2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
Team information
CEO Shane Richardson
Head Coach Michael Maguire
Captain
Stadium ANZ Stadium
Top scorers
Tries Alex Johnston
Goals Adam Reynolds
Points Adam Reynolds
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The 2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs season is 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

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

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

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.

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Attendance Report
Sunday, 9 FebruaryBack to Belmore Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBelmore Sports Ground, Sydney38 – 125,000
Saturday, 22 FebruaryCharity Shield St. George Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium, Wollongong38 – 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
Team
 Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
Penrith Panthers 32015337+164
South Sydney Rabbitohs 32015338+154
Melbourne Storm 31023940-12
St. George Illawarra Dragons 31022656-302

Finals

  Qualifying / Elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
                                   
  QF1: 13 Sept, Allianz Stadium  
1   Sydney 18  
4   Penrith 19     SF1: 19 Sept, Allianz Stadium  
      Sydney 31    
EF1: 13 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium       North Queensland 30       PF1: 27 Sept, ANZ Stadium
5   North Queensland 32         Penrith 12  
8   Brisbane 20           Canterbury-Bankstown 18     GF: 5 Oct, ANZ Stadium
          Canterbury-Bankstown 6
  EF2: 14 Sept, AAMI Park       PF2: 26 Sept, ANZ Stadium       South Sydney 30
6   Melbourne 4           Sydney 22  
7   Canterbury-Bankstown 28     SF2: 20 Sept, Allianz Stadium         South Sydney 32  
      Canterbury-Bankstown 18    
QF2: 12 Sept, Allianz Stadium       Manly-Warringah 17    
2   Manly-Warringah 24  
3   South Sydney 40  

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/s: Shayne Hayne, Gerard Sutton
Clive Churchill Medal: Sam Burgess

Player Statistics

Player Appearances Tries Goals Field Goals Total Points
– – – – – –

Representative Honours

Year All Stars ANZAC Test Pacific Test City / Country State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Four Nations
2014 N/A Greg Inglis Lote Tuqiri Adam Reynolds (C), Dylan Walker (C) Chris McQueen (Q), Ben Te'o (Q), Greg Inglis (Q) Chris McQueen (Q), Ben Te'o (Q), Greg Inglis (Q) Ben Te'o (Q), Greg Inglis (Q) Greg Inglis (A), Dylan Walker (A), George Burgess (E), Tom Burgess (E), Issac Luke (N)

KEY:

References

  1. ↑ http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2015-issac-luke-to-leave-south-sydney-rabbitohs-for-warriors-in-huge-new-zealand-coup/story-e6frf3uu-1227345825142
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