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 NotesGlenn Stewart Manly Warringah Sea EaglesTim Grant Penrith PanthersCody Walker Melbourne Storm
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 NotesJason Clark South Sydney RabbitohsIssac Luke South Sydney Rabbitohs Contract ended because of Lukes movement to New Zealand WarriorsChris McQueen South Sydney Rabbitohs
Contract lengths
Ladder
Fixtures Pre-season
In 2014, the Rabbitohs again competed in three pre-season trial matches.
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Attendance ReportSunday, 9 FebruaryBack to Belmore Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsBelmore Sports Ground, Sydney38 – 125,000Saturday, 22 FebruaryCharity Shield St. George Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium, Wollongong38 – 2014,633 Legend:
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
Regular season RoundOpponentScoreDateTimeVenueCrowdPos.Round 1Sydney28-8March 6thThursday 8:05pmANZ Stadium27,2825thRound 2Manly12-14March 14thFriday 7:40pmCentral Coast Stadium15,1208thRound 3Wests Tigers16-25March 21stFriday 7:40pmANZ Stadium20,06110thRound 4Canberra18-30March 30thSunday 2:00pmANZ Stadium16,03214thRound 5St George Illawarra26-6April 5thSaturday 7:30pmSydney Cricket Ground24,3683rdRound 6Penrith18-2April 11thFriday 7:40pmSportingbet Stadium11,6747thRound 7Canterbury14-15April 18thFriday 4:00pmANZ Stadium43,25511thRound 8Brisbane28-26April 25thFriday 8:00pmSuncorp Stadium44,1227thRound 9Gold Coast40-18May 10thSaturday 5:30pmCbus Super Stadium19,1076thRound 10Melbourne14-27May 16thFriday 7:40pmANZ Stadium18,50810thRound 11Cronulla18-0May 26thMonday 7:00pmRemondis Stadium8,1379thRound 12St George Illawarra29-10June 2ndMonday 7:00pmANZ Stadium11,7715thRound 13Warriors34-18June 7thSaturday 7:30pmNIB Stadium20,2672ndRound 14Wests Tigers32-10June 13thFriday 7:45pmANZ Stadium20,7212ndRound 15 ByeRound 16North QLD18-20June 28thSaturday 7:30pm1300SMILES Stadium15,8974thRound 17Gold Coast10-14July 7thMonday 7:00pmANZ Stadium10,9254thRound 18 ByeRound 19Parramatta32-12July 18thFriday 7:40pmPirtek Stadium16,1254thRound 20Canberra34-18July 28thMonday 7:00pmGIO Stadium9,5263rdRound 21Newcastle50-10August 3rdSunday 3:00pmBarlow Park11,5782ndRound 22Manly23-4August 8thFriday 7:45pmSydney Cricket Ground27,0621stRound 23Brisbane42-16August 14thThursday 7:45pmANZ Stadium14,0942ndRound 24North QLD10-22August 23rdSaturday 7:30pmANZ Stadium17,1711stRound 25Canterbury21-14August 28thThursday 7:45pmANZ Stadium20,4243rdRound 26Sydney18-22September 4thThursday 7:45pmAllianz Stadium32,4813rdQualifying FinalManly40-24September 12thFriday 7:55pmAllianz Stadium25,733 -Preliminary FinalSydney32-22September 26thFriday 7:55pmANZ Stadium52,592 -Grand FinalCanterbury30-6October 5thSunday 7:20pmANZ Stadium83,833 - Source:
Finals
Grand final
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
Post-season
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