2014 Chiefs (rugby union) season explained

Club:	Chiefs
Season:	2014
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Cup1:	Overall competition
Cup1 Result:	5th
Cup2:	N.Z. Conference
Cup2 Result:	2nd
Prevseason:	2013
Nextseason:	2015

The year 2014 was a challenging year for the Chiefs rugby team as they looked for their third straight super rugby title. They won eight of their Super Rugby games and finished fifth overall on the table, and second behind the Crusaders in the New Zealand Conference. Playing the Brumbies in the qualifying finals, they had a narrow loss, losing 32-30, which ended their super rugby season.

Standings

The final standings of the 2014 Super Rugby season were:

New Zealand Conference
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts<	-- Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts-->
1		16	11	0	5	445	322	+123	41	36	4	3	51
2		16	8	2	6	384	378	+6	44	35	5	3	44
3		16	8	0	8	401	442	−41	39	52	5	5	42
4		16	8	0	8	439	374	+65	49	36	6	3	41
5		16	7	0	9	419	395	+24	46	43	6	3	37

Overall standings
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts<	-- Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts-->
1		16	12	0	4	481	272	+209	55	24	9	1	58
2		16	11	0	5	445	322	+123	41	36	4	3	51
3		16	11	0	5	406	293	+113	29	22	2	4	50
4		16	10	0	6	412	378	+34	49	35	4	1	45
5		16	8	2	6	384	378	+6	44	35	5	3	44
6		16	8	0	8	401	442	−41	39	52	5	5	42
7		16	8	0	8	439	374	+65	49	36	6	3	41
8		16	9	0	7	343	393	−50	37	40	3	1	40
9		16	7	1	8	365	335	+30	28	29	3	5	38
10		16	7	0	9	419	395	+24	46	43	6	3	37
11		16	7	0	9	290	326	−36	30	29	2	2	32
12		16	7	0	9	367	413	−46	31	46	2	1	31
13		16	5	0	11	374	493	−119	42	52	4	4	28
14		16	4	1	11	372	527	−155	38	59	3	3	24
15		16	4	0	12	303	460	−157	29	49	1	4	21

Results

The following fixtures were released 7 October 2013.^[1]

Squad

The Chiefs squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season were:^[2]

2014 Chiefs squad
Props Ben Afeaki Nick Barrett Josh Hohneck Jamie Mackintosh Pauliasi Manu Ben Tameifuna Hookers Hika Elliot Nathan Harris Rhys Marshall Mahonri Schwalger Locks Ross Filipo Michael Fitzgerald Brodie Retallick (c) Matt Symons Kane Thompson	Loose forwards Carl Axtens Sam Cane Nick Crosswell Tevita Koloamatangi Tanerau Latimer Liam Messam (c) Liam Squire Scrum-halves Tawera Kerr-Barlow Augustine Pulu Brad Weber Fly-halves Aaron Cruden (c) Andrew Horrell	Midfield Bundee Aki Robbie Fruean Anton Lienert-Brown Charlie Ngatai Jordan Payne Dwayne Sweeney Wingers James Lowe Tom Marshall Tim Nanai-Williams Asaeli Tikoirotuma Fullbacks Gareth Anscombe Mils Muliaina Robbie Robinson

(c) denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped.

Player statistics

The Chiefs players' appearance and scoring statistics for the 2014 Super Rugby season are:

Player		Tries
	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	11	4	-	-	-	20	-	-
	14	3	9	17	-	84	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	12	1	21	19	-	104	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	16	1	-	-	-	5	2	-
	4	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	13	2	-	-	-	10	-	-
	11	-	3	-	-	6	-	-
	15	2	-	-	-	10	-	-
	5	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	15	2	-	-	-	10	-	-
	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	10	2	-	-	-	10	1	-
	17	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	17	1	-	-	-	5	1	-
	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	15	3	-	-	-	15	-	-
	17	3	-	-	-	15	-	-
	6	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	17	7	-	-	-	35	2	-
	6	2	-	-	-	10	-	-
	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	11	2	-	-	-	10	-	-
	16	1	-	-	-	5	1	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	10	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	8	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
	14	1	-	-	-	5	1	-
	17	2	-	-	-	10	1	-
	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	12	2	-	-	-	10	-	-
	7	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
Total	17	48	34	35	-	413	9	-

External links

Notes and References

2014 Super Rugby Schedule . SANZAR . 7 October 2013 . 7 October 2013.
Web site: Chiefs 2014 Super Rugby Squad . SuperXV . 1 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701130124/http://www.superxv.com/chiefs-super-rugby/chiefs-2014-super-rugby-squad/ . 1 July 2016.