2014 Brisbane Broncos season
The 2014 Brisbane Broncos season was the 27th in the club's history. Coached by Anthony Griffin and co-captained by Justin Hodges and Corey Parker, they competed in the NRL's 2014 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season eighth (out of sixteen) to make it into the finals. The Broncos were then knocked out of contention in the first game of the finals against the North Queensland Cowboys.
| 2014 Brisbane Broncos season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRL Rank | 8th | |||
| Play-off result | Lost Elimination Final (North Queensland Cowboys, 20-32) | |||
| 2014 record | Wins: 12; Draws: 0; Losses: 12 | |||
| Points scored | For: 549; Against: 456 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Paul White | |||
| Coach | Anthony Griffin | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | Suncorp Stadium | |||
| Avg. Attend. | 33,354 | |||
| High. Attend. | 44,122 (vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs, Rd 8) | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Dale Copley (16) | |||
| Goals | Corey Parker (57) | |||
| Points | Corey Parker (114) | |||
| ||||
Season summary
On 10 January, Sam Thaiday announced he was standing down from the Broncos captaincy.[1] Thaiday had captained the Broncos since 2012 when he took over the captaincy from the retired Darren Lockyer. Justin Hodges and Corey Parker were named the club's new co-captains.[2]
On 21 July, Coach Anthony Griffin was informed his services would not be required in 2015.[3] Griffin agreed to see out the remainder of the 2014 season. When asked by the media what he said to the players, Griffin said "I told them I got the arse". At the time of his sacking Griffin had a coaching record of 51 wins from 93 games.
Later the same day, it was announced that Wayne Bennett had signed a three-year deal to coach the Broncos from 2015.[4] Bennett is the inaugural coach of the Broncos having coached them from 1988 to 2008.
Milestones
- Round 1: Ben Barba, Martin Kennedy, Todd Lowrie and Daniel Vidot made their debuts for the club
- Round 3: Ben Barba played his 100th career game
- Round 5: Corey Parker scored his 1000th career point
- Round 11: Ben Hunt played his 100th game for the club
- Round 11: Francis Molo made his first grade debut
- Round 12: Josh Hoffman and Josh McGuire played their 100th game for the club
- Round 12: Dale Copley played his 50th game for the club
- Round 15: Jake Granville scored his 1st career try
- Round 18: Sam Thaiday played his 200th game for the club
- Round 20: Todd Lowrie played his 200th career game
- Round 21: Matt Gillett played his 100th game for the club
- Round 24: Daniel Vidot played his 100th career game
Squad List
Squad Movement
Gains
| Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Barba |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | ||
| Marmin Barba |  Gold Coast Titans | ||
| Martin Kennedy |  Sydney Roosters | ||
| Darren Nicholls |  Wyong Roos (NSW Cup) | ||
| Todd Lowrie |  New Zealand Warriors | ||
| Stewart Mills |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | ||
| Zach Strasser |  Redcliffe Dolphins (Queensland Cup) | ||
| Daniel Vidot |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |
Losses
| Player | Signed To | Until End of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Anderson |  Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | ||
| Kurt Baptiste |  Canberra Raiders | ||
| Dunamis Lui |  Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | ||
| Corey Norman |  Parramatta Eels | ||
| Scott Prince | Retirement | ||
| Nick Slyney |  London Broncos | ||
| Lama Tasi |  Salford Red Devils | ||
| Peter Wallace |  Penrith Panthers | ||
| Jharal Yow Yeh | Retirement |
Re-signings
| Player | Club | Until End of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Hala |  Brisbane Broncos | ||
| Justin Hodges | Brisbane Broncos | ||
| Ben Hunt | Brisbane Broncos | ||
| Lachlan Maranta | Brisbane Broncos | ||
| Corey Oates | Brisbane Broncos | ||
| Corey Parker | Brisbane Broncos | ||
| David Stagg | Brisbane Broncos | ||
| Jarrod Wallace | Brisbane Broncos |
Contract lengths
| Player | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Barba | ||||||
| Jake Granville | ||||||
| David Hala | ||||||
| Ben Hannant | ||||||
| Josh Hoffman | ||||||
| Martin Kennedy | ||||||
| Stewart Mills | ||||||
| Darren Nicholls | ||||||
| Marmin Barba | ||||||
| Alex Glenn | ||||||
| Jordan Kahu | ||||||
| Todd Lowrie | ||||||
| Andrew McCullough | ||||||
| Josh McGuire | ||||||
| Corey Oates | ||||||
| David Stagg | ||||||
| Zach Strasser | ||||||
| Sam Thaiday | ||||||
| Daniel Vidot | ||||||
| Dale Copley | ||||||
| Matt Gillett | ||||||
| Justin Hodges | ||||||
| Lachlan Maranta | ||||||
| Corey Parker | ||||||
| Jarrod Wallace | ||||||
| Ben Hunt | ||||||
| Corey Oates | ||||||
| Jack Reed | ||||||
Ladder
| 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
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 8 February | Trial 1 | North Queensland Cowboys | Dolphin Oval | 8 – 32 | Vidot, J. Nikorima | Kahu (0/2) | 12,000 | |||
| Saturday, 23 February | Trial 2 | New Zealand Warriors | Forsyth Barr Stadium | 4 – 48 | Reed | 6,000 | ||||
| Legend: Win 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 Broncos featured in Pool Green and played the Bulldogs, Eels and Roosters. The top two teams of each pool qualified for the quarter finals.
Pool Play
| Pool Green | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Parramatta Eels |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 32 | 23 | 4 |
| Brisbane Broncos |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 4 |
| Sydney Roosters |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 2 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 47 | −21 | 2 |
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 15 February | 1:25pm | Round 1 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Eden Park | 20–4 | Copley, McCullough, Hunt, Barba | |||||
| Saturday, 15 Saturday | 5:10pm | Round 2 | Sydney Roosters | Eden Park | 7–14 | Parker (Bonus Try) | Parker (1) | ||||
| Sunday, 16 February | 1:15pm | Round 3 | Parramatta Eels | Eden Park | 15–14 | K. Nikorima (Bonus Try), Hoffman, Hunt | McCullough (1) | ||||
| Legend: Win Loss | |||||||||||
Finals
| quarter-finals | semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Newcastle Knights | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Brisbane Broncos | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Brisbane Broncos | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Parramatta Eels | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Brisbane Broncos | 7 | |||||||||||||
| North Queensland Cowboys | 16 | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand Warriors | 17 | |||||||||||||
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 16 | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand Warriors | 0 | |||||||||||||
| North Queensland Cowboys | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Penrith Panthers | 12 | |||||||||||||
| North Queensland Cowboys | 22 | |||||||||||||
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 16 February | 3:30pm | Quarter | Newcastle Knights | Eden Park | 16–11 | McCullough, K. Nikorima, Hoffman, Copley | |||||
| Sunday, 16 February | 5:45pm | Semi | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Eden Park | 18–14 | McCullough, Barba, Hunt, Hoffman | Gillett {2) | ||||
| Sunday, 16 February | 7:30pm | Final | North Queensland Cowboys | Eden Park | 7–16 | Hunt (Bonus Try) | Hunt (1) | ||||
| Legend: Win Loss | |||||||||||
Regular season
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 | |||||||||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 13 September | Elimination Final | North Queensland Cowboys | 1300SMILES Stadium | 20 – 32 | Kahu (2), B. Barba, Vidot | Parker (2/4) | 25,120 |
Statistics
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Barba | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Dale Copley | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Matt Gillett | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Alex Glenn | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Jake Granville | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| David Hala | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ben Hannant | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Justin Hodges | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Josh Hoffman | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ben Hunt | 25 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 94 |
| Jordan Kahu | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Martin Kennedy | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Lowrie | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Lachlan Maranta | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Andrew McCullough | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Josh McGuire | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Francis Molo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Oates | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Corey Parker | 22 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 114 |
| Jack Reed | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| David Stagg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Thaiday | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Daniel Vidot | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Jarrod Wallace | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 103 | 78 | 1 | 569 |
Source:[38]
Representatives
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 | Four Nations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Gillett | |||||||
| Justin Hodges | |||||||
| Josh McGuire | |||||||
| Corey Parker | |||||||
| Sam Thaiday | |||||||
| Daniel Vidot | |||||||
| Ben Hunt |
Honours
League
- Nil
Club
- Paul Morgon Medal: Ben Hunt
- Player's Player: Ben Hunt
- Fan Player of the Year: Ben Hunt
- Best Back: Ben Hunt
- Best Forward: Josh McGuire
- Most Consistent: Alex Glenn
- Clubman of the Year: Scot Czislowski
- NYC Player of the Year: Joe Ofahengaue
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