2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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.

2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
NRL Rank3rd
Play-off resultPremiers
2014 recordWins: 15; draws: 0; losses: 9
Points scoredFor: 585; against: 361
Team information
CEOShane Richardson
Head CoachMichael Maguire
Captain
StadiumANZ Stadium
Avg. attendance19,888
High attendance43,255 v Canterbury, Rd 7
Top scorers
TriesAlex Johnston
GoalsAdam Reynolds
PointsAdam Reynolds
< 2013 List of seasons 2015 >

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
See also: List of South Sydney Rabbitohs players

Squad Movement

Gains
Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Glenn Stewart Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
2016
Tim Grant Penrith Panthers
2018
Cody Walker Melbourne Storm
2016

Losses
Player 2015 Club Notes
Sam BurgessRugby Union
Beau ChampionParramatta Eels
Apisai KoroisauPenrith Panthers
Nathan MerrittRetired
Lote TuqiriRetired
Ben Te'oRugby Union

Re-signings
Player Club Until End of Notes
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

Ladder
2014 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 2416082615385+23036
2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2416082502399+10336
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs (P) 2415092585361+22434
4 Penrith Panthers 2415092506426+8034
5 North Queensland Cowboys 24140102596406+19032
6 Melbourne Storm 24140102536460+7632
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24130112446439+730
8 Brisbane Broncos 24120122549456+9328
9 New Zealand Warriors 24120122571491+8028
10 Parramatta Eels 24120122477580−10328
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24110132469528−5926
12 Newcastle Knights 24100142463571−10824
13 Wests Tigers 24100142420631−21124
14 Gold Coast Titans 2490152372538−16622
15 Canberra Raiders 2480162466623−15720
16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2450192334613−27914

Fixtures

Pre-season

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

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreAttendanceReport
Sunday, 9 FebruaryBack to Belmore Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBelmore Sports Ground, Sydney38 – 125,000
Saturdayurday, 22 FebruaryCharity Shield St. George Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium, Wollongong38 – 2014,633
Legend:   Win   13+ Win   Loss   13+ Loss   Draw

NRL Auckland Nines
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

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
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:

Regular Season
Round Opponent Score Date Time Venue Crowd Pos.
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

Grand final
Main article: 2014 NRL Grand Final
Sunday, 5 October
7:35pm AEDT
South Sydney Rabbitohs 30 – 6 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
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Representative honours
All StarsANZAC TestPacific TestCity / CountryState of Origin 1State of Origin 2State of Origin 3Four Nations
N/A
Australia Greg Inglis
Fiji 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
Australia Greg Inglis,

Australia Dylan Walker,

England George Burgess,

England Tom Burgess,

New Zealand Issac Luke

Post-season

References
  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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