2014 Penrith Panthers season

2014 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank	4th
Play-off result	Lost prelim-final (FW3)
2014 record	Wins: 16; losses: 10
Points scored	For: 537; against: 462
Team information
Coach	Ivan Cleary
Captains	Kevin Kingston Peter Wallace
Stadium	Sportingbet Stadium – 22,500 Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 20 only)
Avg. attendance	11,462
High attendance	19,141 vs. Eels, round 12
Top scorers
Tries	Josh Mansour (15)
Goals	Jamie Soward (63)
Points	Jamie Soward (155)
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The 2014 Penrith Panthers season was the 48th in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and co-captained by Kevin Kingston and Peter Wallace, ^[1] the team competed in the National Rugby League's 2014 Telstra Premiership. The Panthers competed in the pre-season's 2014 NRL Auckland Nines. They completed the 26-round regular season 4th place (out of 16), reaching the finals for the first time since 2010. Penrith came within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Squad

Penrith Panthers

NRL squad 2014						Extended squad		Coaching staff
Sam Anderson – PR, LK Lewis Brown – SR Bryce Cartwright – SR Adam Docker – SR Tim Grant – PR Jamal Idris – CE Isaac John – FE Kevin Kingston (c) – HK Brent Kite – PR Jeremy Latimore – PR Josh Mansour – WG Sika Manu – SR		Sam McKendry – PR Kierran Moseley – HK Matt Moylan – FB Ben Murdoch-Masila – PR – Gain: 30 Apr Kevin Naiqama – FB, WG Tyrone Peachey – LK Nigel Plum – PR Matt Robinson – LK James Segeyaro – HK David Simmons – WG Will Smith – FB, FE Jamie Soward – FE, HB		Elijah Taylor – SR Peter Wallace (c) – HB Dallin Watene-Zelezniak – FB, WG Dean Whare – CE Isaah Yeo – SR		Wellington Albert – PR, WG Luke Capewell – FB, FE Anthony Cherrington – SR Tom Eisenhuth – SR Daniel Foster – HB Tom Humble – FE Eto Nabuli – WG Wes Naiqama – FB James Roberts – CE – Loss: 14 Mar Ryan Simpkins – LK Nathan Smith – LK Shaun Spence – SR		Head coach Ivan Cleary Assistant coaches David Fairleigh Garth Brennan (NSW Cup Coach) Trent Barrett (NYC Coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Player transfers

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2014 season.

Gains Player Signed from Until end of Notes Wellington Albert PNG Hunters (QLD Cup) 2015 [2] Jamal Idris Gold Coast Titans 2016 [3] Brent Kite Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2015 [4] Leilani Latu Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2015 [4] Ben Murdoch-Masila† Wests Tigers 2015 [5] Kevin Naiqama Newcastle Knights 2015 [6] Tyrone Peachey Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2015 [7] Will Smith Newcastle Knights 2015 [8] Jamie Soward London Broncos (Super League) 2017 [9] Shaun Spence Wests Tigers 2015 [4] Elijah Taylor New Zealand Warriors 2016 [10] Peter Wallace Brisbane Broncos 2016 [4]

Losses Player Signed from Until end of Notes Blake Austin Wests Tigers 2015 [11] Cameron Ciraldo Retirement – Lachlan Coote North Queensland Cowboys 2016 [12] Mose Masoe St Helens (Super League) 2015 [13] Clint Newton Newcastle Knights [14] Kyle O'Donnell Canberra Raiders 2014 [15] James Roberts† Sacked, later Gold Coast Titans [16] Travis Robinson Melbourne Storm 2015 Brad Tighe Gold Coast Titans 2015 [3] Luke Walsh St Helens (Super League) 2015 [17]

Fixtures

The Panthers again used Penrith Stadium as their home ground in 2014, now known as Sportingbet Stadium for sponsorship reasons. ^[18]

Preseason

A 16-man squad was sent to Auckland and participated in the Auckland Nines competition. ^[19] The Panthers played a trial match against the Newtown Jets on 23 February 2014. ^[20]

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

Representative honours

Domestic

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up	Ref.
BE	Tim Grant	NSW City	2014 City vs Country Origin
FB	Matt Moylan
LK	Adam Docker	NSW Country
CE	Jamal Idris
WG	Josh Mansour	Prime Minister's XIII	2014 Prime Minister's XIII match	[21]
FB	Matt Moylan

International

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up	Ref.
BE	Isaac John	New Zealand	2014 Anzac Test	[22]
CE	Dean Whare
18 [23]	Waqa Blake	Fiji	2014 Pacific Test vs Samoa	[24]
BE	Reagan Campbell-Gillard
WG	Eto Nabuli
FB	Kevin Naiqama
HB	Daniel Foster	Tonga	2014 Test vs Papua New Guinea	[25]
SR	Sika Manu
LK	Ben Murdoch-Masila
PR	Reagan Campbell-Gillard	Fiji	2014 Hayne/Mannah Cup vs Lebanon
CE	Wes Naiqama
WG	Josh Mansour	Australia	2014 Four Nations	[26]
18	Matt Moylan			[27]
BE	Lewis Brown	New Zealand		[28]
18 [29]	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
CE	Dean Whare

References

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21. "Prime Minister's XIII squad announced". NRL.com. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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External links

• Panthers official site