# 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.

## 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 Movement
### Gains

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

### Losses

| Player | 2015 Club |
| 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 |
| Chris McQueen | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2016 | |

### Contract lengths
## Ladder

2014 NRL seasonvte :
| 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 |
| 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

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 | Teamvte | 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 |

### 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:

### Finals

| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 13 Sept, Allianz Stadium | 13 Sept, Allianz Stadium | 13 Sept, Allianz Stadium | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Sydney | 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Penrith | 19 | 19 Sept, Allianz Stadium | 19 Sept, Allianz Stadium | 19 Sept, Allianz Stadium | | | | |
| | | | Sydney | Sydney | 31 | | | | |
| 13 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium | 13 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium | 13 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium | North Queensland | North Queensland | 30 | 27 Sept, ANZ Stadium | 27 Sept, ANZ Stadium | 27 Sept, ANZ Stadium | | | |
| 5 | North Queensland | 32 | | | | Penrith | Penrith | 12 | |
| 8 | Brisbane | 20 | | | | Canterbury-Bankstown | Canterbury-Bankstown | 18 | 5 Oct, ANZ Stadium | 5 Oct, ANZ Stadium | 5 Oct, ANZ Stadium |
| | | | | | | | | | Canterbury-Bankstown | Canterbury-Bankstown | 6 |
| 14 Sept, AAMI Park | 14 Sept, AAMI Park | 14 Sept, AAMI Park | | | | 26 Sept, ANZ Stadium | 26 Sept, ANZ Stadium | 26 Sept, ANZ Stadium | South Sydney | South Sydney | 30 |
| 6 | Melbourne | 4 | | | | Sydney | Sydney | 22 | | |
| 7 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 28 | 20 Sept, Allianz Stadium | 20 Sept, Allianz Stadium | 20 Sept, Allianz Stadium | South Sydney | South Sydney | 32 | | |
| | | | Canterbury-Bankstown | Canterbury-Bankstown | 18 | | | | | | |
| 12 Sept, Allianz Stadium | 12 Sept, Allianz Stadium | 12 Sept, Allianz Stadium | Manly-Warringah | 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

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

## 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 |