2014 Parramatta Eels season

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2014 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank10th
Play-off resultDNQ
World Club Challenge DNQ
Auckland Nines Quarter-finalists (Lost 6–17 vs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, 2nd Quarter Final)
2014 recordWins: 12; draws: 0; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 477; against: 580
Team information
CEOScott Seward
Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Arthur
Captain
Stadium Pirtek Stadium (Capacity: 20,741)
ANZ Stadium (Capacity: 83,500)
TIO Stadium (Capacity: 12,500)
Avg. attendance18,788 (Home)
17,803 (Home & Away)
Agg. attendance225,457 (Home)
427,267 (Home & Away)
High attendance50,688 (21 April vs Wests Tigers, Round 7)
Top scorers
Tries Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarryd Hayne (20)
Goals Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Sandow (53)
Points Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Sandow (111)
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The 2014 Parramatta Eels Season was the 68th in the club's history. Coached by Brad Arthur and captained by Jarryd Hayne and Tim Mannah, they competed in the NRL's 2014 Telstra Premiership. The Parramatta club finished the regular season 10th out of 16 teams, failing to make the play-offs.

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Summary

Parramatta were determined to continue their rebuilding process in the off season after receiving the wooden spoon two years running. The club achieved this by releasing 12 players and signing more in key areas to help them reach success in the 2014 season. [1] Some notable players are:

Parramatta also recruited a new coach in Brad Arthur, formerly an assistant coach at the club, as Ricky Stuart reneged on the final two years of his contract. This was in order to return to his hometown of Canberra and coach the Raiders, the team he played for during his youth.

Parramatta started strongly in the 2014 season, defeating the New Zealand Warriors 36–16 at Pirtek Stadium in their opening round, a mirror of twelve months previous where they also defeated the Warriors 40–10. [2]

The Eels missed out on the finals for a fifth consecutive year with a loss to the Canberra Raiders in round 26 of the season, had they have beaten Canberra, Parramatta would have made it into the top 8. The loss had added bitterness as Canberra were coached by former Parramatta coach Ricky Stuart.

Standings

National Rugby League

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2416082615385+23036
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2416082502399+10336
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs (P)2415092585361+22434
4 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415092506426+8034
5 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24140102596406+19032
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24140102536460+7632
7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24130112446439+730
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24120122549456+9328
9 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24120122571491+8028
10 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24120122477580−10328
11 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24110132469528−5926
12 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24100142463571−10824
13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24100142420631−21124
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2490152372538−16622
15 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2480162466623−15720
16 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2450192334613−27914

National Youth Competition

2014 NYC season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2417252828554+27440
2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2416172686618+6837
3 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels2416082812576+23636
4 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2416082728512+21636
5 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2415182755545+21035
6 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24151182682570+11235
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24130112574598-2430
8 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors (P)24121112733544+18929
9 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24121112617552+6529
10 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24121112632716-8429
11 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 241201225325905828
12 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2480162547793-24620
13 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2480162595890-29520
14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2462162525726-20118
15 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2460182584757-17316
16 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2430212523812-28910

Fixtures

Auckland Nines

Pre-season

Match No.HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and time (Local)VenueAttendance
1 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 20 – 20 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Saturday, 13 February, 7:40 PM ANZAC Oval 3,284
Source: [3]

Home and away season

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and time (Local)VenueAttendance
1 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 36 – 16 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 9 March 2014, 3:00pm Pirtek Stadium 14,397
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 56 – 4 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 15 March 2014, 7:30pm Allianz Stadium 13,269
3 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22 – 18 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 23 March 2014, 3:00pm Brookvale Oval 14,135
4 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 32 – 16 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 29 March 2014, 5:30pm Pirtek Stadium 14,448
5 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 18 – 25 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 4 April 2014, 7:40pm Suncorp Stadium 32,009
6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 14 – 12 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 12 April 2014, 5:30pm Pirtek Stadium 15,312
7 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 18 – 21 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 21 April 2014, 4:00pm ANZ Stadium, Sydney 50,688
8 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 42 – 14 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 26 April 2014, 5:30pm 1300SMILES Stadium 13,285
9 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 42 – 24 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12 May 2014, 7:00pm Pirtek Stadium 12,541
10 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 36 – 0 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 17 May 2014, 3:00pm Pirtek Stadium 18,631
Bye Round
12 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 38 – 12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 30 May 2014, 7:45pm Sportingbet Stadium 19,141
13 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 18 – 16 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 6 June 2014, 7:40pm Pirtek Stadium 10,142
14 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12 – 22 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 15 June 2014, 3:00pm ANZ Stadium, Sydney 24,012
15 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 46 – 20 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 22 June 2014, 2:00pm AAMI Park 12,635
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 10 – 16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 29 June 2014, 3:00pm Pirtek Stadium 15,566
Bye Round
18 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 48 – 0 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 12 July 2014, 7:30pm Mt Smart Stadium 14,087
19 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 12 – 32 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 18 July 2014, 7:40pm Pirtek Stadium 16,125
20 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 18 – 24 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 26 July 2014, 5:30pm Cbus Super Stadium 14,175
21 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12 – 32 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2 August 2014,3:00pm Remondis Stadium 12,798
22 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 18 – 10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 9 August 2014, 8:30pm TIO Stadium 9,527
23 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 16 – 18 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 15 August 2014, 7:45pm ANZ Stadium, Sydney 30,394
24 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 22 – 12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22 August 2014, 7:45 pm Pirtek Stadium 17,706
25 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 42 – 12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 30 August 2014, 3:00 pm Hunter Stadium 18,558
26 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 33 – 20 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 6 September 2014, 5:30 pm GIO Stadium Canberra 13,706
Source:

Representative call ups

Domestic

Pos.PlayerTeamCall-up
CE William Hopoate City colours.svg NSW City 2014 City vs Country Origin
Darcy Lussick City colours.svg NSW City 2014 City vs Country Origin
CE William Hopoate New South Wales colours.svg NSW 2014 State of Origin Series
FB Jarryd Hayne New South Wales colours.svg NSW 2014 State of Origin Series

International

Pos.PlayerTeamCall-up
WG Semi Radradra Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 2014 Pacific Test
WG Vai Toutai Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga v Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg PNG, 16 October 2014
CE John Folau Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga v Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg PNG, 16 October 2014
Mark Daoud Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Hayne–Mannah Cup
CE Fabian Goodall Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji Hayne–Mannah Cup

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