2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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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[]

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[]

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

Contract lengths[]

Ladder[]

2014 NRL season v t
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[]

Pre-season[]

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

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Attendance	Report
Sunday, 9 February		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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

Representative honours[]

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