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 Rank	8th
Play-off result	Lost Elimination Final (North Queensland Cowboys, 20-32)
2014 record	Wins: 12; draws: 0; losses: 12
Points scored	For: 549; against: 456
Team information
CEO	Paul White
Coach	Anthony Griffin
Captain	Justin Hodges Corey Parker
Stadium	Suncorp Stadium
Avg. attendance	33,354
High attendance	44,122 (vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs, Rd 8)
Top scorers
Tries	Dale Copley (16)
Goals	Corey Parker (57)
Points	Corey Parker (114)
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Season summary

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

• Round 1: Ben Barba, Martin Kennedy, Todd Lowrie and Daniel Vidot made their debuts for the club
• Round 3: Ben Barba played his 100th career game
• Round 5: Corey Parker scored his 1000th career point
• Round 11: Ben Hunt played his 100th game for the club
• Round 11: Francis Molo made his first grade debut
• Round 12: Josh Hoffman and Josh McGuire played their 100th game for the club
• Round 12: Dale Copley played his 50th game for the club
• Round 15: Jake Granville scored his 1st career try
• Round 18: Sam Thaiday played his 200th game for the club
• Round 20: Todd Lowrie played his 200th career game
• Round 21: Matt Gillett played his 100th game for the club
• Round 24: Daniel Vidot played his 100th career game

Squad List

See also: List of Brisbane Broncos players

Brisbane Broncos

First team squad								Coaching staff
Ajuma Adams – PR Ben Barba – FB, FE Marmin Barba – FE, FB Dale Copley – CE, WG Cameron Cullen – HB Mitchell Dodds – PR Jordan Drew – CE, WG Matt Gillett – LK, SR, CE Alex Glenn – SR, CE Jake Granville – HK, LK Jon Green – PR David Hala – PR Ben Hannant – PR		Justin Hodges (c) – CE, FB Josh Hoffman – FB, CE, WG, FE Ben Hunt – HB, FE, HK Jordan Kahu – FB, CE, WG, FE Martin Kennedy – PR Todd Lowrie – SR, LK Lachlan Maranta – WG Andrew McCullough – HK Josh McGuire – PR Stewart Mills – CE, WG Francis Molo – PR Darren Nicholls – HB, FE Kodi Nikorima – HB, FE		Corey Oates – SR, WG Joe Ofahengaue – PR, SR Duncan Paia'aua – FE Corey Parker (c) – LK, SR, PR Jack Reed – CE David Stagg – LK, SR, CE Zach Strasser – FE, HB Ashley Taylor – HB, FE Sam Thaiday – SR, PR Daniel Vidot – CE, WG Jarrod Wallace – PR Jharal Yow Yeh – WG				Head coach Anthony Griffin Assistant coaches Kristian Woolf Stephen Kearney Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 4 December 2013 Source(s): Broncos Squad, Coaches & Trainers

Squad Movement

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Ben Barba	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2016	[5]
Marmin Barba	Gold Coast Titans	2015	[6]
Martin Kennedy	Sydney Roosters	2016	[7]
Darren Nicholls	Wyong Roos (NSW Cup)	2014	[8]
Todd Lowrie	New Zealand Warriors	2015	[9]
Stewart Mills	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2014	[9]
Zach Strasser	Redcliffe Dolphins (Queensland Cup)	2015	[10]
Daniel Vidot	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2015	[9]

Losses

Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Scott Anderson	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2014	[11]
Kurt Baptiste	Canberra Raiders	2014	[12]
Dunamis Lui	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	?	?
Corey Norman	Parramatta Eels	2016	[13]
Scott Prince	Retirement	-	[14]
Nick Slyney	London Broncos	?	[15]
Lama Tasi	Salford Red Devils	2015	[16]
Peter Wallace	Penrith Panthers	2016	[17]
Jharal Yow Yeh	Retirement	-	[18]

Re-signings

Player	Club	Until End of	Notes
David Hala	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[19]
Justin Hodges	Brisbane Broncos	2016	[20]
Ben Hunt	Brisbane Broncos	2017	[21]
Lachlan Maranta	Brisbane Broncos	2016	[22]
Corey Oates	Brisbane Broncos	2017	[23]
Corey Parker	Brisbane Broncos	2016	[20]
David Stagg	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[24]
Jarrod Wallace	Brisbane Broncos	2016	[22]

Contract lengths

Player	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Source
Ben Barba	Brisbane Broncos	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks				[25]
Jake Granville	Brisbane Broncos	North Queensland Cowboys				[26]
David Hala	Brisbane Broncos	Gold Coast Titans				[27]
Ben Hannant	Brisbane Broncos	North Queensland Cowboys				[28]
Josh Hoffman	Brisbane Broncos	Gold Coast Titans				[29]
Martin Kennedy	Brisbane Broncos	Sydney Roosters				[30]
Stewart Mills	Brisbane Broncos	Released				[9]
Darren Nicholls	Brisbane Broncos					[8]
Marmin Barba	Brisbane Broncos					[6]
Alex Glenn	Brisbane Broncos					[31]
Jordan Kahu	Brisbane Broncos					[32]
Todd Lowrie	Brisbane Broncos					[9]
Andrew McCullough	Brisbane Broncos					[31]
Josh McGuire	Brisbane Broncos					[33]
Corey Oates	Brisbane Broncos					[34]
David Stagg	Brisbane Broncos					[24]
Zach Strasser	Brisbane Broncos					[10]
Sam Thaiday	Brisbane Broncos					[35]
Daniel Vidot	Brisbane Broncos					[9]
Dale Copley	Brisbane Broncos					[36]
Matt Gillett	Brisbane Broncos					[37]
Justin Hodges	Brisbane Broncos					[20]
Lachlan Maranta	Brisbane Broncos					[22]
Corey Parker	Brisbane Broncos					[20]
Jarrod Wallace	Brisbane Broncos					[22]
Ben Hunt	Brisbane Broncos					[21]
Corey Oates	Brisbane Broncos					[23]
Jack Reed	Brisbane Broncos					[37]

Ladder

2014 NRL season v t e
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

Pre-season

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

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 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

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

	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

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

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	13 Sept, Allianz Stadium
	1	Sydney	18
	4	Penrith	19			19 Sept, Allianz Stadium
						Sydney		31
	13 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium					North Queensland		30				27 Sept, ANZ Stadium
	5	North Queensland	32									Penrith		12
	8	Brisbane	20									Canterbury-Bankstown		18			5 Oct, ANZ Stadium
																	Canterbury-Bankstown		6
	14 Sept, AAMI Park											26 Sept, ANZ Stadium					South Sydney		30
	6	Melbourne	4									Sydney		22
	7	Canterbury-Bankstown	28			20 Sept, Allianz Stadium						South Sydney		32
						Canterbury-Bankstown		18
	12 Sept, Allianz Stadium					Manly-Warringah		17
	2	Manly-Warringah	24
	3	South Sydney	40

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

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

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

League

• Nil

Club

• Paul Morgon Medal: Ben Hunt
• Player's Player: Ben Hunt
• Fan Player of the Year: Ben Hunt
• Best Back: Ben Hunt
• Best Forward: Josh McGuire
• Most Consistent: Alex Glenn
• Clubman of the Year: Scot Czislowski
• NYC Player of the Year: Joe Ofahengaue