2014 Parramatta Eels season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 10th | |||
Play-off result | DNQ | |||
World Club Challenge | DNQ | |||
Auckland Nines | Quarter-finalists (Lost 6–17 vs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, 2nd Quarter Final) | |||
2014 record | Wins: 12; draws: 0; losses: 12 | |||
Points scored | For: 477; against: 580 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Scott Seward | |||
Coach | Brad Arthur | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Pirtek Stadium (Capacity: 20,741) ANZ Stadium (Capacity: 83,500) TIO Stadium (Capacity: 12,500) | |||
Avg. attendance | 18,788 (Home) 17,803 (Home & Away) | |||
Agg. attendance | 225,457 (Home) 427,267 (Home & Away) | |||
High attendance | 50,688 (21 April vs Wests Tigers, Round 7) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Jarryd Hayne (20) | |||
Goals | Chris Sandow (53) | |||
Points | 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.
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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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 |
2014 NYC season | ||||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
1 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 828 | 554 | +274 | 40 |
2 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 686 | 618 | +68 | 37 |
3 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 812 | 576 | +236 | 36 |
4 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 728 | 512 | +216 | 36 |
5 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 755 | 545 | +210 | 35 |
6 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 682 | 570 | +112 | 35 |
7 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 574 | 598 | -24 | 30 |
8 | New Zealand Warriors (P) | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 733 | 544 | +189 | 29 |
9 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 617 | 552 | +65 | 29 |
10 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 632 | 716 | -84 | 29 |
11 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 532 | 590 | 58 | 28 |
12 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 547 | 793 | -246 | 20 |
13 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 595 | 890 | -295 | 20 |
14 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 525 | 726 | -201 | 18 |
15 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 584 | 757 | -173 | 16 |
16 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 523 | 812 | -289 | 10 |
Match No. | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||||
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Date and time (Local) | Venue | Attendance | |||||||||
1 | Parramatta Eels | 20 – 20 | Wests Tigers | Saturday, 13 February, 7:40 PM | ANZAC Oval | 3,284 | |||||
Source: [3] |
Pos. | Player | Team | Call-up |
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WG | Semi Radradra | Fiji | 2014 Pacific Test |
WG | Vai Toutai | Tonga | v PNG, 16 October 2014 |
CE | John Folau | Tonga | v PNG, 16 October 2014 |
Mark Daoud | Lebanon | Hayne–Mannah Cup | |
CE | Fabian Goodall | Fiji | Hayne–Mannah Cup |
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