| 2014 North Queensland Cowboys season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRL Rank | 5th | |||
| Play-off result | Lost semi-final (vSydney 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. attendance | 14,752 | |||
| High attendance | 25,120 (vs.Brisbane, Finals Week 1) | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Antonio Winterstein (15) | |||
| Goals | Johnathan Thurston (93) | |||
| Points | Johnathan Thurston (234) | |||
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The2014 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 20th inthe club's history. Coached byPaul Green and co-captained byJohnathan Thurston andMatthew Scott, they competed in theNRL's2014 Telstra Premiership.
On February 16, the Cowboys won the first trophy in their club's history when they won the inauguralNRL Auckland Nines tournament held atEden Park inAuckland defeating theBrisbane Broncos, 16-7, in the final. They won the trophy and a prize money cheque of $370,000. WingerKyle Feldt was awarded the Breakout Player of the Tournament award, whileGavin Cooper,Kane Linnett,James Tamou andAntonio Winterstein were named in the Team of the Tournament. The Cowboys finished the NRL season in 5th place, defeating theBrisbane Broncos in the first week of the finals. They were eliminated a week later by theSydney Roosters.
| First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach Assistant coaches
Updated: 15 January 2014 | ||||||||
| Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Asiata | 2015 | ||
| Lachlan Coote | 2016 | ||
| Cameron King | 2015 | ||
| Tautau Moga | 2016 | ||
| Hezron Murgha | 2015 | ||
| Ben Spina | 2014 | ||
| Matthew Wright | 2014 |
| Player | Signed To | Until End of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Bowen | 2014 | ||
| Kalifa Faifai Loa | 2015 | ||
| Ashley Graham | Retirement | - | |
| Clint Greenshields | Retirement | - | |
| Chris Grevsmuhl | 2015 | ||
| Jayden Hodges | 2016 | ||
| Dallas Johnson | Retirement | - | |
| Felise Kaufusi | 2014 | ||
| Blake Leary | 2014 | ||
| Tyson Martin | 2014 | ||
| Scott Moore | 2014 | ||
| Wayne Ulugia | 2015 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 615 | 385 | +230 | 36 | |
| 2 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 502 | 399 | +103 | 36 | |
| 3 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 585 | 361 | +224 | 34 | |
| 4 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 506 | 426 | +80 | 34 | |
| 5 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 596 | 406 | +190 | 32 | |
| 6 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 536 | 460 | +76 | 32 | |
| 7 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 446 | 439 | +7 | 30 | |
| 8 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 549 | 456 | +93 | 28 | |
| 9 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 571 | 491 | +80 | 28 | |
| 10 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 477 | 580 | −103 | 28 | |
| 11 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 469 | 528 | −59 | 26 | |
| 12 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 463 | 571 | −108 | 24 | |
| 13 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 420 | 631 | −211 | 24 | |
| 14 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 372 | 538 | −166 | 22 | |
| 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 466 | 623 | −157 | 20 | |
| 16 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 334 | 613 | −279 | 14 | |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 8 February | Trial 1 | Dolphin Oval | 32 – 8 | Sims (2),Kaufusi,King, Santo,Taumalolo | Feldt (3),Coote (1) | 12,000 | ||||
| Saturday, 22 February | Trial 2 | Clive Berghofer Stadium | 28 – 12 | Hall,Morgan,Sims,Taumalolo,Winterstein | Thurston (4) | 8,532 | ||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw | ||||||||||
TheNRL Auckland Nines is a pre-seasonrugby league nines competition featuring all 16NRL clubs. The 2014 competition was played over two days on February 15 and 16 atEden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Cowbous featured in Pool navy and playedCanberra,Manly and theWarriors. The top two teams of each pool qualified for the quarter-finals.
| Pool navy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 41 | +39 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 2 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 53 | -21 | 2 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 53 | -28 | 2 | |
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 15 February | 2:50pm | Round 1 | Eden Park | 8 – 17 | Feldt,Rona | ||||||
| Saturday, 15 Saturday | 6:35pm | Round 2 | Eden Park | 24 – 4 | Bowen (bonus try),Cooper (bonus try),Linnett,Thompson | Feldt (3) | |||||
| Sunday, 16 February | 1:45pm | Round 3 | Eden Park | 23 – 28 | Winterstein (2),Santo (bonus try),Feldt,Linnett | Feldt (1) | |||||
| Legend: Win Loss | |||||||||||
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 16 February | 4:45pm | Quarter | Eden Park | 22 – 12 | Feldt (2),Morgan,Rona,Sims | Feldt (1) | |||||
| Sunday, 16 February | 6:10pm | Semi | Eden Park | 8 – 0 | Bowen,Feldt | ||||||
| Sunday, 16 February | 7:30pm | Final | Eden Park | 16 – 7 | Rona (2),Winterstein | Lui (1),Morgan (1) | |||||
| Legend: Win Loss | |||||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 13 September | Qual. Final | 1300SMILES Stadium | 32 – 20 | Cooper (2),Linnett,Lui,Morgan | Thurston (6/6) | 25,120 | ||||
| Saturday, 13 September | Semi-final | Allianz Stadium | 30 – 31 | Cooper,Lowe,Lui,Scott,Thurston | Thurston (5/5) | 18,355 | ||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye | ||||||||||
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Asiata | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Scott Bolton | 26 | - | - | - | - |
| Gavin Cooper | 17 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Kyle Feldt | 10 | 7 | - | - | 28 |
| Glenn Hall | 24 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Sam Hoare | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Cameron King | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Rory Kostjasyn | 25 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Kane Linnett | 25 | 12 | - | - | 48 |
| Ethan Lowe | 10 | 3 | 4 | - | 20 |
| Robert Lui | 25 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Anthony Mitchell | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Tautau Moga | 11 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
| Michael Morgan | 26 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
| Joel Riethmuller | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Curtis Rona | 7 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Zac Santo | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Matthew Scott | 20 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| Ashton Sims | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Tariq Sims | 21 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Ben Spina | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| James Tamou | 21 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Brent Tate | 12 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
| Jason Taumalolo | 25 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Ray Thompson | 22 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Johnathan Thurston | 24 | 11 | 93 | 4 | 234 |
| Antonio Winterstein | 23 | 15 | - | - | 60 |
| Matthew Wright | 17 | 9 | - | - | 32 |
| Totals | 115 | 97 | 4 | 658 |
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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 |
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