2014 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 2014 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 20th in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2014 Telstra Premiership.

Season summary

On February 16, the Cowboys won the first trophy in their club's history when they won the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines tournament held at Eden Park in Auckland defeating the Brisbane Broncos, 16-7, in the final. They won the trophy and a prize money cheque of $370,000. Winger Kyle Feldt was awarded the Breakout Player of the Tournament award, while Gavin Cooper, Kane Linnett, James Tamou and Antonio Winterstein were named in the Team of the Tournament. The Cowboys finished the NRL season in 5th place, defeating the Brisbane Broncos in the first week of the finals. They were eliminated a week later by the Sydney Roosters.

Milestones

Round 1: Paul Green recorded his first win as an NRL coach.
Round 1: Kane Linnett played his 50th game for the club.
Round 5: Matthew Wright made his debut for the club.
Round 6: Brent Tate scored the clubs 2000th NRL try.
Round 7: Curtis Rona made his NRL debut.
Round 7: Curtis Rona scored his first NRL try.
Round 9: Cameron King made his debut for the club.
Round 10: Johnathan Thurston played his 200th game for the club.
Round 11: Ashton Sims captained the club for the first time.
Round 12: John Asiata made his NRL debut.
Round 17: Tautau Moga made his debut for the club.
Round 17: Sam Hoare made his NRL debut.
Round 17: Zac Santo made his NRL debut.
Round 17: Ben Spina made his NRL debut.
Round 17: Laurie and Ben Spina became the first father-son duo to play for the Cowboys.
Round 17: Jason Taumalolo played his 50th game for the club.
Round 17: Antonio Winterstein scored his 50th career try.
Round 21: Gavin Cooper played his 100th game for the club.
Round 21: Michael Morgan played his 50th NRL game.
Round 22: The Cowboys recorded their biggest ever win (def. Wests Tigers 64-6).
Round 22: The Cowboys recorded their highest ever score (64 points).
Round 26: The Cowboys qualified for their 4th consecutive finals series, the most in club history
Round 26: Johnathan Thurston became the NRL's top point scorer for the 2014 season with 208 points.
Finals Week 2: Johnathan Thurston scored the most points in a season by a Cowboys' player with 234 points.

Squad List

North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2014

First team squad

Coaching staff

Head coach

Paul Green

Assistant coaches

David Furner (Assistant Coach)
Terry Matterson (Assistant Coach)
Adrian Thomson (Assistant Coach)
Paul Bowman (High Performance Manager)
Steve Sartori (Physiotherapist)
Andrew Croll (Strength and Conditioning Coach)
Mark Henry (Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach)
Josh Carius (Performance Analyst)

Legend:

(c) Captain
(vc) Vice captain

Updated: 15 January 2014
Source(s): Cowboys Squad 2014

Squad Movement

2014 Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
John Asiata	Sydney Roosters	2015	^[1]
Lachlan Coote	Penrith Panthers	2016	^[2]
Cameron King	St George Illawarra Dragons	2015	^[3]
Tautau Moga	Sydney Roosters (mid-season)	2016	^[4]
Hezron Murgha	Northern Pride	2015	^[5]
Ben Spina	Northern Pride (mid-season)	2014
Matthew Wright	Cronulla Sharks	2014	^[6]

2014 Losses

Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Matt Bowen	Wigan Warriors	2014	^[7]
Kalifa Faifai Loa	Gold Coast Titans	2015	^[8]
Ashley Graham	Retirement	-	^[9]
Clint Greenshields	Retirement	-	^[10]
Chris Grevsmuhl	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2015	^[11]
Jayden Hodges	Manly Sea Eagles	2016	^[12]
Dallas Johnson	Retirement	-	^[13]
Felise Kaufusi	Melbourne Storm	2014	^[14]
Blake Leary	Northern Pride	2014	^[15]
Tyson Martin	Mackay Cutters	2014	^[16]
Scott Moore	London Broncos	2014	^[17]
Wayne Ulugia	Hull KR	2015	^[18]

Re-signings

Player	Club	Until End of	Notes
Gavin Cooper	North Queensland Cowboys	2017	^[19]
Kyle Feldt	North Queensland Cowboys	2017	^[20]
Glenn Hall	North Queensland Cowboys	2015	^[21]
Sam Hoare	North Queensland Cowboys	2016	^[22]
Rory Kostjasyn	North Queensland Cowboys	2016	^[23]
Robert Lui	North Queensland Cowboys	2015	^[24]
Brent Tate	North Queensland Cowboys	2015	^[25]
Matthew Wright	North Queensland Cowboys	2016	^[26]

Ladder

2014 NRL season
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

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 8 February	Trial 1	Brisbane Broncos	Dolphin Oval	32 – 8	Sims (2), Kaufusi, King, Santo, Taumalolo	Feldt (3), Coote (1)	12,000
Saturday, 22 February	Trial 2	Gold Coast Titans	Clive Berghofer Stadium	28 – 12	Hall, Morgan, Sims, Taumalolo, Winterstein	Thurston (4)	8,532
Legend: Win Loss Draw

NRL Auckland Nines

Main article: 2014 NRL Auckland Nines

The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2014 competition was played over two days on February 15 and 16 at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Cowbous featured in Pool Yellow and played Canberra, Manly and the Warriors. The top two teams of each pool qualified for the quarter finals.

Pool Play

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

Date	Time (Local)	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 15 February	2:50pm	Round 1	Manly Sea Eagles	Eden Park	8 – 17	Feldt, Rona
Saturday, 15 Saturday	6:35pm	Round 2	Canberra Raiders	Eden Park	24 – 4	Bowen (bonus try), Cooper (bonus try), Linnett, Thompson	Feldt (3)
Sunday, 16 February	1:45pm	Round 3	New Zealand Warriors	Eden Park	23 – 28	Winterstein (2), Santo (bonus try), Feldt, Linnett	Feldt (1)
Legend: Win Loss

Finals

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final


Newcastle Knights	11

Brisbane Broncos	16
		Brisbane Broncos	18

		Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	14
Parramatta Eels	6

Cronulla-Sutherland 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

Date	Time (Local)	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Sunday, 16 February	4:45pm	Quarter	Penrith Panthers	Eden Park	22 – 12	Feldt (2), Morgan, Rona, Sims	Feldt (1)
Sunday, 16 February	6:10pm	Semi	New Zealand Warriors	Eden Park	8 – 0	Bowen, Feldt
Sunday, 16 February	7:30pm	Final	Brisbane Broncos	Eden Park	16 – 7	Rona (2), Winterstein	Lui (1), Morgan (1)
Legend: Win Loss

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 8 March	Round 1	Canberra Raiders	1300SMILES Stadium	28 – 22	Cooper, Feldt, Kostjasyn, Thurston, Winterstein	Thurston (4/5)	12,121
Friday, 14 March	Round 2	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	12 – 16	Cooper, Thurston	Thurston (2/3)	42,303
Sunday, 22 March	Round 3	New Zealand Warriors	1300SMILES Stadium	16 – 20	Feldt, Morgan, Winterstein	Thurston (2/3)	12,738
Monday, 31 March	Round 4	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium	12 – 13	Scott, Thurston	Thurston (2/2)	9,482
Monday, 7 April	Round 5	Newcastle Knights	1300SMILES Stadium	28 – 2	Morgan (2), Tate, Thompson, Wright	Thurston (4/5)	11,189
Saturday, 12 April	Round 6	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown Stadium	4 – 16	Tate	Thurston (0/1)	6,456
Friday, 18 April	Round 7	Manly Sea Eagles	Central Coast Stadium	21 – 26	Tate (2), Feldt, Rona	Thurston (2/3, FG), Feldt (0/2)	10,013
Saturday, 26 April	Round 8	Parramatta Eels	1300SMILES Stadium	42 – 14	Linnett (2), Rona (2), Morgan, Scott, Thurston	Thurston (7/7)	13,285
Friday, 9 May	Round 9	Brisbane Broncos	1300SMILES Stadium	27 – 14	Kostjasyn, Linnett, Lowe, Scott	Thurston (5/6, FG)	21,340
Saturday, 17 May	Round 10	Sydney Roosters	1300SMILES Stadium	42 – 10	Linnett (3), T. Sims, Tate, Thurston, Wright	Thurston (7/9)	15,361
Sunday, 25 May	Round 11	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium	42 – 12	Lowe, Rona	Lowe (2/2)	8,412
Saturday, 31 May	Round 12	Melbourne Storm	1300SMILES Stadium	22 – 0	Linnett, Morgan, Thurston, Winterstein	Thurston (3/4)	12,392
Friday, 6 June	Round 13	Parramatta Eels	Pirtek Stadium	16 – 18	Morgan, Tamou, Winterstein	Thurston (2/3)	10,142
	Round 14	Bye
Monday, 23 June	Round 15	Newcastle Knights	Hunter Stadium	28 – 36	Lui (2), Rona, T. Sims, Winterstein	Thurston (4/5)	11,925
Saturday, 28 June	Round 16	South Sydney Rabbitohs	1300SMILES Stadium	20 – 18	Wright (2), T. Sims, Winterstein	Thurston (2/5)	15,897
Saturday, 5 July	Round 17	St George Illawarra Dragons	Kogarah Oval	24 – 27	Winterstein (2), Rona, T. Sims, Taumalolo	Lowe (2/4), Wright (0/1)	12,082
	Round 18	Bye
Friday, 18 July	Round 19	Cronulla Sharks	Remondis Stadium	36 – 18	Thurston (2), Hall, Morgan, T. Sims, Winterstein	Thurston (6/7)	9,366
Saturday, 26 July	Round 20	Canterbury Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium	20 – 12	Wright (2), Winterstein	Thurston (4/5)	9,873
Saturday, 2 August	Round 21	Gold Coast Titans	1300SMILES Stadium	28 – 8	Cooper, Linnett, Moga, Morgan, Thurston	Thurston (4/6)	14,487
Saturday, 9 August	Round 22	Wests Tigers	1300SMILES Stadium	64 – 6	Wright (3), Moga (2), Taumalolo (2), Winterstein (2), Linnett, Morgan, T. Sims	Thurston (8/12)	12,317
Monday, 18 August	Round 23	Penrith Panthers	Sportingbet Stadium	23 – 22	Hall, Linnett, Lui, Winterstein	Thurston (3/4)	7,276
Saturday, 23 August	Round 24	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium	22 –10	Feldt (2), Taumalolo, Winterstein	Thurston (3/5)	17,171
Monday, 1 September	Round 25	Cronulla Sharks	1300SMILES Stadium	20 – 19	Taumalolo (2), Thurston	Thurston (3/3, 2 FG)	11,712
Saturday, 6 September	Round 26	Manly Sea Eagles	1300SMILES Stadium	30 – 16	Feldt (2), Linnett, Lui, Winterstein	Thurston (5/6)	22,521
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Finals

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 13 September	Qual. Final	Brisbane Broncos	1300SMILES Stadium	32 – 20	Cooper (2), Linnett, Lui, Morgan	Thurston (6/6)	25,120
Saturday, 13 September	Semi Final	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium	30 – 31	Cooper, Lowe, Lui, Scott, Thurston	Thurston (5/5)	18,355
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Statistics

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Asiata, JohnJohn Asiata	6	-	-	-	-
Bolton, ScottScott Bolton	26	-	-	-	-
Cooper, GavinGavin Cooper	17	6	-	-	24
Feldt, KyleKyle Feldt	10	7	-	-	28
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	24	2	-	-	8
Hoare, SamSam Hoare	6	-	-	-	-
King, CameronCameron King	2	-	-	-	-
Kostjasyn, RoryRory Kostjasyn	25	2	-	-	8
Linnett, KaneKane Linnett	25	12	-	-	48
Lowe, EthanEthan Lowe	10	3	4	-	20
Lui, RobertRobert Lui	25	6	-	-	24
Mitchell, AnthonyAnthony Mitchell	4	-	-	-	-
Moga, TautauTautau Moga	11	3	-	-	12
Morgan, MichaelMichael Morgan	26	10	-	-	40
Riethmuller, JoelJoel Riethmuller	6	-	-	-	-
Rona, CurtisCurtis Rona	7	6	-	-	24
Santo, ZacZac Santo	1	-	-	-	-
Scott, MatthewMatthew Scott	20	4	-	-	16
Sims, AshtonAshton Sims	25	-	-	-	-
Sims, TariqTariq Sims	21	6	-	-	24
Spina, BenBen Spina	1	-	-	-	-
Tamou, JamesJames Tamou	21	1	-	-	4
Tate, BrentBrent Tate	12	5	-	-	20
Taumalolo, JasonJason Taumalolo	25	6	-	-	24
Thompson, RayRay Thompson	22	1	-	-	4
Thurston, JohnathanJohnathan Thurston	24	11	93	4	234
Winterstein, AntonioAntonio Winterstein	23	15	-	-	60
Wright, MatthewMatthew Wright	17	9	-	-	32
Totals		115	97	4	658

Source:^[27]

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2014

	City vs Country	ANZAC Test	Four Nations Qualifier	State of Origin 1	State of Origin 2	State of Origin 3	Prime Minister's XIII	Four Nations
Michael Morgan	-	-	-	-	-	-	Prime Minister's XIII	-
Tautau Moga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Samoa
Matthew Scott	-	Australia	-	Queensland	Queensland	-	-	-
Ashton Sims	-	-	Fiji	-	-	-	-	-
Tariq Sims	Country	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Tamou	-	Australia	-	New South Wales	New South Wales	New South Wales	-	-
Brent Tate	-	-	-	Queensland	Queensland	-	-	-
Jason Taumalolo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	New Zealand
Johnathan Thurston	-	Australia	-	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	-	-
Antonio Winterstein	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Samoa

Honours

League

Dally M Medal: Johnathan Thurston
Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year: Johnathan Thurston

Club

Paul Bowman Medal: Johnathan Thurston
Player's Player: Johnathan Thurston
Club Person of the Year: Ashton Sims
Rookie of the Year: John Asiata
Most Improved: Michael Morgan
Member's Player of the Year: Michael Morgan
NYC Player of the Year: Josh Chudleigh

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North Queensland Cowboys

Est. 1995 in Townsville, Queensland

The club	History Records Honours Players Coaches Representatives

Home ground	1300SMILES Stadium Townsville Stadium (future)

Culture	Kirwan Queensland derby

Important figures	Kerry Boustead Paul Bowman Matt Bowen Graham Murray Johnathan Thurston Matthew Scott Paul Green

League	ARL SL NRL

Titles	Premierships (1) 2015 Auckland Nines (1) 2014

Seasons (18)	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Present Holden Cup Auckland Nines Past New South Wales Cup

Affiliations	Current Mackay Cutters Northern Pride Townsville Blackhawks Past North Queensland Young Guns

Coordinates: 27°27′53″S 153°0′34″E / 27.46472°S 153.00944°E / -27.46472; 153.00944

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