2014 NRL season explained

Year:	2014
Competition:	National Rugby League
Duration:	March 6 – October 5, 2014
Teams:	16
Count:	21st
Wscount:	3rd
Mpcount:	18th
Matches:	201
Points:	8308
Avg Attendance:	16,798
Attendance:	3,376,409
Top Point Scorer:	Johnathan Thurston (208)
Top Try Scorer:	Alex Johnston (21)
Player Of The Year:	Johnathan Thurston &<br> Jarryd Hayne (Dally M Medal)
Nextseason Year:	2015

The 2014 NRL season was the 107th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 17th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand, for the Auckland Nines, replacing the Rugby League All Stars Match for the year, in the pre-season. After 26 rounds of the regular season, the Sydney Roosters were again crowned minor premiers and the competition had been reduced to a top eight teams to contest the finals series. The grand final was won by the South Sydney Rabbitohs, ending a 43-year premiership drought, winning 30–6 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Teams

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 8th consecutive year. The 2014 season also presents a record 7 teams naming co-captains. The NRL's salary cap for the clubs' top 25 players was $A6.3M for 2014.^[1]

Colours	Club	Season	Home ground(s)	Head coach	Captain(s)
	Brisbane Broncos	27th season	Suncorp Stadium	Anthony Griffin	Corey Parker & Justin Hodges
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	80th season	ANZ Stadium	Des Hasler	Michael Ennis & Frank Pritchard
	Canberra Raiders	33rd season	GIO Stadium Canberra	Ricky Stuart	Terry Campese→Brett White & Jarrod Croker
	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	48th season	Remondis Stadium	(Suspended) → Peter Sharp (Resigned) → James Shepherd	& → Jeff Robson
	Gold Coast Titans	8th season	Cbus Super Stadium		Nate Myles & Greg Bird
	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	65th season	Brookvale Oval	Geoff Toovey	Jamie Lyon & Jason King
	Melbourne Storm	17th season	AAMI Park	Craig Bellamy	Cameron Smith
	Newcastle Knights	27th season	Hunter Stadium	Wayne Bennett	Kurt Gidley
	New Zealand Warriors	20th season	Mt. Smart Stadium	Matthew Elliott→Andrew McFadden	Simon Mannering
	North Queensland Cowboys	20th season	1300SMILES Stadium	Paul Green	Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott
	Parramatta Eels	68th season	Parramatta Stadium	Brad Arthur	Jarryd Hayne & Tim Mannah
	Penrith Panthers	48th season	Centrebet Stadium	Ivan Cleary	Kevin Kingston & Peter Wallace^[2] →Brent Kite & Jamie Soward
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	16th season	WIN Jubilee Oval & WIN Stadium	Steve Price→Paul McGregor	Ben Creagh
	South Sydney Rabbitohs	105th season	ANZ Stadium	Michael Maguire	John Sutton
	Sydney Roosters	107th season	Allianz Stadium	Trent Robinson	Anthony Minichiello
	Wests Tigers	15th season	Campbelltown Stadium & Leichhardt Oval	Mick Potter	Robbie Farah

Pre-season

The 2014 pre-season featured the inaugural Auckland Nines competition, held over a weekend at Auckland's Eden Park. Hailed a success with its large attendances, the tournament was won by North Queensland Cowboys, claiming their first piece of silverware. The following weekend the 2014 World Club Challenge was played in Sydney, the first time the match was held outside England since 1994, with the Sydney Roosters defeating the Wigan Warriors convincingly.

Unlike previous seasons' advertising campaigns that featured a pop song, in 2014 the NRL's You're the difference was a spoken-word piece that focused on the game's fans.^[3] The NRL's official season launch was on 26 February at the Sydney Exhibition Centre^[4] and featured Roosters captain Anthony Minichiello speaking as the face of the game.^[5]

In the annual pre-season Charity Shield match, the Dragons hosted the Rabbitohs but were beaten.

Regular season

See also: 2014 NRL season results.

The regular season commenced on Thursday, 6 March in Sydney between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Sydney Roosters. A number of themed rounds featured in the 2014 season, including Men of League Heritage Round (round 5), Women in League Round (round 10), and Indigenous Round (round 23). In addition, the NRL chose to designate round 19 as 'Rise for Alex' round in order to allow the rugby league community to show their support for Newcastle Knights player Alex McKinnon, who suffered a severe neck injury in round 3. One dollar from each ticket sold across all eight games were donated to support McKinnon's recovery, where it raised over $147,000 in total.^[6]

For the first time in the code's 106-year history, not one player was sent off from the field during the regular season.^[7]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	F1	F2	F3	GF
Brisbane Broncos	CBY 6	NQL 4	SYD 4	SGI 16	PAR 7	GCT 4	NEW 26	SOU 2	NQL 13	GCT 14	WTI 2	MAN 26	CAN 24	X	NZL 9	CRO 2	X	PEN 1	NZL 6	MEL 22	MAN 12	CBY 31	SOU 26	NEW 42	SGI 8	MEL 10	NQL 12
Canberra Raiders	NQL 6	NEW 6	GCT 12	SOU 12	PEN 6	NEW 14	MEL 2	MAN 36	NZL 42	PEN 6	NQL 30	SYD 14	BRI 24	X	CBY 8	WTI 1	X	GCT 16	MEL 14	SOU 16	NZL 36	PAR 8	SGI 18	CRO 10	WTI 15	PAR 13
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	BRI 6	CRO 38	PEN 2	MEL 28	SYD 1	NZL 1	SOU 1	NEW 4	SGI 32	NZL 4	SYD 20	X	MAN 22	PAR 10	CAN 8	X	MAN 7	MEL 2	WTI 28	NQL 8	PEN 6	BRI 31	PAR 2	WTI 20	SOU 7	GCT 1	MEL 24	MAN 1	PEN 6	SOU 24
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	GCT 6	CBY 38	SGI 2	NEW 30	NZL 31	MAN 20	SYD 6	PEN 4	PAR 18	WTI 2	SOU 18	X	SGI 30	X	MAN 26	BRI 2	SYD 2	NEW 13	NQL 18	PEN 2	PAR 20	NZL 4	MEL 42	CAN 10	NQL 1	WTI 16
Gold Coast Titans	CRO 6	WTI 30	CAN 12	NQL 1	MEL 2	BRI 4	PEN 2	WTI 16	SOU 22	BRI 14	NZL 8	X	PEN 22	MEL 4	SGI 1	X	SOU 4	CAN 16	NEW 14	PAR 6	NQL 20	SYD 8	MAN 3	SGI 28	NZL 42	CBY 1
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	MEL 1	SOU 2	PAR 4	SYD 8	WTI 16	CRO 20	NQL 5	CAN 36	MEL 3	NEW 1	X	BRI 26	CBY 22	X	CRO 26	SYD 8	CBY 7	WTI 32	SGI 9	NZL 10	BRI 12	SOU 19	GCT 3	PAR 10	PEN 1	NQL 14	SOU 16	CBY 1
Melbourne Storm	MAN 1	PEN 1	NEW 8	CBY 28	GCT 2	SGI 4	CAN 2	NZL 6	MAN 3	SOU 13	X	NQL 22	SYD 20	GCT 4	PAR 26	SGI 12	X	CBY 2	CAN 14	BRI 22	WTI 22	NEW 2	CRO 42	PEN 14	SYD 12	BRI 10	CBY 24
Newcastle Knights	PEN 22	CAN 6	MEL 8	CRO 30	NQL 26	CAN 14	BRI 26	CBY 4	PEN 22	MAN 1	X	NZL 20	WTI 3	SYD 17	NQL 8	PAR 6	X	CRO 13	GCT 14	SYD 4	SOU 40	MEL 2	NZL 6	BRI 42	PAR 30	SGI 30
New Zealand Warriors	PAR 20	SGI 19	NQL 4	WTI 24	CRO 31	CBY 1	SGI 10	MEL 6	CAN 42	CBY 4	GCT 8	NEW 20	SOU 16	X	BRI 9	PEN 10	X	PAR 48	BRI 6	MAN 10	CAN 36	CRO 4	NEW 6	SYD 34	GCT 42	PEN 16
North Queensland Cowboys	CAN 6	BRI 4	NZL 4	GCT 1	NEW 26	WTI 12	MAN 5	PAR 28	BRI 13	SYD 32	CAN 30	MEL 22	PAR 2	X	NEW 8	SOU 2	SGI 3	X	CRO 18	CBY 8	GCT 20	WTI 58	PEN 1	SOU 12	CRO 1	MAN 14	BRI 12	SYD 1
Parramatta Eels	NZL 20	SYD 52	MAN 4	PEN 16	BRI 7	SYD 2	WTI 3	NQL 28	CRO 18	SGI 36	X	PEN 26	NQL 2	CBY 10	MEL 26	NEW 6	X	NZL 48	SOU 20	GCT 6	CRO 20	CAN 8	CBY 2	MAN 10	NEW 30	CAN 13
Penrith Panthers	NEW 22	MEL 1	CBY 2	PAR 16	CAN 6	SOU 16	GCT 2	CRO 4	NEW 22	CAN 6	X	PAR 26	GCT 22	SGI 4	X	NZL 10	WTI 16	BRI 1	SYD 20	CRO 2	CBY 6	SGI 12	NQL 1	MEL 14	MAN 1	NZL 16	SYD 1	X	CBY 6
South Sydney Rabbitohs	SYD 20	MAN 2	WTI 9	CAN 12	SGI 20	PEN 16	CBY 1	BRI 2	GCT 22	MEL 13	CRO 18	SGI 19	NZL 16	WTI 22	X	NQL 2	GCT 4	X	PAR 20	CAN 16	NEW 40	MAN 19	BRI 26	NQL 12	CBY 7	SYD 4	MAN 16	X	SYD 10	CBY 24
St. George Illawarra Dragons	WTI 20	NZL 19	CRO 2	BRI 16	SOU 20	MEL 4	NZL 10	SYD 20	CBY 32	PAR 36	X	SOU 19	CRO 30	PEN 4	GCT 1	MEL 12	NQL 3	X	MAN 9	WTI 16	SYD 8	PEN 12	CAN 18	GCT 28	BRI 8	NEW 30
Sydney Roosters	SOU 20	PAR 52	BRI 4	MAN 8	CBY 1	PAR 2	CRO 6	SGI 20	WTI 24	NQL 32	CBY 20	CAN 14	MEL 20	NEW 17	X	MAN 8	CRO 2	X	PEN 20	NEW 4	SGI 8	GCT 8	WTI 44	NZL 34	MEL 12	SOU 4	PEN 1	NQL 1	SOU 10
Wests Tigers	SGI 20	GCT 30	SOU 9	NZL 24	MAN 16	NQL 12	PAR 3	GCT 16	SYD 24	CRO 2	BRI 2	X	NEW 3	SOU 22	X	CAN 1	PEN 16	MAN 32	CBY 28	SGI 16	MEL 22	NQL 58	SYD 44	CBY 20	CAN 15	CRO 16
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	F1	F2	F3	GF

Bold – Opposition's Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

Ladder progression

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
• Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

	width=250	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
1		0	2	4	4	4	4	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	18	20	20	20	22	24	24	26	28	30	32	34	36
2		0	2	4	6	6	8	10	12	12	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	24	26	28	30	32	32	34	34	36	36
3		2	2	2	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	18	20	20	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	32	34	34
4		2	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	22	24	26	26	26	28	30	32	32	32	34
5		2	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	8	10	10	12	12	14	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	26	26	28	30	32
6		2	4	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	18	20	20	22	24	26	26	28	30	30	32
7		0	2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	18	20	22	24	26	26	26	26	26	28	30	30	30
8		2	4	4	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	18	20	20	22	22	22	24	24	26	28	28
9		0	0	2	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	10	12	12	14	16	18	20	22	22	22	24	26	26	26	28	28
10		2	2	2	4	6	8	8	8	10	12	14	14	16	18	18	18	20	20	20	22	24	26	26	28	28	28
11		2	4	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	12	14	16	18	20	20	22	22	22	24	26	26	26
12		0	0	0	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	8	10	12	14	14	16	16	18	20	20	22	24
13		0	2	4	4	6	8	10	10	10	12	12	14	16	16	18	20	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	24
14		2	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	16	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	22
15		0	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	18	20
16		0	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Finals series

For the third year the NRL uses the finals system previously implemented by the ARL competition from the 1990s (also used as the AFL finals system) to decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams. All but two teams retained a top-eight position to feature in this season's finals series. The Brisbane Broncos made a return after finishing 12th in 2013, whilst the Penrith Panthers made their first finals appearance since 2010 and only the second time since 2004. By failing to qualify, the Canberra Raiders missed the finals in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1986.

By the time of the 2014 NRL Grand final list-determining preliminary finals, the top four finishing teams remained except for the 2nd-placed Sea Eagles, who'd been replaced by the 7th-placed Bulldogs.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			width=17%	Date and Time (Local)	width=17%	Venue	width=11%	Referees	width=7%	Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
align=left	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24  - 40	align=left	South Sydney Rabbitohs	12 September 2014, 8:00pm	Allianz Stadium	Shayne Hayne Gavin Badger	25,733
align=left	Sydney Roosters	18  - 19	align=left	Penrith Panthers	13 September 2014, 5:55pm	Allianz Stadium	Jared Maxwell Henry Perenara	23,449
align=left	North Queensland Cowboys	32  - 20	align=left	Brisbane Broncos	13 September 2014, 7:55pm	1300SMILES Stadium	Gerard Sutton Ben Cummins	25,120
align=left	Melbourne Storm	4  - 28	align=left	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	14 September 2014, 4:10pm	AAMI Park	Matt Cecchin Gavin Morris	19,230
SEMI FINALS
align=left	Sydney Roosters	31  - 30	align=left	North Queensland Cowboys	19 September 2014, 8:00pm	Allianz Stadium	Shayne Hayne Gavin Badger	18,355
align=left	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	17  - 18	align=left	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs †	20 September 2014, 7:50pm	Allianz Stadium	Gerard Sutton Ben Cummins	28,186
PRELIMINARY FINALS
align=left	South Sydney Rabbitohs	32  - 22	align=left	Sydney Roosters	26 September 2014, 8:00pm	ANZ Stadium	Gerard Sutton Ben Cummins	52,592
align=left	Penrith Panthers	12  - 18	align=left	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	27 September 2014, 8:00pm	ANZ Stadium	Shayne Hayne Gavin Badger	46,168

† Match decided in golden point extra time.

Chart

Grand final

See main article: 2014 NRL Grand Final.

Regular season player statistics

The following statistics are of the conclusion of round 26.

• South Sydney's winger Lote Tuqiri was the oldest player in the 2014 NRL Season at the age of 35, he is three days older than Parramatta's Fuifui Moimoi

Top 5 point scorers

width=50	Points	width=200	Player	width=30	Tries	width=30	Goals	width=30	Field Goals
208	Johnathan Thurston	10	82	4
207	James Maloney	4	95	1
202	Jarrod Croker	18	65	0
175	Adam Reynolds	4	78	3
163	Shaun Johnson	9	63	1

Top 5 try scorers

width=50	Tries	width=200	Player
21	Alex Johnston
20	Jarryd Hayne
19	Semi Radradra
18	Jarrod Croker
17	Peta Hiku
17	Sisa Waqa
17	Manu Vatuvei

Top 5 goal scorers

width=50	Goals	width=200	Player
95	James Maloney
82	Johnathan Thurston
78	Adam Reynolds
68	Cameron Smith
65	Jamie Lyon
65	Jarrod Croker

Top 5 tacklers

width=50	Tackles	width=200	Player
1,074	Nathan Friend
1,060	Andrew McCullough
974	Matt Ballin
940	Jake Friend
923	Cameron Smith

2014 Transfers

Players

Player	2013 Club	2014 Club
data-sort-value="Anderson, Scott"	Scott Anderson	Brisbane Broncos	Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
data-sort-value="Lui, Dunamis"	Dunamis Lui	Brisbane Broncos	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
data-sort-value="Norman, Corey"	Corey Norman	Brisbane Broncos	Parramatta Eels
data-sort-value="Prince, Scott"	Scott Prince	Brisbane Broncos	Retirement
data-sort-value="Tasi, Lama"	Lama Tasi	Brisbane Broncos	Super League: Salford Red Devils
data-sort-value="Wallace, Peter"	Peter Wallace	Brisbane Broncos	Penrith Panthers
data-sort-value="Berrigan, Shaun"	Shaun Berrigan	Canberra Raiders	Retirement
data-sort-value="Earl, Sandor"	Sandor Earl	Canberra Raiders	Suspension
data-sort-value="Ferguson, Blake"	Blake Ferguson	Canberra Raiders	N/A
data-sort-value="Mataora, Sam"	Sam Mataora	Canberra Raiders	Newcastle Knights
data-sort-value="Picker, Joe"	Joe Picker	Canberra Raiders	South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Thompson, Joel"	Joel Thompson	Canberra Raiders	St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="Williams, Sam"	Sam Williams	Canberra Raiders	St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="Barba, Ben"	Ben Barba	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Brisbane Broncos
data-sort-value="Halatau, Dene"	Dene Halatau	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Wests Tigers
data-sort-value="Keating, Kris"	Kris Keating	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
data-sort-value="Romelo, Joel"	Joel Romelo	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Melbourne Storm
data-sort-value="Turner, Steve"	Steve Turner	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Retirement
data-sort-value="Bukuya, Jayson"	Jayson Bukuya	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	New Zealand Warriors
data-sort-value="Green, Jon"	Jon Green	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Redcliffe Dolphins (Intrust Super Cup)
data-sort-value="Pomeroy, Ben"	Ben Pomeroy	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Super League: Catalans Dragons
data-sort-value="Ross, Ben"	Ben Ross	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
data-sort-value="Taufua, Mark"	Mark Taufua	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
data-sort-value="Wright, Matthew"	Matthew Wright	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	North Queensland Cowboys
data-sort-value="Atkins, Jordan"	Jordan Atkins	Gold Coast Titans	Super League: London Broncos
data-sort-value="Idris, Jamal"	Jamal Idris	Gold Coast Titans	Penrith Panthers
data-sort-value="O'Dwyer, Luke"	Luke O'Dwyer	Gold Coast Titans	Retirement
data-sort-value="Faʻaoso, Richie"	Richie Faʻaoso	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	N/A
data-sort-value="Galuvao, Joe"	Joe Galuvao	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Retirement
data-sort-value="Gower, David"	David Gower	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Parramatta Eels
data-sort-value="Kite, Brent"	Brent Kite	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Penrith Panthers
data-sort-value="Rose, George"	George Rose	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Melbourne Storm
data-sort-value="Blair, Maurice"	Maurice Blair	Melbourne Storm	Gold Coast Titans
data-sort-value="Finch, Brett"	Brett Finch	Melbourne Storm	Retirement
data-sort-value="Ryles, Jason"	Jason Ryles	Melbourne Storm	Retirement
data-sort-value="Sa'u, Junior"	Junior Sa'u	Melbourne Storm	Super League: Salford Red Devils
data-sort-value="Setu, Lagi"	Lagi Setu	Melbourne Storm	N/A
data-sort-value="Vave, Siosaia"	Siosaia Vave	Melbourne Storm	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
data-sort-value="Widdop, Gareth"	Gareth Widdop	Melbourne Storm	St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="Buderus, Danny"	Danny Buderus	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
data-sort-value="Costigan, Neville"	Neville Costigan	Newcastle Knights	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
data-sort-value="Gower, Craig"	Craig Gower	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
data-sort-value="Hilder, Matt"	Matt Hilder	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
data-sort-value="Quinn, Anthony"	Anthony Quinn	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
data-sort-value="Locke, Kevin"	Kevin Locke	New Zealand Warriors	Super League: Salford Red Devils
data-sort-value="Lowrie, Todd"	Todd Lowrie	New Zealand Warriors	Brisbane Broncos
data-sort-value="Packer, Russell"	Russell Packer	New Zealand Warriors	Imprisonment^[8]
data-sort-value="Rapira, Steve"	Steve Rapira	New Zealand Warriors	Super League: Salford Red Devils
data-sort-value="Taylor, Elijah"	Elijah Taylor	New Zealand Warriors	Penrith Panthers
data-sort-value="Tupou, Bill"	Bill Tupou	New Zealand Warriors	Canberra Raiders
data-sort-value="Bowen, Matt"	Matt Bowen	North Queensland Cowboys	Super League: Wigan Warriors
data-sort-value="Faifai Loa, Kalifa"	Kalifa Faifai Loa	North Queensland Cowboys	Gold Coast Titans
data-sort-value="Graham, Ashley"	Ashley Graham	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
data-sort-value="Greenshields, Clint"	Clint Greenshields	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
data-sort-value="Johnson, Dallas"	Dallas Johnson	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
data-sort-value="Moore, Scott"	Scott Moore	North Queensland Cowboys	Super League: London Broncos
data-sort-value="Blair, Cheyse"	Cheyse Blair	Parramatta Eels	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
data-sort-value="Harrison, Daniel"	Daniel Harrison	Parramatta Eels	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
data-sort-value="Keating, Matt"	Matt Keating	Parramatta Eels	Burleigh Bears (Intrust Super Cup)
data-sort-value="Maitua, Reni"	Reni Maitua	Parramatta Eels	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
data-sort-value="Roberts, Ben"	Ben Roberts	Parramatta Eels	Melbourne Storm
data-sort-value="Ryan, Matt"	Matt Ryan	Parramatta Eels	Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
data-sort-value="Ciraldo, Cameron"	Cameron Ciraldo	Penrith Panthers	Retirement
data-sort-value="Coote, Lachlan"	Lachlan Coote	Penrith Panthers	North Queensland Cowboys
data-sort-value="Masoe, Mose"	Mose Masoe	Penrith Panthers	Super League: St. Helens
data-sort-value="Newton, Clint"	Clint Newton	Penrith Panthers	Newcastle Knights
data-sort-value="Smith, Nathan"	Nathan Smith	Penrith Panthers	Retirement
data-sort-value="Tighe, Brad"	Brad Tighe	Penrith Panthers	Gold Coast Titans
data-sort-value="Walsh, Luke"	Luke Walsh	Penrith Panthers	Super League: St. Helens
data-sort-value="Asotasi, Roy"	Roy Asotasi	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Super League: Warrington Wolves
data-sort-value="Crocker, Michael"	Michael Crocker	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Retirement
data-sort-value="Everingham, Andrew"	Andrew Everingham	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Fukuoka Sanix Blues (Japanese rugby union)
data-sort-value="Farrell, Dylan"	Dylan Farrell	South Sydney Rabbitohs	St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="King, Matt"	Matt King	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Retirement
data-sort-value="Lima, Jeff"	Jeff Lima	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Super League: Catalans Dragons
data-sort-value="Peats, Nathan"	Nathan Peats	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Parramatta Eels
data-sort-value="Cooper, Matt"	Matt Cooper	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
data-sort-value="Fien, Nathan"	Nathan Fien	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
data-sort-value="Henderson, Michael"	Michael Henderson	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
data-sort-value="Prior, Matt"	Matt Prior	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
data-sort-value="Stanley, Chase"	Chase Stanley	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
data-sort-value="Vidot, Daniel"	Daniel Vidot	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Brisbane Broncos
data-sort-value="Weyman, Michael"	Michael Weyman	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
data-sort-value="Arona, Tinirau"	Tinirau Arona	Sydney Roosters	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
data-sort-value="Kennedy, Martin"	Martin Kennedy	Sydney Roosters	Brisbane Broncos
data-sort-value="O'Donnell, Luke"	Luke O'Donnell	Sydney Roosters	Retirement
data-sort-value="Oldfield, Michael"	Michael Oldfield	Sydney Roosters	Super League: Catalans Dragons
data-sort-value="Seluini, Nafe"	Nafe Seluini	Sydney Roosters	Burleigh Bears (Intrust Super Cup)
data-sort-value="Ayshford, Blake"	Blake Ayshford	Wests Tigers	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
data-sort-value="Bell, Matthew"	Matthew Bell	Wests Tigers	Burleigh Bears (Intrust Super Cup)
data-sort-value="Iosefa, Masada"	Masada Iosefa	Wests Tigers	Retirement
data-sort-value="Marshall, Benji"	Benji Marshall	Wests Tigers	St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="Moltzen, Tim"	Tim Moltzen	Wests Tigers	Retirement
data-sort-value="Murdoch-Masila, Ben"	Ben Murdoch-Masila	Wests Tigers	Penrith Panthers
data-sort-value="Pettybourne, Eddy"	Eddy Pettybourne	Wests Tigers	Super League: Wigan Warriors
data-sort-value="Reddy, Joel"	Joel Reddy	Wests Tigers	South Sydney Rabbitohs
data-sort-value="Utai, Matt"	Matt Utai	Wests Tigers	Retirement
data-sort-value="L'Estrange, Heath"	Heath L'Estrange	Super League: Bradford Bulls	Sydney Roosters
data-sort-value="Lulia, Keith"	Keith Lulia	Super League: Bradford Bulls	Wests Tigers
data-sort-value="Casty, Rémi"	Rémi Casty	Super League: Catalans Dragons	Sydney Roosters
data-sort-value="Holdsworth, Daniel"	Daniel Holdsworth	Super League: Hull F.C.	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
data-sort-value="Dobson, Michael"	Michael Dobson	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers	Newcastle Knights
data-sort-value="Paterson, Cory"	Cory Paterson	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers	Wests Tigers
data-sort-value="Soward, Jamie"	Jamie Soward	Super League: London Broncos	Penrith Panthers
data-sort-value="Witt, Michael"	Michael Witt	Super League: London Broncos	St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="Cooper, Mike"	Mike Cooper	Super League: Warrington Wolves	St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="Mossop, Lee"	Lee Mossop	Super League: Wigan Warriors	Parramatta Eels
data-sort-value="Richards, Pat"	Pat Richards	Super League: Wigan Warriors	Wests Tigers
data-sort-value="Tomkins, Sam"	Sam Tomkins	Super League: Wigan Warriors	New Zealand Warriors
data-sort-value="Tuqiri, Lote"	Lote Tuqiri	Leinster (Irish rugby union)	South Sydney Rabbitohs

Coaches

Notes and References

1. News: Phil Gould. NRL's ludicrous and unfair second-tier salary cap holding back young players. 14 July 2014. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 12 July 2014.
2. News: Tarbert. Kristine. Kevin Kingston and Peter Wallace named Penrith Panthers NRL co-captains for 2014. 4 March 2014. dailytelegraph.com.au. 3 March 2014.
3. News: Tina Turner changed NRL promos – and rugby league – forever. 5 March 2014. The Guardian. 28 February 2014.
4. News: NRL launches 2014 season. 5 March 2014. nrl.com. 27 February 2014.
5. News: Rothfield. Phil. Sydney Roosters skipper Anthony Minichiello NRL’s new face-of-the-game. 5 March 2014. the Daily Telegraph. 11 February 2014.
6. Web site: Rise for Alex. NRL.com.
7. http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-referees-says-they-are-not-afraid-to-send-off-players-in-the-finals-series/story-fn2mcuj6-1227057656789?from=public_rss NRL referees says they are not afraid to send off players in the finals series
8. News: Russell Packer of the Newcastle Knights sentenced to two years' jail. SMH.com.au. 6 January 2014.