2014 NRL Auckland Nines

The 2014 NRL Auckland Nines (known as the Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines due to sponsorship) was the first NRL Auckland Nines tournament, contested between all sixteen teams of the National Rugby League. The draw was released on 30 October 2013.^[1] It was a two-day, nine-a-side, knockout tournament held at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. All sixteen NRL clubs and 256 players competed over the one weekend (February 15 – February 16) with AUD$2.25 million prize money split between the teams. The North Queensland Cowboys won the tournament defeating the Brisbane Broncos 16 – 7.

2014 NRL Auckland Nines

Tournament information
Location	Eden Park
Dates	15 February–16 February
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	North Queensland Cowboys (1 title)
Runner-up	Brisbane Broncos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Points scored	895 (28.87 per match)
Tries scored	177 (5.71 per match)
Attendance	89,000
MVP	Shaun Johnson
Top scorer(s)	Shaun Johnson (40)
Top try scorer(s)	Kyle Feldt (5) Semi Radradra (5)
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Tournament games

Yellow pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	New Zealand Warriors	3	3	0	0	80	41	+39	6
2	North Queensland Cowboys	3	1	0	2	55	45	+10	2
3	Canberra Raiders	3	1	0	2	32	53	−21	2
4	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	3	1	0	2	25	53	−28	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

15 February 2014	New Zealand Warriors	25 – 14	Canberra Raiders	Auckland, New Zealand
14:25 NZDT	Bonus point tries: Johnson  6' c Tries: Fisiiahi  3' c Matagi  11' c Kata  15' c Conversions: Johnson (3/3), Tomkins (1/1)	Report	Tries: Cornish  1' Heffernan  15' c Kennedy  18' Conversions: Cornish (0/1), Buttriss (1/1), Robinson (0/1)	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,600 Referee: Gavin Badger

2:50pm, 15 February

Manly Sea Eagles	17 – 8	North Queensland Cowboys
Blair (5), Williams (4), Hiku (4), Cherry-Evans (4)	Report	Feldt (4), Rona (4)

Eden Park

6:10pm, 15 February

New Zealand Warriors	27 – 4	Manly Sea Eagles
Johnson (11), Kata (4), Peyroux (4), Fusitua (4), Lolohea (4)	Report	Hasson (4)

Eden Park Referee: Matt Cecchin

6:35pm, 15 February

Canberra Raiders	0 – 24	North Queensland Cowboys
	Report	Cooper (5), Bowen (5), Thompson (4), Linnett (4), Feldt (4), Lui (2)

Eden Park

1:45pm, 16 February

New Zealand Warriors	28 – 23	North Queensland Cowboys
Johnson (11), Ikahihifo (9), Tuimavave (4), Laumape (4)	Report	Winterstein (8), Feldt (6), Santo (5), Linnett (4)

Eden Park

2:10pm, 16 February

Canberra Raiders	18 – 4	Manly Sea Eagles
Robinson (8), Heffernan (4), Tupou (4), Ahearn (2)	Report	Satini (4)

Eden Park

Green pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Parramatta Eels	3	2	0	1	55	32	+23	4
2	Brisbane Broncos	3	2	0	1	42	32	+10	4
3	Sydney Roosters	3	1	0	2	29	41	−12	2
4	Canterbury Bulldogs	3	1	0	2	26	46	−20	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

15 February 2014	Sydney Roosters	11 – 18	Parramatta Eels	Auckland, New Zealand
13:25 NZDT	Bonus point tries: Pearce  9' c Tries: Tupou  9' Conversions: Pearce (1/2)	Report	Tries: Radradra  4' c,  5',  13' Toutai  11' Conversions: Sandow (1/4)	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,600 Referee: Brett Suttor

15 February 2014	Brisbane Broncos	20 – 4	Canterbury Bulldogs	Auckland, New Zealand
13:50 NZDT	Tries: Copley  9' McCullough  12' Hunt  14' Mills  17' Barba  18' Conversions: Copley (0/1), Hunt (0/3), Nikorima (0/1)	Report	Tries: Mbye  6' Conversions: Mbye (0/1)	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,600 Referee: Luke Phillips

5:10pm, 15 February

Sydney Roosters	14 – 7	Brisbane Broncos
Pearce (7), Fittler (5), Friend (2)	Report	Parker (5), Hunt (2)

Eden Park Referee: Jared Maxwell

5:35pm, 15 February

Parramatta Eels	23 – 6	Canterbury Bulldogs
Toutai (5), Ma'u (4), Norman (4), Terepo (4), Radradra (4), Sandow (2)	Report	Perrett (4), Mbye (2)

Eden Park

12:50pm, 16 February

Sydney Roosters	4 – 16	Canterbury Bulldogs
Rokolati (4)	Report	O'Hanlon (8), Jackson (4), Graham (4)

Eden Park

1:15pm, 16 February

Parramatta Eels	14 – 15	Brisbane Broncos
Norman (7), Radradra (5), Sandow (2)	Report	Nikorima (7), Hoffman (4), Hunt (4)

Eden Park

Blue pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Newcastle Knights	3	2	0	1	62	29	+33	4
2	Cronulla Sharks	3	2	0	1	60	47	+13	4
3	Gold Coast Titans	3	1	0	2	50	62	−12	2
4	Wests Tigers	3	1	0	2	28	62	−34	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

15 February 2014	Cronulla Sharks	15 – 12	Newcastle Knights	Auckland, New Zealand
12:35 NZDT	Bonus point tries: Tagataese  7' c Tries: Carney  11' Gardner  18' Conversions: Holdsworth (1/3)	Report	Tries: Roberts  5' c Leilua  13' c Conversions: Mullen (2/2)	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,600 Referee: Ben Cummins

15 February 2014	Wests Tigers	7 – 22	Gold Coast Titans	Auckland, New Zealand
13:00 NZDT	Bonus point tries: Tedesco  11' c Conversions: Richards (1/1)	Report	Tries: Gordon  4' Carter  6' Mead  7' Likiliki  14' c Faifai Loa  15' Conversions: Kelly (1/3) Bird (0/1) Takairangi (0/1)	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,600 Referee: Gavin Reynolds

4:20pm, 15 February

Cronulla Sharks	15 – 21	Wests Tigers
Tagataese (5), Feki (4), Leutele (4), Carney (2)	Report	Richards (8), Tedesco (5), Woods (4), Koroibete (4)

Eden Park

4:45pm, 15 February

Newcastle Knights	25 – 14	Gold Coast Titans
Leilua (12), Smith (5), Mullen (4), Mamo (4)	Report	Tighe (10), Gordon (2), Kelly (2)

Eden Park

12:00pm, 16 February

Cronulla Sharks	30 – 14	Gold Coast Titans
Holdsworth (6), Tagataese (4), Brown (4), Ayshford (4), Holmes (4), Leutele (4), Matt Prior (4)	Report	Minichiello (8), Kelly (6)

Eden Park

12:25pm, 16 February

Newcastle Knights	25 – 0	Wests Tigers
Houston (5), Mamo (4), Roberts (4), Mason (4), Gagai (4), Mullen (4)	Report

Eden Park

Red pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Penrith Panthers	3	2	0	1	53	37	+16	4
2	South Sydney Rabbitohs	3	2	0	1	53	38	+15	4
3	Melbourne Storm	3	1	0	2	39	40	−1	2
4	St. George Illawarra Dragons	3	1	0	2	26	56	−30	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3:15pm, 15 February

Melbourne Storm	11 – 14	Penrith Panthers
Munster (7), Chambers (4)	Report	Nabuli (4), Mansour (4), Yeo (4), Moylan (2)

Eden Park

3:40pm, 15 February

South Sydney Rabbitohs	23 – 4	St George Illawarra Dragons
Reddy (7), Johnston (4), McQueen (4), Tuqiri (4), Keary (4)	Report	Morris (4)

Eden Park

7:00pm, 15 February

Melbourne Storm	18 – 12	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Chambers (9), Fonua (5), Waqa (4)	Report	Merritt (4), Reddy (4), Champion (4)

Eden Park

7:25pm, 15 February

Penrith Panthers	23 – 8	St George Illawarra Dragons
Nabuli (9), Jennings (8), Soward (6)	Report	Morris (4), Nightingale (4)

Eden Park

2:35pm, 16 February

Melbourne Storm	10 – 14	St George Illawarra Dragons
Garbutt (4), Fonua (4), Waqa (2)	Report	Morris (8), Dugan (6)

Eden Park Referee: Gavin Badger

3:00pm, 16 February

Penrith Panthers	16 – 18	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Kingston (4), Campbell-Gillard (4), Mansour (4), Moylan (2), Soward (2)	Report	Koroisau (6), McQueen (4), Te'o (4), Walker (4)

Eden Park

Finals

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Newcastle Knights		11
	Brisbane Broncos		16
						Brisbane Broncos		18
						Cronulla Sharks		14
	Parramatta Eels		6
	Cronulla 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

3:30pm, 16 February

Newcastle Knights	11 – 16	Brisbane Broncos
McKinnon (5), Mullen (4), Roberts (2)	Report	McCullough (4), Nikorima (4), Hoffman (4), Copley (4)

Eden Park

3:55pm, 16 February

Parramatta Eels	6 – 17	Cronulla Sharks
Paulo (6)	Report	Stapleton (6), Holmes (5), Gardner (4), Holdsworth (2)

Eden Park

4:20pm, 16 February

New Zealand Warriors	17 – 16	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Johnson (7), Fisiiahi (4), Laumape (4), Tomkins (2)	Report	Walker (6), McQueen (4), Merritt (4), Koroisau (2)

Eden Park

4:45pm, 16 February

Penrith Panthers	12 – 22	North Queensland Cowboys
Nabuli (4), Jennings (4), Mansour (4)	Report	Feldt (10), Sims (4), Rona (4), Morgan (4)

Eden Park

5:45pm, 16 February

Brisbane Broncos	18 – 14	Cronulla Sharks
McCullough (4), Barba (4), Hunt (4), Hoffman (4), Gillett (2)	Report	Feki (5), Wright (5), Holdsworth (4)

Eden Park Referee: Gerard Sutton

6:10pm, 16 February

New Zealand Warriors	0 – 8	North Queensland Cowboys
	Report	Feldt (4), Bowen (4)

Eden Park Referee: Ben Cummins

7:30pm, 16 February

Brisbane Broncos	7 – 16	North Queensland Cowboys
Hunt (7)	Report	Rona (8), Winterstein (4), Lui (2), Morgan (2)

Eden Park Referee: Ben Cummins

Players

Team of the Tournament

Player	Club
Andrew McCullough	Brisbane Broncos
Shaun Johnson	New Zealand Warriors
James Tamou	North Queensland Cowboys
Dylan Walker	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Antonio Winterstein	North Queensland Cowboys
Andrew Fifita	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Kane Linnett	North Queensland Cowboys
Gavin Cooper	North Queensland Cowboys
Suaia Matagi	New Zealand Warriors

Brisbane Broncos

Player
Ben Barba
Josh Hoffman
Dale Copley
Alex Glenn
Stewart Mills
Kodi Nikorima
Ben Hunt
Martin Kennedy
Andrew McCullough
Sam Thaiday
Matt Gillett
Jordan Drew
Corey Parker (C)
David Stagg
Todd Lowrie
Jake Granville
Joe Ofahengaue

Canberra Raiders

Player
Jarrod Croker (C)
Reece Robinson
Mitch Cornish
Bill Tupou
Matt McIlwrick
Joel Edwards
Glen Buttriss
Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
Jarrad Kennedy
Mark Nicholls
Jake Foster
Lagi Setu
Mitch Cronin
Luke Bateman
Jack Ahearn
Andrew Heffernan

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Player
Sam Perrett
Mitch Brown
Chase Stanley
Tyrone Phillips
Ed Murphy
Moses Mbye
Drury Low
Tim Browne
Michael Ennis (C)
Dale Finucane
Josh Jackson
Tony Williams
Pat O'Hanlon
Lachlan Burr
Corey Thompson
Lloyd Perrett
Jaline Graham

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Player
Nathan Gardner
Nathan Stapleton
Blake Ayshford
Jonathan Wright
Sosaia Feki
Todd Carney
Daniel Holdsworth
Andrew Fifita
Michael Lichaa
Sam Tagataese
Wade Graham
Matt Prior
Paul Gallen
Ricky Leutele
Tupou Sopoaga
Fa'amanu Brown

Gold Coast Titans

Player
William Zillman
Brad Tighe
David Mead
Kevin Gordon
Albert Kelly
Greg Bird
Ashley Harrison
Anthony Don
Paul Carter
Kalifa Faifai Loa
Brad Takairangi
Mark Minichiello
Maurice Blair
Luke Bailey
Siuatonga Likiliki
David Taylor

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Player
Cheyse Blair
Jamie Buhrer
Michael Chee-Kam
Daly Cherry-Evans
Clinton Gutherson
James Hasson
Peta Hiku
Justin Horo
Jack Littlejohn
Steve Menzies
Ligi Sao
Tony Satini
Jesse Sene-Lefao
Tom Symonds
Jorge Taufua
David Williams

Melbourne Storm

Player
Will Chambers
Sisa Waqa
Joel Romelo
Mahe Fonua
Matt Duffie
Young Tonumaipea
Mitch Garbutt
Justin O'Neill
Tohu Harris
Matthew Lodge
Kevin Proctor
Ryan Hoffman (C)
Slade Griffin
Kurt Mann
Cameron Munster
Richie Kennar

Newcastle Knights

Player
Jarrod Mullen (C)
Adam Cuthbertson
Jake Mamo
Dane Gagai
Joseph Leilua
Akuila Uate
Tyrone Roberts
Willie Mason
Adam Clydsdale
Chris Houston
Beau Scott
Robbie Rochow
Jeremy Smith
Michael Dobson
Alex McKinnon
Zane Tetevano

North Queensland Cowboys

Player
Lachlan Coote
Zac Santo
Antonio Winterstein
Kane Linnett
Javid Bowen
Michael Morgan
Robert Lui
Jason Taumalolo
Ray Thompson
James Tamou
Gavin Cooper (c)
Tariq Sims
Joel Riethmuller
Rory Kostjasyn
Kyle Feldt
Curtis Rona

Parramatta Eels

Player
Willie Tonga (C)
Kenny Edwards
Bureta Faraimo
John Folau
Manu Ma'u
Fuifui Moimoi
Ryan Morgan
Corey Norman
Pauli Pauli
Joseph Paulo
Nathan Peats
Api Pewhairangi
Semi Radradra
Chris Sandow
Ken Sio
Peni Terepo
Vai Toutai

Penrith Panthers

Player
Matt Moylan
Wes Naiqama
Josh Mansour
Isaac John
Kevin Naiqama
Jamie Soward
Jeremy Latimore
Sam McKendry
Kevin Kingston
Tyrone Peachey
Lewis Brown
Adam Docker
Reagan Campbell-Gillard
Eto Nabuli
George Jennings
Isaah Yeo

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Player
Nathan Merritt
Beau Champion
Alex Johnston
Joel Reddy
Dylan Walker
Luke Keary
Apisai Koroisau
Dave Tyrrell
Irae Simone
Ben Lowe
Chris McQueen
Ben Te'o (C)
John Sutton
Cameron McInnes
Kyle Turner
Lote Tuqiri

St. George Illawarra Dragons

Player
Josh Dugan
Brett Morris (C)
Dylan Farrell
Nathan Green
Jason Nightingale
Adam Quinlan
Sam Williams
Jack de Belin
Mitch Rein
Tyson Frizell
Leeson Ah Mau
Joel Thompson
Trent Merrin
Bronson Harrison
Michael Witt
Craig Garvey

Sydney Roosters

Player
Mitchell Pearce (C)
Jake Friend (C)
Shaun Kenny-Dowall
Aidan Guerra
Kane Evans
Daniel Tupou
Samisoni Langi
Jackson Hastings
Dylan Napa
Isaac Liu
Nene Macdonald
Jonathon Reuben
Paul Rokolati
Rhyse Martin
Saulala Houma
Sio Siua Taukeiaho
Brad Fittler

New Zealand Warriors

Player
Jason Bukuya
Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Glen Fisiiahi
David Fusitua
Charlie Gubb
Konrad Hurrell
Sebastine Ikahihifo
Shaun Johnson
Solomone Kata
Ngani Laumape
Tuimoala Lolohea
Sione Lousi
Suaia Matagi
Dominique Peyroux
Sam Tomkins
Carlos Tuimavave

Wests Tigers

Player
James Tedesco
Pat Richards
Bodene Thompson
Marika Koroibete
Mitchell Moses
Blake Austin
Aaron Woods
Robbie Farah (C)
Martin Taupau
Cory Paterson
Curtis Sironen
Adam Blair
Manaia Cherrington
Kurtis Rowe
James Gavet
Ben Murdoch-Masila
Delouise Hoeter

Jillaroos

Player
Steph Hancock (C)
Sam Hammond
Karina Brown
Jenni-Sue Hoepper
Annette Brander
Deanna Turner
Ali Brigginshaw
Maddie Studdon
Brittany Breayley
Heather Ballinger
Kezie Apps
Vanessa Foliaki
Ruan Sims
Julie Young
Kellye Hodges
Nikki Richards

Kiwi Ferns

Player
Sarina Fiso (C)
Maitua Feterika
Teuila Fotu-Moala
Georgia Hale
Chanel Huddleston
Nora Maaka
Kelly Maipi
Laura Mariu
Krystal Murray
Hilda Peters
Kahurangi Peters
Rona Peters
Krystal Rota
Atawhai Tupaea
Janna Vaughan
Sharnita Woodman