2014 Penrith Panthers season

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2014 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank4th
Play-off resultLost prelim-final (FW3)
2014 recordWins: 16; losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 537; against: 462
Team information
Coach Ivan Cleary
Captains
Stadium Sportingbet Stadium – 22,500
Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 20 only)
Avg. attendance11,462
High attendance19,141 vs. Eels, round 12
Top scorers
Tries Josh Mansour (15)
Goals Jamie Soward (63)
PointsJamie 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 then completed the 26-round regular season 4th place (out of 16), reaching the finals for the first time since 2010. Penrith went on to come within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Contents

Squad

Penrith Panthers
NRL Squad 2014Extended squadCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coach

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)


Player transfers

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

Fixtures

The Panthers again use 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
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

Representative honours

Domestic

Pos.PlayerTeamCall-upRef.
BE Tim Grant City colours.svg NSW City 2014 City vs Country Origin
FB Matt Moylan
LK Adam Docker Country colours.svg NSW Country
CE Jamal Idris
WG Josh Mansour Australian colours.svg Prime Minister's XIII 2014 Prime Minister's XIII match
FB Matt Moylan

International

Pos.PlayerTeamCall-upRef.
BE Isaac John Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2014 Anzac Test
CE Dean Whare
18 [23] Waqa Blake Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2014 Pacific Test vs Samoa
BE Reagan Campbell-Gillard
WG Eto Nabuli
FB Kevin Naiqama
HB Daniel Foster Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 2014 Test vs Papua New Guinea
SR Sika Manu
LK Ben Murdoch-Masila
PR Reagan Campbell-Gillard Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2014 Hayne/Mannah Cup vs Lebanon
CE Wes Naiqama
WG Josh Mansour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2014 Four Nations
18 Matt Moylan
BE Lewis Brown Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
18 [29] Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
CE Dean Whare

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