2014 Brisbane Broncos season


The 2014 Brisbane Broncos season was the 27th in the club's history. Coached by Anthony Griffin and co-captained by Justin Hodges and Corey Parker, they competed in the NRL's 2014 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season eighth to make it into the finals. The Broncos were then knocked out of contention in the first game of the finals against the North Queensland Cowboys.

Season summary

On 10 January, Sam Thaiday announced he was standing down from the Broncos captaincy. Thaiday had captained the Broncos since 2012 when he took over the captaincy from the retired Darren Lockyer. Justin Hodges and Corey Parker were named the club's new co-captains.
On 21 July, Coach Anthony Griffin was informed his services would not be required in 2015. Griffin agreed to see out the remainder of the 2014 season. When asked by the media what he said to the players, Griffin said "I told them I got the arse". At the time of his sacking Griffin had a coaching record of 51 wins from 93 games.
Later the same day, it was announced that Wayne Bennett had signed a three-year deal to coach the Broncos from 2015. Bennett is the inaugural coach of the Broncos having coached them from 1988 to 2008.

Milestones

Squad Movement

Gains

Losses

Re-signings

Contract lengths

Ladder

Fixtures

Pre-season

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 15 and 16 February at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Broncos featured in Pool Green and played the Bulldogs, Eels and Roosters. The top two teams of each pool qualified for the quarter finals.
Pool Play
Finals

Regular season

Finals

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Saturday, 13 SeptemberElimination Final North Queensland Cowboys1300SMILES StadiumKahu, B. Barba, VidotParker 25,120

Statistics

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Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2014
City vs CountryANZAC TestFour Nations QualifierState of Origin 1State of Origin 2State of Origin 3Four Nations
Matt Gillett
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Kangaroos
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
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Justin Hodges
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
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Josh McGuire
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Samoa
Corey Parker
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Kangaroos
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Queensland
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Queensland
Kangaroos
Sam Thaiday
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Queensland
Queensland
Kangaroos
Daniel Vidot
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Samoa
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Samoa
Ben Hunt
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Kangaroos

Honours

League