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 Rank8th
Play-off resultLost Elimination Final
(North Queensland Cowboys, 20-32)
2014 recordWins: 12; draws: 0; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 549; against: 456
Team information
CEOPaul White
CoachAnthony Griffin
Captain
StadiumSuncorp Stadium
Avg. attendance33,354
High attendance44,122
(vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs, Rd 8)
Top scorers
TriesDale Copley (16)
GoalsCorey Parker (57)
PointsCorey Parker (114)
← 2013 List of seasons 2015 →

Season summary edit

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 edit

Squad List edit

Brisbane Broncos
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


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

Updated: 4 December 2013
Source(s): Broncos Squad, Coaches & Trainers


Squad Movement edit

Gains edit

Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Ben Barba   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2016
Marmin Barba   Gold Coast Titans
2015
Martin Kennedy   Sydney Roosters
2016
Darren Nicholls   Wyong Roos (NSW Cup)
2014
Todd Lowrie   New Zealand Warriors
2015
Stewart Mills   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
2014
Zach Strasser   Redcliffe Dolphins (Queensland Cup)
2015
Daniel Vidot   St. George Illawarra Dragons
2015

Losses edit

Player Signed To Until End of Notes
Scott Anderson   Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
2014
Kurt Baptiste   Canberra Raiders
2014
Dunamis Lui   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
?
?
Corey Norman   Parramatta Eels
2016
Scott Prince Retirement
-
Nick Slyney   London Broncos
?
Lama Tasi   Salford Red Devils
2015
Peter Wallace   Penrith Panthers
2016
Jharal Yow Yeh Retirement
-

Re-signings edit

Player Club Until End of Notes
David Hala   Brisbane Broncos
2015
Justin Hodges   Brisbane Broncos
2016
Ben Hunt   Brisbane Broncos
2017
Lachlan Maranta   Brisbane Broncos
2016
Corey Oates   Brisbane Broncos
2017
Corey Parker   Brisbane Broncos
2016
David Stagg   Brisbane Broncos
2015
Jarrod Wallace   Brisbane Broncos
2016

Contract lengths edit

Player 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Source
Ben Barba
Brisbane Broncos
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Jake Granville
Brisbane Broncos
North Queensland Cowboys
David Hala
Brisbane Broncos
Gold Coast Titans
Ben Hannant
Brisbane Broncos
North Queensland Cowboys
Josh Hoffman
Brisbane Broncos
Gold Coast Titans
Martin Kennedy
Brisbane Broncos
Sydney Roosters
Stewart Mills
Brisbane Broncos
Released
Darren Nicholls
Brisbane Broncos
Marmin Barba
Brisbane Broncos
Alex Glenn
Brisbane Broncos
Jordan Kahu
Brisbane Broncos
Todd Lowrie
Brisbane Broncos
Andrew McCullough
Brisbane Broncos
Josh McGuire
Brisbane Broncos
Corey Oates
Brisbane Broncos
David Stagg
Brisbane Broncos
Zach Strasser
Brisbane Broncos
Sam Thaiday
Brisbane Broncos
Daniel Vidot
Brisbane Broncos
Dale Copley
Brisbane Broncos
Matt Gillett
Brisbane Broncos
Justin Hodges
Brisbane Broncos
Lachlan Maranta
Brisbane Broncos
Corey Parker
Brisbane Broncos
Jarrod Wallace
Brisbane Broncos
Ben Hunt
Brisbane Broncos
Corey Oates
Brisbane Broncos
Jack Reed
Brisbane Broncos

Ladder edit

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 edit

Pre-season edit

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 edit

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 edit
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 edit
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 edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Friday, 7 March Round 1   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 18 – 12 Copley, Vidot, Maranta Parker (2/3), Hunt (1/1) 18,040
Friday, 14 March Round 2   North Queensland Cowboys Suncorp Stadium 16 – 12 Gillett, Vidot, McCullough Parker (2/3) 42,303
Friday, 21 March Round 3   Sydney Roosters Suncorp Stadium 26 – 30 Hunt (2), Thaiday, Maranta, Reed Parker (3/6) 33,381
Friday, 28 March Round 4   St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 36 – 20 Gillett (2), Thaiday, Lowrie, Copley, Hunt Parker (6/6) 10,526
Friday, 4 April Round 5   Parramatta Eels Suncorp Stadium 18 – 25 Copley, Hunt, McGuire Parker (3/3) 32,009
Friday, 11 April Round 6   Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 8 – 12 Hunt Parker (2/2) 20,524
Friday, 18 April Round 7   Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 32 – 6 Glenn, Gillett, B. Barba, Copley, Hannant, Hoffman Parker (3/6), Hunt (1/1) 22,254
Friday, 25 April Round 8   South Sydney Rabbitohs Suncorp Stadium 26 – 28 McCullough (2), Maranta, Gillett, Reed Parker (1/3), Hunt (2/2) 44,122
Friday, 9 May Round 9   North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 14 – 27 Hunt (2), Copley Parker (1/3) 21,340
Friday, 16 May Round 10   Gold Coast Titans Suncorp Stadium 22 - 8 Copley (2), Gillett, Reed Parker (3/4) 31,380
Saturday, 24 May Round 11   Wests Tigers Campbelltown Stadium 16 – 14 Oates (2) Hunt (4/4) 16,511
Sunday, 1 June Round 12   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Suncorp Stadium 36 – 10 Reed (2), Copley (2), Maranta, Glenn, Gillett Parker (2/4), Hunt (2/3) 32,017
Monday, 9 June Round 13   Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 28 – 4 Copley (2), McGuire, B. Barba, Glenn Parker (1/2), Hunt (3/3) 8,904
Round 14 Bye
Saturday, 21 June Round 15   New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 10 – 19 Granville, B. Barba Hunt (1/2) 16,025
Friday, 27 June Round 16   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Suncorp Stadium 22 – 24 Hala (2), Vidot, Glenn Hunt (3/4) 24,285
Round 17 Bye
Monday, 14 July Round 18   Penrith Panthers Sportingbet Stadium 34 – 35 Copley, Hodges, Granville, Reed, Vidot, Oates Parker (5/6) 12,439
Saturday, 19 July Round 19   New Zealand Warriors Suncorp Stadium 28 – 22 Copley (2), Hannant, Hunt, Kahu Parker (4/6) 37,082
Friday, 25 July Round 20   Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium 8 – 30 Copley, Glenn 36,319
Friday, 1 August Round 21   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 4 – 16 Reed 12,873
Friday, 8 August Round 22   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Suncorp Stadium 41 – 10 Hunt (2), Copley, Vidot, B. Barba, Oates, Thaiday Parker (4/5), Hunt (2/4), McCullough (FG) 28,344
Thursday, 14 August Round 23   South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 16 – 42 Hodges, Thaiday, Reed Parker (2/3) 14,094
Saturday, 23 August Round 24   Newcastle Knights Suncorp Stadium 48 – 6 B. Barba (3), Reed (2), Vidot, Gillett, Maranta, Oates Parker (4/5), Hunt (2/4) 22,282
Friday, 29 August Round 25   St. George Illawarra Dragons Suncorp Stadium 30 – 22 Hunt (2), Gillett (2), Vidot Parker (5/5) 36,720
Friday, 5 September Round 26   Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 12 – 22 Hunt, Reed Parker (2/3) 20,032
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
-
Kangaroos
-
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
Justin Hodges
-
-
-
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
Josh McGuire
-
-
-
-
-
-
Samoa
Corey Parker
-
Kangaroos
-
Queensland
-
Queensland
Kangaroos
Sam Thaiday
-
-
-
-
Queensland
Queensland
Kangaroos
Daniel Vidot
-
-
Samoa
-
-
-
Samoa
Ben Hunt
-
-
-
-
-
Kangaroos

Honours edit

League edit

  • Nil

Club edit

References edit

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