2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

Rugby league team season

2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

NRL Rank| 3rd
Play-off result| Premiers
2014 record| Wins: 15; draws: 0; losses: 9
Points scored| For: 585; against: 361
Team information
CEO| Shane Richardson
Head Coach| Michael Maguire
Captain|

* John Sutton

Stadium| ANZ Stadium
Avg. attendance| 19,888
High attendance| 43,255 v Canterbury, Rd 7
Top scorers
Tries| Alex Johnston
Goals| Adam Reynolds
Points| Adam Reynolds
| ← 2013 | List of seasons | 2015 →

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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.

## Season summary

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### Milestones

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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

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See also: List of South Sydney Rabbitohs players

## Squad Movement

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### Gains

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Player  | Signed From  | Until End of  | Notes

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Glenn Stewart |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |

2016

Tim Grant |  Penrith Panthers |

2018

Cody Walker |  Melbourne Storm |

2016

### Losses

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Player  | 2015 Club  | Notes

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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

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Jason Clark |  South Sydney Rabbitohs |

2016

Issac Luke |  South Sydney Rabbitohs |

2017

| Contract ended because of Lukes movement to New Zealand Warriors [1]
Chris McQueen |  South Sydney Rabbitohs |

2016

### Contract lengths

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## Ladder

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2014 NRL season

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts
1 |  Sydney Roosters | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 615 | 385 | +230 | 36
2 |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 502 | 399 | +103 | 36
3 |  South Sydney Rabbitohs (P) | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 585 | 361 | +224 | 34
4 |  Penrith Panthers | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 506 | 426 | +80 | 34
5 |  North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 596 | 406 | +190 | 32
6 |  Melbourne Storm | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 536 | 460 | +76 | 32
7 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 446 | 439 | +7 | 30
8 |  Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 549 | 456 | +93 | 28
9 |  New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 571 | 491 | +80 | 28
10 |  Parramatta Eels | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 477 | 580 | −103 | 28
11 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 469 | 528 | −59 | 26
12 |  Newcastle Knights | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 463 | 571 | −108 | 24
13 |  Wests Tigers | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 420 | 631 | −211 | 24
14 |  Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 372 | 538 | −166 | 22
15 |  Canberra Raiders | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 466 | 623 | −157 | 20
16 |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 334 | 613 | −279 | 14

## Fixtures

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### Pre-season

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

Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Attendance | Report

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Sunday, 9 February | Back to Belmore |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney | 38 – 12 | 5,000 |
Saturday, 22 February | Charity Shield |  St. George Illawarra Dragons | WIN Stadium, Wollongong | 38 – 20 | 14,633 |
Legend:   Win   13+ Win   Loss   13+ Loss   Draw

#### NRL Auckland Nines

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Main article: 2014 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

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1  | Penrith Panthers | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 53  | 37  | +16  | 4
2  | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 53  | 38  | +15  | 4
3  | Melbourne Storm | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 39  | 40  | −1  | 2
4  | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 26  | 56  | −30  | 2

Source: [citation needed]

### Regular Season

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Round  | Opponent  | Score  | Date  | Time  | Venue  | Crowd  | Pos.

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Round 1  | Sydney  | 28-8  | March 6th  | Thursday 8:05pm  | ANZ Stadium | 27,282  | 5th
Round 2  | Manly  | 12-14  | March 14th  | Friday 7:40pm  | Central Coast Stadium | 15,120  | 8th
Round 3  | Wests Tigers  | 16-25  | March 21st  | Friday 7:40pm  | ANZ Stadium | 20,061  | 10th
Round 4  | Canberra  | 18-30  | March 30th  | Sunday 2:00pm  | ANZ Stadium | 16,032  | 14th
Round 5  | St George Illawarra  | 26-6  | April 5th  | Saturday 7:30pm  | Sydney Cricket Ground | 24,368  | 3rd
Round 6  | Penrith  | 18-2  | April 11th  | Friday 7:40pm  | Sportingbet Stadium | 11,674  | 7th
Round 7  | Canterbury  | 14-15  | April 18th  | Friday 4:00pm  | ANZ Stadium | 43,255  | 11th
Round 8  | Brisbane  | 28-26  | April 25th  | Friday 8:00pm  | Suncorp Stadium | 44,122  | 7th
Round 9  | Gold Coast  | 40-18  | May 10th  | Saturday 5:30pm  | Cbus Super Stadium | 19,107  | 6th
Round 10  | Melbourne  | 14-27  | May 16th  | Friday 7:40pm  | ANZ Stadium | 18,508  | 10th
Round 11  | Cronulla  | 18-0  | May 26th  | Monday 7:00pm  | Remondis Stadium | 8,137  | 9th
Round 12  | St George Illawarra  | 29-10  | June 2nd  | Monday 7:00pm  | ANZ Stadium | 11,771  | 5th
Round 13  | Warriors  | 34-18  | June 7th  | Saturday 7:30pm  | NIB Stadium | 20,267  | 2nd
Round 14  | Wests Tigers  | 32-10  | June 13th  | Friday 7:45pm  | ANZ Stadium | 20,721  | 2nd
Round 15 Bye
Round 16  | North QLD  | 18-20  | June 28th  | Saturday 7:30pm  | 1300SMILES Stadium | 15,897  | 4th
Round 17  | Gold Coast  | 10-14  | July 7th  | Monday 7:00pm  | ANZ Stadium | 10,925  | 4th
Round 18 Bye
Round 19  | Parramatta  | 32-12  | July 18th  | Friday 7:40pm  | Pirtek Stadium | 16,125  | 4th
Round 20  | Canberra  | 34-18  | July 28th  | Monday 7:00pm  | GIO Stadium | 9,526  | 3rd
Round 21  | Newcastle  | 50-10  | August 3rd  | Sunday 3:00pm  | Barlow Park | 11,578  | 2nd
Round 22  | Manly  | 23-4  | August 8th  | Friday 7:45pm  | Sydney Cricket Ground | 27,062  | 1st
Round 23  | Brisbane  | 42-16  | August 14th  | Thursday 7:45pm  | ANZ Stadium | 14,094  | 2nd
Round 24  | North QLD  | 10-22  | August 23rd  | Saturday 7:30pm  | ANZ Stadium | 17,171  | 1st
Round 25  | Canterbury  | 21-14  | August 28th  | Thursday 7:45pm  | ANZ Stadium | 20,424  | 3rd
Round 26  | Sydney  | 18-22  | September 4th  | Thursday 7:45pm  | Allianz Stadium | 32,481  | 3rd
Qualifying Final  | Manly  | 40-24  | September 12th  | Friday 7:55pm  | Allianz Stadium | 25,733  | \-
Preliminary Final  | Sydney  | 32-22  | September 26th  | Friday 7:55pm  | ANZ Stadium | 52,592  | \-
Grand Final  | Canterbury  | 30-6  | October 5th  | Sunday 7:20pm  | ANZ Stadium | 83,833  | \-

Source: [2]

### Finals

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| Qualifying and elimination finals| | | Semi-finals| | | | Preliminary finals| | | Grand final
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| 13 Sept, Allianz Stadium
| 1|  Sydney| 18|
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| 4|  Penrith| 19| | | 19 Sept, Allianz Stadium| | |
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| 13 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium| | |  North Queensland| 30| | | | 27 Sept, ANZ Stadium
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| 5|  North Queensland| 32| |  Penrith| 12
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| 8|  Brisbane| 20| | | | | |  Canterbury-Bankstown| 18| | | 5 Oct, ANZ Stadium
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| | |  Canterbury-Bankstown| 6
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| 14 Sept, AAMI Park| 26 Sept, ANZ Stadium| | |  South Sydney| 30
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| 6|  Melbourne| 4|  Sydney| 22|
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| 7|  Canterbury-Bankstown| 28| | | 20 Sept, Allianz Stadium| | | |  South Sydney| 32| |
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| |  Canterbury-Bankstown| 18|
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| 12 Sept, Allianz Stadium| | |  Manly-Warringah| 17| | |
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| 2|  Manly-Warringah| 24|
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| 3|  South Sydney| 40| | | | | |
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## Grand final

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Main article: 2014 NRL Grand Final

Sunday, 5 October
7:35pm AEDT

South Sydney Rabbitohs  | 30 – 6  |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

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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

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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

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Player | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Total Points

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## Representative honours

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All Stars | ANZAC Test | Pacific Test | City / Country | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | Four Nations

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N/A |
Greg Inglis
|  Lote Tuqiri |
Adam Reynolds,

Dylan Walker

Chris McQueen,

Ben Te'o,

Greg Inglis |
Chris McQueen,

Ben Te'o,

Greg Inglis |

Ben Te'o,

Greg Inglis |
Greg Inglis,

Dylan Walker,

George Burgess,

Tom Burgess,

Issac Luke

## Post-season

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## References

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1. ^ "Motorsport Video |Motorsport Highlights, Replays, News, Clips".
2. ^ "NRL 2014 - South Sydney Rabbitohs". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

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