2014 Penrith Panthers season

The 2014 Penrith Panthers season was the 48th in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and co-captained by Kevin Kingston and Peter Wallace,[1] the team competed in the National Rugby League's 2014 Telstra Premiership. The Panthers competed in the pre-season's 2014 NRL Auckland Nines. They then completed the 26-round regular season 4th place (out of 16), reaching the finals for the first time since 2010. Penrith went on to come within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

2014 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank4th
Play-off resultLost prelim-final (FW3)
2014 recordWins: 16; Losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 537; Against: 462
Team information
CoachIvan Cleary
Captains
StadiumSportingbet Stadium – 22,500
Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 20 only)
Avg. Attend.11,462
High. Attend.19,141 vs. Eels, round 12
Top scorers
TriesJosh Mansour (15)
GoalsJamie Soward (63)
PointsJamie Soward (155)
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Squad
Penrith Panthers
NRL Squad 2014 Extended squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coach

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Player transfers

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2014 season.

Fixtures

The Panthers again use Penrith Stadium as their home ground in 2014, now known as Sportingbet Stadium for sponsorship reasons.[18]

Preseason

A 16-man squad was sent to Auckland and participated in the Auckland Nines competition.[19] The Panthers played a trial match against the Newtown Jets on 23 February 2014.[20]

Ladder
2014 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 2416082615385+23036
2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2416082502399+10336
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs (P) 2415092585361+22434
4 Penrith Panthers 2415092506426+8034
5 North Queensland Cowboys 24140102596406+19032
6 Melbourne Storm 24140102536460+7632
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24130112446439+730
8 Brisbane Broncos 24120122549456+9328
9 New Zealand Warriors 24120122571491+8028
10 Parramatta Eels 24120122477580−10328
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24110132469528−5926
12 Newcastle Knights 24100142463571−10824
13 Wests Tigers 24100142420631−21124
14 Gold Coast Titans 2490152372538−16622
15 Canberra Raiders 2480162466623−15720
16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2450192334613−27914

Representative honours

Domestic
Pos. Player Team Call-up Ref.
BE Tim Grant NSW City 2014 City vs Country Origin
FB Matt Moylan
LK Adam Docker NSW Country
CE Jamal Idris
WG Josh Mansour Prime Minister's XIII 2014 Prime Minister's XIII match
[21]
FB Matt Moylan

International
Pos. Player Team Call-up Ref.
BE Isaac John  New Zealand 2014 Anzac Test
[22]
CE Dean Whare
18[23] Waqa Blake  Fiji 2014 Pacific Test vs Samoa
[24]
BE Reagan Campbell-Gillard
WG Eto Nabuli
FB Kevin Naiqama
HB Daniel Foster  Tonga 2014 Test vs Papua New Guinea
[25]
SR Sika Manu
LK Ben Murdoch-Masila
PR Reagan Campbell-Gillard  Fiji 2014 Hayne/Mannah Cup vs Lebanon
CE Wes Naiqama
WG Josh Mansour  Australia 2014 Four Nations
[26]
18 Matt Moylan
[27]
BE Lewis Brown  New Zealand
[28]
18[29] Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
CE Dean Whare

References
  1. Duxbury, Emma (3 March 2014). "Cleary announces co-captains for 2014". Penrith Panthers.
  2. Chammas, Michael (3 February 2014). "Penrith sign giant PNG youngster with size 15 feet". Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. Chammas, Michael (7 January 2014). "Jamal Idris leaves Gold Coast Titans to take up three-year deal with Penrith Panthers". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  4. "Penrith Panthers recruitment news for 2014". Zero Tackle. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. "Panthers sign Ben Murdoch-Masila". penrithpanthers.com.au. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  6. "Naiqama signs with Panthers for 2014". newcastleknights.com.au. 21 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
  7. "Panthers Looking Peachey: David Peachey's nephew signs with the Panthers". Triple M. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015.
  8. "Will Smith to join Panthers for 2014". newcastleknights.com.au. 25 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013.
  9. "Dragons pivot Jamie Soward signs four-year deal with Penrith Panthers". The Australian. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  10. Stanley, Ben; Johnstone, Duncan (7 March 2013). "Taylor ditches Warriors to sign for Panthers". Stuff (NZ). Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  11. Greco, John (7 August 2013). "Tigers snap up Austin, Paterson". Sportal. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013.
  12. "Panthers agrees to release Lachlan Coote". penrithpanthers.com.au. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013.
  13. "Saints To Sign Masoe". saintsrlfc.com. 25 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  14. "Hilder, Tahu, Quinn and Newton for 2014". newcastleknights.com.au. 6 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013.
  15. "Raiders sign Kyle O'Donnell and Kurt Baptiste". raiders.com.au. 18 November 2013. Archived from the original on 24 November 2013.
  16. Proszenko, Adrian (22 March 2014). "James Roberts thrown a lifeline by Gold Coast Titans". Sydney Morning Herald.
  17. "Walsh To Become Saint". saintsrlfc.com. 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013.
  18. Duxbury, Emma (30 January 2014). "Panthers Stadium Name Change". Penrith Panthers.
  19. "Auckland Nines Team Announcement". Penrith Panthers. 12 February 2014.
  20. "TEAM LIST TUESDAY!". Penrith Panthers. 18 February 2014.
  21. "Prime Minister's XIII squad announced". NRL.com. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  22. "Kearney leaves options open". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  23. Badel, Peter (3 May 2014). "Samoa ruin Fijian prop Petero Civoniceva's shock comeback to rugby league". Courier Mail. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  24. "NRL big guns for Samoa, Fiji teams". NRL.com. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  25. Luca, Rocco (16 October 2014). "PNG & Tonga Squads Named For Test Match". Rugby League Week. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  26. "Sheens excited by Roos rookies". NRL.com. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  27. "Moylan called into Kangaroos squad". NRL.com. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  28. "Four rookies in Kiwis Four Nations squad". NRL.com. 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014.
  29. Clark, Laine (22 October 2014). "New Zealand's Dallin Watene-Zelezniak to miss Four Nations with injury". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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