| Year: | 2014 |
| Team Colour: | navy |
| Font Colour: | white |
| League: | NRL |
| League Rank: | 5th |
| League Wins: | 14 |
| League Draws: | 0 |
| League Losses: | 10 |
| Points For: | 596 |
| Points Against: | 406 |
| Playoff Result: | Lost semi-final (v Sydney Roosters, 30-31) |
| Ceo Title: | CEO |
| Ceo: | Peter Jourdain |
| Coach Title: | Coach |
| Avg Attendance: | 14,752 |
| High Attendance: | 25,120 (vs. Brisbane, Finals Week 1) |
| Top Tries: | Antonio Winterstein (15) |
| Top Goals: | Johnathan Thurston (93) |
| Top Points: | Johnathan Thurston (234) |
| Next Season: | 2015 |
The 2014 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 20th in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2014 Telstra Premiership.
On February 16, the Cowboys won the first trophy in their club's history when they won the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines tournament held at Eden Park in Auckland defeating the Brisbane Broncos, 16-7, in the final. They won the trophy and a prize money cheque of $370,000. Winger Kyle Feldt was awarded the Breakout Player of the Tournament award, while Gavin Cooper, Kane Linnett, James Tamou and Antonio Winterstein were named in the Team of the Tournament. The Cowboys finished the NRL season in 5th place, defeating the Brisbane Broncos in the first week of the finals. They were eliminated a week later by the Sydney Roosters.
| Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Asiata | Sydney Roosters | |||
| Lachlan Coote | Penrith Panthers | |||
| Cameron King | St George Illawarra Dragons | |||
| Tautau Moga | Sydney Roosters (mid-season) | |||
| Hezron Murgha | Northern Pride | |||
| Ben Spina | Northern Pride (mid-season) | |||
| Matthew Wright | Cronulla Sharks |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 8 February | Trial 1 | Brisbane Broncos | Dolphin Oval | 32 - 8 | Sims (2), Kaufusi, King, Santo, Taumalolo | Feldt (3), Coote (1) | 12,000 | ||||
| Saturday, 22 February | Trial 2 | Gold Coast Titans | Clive Berghofer Stadium | 28 - 12 | Hall, Morgan, Sims, Taumalolo, Winterstein | Thurston (4) | 8,532 | ||||
| Legend: | |||||||||||
See main article: 2014 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 February 15 and 16 at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Cowbous featured in Pool navy and played Canberra, Manly and the Warriors. The top two teams of each pool qualified for the quarter-finals.
| Pool navy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | |||||||||
| New Zealand Warriors | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 41 | +39 | 6 | |
| North Qld Cowboys | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 2 | |
| Canberra Raiders | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 53 | -21 | 2 | |
| Manly Sea Eagles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 53 | -28 | 2 | |
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 15 February | 2:50pm | Round 1 | Manly Sea Eagles | Eden Park | 8 - 17 | Feldt, Rona | ||||||
| Saturday, 15 Saturday | 6:35pm | Round 2 | Canberra Raiders | Eden Park | 24 - 4 | Bowen (bonus try), Cooper (bonus try), Linnett, Thompson | Feldt (3) | |||||
| Sunday, 16 February | 1:45pm | Round 3 | New Zealand Warriors | Eden Park | 23 - 28 | Winterstein (2), Santo (bonus try), Feldt, Linnett | Feldt (1) | |||||
| Legend: | ||||||||||||
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 16 February | 4:45pm | Quarter | Penrith Panthers | Eden Park | 22 - 12 | Feldt (2), Morgan, Rona, Sims | Feldt (1) | |||||
| Sunday, 16 February | 6:10pm | Semi | New Zealand Warriors | Eden Park | 8 - 0 | Bowen, Feldt | ||||||
| Sunday, 16 February | 7:30pm | Final | Brisbane Broncos | Eden Park | 16 - 7 | Rona (2), Winterstein | Lui (1), Morgan (1) | |||||
| Legend: | ||||||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 13 September | Qual. Final | Brisbane Broncos | 32 - 20 | Thurston (6/6) | 25,120 | ||||||
| Saturday, 13 September | Semi-final | Sydney Roosters | 30 - 31 | Thurston (5/5) | 18,355 | ||||||
| Legend: | |||||||||||
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 26 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 17 | 6 | - | - | 24 | ||
| 10 | 7 | - | - | 28 | ||
| 24 | 2 | - | - | 8 | ||
| 6 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 25 | 2 | - | - | 8 | ||
| 25 | 12 | - | - | 48 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 4 | - | 20 | ||
| 25 | 6 | - | - | 24 | ||
| 4 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 11 | 3 | - | - | 12 | ||
| 26 | 10 | - | - | 40 | ||
| 6 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 7 | 6 | - | - | 24 | ||
| 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 20 | 4 | - | - | 16 | ||
| 25 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 21 | 6 | - | - | 24 | ||
| 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 21 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 12 | 5 | - | - | 20 | ||
| 25 | 6 | - | - | 24 | ||
| 22 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 24 | 11 | 93 | 4 | 234 | ||
| 23 | 15 | - | - | 60 | ||
| 17 | 9 | - | - | 32 | ||
| Totals | 115 | 97 | 4 | 658 |
The following players have played a representative match in 2014
| Four Nations | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Morgan | |||||||||
| Tautau Moga | |||||||||
| Matthew Scott | |||||||||
| Ashton Sims | |||||||||
| Tariq Sims | |||||||||
| James Tamou | |||||||||
| Brent Tate | |||||||||
| Jason Taumalolo | |||||||||
| Johnathan Thurston | |||||||||
| Antonio Winterstein |