||
| Sunday, 16 February | 7:30pm | Final | Eden Park | 16 – 7 | Rona (2), Winterstein | Lui (1), Morgan (1) | |||||
| Legend: Win Loss | |||||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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| Saturday, 13 September | Qual. Final | 1300SMILES Stadium | 32 – 20 | Cooper (2), Linnett, Lui, Morgan | Thurston (6/6) | 25,120 | ||||
| Saturday, 13 September | Semi-final | Allianz Stadium | 30 – 31 | Cooper, Lowe, Lui, Scott, Thurston | Thurston (5/5) | 18,355 | ||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye | ||||||||||
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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| John Asiata | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Scott Bolton | 26 | - | - | - | - |
| Gavin Cooper | 17 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Kyle Feldt | 10 | 7 | - | - | 28 |
| Glenn Hall | 24 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Sam Hoare | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Cameron King | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Rory Kostjasyn | 25 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Kane Linnett | 25 | 12 | - | - | 48 |
| Ethan Lowe | 10 | 3 | 4 | - | 20 |
| Robert Lui | 25 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Anthony Mitchell | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Tautau Moga | 11 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
| Michael Morgan | 26 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
| Joel Riethmuller | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Curtis Rona | 7 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Zac Santo | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Matthew Scott | 20 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| Ashton Sims | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Tariq Sims | 21 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Ben Spina | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| James Tamou | 21 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Brent Tate | 12 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
| Jason Taumalolo | 25 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Ray Thompson | 22 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Johnathan Thurston | 24 | 11 | 93 | 4 | 234 |
| Antonio Winterstein | 23 | 15 | - | - | 60 |
| Matthew Wright | 17 | 9 | - | - | 32 |
| Totals | 115 | 97 | 4 | 658 |
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The following players have played a representative match in 2014
| City vs Country | ANZAC Test | Four Nations Qualifier | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | Prime Minister's XIII | Four Nations | |
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| Michael Morgan | - |
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| Matthew Scott | - |
Australia |
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| Ashton Sims | - |
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| Tariq Sims | Country |
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| James Tamou | - |
Australia |
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| Brent Tate | - |
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Queensland |
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| Jason Taumalolo | - |
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New Zealand
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| Johnathan Thurston | - |
Australia |
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| Antonio Winterstein | - |
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