The 2014 NRL season consisted of 26 weekly regular season rounds starting on Thursday March 6, and concluded on Sunday October 5 with the grand final, where the South Sydney Rabbitohs ended a 43-year premiership drought by defeating the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30–6.
Regular season Round 1 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance South Sydney Rabbitohs28-8 Sydney Roosters6 March 2014, 8:05pmANZ Stadium, SydneyBen Cummins Luke Phillips27,282 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs12-18 Brisbane Broncos7 March 2014, 8:05pmANZ Stadium, SydneyShayne Hayne Chris James18,040 Penrith Panthers30-8 Newcastle Knights8 March 2014, 4:30pmSportingbet StadiumMatt Cecchin Alan Shortall11,369Penrith Panthers Belt Wounded Newastle Knights At Sportingbet StadiumThe Daily Telegraph Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles22-23 Melbourne Storm8 March 2014, 7:00pmBrookvale OvalGerard Sutton Gavin Reynolds14,200 North Queensland Cowboys28-22 Canberra Raiders8 March 2014, 8:00pm1300SMILES StadiumGavin Badger Brett Suttor12,121 St. George Illawarra Dragons44-24 Wests Tigers9 March 2014, 3:00pmANZ Stadium, SydneyAshley Klein Adam Gee19,860 Parramatta Eels36-16 New Zealand Warriors9 March 2014, 3:00pmPirtek StadiumAdam Devcich Henry Perenara14,397Hattrick Heroes Semi Radradra Vai Toutai Inspire Electric Eels To Win Over WarriorsThe Daily Telegraph Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks12-18 Gold Coast Titans10 March 2014, 7:00pmRemondis StadiumJared Maxwell Grant Atkins9,3212014 Season Scores The Melbourne Storm won their season opener for the 10th successive year.
Round 2 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles14-12 South Sydney Rabbitohs14 March 2014, 7:40pmBluetongue Stadium15,120 Brisbane Broncos16-12 North Queensland Cowboys14 March 2014, 7:40pmSuncorp Stadium43,303 New Zealand Warriors 12 - 31 St. George Illawarra Dragons15 March 2014, 5:00pmEden ParkJared Maxwell Grant Atkins14,392 Melbourne Storm 18 - 17 Penrith Panthers15 March 2014, 5:30pmAAMI Park13,952 Sydney Roosters 56 - 4 Parramatta Eels15 March 2014, 7:30pmAllianz StadiumBrett Suttor Gavin Badger13,269 Gold Coast Titans 12 - 42 Wests Tigers16 March 2014, 2:00pmCbus Super Stadium12,038 Newcastle Knights 20 - 26 Canberra Raiders16 March 2014, 6:30pmHunter Stadium14,674 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 42 - 4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks17 March 2014, 7:00pmANZ Stadium, Sydney12,057
Round 3 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance Wests Tigers25 - 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs21 March 2014, 7:40pmANZ Stadium, Sydney20,061 Brisbane Broncos26 - 30 Sydney Roosters21 March 2014, 7:40pmSuncorp Stadium33,381 Penrith Panthers 18 - 16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs22 March 2014, 4:30pmSportingbet Stadium13,291 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12 - 14 St. George Illawarra Dragons22 March 2014, 7:00pmRemondis Stadium14,821 North Queensland Cowboys 16 - 20 New Zealand Warriors22 March 2014, 8:00pm1300SMILES Stadium12,738 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22 - 18 Parramatta Eels23 March 2014, 3:00pmBrookvale OvalJared Maxwell Grant Atkins14,135 Canberra Raiders 12 - 24 Gold Coast Titans23 March 2014, 6:30pmGIO Stadium9,636 Melbourne Storm28 - 20 Newcastle Knights24 March 2014, 7:00pmAAMI Park11,490
Round 4 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance Sydney Roosters 0 - 8 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles28 March 2014, 7:40pmAllianz Stadium14,902 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 - 36 Brisbane Broncos28 March 2014, 8:00pmWIN Stadium10,526 Parramatta Eels 32 - 16 Penrith Panthers29 March 2014, 5:30pmPirtek Stadium Shayne Hayne Henry Perenara14,448 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 40 - 12 Melbourne Storm29 March 2014, 7:30pmnib Stadium12,014 New Zealand Warriors 42 - 18 Wests Tigers29 March 2014, 2:00pmWestpac Stadium22,512 South Sydney Rabbitohs18 - 30 Canberra Raiders30 March 2014, 2:00pmANZ Stadium, Sydney16,032 Newcastle Knights 30 - 0 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks30 March 2014, 3:00pmHunter Stadium18,196 Gold Coast Titans13 - 12 North Queensland Cowboys31 March 2014, 6:30pmCbus Super Stadium9,482
Round 5 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance Sydney Roosters8 - 9 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs4 April 2014, 7:40pmAllianz Stadium12,854 Brisbane Broncos18 - 25 Parramatta Eels4 April 2014, 7:40pmSuncorp Stadium Matt CecchinGrant Atkins32,009 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks37 - 6 New Zealand Warriors5 April 2014, 3:00pmRemondis Stadium11,307 Penrith Panthers 12 - 6 Canberra Raiders5 April 2014, 5:30pmSportingbet Stadium7,667 St. George Illawarra Dragons6 - 26 South Sydney Rabbitohs5 April 2014, 7:30pmSydney Cricket Ground24,368 Melbourne Storm26 - 28 Gold Coast Titans6 April 2014, 2:00pmAAMI Park11,930 Wests Tigers34 - 18 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles6 April 2014, 3:00pmLeichhardt Oval16,311 North Queensland Cowboys28 - 2 Newcastle Knights7 April 2014, 7:00pm1300SMILES Stadium11,189
Round 6 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance Penrith Panthers 2 - 18 South Sydney Rabbitohs11 April 2014, 7:40pmSportingbet Stadium11,764 Gold Coast Titans 12 - 8 Brisbane Broncos11 April 2014, 7:40pmCbus Super Stadium20,524 Canberra Raiders 12 - 26 Newcastle Knights12 April 2014, 3:00pmGIO Stadium9,519 Parramatta Eels 14 - 12 Sydney Roosters12 April 2014, 5:30pmPirtek Stadium Gerard Sutton David Munro 15,312 Wests Tigers16 - 4 North Queensland Cowboys12 April 2014, 7:30pmCampbelltown Stadium6,456 New Zealand Warriors20 - 21 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs13 April 2014, 4:00pmEden Park22,165 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles24 - 4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks13 April 2014, 3:00pmBrookvale Oval9,065 Melbourne Storm28 - 24 St. George Illawarra Dragons14 April 2014, 7:00pmAAMI Park13,130
Round 7 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance South Sydney Rabbitohs 14 - 15 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs18 April 2014, 4:00pmANZ Stadium, Sydney43,255 Newcastle Knights 6 - 32 Brisbane Broncos18 April 2014, 7:40pmHunter Stadium22,278 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26 - 21 North Queensland Cowboys18 April 2014, 7:40pmBluetongue Stadium10,012 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 - 10 New Zealand Warriors19 April 2014, 5:30pmWIN Jubilee Oval10,801 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 18 - 24 Sydney Roosters19 April 2014, 7:30pmRemondis Stadium12,100 Canberra Raiders 24 - 22 Melbourne Storm20 April 2014, 3:00pmGIO Stadium10,941 Parramatta Eels18 - 21 Wests Tigers21 April 2014, 4:00pmANZ Stadium, Sydney Matt CecchinGrant Atkins50,688 Penrith Panthers14 - 12 Gold Coast Titans21 April 2014, 7:00pmSportingbet Stadium9,555 The Bulldogs became the first team in History to win 3 straight games by 1 point.
Round 8 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance St. George Illawarra Dragons14 - 34 Sydney Roosters25 April 2014, 4:00pmAllianz Stadium38,784 Melbourne Storm10 - 16 New Zealand Warriors25 April 2014, 6:00pmAAMI Park28,716 Brisbane Broncos26 - 28 South Sydney Rabbitohs25 April 2014, 8:00pmSuncorp Stadium44,122 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks24 - 20 Penrith Panthers26 April 2014, 3:00pmRemondis Stadium13,669 North Queensland Cowboys42 - 14 Parramatta Eels26 April 2014, 5:30pm1300SMILES Stadium Ben Cummings Gavin Reynolds13,285 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs16 - 12 Newcastle Knights26 April 2014, 7:30pmANZ Stadium, Sydney15,286 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles54 - 18 Canberra Raiders27 April 2014, 2:00pmBrookvale Oval8,817 Wests Tigers6 - 22 Gold Coast Titans27 April 2014, 3:00pmLeichhardt Oval8,929
Round 9 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance Sydney Roosters30 - 6 Wests Tigers9 May 2014, 7:40pmAllianz Stadium16,024 North Queensland Cowboys27 - 14 Brisbane Broncos9 May 2014, 7:40pm1300SMILES Stadium21,340 New Zealand Warriors54 - 12 Canberra Raiders10 May 2014, 5:00pmEden Park18,165 Gold Coast Titans18 - 40 South Sydney Rabbitohs10 May 2014, 5:30pmCbus Super Stadium19,107 Melbourne Storm22 - 19 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles10 May 2014, 7:30pmAAMI Park13,273 Newcastle Knights10 - 32 Penrith Panthers11 May 2014, 2:00pmHunter Stadium13,682 St. George Illawarra Dragons6 - 38 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs11 May 2014, 3:00pmANZ Stadium, Sydney21,077 Parramatta Eels42 - 24 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks12 May 2014, 7:00pmPirtek Stadium Adam DevcichAlan Shortall12,541 The Raiders became the first team since North Queensland in Rounds 13 and 14 2007 to concede 50+ points in consecutive games, it was also the 2nd time in Raiders History this had happened, having happened in Rounds 2 and 3 2006.
Round 10 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance South Sydney Rabbitohs14 - 27 Melbourne Storm16 May 2014, 7:40pmANZ Stadium, Sydney18,508 Brisbane Broncos22 - 8 Gold Coast Titans16 May 2014, 7:40pmSuncorp Stadium31,380 Parramatta Eels36 - 0 St. George Illawarra Dragons17 May 2014, 3:00pmPirtek Stadium Jared MaxwellChris James18,631 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks20 - 22 Wests Tigers17 May 2014, 5:30pmRemondis Stadium15,869 North Queensland Cowboys42 - 10 Sydney Roosters17 May 2014, 7:30pm1300SMILES Stadium15,361 Canberra Raiders20 - 26 Penrith Panthers18 May 2014, 2:00pmGIO Stadium8,892 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs16 - 12 New Zealand Warriors18 May 2014, 4:00pmWaikato Stadium17,673 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles15 - 14 Newcastle Knights19 May 2014, 7:00pmBrookvale Oval8,655
Round 11 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs12 - 32 Sydney Roosters23 May 2014, 7:45pmANZ Stadium, Sydney19,088 Gold Coast Titans16 - 24 New Zealand Warriors24 May 2014, 5:30pmCbus Super Stadium18,753 Wests Tigers14 - 16 Brisbane Broncos24 May 2014, 7:30pmCampbelltown Stadium16,511 Canberra Raiders42 - 12 North Queensland Cowboys25 May 2014, 3:00pmGIO Stadium8,412 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks0 - 18 South Sydney Rabbitohs26 May 2014, 7:00pmRemondis Stadium8,137 Bye: St. George Illawarra Dragons, Parramatta Eels, Newcastle Knights, Penrith Panthers, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles & Melbourne Storm South Sydney held an opposition team to nil for the first time since Round 18 1999, and the first time since re-admission in 2002.
Round 12 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance Penrith Panthers 38 - 12 Parramatta Eels30 May 2014, 7:45pmSportingbet Stadium Matt CecchinGavin Morris19,141 Sydney Roosters26 - 12 Canberra Raiders31 May 2014, 5:30pmAllianz Stadium11,815 North Queensland Cowboys22 - 0 Melbourne Storm31 May 2014, 7:30pm1300SMILES Stadium12,392 New Zealand Warriors38 - 18 Newcastle Knights1 June 2014, 4:00pmMt Smart Stadium19,068 Brisbane Broncos36 - 10 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles1 June 2014, 3:00pmSuncorp Stadium32,017 South Sydney Rabbitohs29 - 10 St. George Illawarra Dragons2 June 2014, 7:00pmANZ Stadium, Sydney11,771Bye: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Wests Tigers & Gold Coast Titans
Round 13 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles32 - 10 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs6 June 2014, 7:40pmBrookvale Oval9,235 Parramatta Eels18 - 16 North Queensland Cowboys6 June 2014, 7:40pmPirtek Stadium Ben CummingsGavin Reynolds10,142 Gold Coast Titans14 - 36 Penrith Panthers7 June 2014, 5:30pmCbus Super Stadium10,507 St. George Illawarra Dragons30 - 0 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks7 June 2014, 7:30pmWIN Stadium12,079 South Sydney Rabbitohs34 - 18 New Zealand Warriors7 June 2014, 7:30pmnib Stadium20,267 Newcastle Knights20 - 23 Wests Tigers8 June 2014, 2:00pmHunter Stadium22,173 Melbourne Storm12 - 32 Sydney Roosters8 June 2014, 3:00pmAAMI Park16,757 Canberra Raiders4 - 28 Brisbane Broncos9 June 2014, 7:00pmGIO Stadium8,094
Round 14