2014 North Queensland Cowboys season

2014 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL 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. Attend. 14,752
High. Attend. 25,120 (vs. Brisbane, Finals Week 1)
Top scorers
Tries Antonio Winterstein (15)
Goals Johnathan Thurston (93)
Points Johnathan Thurston (234)
< 2013 2015 >

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.

Season summary

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.

Milestones

Squad List

North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2014
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • David Furner (Assistant Coach)
  • Terry Matterson (Assistant Coach)
  • Adrian Thomson (Assistant Coach)
  • Paul Bowman (High Performance Manager)
  • Steve Sartori (Physiotherapist)
  • Andrew Croll (Strength and Conditioning Coach)
  • Mark Henry (Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach)
  • Josh Carius (Performance Analyst)

Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

Updated: 15 January 2014
Source(s): Cowboys Squad 2014

Squad Movement

2014 Gains

Player Signed From Until End of Notes
John Asiata Sydney Roosters
2015
[1]
Lachlan Coote Penrith Panthers
2016
[2]
Cameron King St George Illawarra Dragons
2015
[3]
Tautau Moga Sydney Roosters (mid-season)
2016
[4]
Hezron Murgha Northern Pride
2015
[5]
Ben Spina Northern Pride (mid-season)
2014
Matthew Wright Cronulla Sharks
2014
[6]

2014 Losses

Player Signed To Until End of Notes
Matt Bowen Wigan Warriors
2014
[7]
Kalifa Faifai Loa Gold Coast Titans
2015
[8]
Ashley GrahamRetirement
-
[9]
Clint GreenshieldsRetirement
-
[10]
Chris Grevsmuhl South Sydney Rabbitohs
2015
[11]
Jayden Hodges Manly Sea Eagles
2016
[12]
Dallas JohnsonRetirement
-
[13]
Felise Kaufusi Melbourne Storm
2014
[14]
Blake Leary Northern Pride
2014
[15]
Tyson Martin Mackay Cutters
2014
[16]
Scott Moore London Broncos
2014
[17]
Wayne Ulugia Hull KR
2015
[18]

Re-signings

Player Club Until End of Notes
Gavin Cooper North Queensland Cowboys
2017
[19]
Kyle Feldt North Queensland Cowboys
2017
[20]
Glenn Hall North Queensland Cowboys
2015
[21]
Sam Hoare North Queensland Cowboys
2016
[22]
Rory Kostjasyn North Queensland Cowboys
2016
[23]
Robert Lui North Queensland Cowboys
2015
[24]
Brent Tate North Queensland Cowboys
2015
[25]
Matthew Wright North Queensland Cowboys
2016
[26]

Ladder

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

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 8 FebruaryTrial 1 Brisbane BroncosDolphin Oval32 8Sims (2), Kaufusi, King, Santo, TaumaloloFeldt (3), Coote (1)12,000
Saturday, 22 FebruaryTrial 2 Gold Coast TitansClive Berghofer Stadium28 12Hall, Morgan, Sims, Taumalolo, WintersteinThurston (4)8,532
Legend:       Win       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 February 15 and 16 at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Cowbous featured in Pool Yellow and played Canberra, Manly and the Warriors. The top two teams of each pool qualified for the quarter finals.

Pool Play
Pool Yellow
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
New Zealand Warriors 33008041+396
North Qld Cowboys 31025545+102
Canberra Raiders 31023253-212
Manly Sea Eagles 31022553-282
Date Time (Local) Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Saturday, 15 February2:50pmRound 1 Manly Sea EaglesEden Park8 17Feldt, Rona
Saturday, 15 Saturday 6:35pmRound 2 Canberra RaidersEden Park24 4Bowen (bonus try), Cooper (bonus try), Linnett, ThompsonFeldt (3)
Sunday, 16 February1:45pmRound 3 New Zealand WarriorsEden Park23 28Winterstein (2), Santo (bonus try), Feldt, LinnettFeldt (1)
Legend:       Win       Loss
Finals
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
Sunday, 16 February4:45pmQuarter Penrith PanthersEden Park22 12Feldt (2), Morgan, Rona, SimsFeldt (1)
Sunday, 16 February6:10pmSemi New Zealand WarriorsEden Park8 0Bowen, Feldt
Sunday, 16 February7:30pmFinal Brisbane BroncosEden Park16 7Rona (2), WintersteinLui (1), Morgan (1)
Legend:       Win       Loss

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 8 MarchRound 1 Canberra Raiders1300SMILES Stadium28 22Cooper, Feldt, Kostjasyn, Thurston, WintersteinThurston (4/5)12,121
Friday, 14 MarchRound 2 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium12 16Cooper, ThurstonThurston (2/3) 42,303
Sunday, 22 MarchRound 3 New Zealand Warriors1300SMILES Stadium16 20Feldt, Morgan, WintersteinThurston (2/3)12,738
Monday, 31 MarchRound 4 Gold Coast TitansCbus Super Stadium12 13Scott, ThurstonThurston (2/2)9,482
Monday, 7 AprilRound 5 Newcastle Knights1300SMILES Stadium28 2Morgan (2), Tate, Thompson, WrightThurston (4/5)11,189
Saturday, 12 AprilRound 6 Wests TigersCampbelltown Stadium4 16 TateThurston (0/1) 6,456
Friday, 18 AprilRound 7 Manly Sea EaglesCentral Coast Stadium21 26 Tate (2), Feldt, RonaThurston (2/3, FG), Feldt (0/2)10,013
Saturday, 26 AprilRound 8 Parramatta Eels1300SMILES Stadium42 14 Linnett (2), Rona (2), Morgan, Scott, Thurston Thurston (7/7) 13,285
Friday, 9 MayRound 9 Brisbane Broncos1300SMILES Stadium27 14 Kostjasyn, Linnett, Lowe, Scott Thurston (5/6, FG) 21,340
Saturday, 17 MayRound 10 Sydney Roosters1300SMILES Stadium42 10 Linnett (3), T. Sims, Tate, Thurston, Wright Thurston (7/9) 15,361
Sunday, 25 MayRound 11 Canberra RaidersGIO Stadium42 12 Lowe, Rona Lowe (2/2) 8,412
Saturday, 31 MayRound 12 Melbourne Storm1300SMILES Stadium22 0 Linnett, Morgan, Thurston, Winterstein Thurston (3/4) 12,392
Friday, 6 JuneRound 13 Parramatta EelsPirtek Stadium16 18 Morgan, Tamou, Winterstein Thurston (2/3) 10,142
Round 14Bye
Monday, 23 JuneRound 15 Newcastle KnightsHunter Stadium28 36 Lui (2), Rona, T. Sims, Winterstein Thurston (4/5) 11,925
Saturday, 28 JuneRound 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs1300SMILES Stadium20 18 Wright (2), T. Sims, Winterstein Thurston (2/5) 15,897
Saturday, 5 JulyRound 17 St George Illawarra DragonsKogarah Oval24 27 Winterstein (2), Rona, T. Sims, Taumalolo Lowe (2/4), Wright (0/1) 12,082
Round 18Bye
Friday, 18 JulyRound 19 Cronulla SharksRemondis Stadium36 18 Thurston (2), Hall, Morgan, T. Sims, Winterstein Thurston (6/7) 9,366
Saturday, 26 JulyRound 20 Canterbury BulldogsANZ Stadium20 12 Wright (2), Winterstein Thurston (4/5) 9,873
Saturday, 2 AugustRound 21 Gold Coast Titans1300SMILES Stadium28 8Cooper, Linnett, Moga, Morgan, Thurston Thurston (4/6) 14,487
Saturday, 9 AugustRound 22 Wests Tigers1300SMILES Stadium64 6 Wright (3), Moga (2), Taumalolo (2), Winterstein (2), Linnett, Morgan, T. Sims Thurston (8/12) 12,317
Monday, 18 AugustRound 23 Penrith PanthersSportingbet Stadium23 22 Hall, Linnett, Lui, Winterstein Thurston (3/4) 7,276
Saturday, 23 AugustRound 24 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium22 10Feldt (2), Taumalolo, Winterstein Thurston (3/5) 17,171
Monday, 1 SeptemberRound 25 Cronulla Sharks1300SMILES Stadium20 19Taumalolo (2), Thurston Thurston (3/3, 2 FG)11,712
Saturday, 6 SeptemberRound 26 Manly Sea Eagles1300SMILES Stadium30 16 Feldt (2), Linnett, Lui, Winterstein Thurston (5/6) 22,521
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw       Bye

Finals

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 13 SeptemberQual. Final Brisbane Broncos1300SMILES Stadium 32 20 Cooper (2), Linnett, Lui, Morgan Thurston (6/6) 25,120
Saturday, 13 SeptemberSemi Final Sydney RoostersAllianz Stadium 30 31 Cooper, Lowe, Lui, Scott, Thurston Thurston (5/5) 18,355
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw       Bye

Statistics

NameAppTGFGPts
Asiata, JohnJohn Asiata6----
Bolton, ScottScott Bolton26----
Cooper, GavinGavin Cooper176--24
Feldt, KyleKyle Feldt107--28
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall242--8
Hoare, SamSam Hoare6----
King, CameronCameron King2----
Kostjasyn, RoryRory Kostjasyn252--8
Linnett, KaneKane Linnett2512--48
Lowe, EthanEthan Lowe1034-20
Lui, RobertRobert Lui256--24
Mitchell, AnthonyAnthony Mitchell4----
Moga, TautauTautau Moga113--12
Morgan, MichaelMichael Morgan2610--40
Riethmuller, JoelJoel Riethmuller6----
Rona, CurtisCurtis Rona76--24
Santo, ZacZac Santo1----
Scott, MatthewMatthew Scott204--16
Sims, AshtonAshton Sims25----
Sims, TariqTariq Sims216--24
Spina, BenBen Spina1----
Tamou, JamesJames Tamou211--4
Tate, BrentBrent Tate125--20
Taumalolo, JasonJason Taumalolo256--24
Thompson, RayRay Thompson221--4
Thurston, JohnathanJohnathan Thurston2411934234
Winterstein, AntonioAntonio Winterstein2315--60
Wright, MatthewMatthew Wright179--32
Totals 115 97 4 658

Source:[27]

Representatives

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
Michael Morgan
-
-
-
-
-
-
Prime Minister's XIII
-
Tautau Moga
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Samoa
Matthew Scott
-
Australia
-
Queensland
Queensland
-
-
-
Ashton Sims
-
-
Fiji
-
-
-
-
-
Tariq Sims
Country
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
James Tamou
-
Australia
-
New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales
-
-
Brent Tate
-
-
-
Queensland
Queensland
-
-
-
Jason Taumalolo
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
New Zealand
Johnathan Thurston
-
Australia
-
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
-
Antonio Winterstein
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Samoa

Honours

League

Club

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