2014 NRL Auckland Nines

The 2014 NRL Auckland Nines (known as the Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines due to sponsorship) was the first NRL Auckland Nines tournament, contested between all sixteen teams of the National Rugby League. The draw was released on 30 October 2013.^[1] It was a two-day, nine-a-side, knockout tournament held at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. All sixteen NRL clubs and 256 players competed over the one weekend (February 15 – February 16) with AUD$2.25 million prize money split between the teams. The North Queensland Cowboys won the tournament defeating the Brisbane Broncos 16 – 7.

15 February 2014	New Zealand Warriors	25 – 14	Canberra Raiders	Auckland, New Zealand
14:25 NZDT	Bonus point tries: Johnson  6' c Tries: Fisiiahi  3' c Matagi  11' c Kata  15' c Conversions: Johnson (3/3), Tomkins (1/1)	Report	Tries: Cornish  1' Heffernan  15' c Kennedy  18' Conversions: Cornish (0/1), Buttriss (1/1), Robinson (0/1)	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,600 Referee: Gavin Badger

2:50pm, 15 February

Manly Sea Eagles	17 – 8	North Queensland Cowboys
Blair (5), Williams (4), Hiku (4), Cherry-Evans (4)	Report	Feldt (4), Rona (4)

Eden Park

6:10pm, 15 February

New Zealand Warriors	27 – 4	Manly Sea Eagles
Johnson (11), Kata (4), Peyroux (4), Fusitua (4), Lolohea (4)	Report	Hasson (4)

Eden Park Referee: Matt Cecchin

6:35pm, 15 February

Canberra Raiders	0 – 24	North Queensland Cowboys
	Report	Cooper (5), Bowen (5), Thompson (4), Linnett (4), Feldt (4), Lui (2)

Eden Park

1:45pm, 16 February

New Zealand Warriors	28 – 23	North Queensland Cowboys
Johnson (11), Ikahihifo (9), Tuimavave (4), Laumape (4)	Report	Winterstein (8), Feldt (6), Santo (5), Linnett (4)

Eden Park

2:10pm, 16 February

Canberra Raiders	18 – 4	Manly Sea Eagles
Robinson (8), Heffernan (4), Tupou (4), Ahearn (2)	Report	Satini (4)

Eden Park

15 February 2014	Sydney Roosters	11 – 18	Parramatta Eels	Auckland, New Zealand
13:25 NZDT	Bonus point tries: Pearce  9' c Tries: Tupou  9' Conversions: Pearce (1/2)	Report	Tries: Radradra  4' c,  5',  13' Toutai  11' Conversions: Sandow (1/4)	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,600 Referee: Brett Suttor

15 February 2014	Brisbane Broncos	20 – 4	Canterbury Bulldogs	Auckland, New Zealand
13:50 NZDT	Tries: Copley  9' McCullough  12' Hunt  14' Mills  17' Barba  18' Conversions: Copley (0/1), Hunt (0/3), Nikorima (0/1)	Report	Tries: Mbye  6' Conversions: Mbye (0/1)	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,600 Referee: Luke Phillips

5:10pm, 15 February

Sydney Roosters	14 – 7	Brisbane Broncos
Pearce (7), Fittler (5), Friend (2)	Report	Parker (5), Hunt (2)

Eden Park Referee: Jared Maxwell

5:35pm, 15 February

Parramatta Eels	23 – 6	Canterbury Bulldogs
Toutai (5), Ma'u (4), Norman (4), Terepo (4), Radradra (4), Sandow (2)	Report	Perrett (4), Mbye (2)

Eden Park

12:50pm, 16 February

Sydney Roosters	4 – 16	Canterbury Bulldogs
Rokolati (4)	Report	O'Hanlon (8), Jackson (4), Graham (4)

Eden Park

1:15pm, 16 February

Parramatta Eels	14 – 15	Brisbane Broncos
Norman (7), Radradra (5), Sandow (2)	Report	Nikorima (7), Hoffman (4), Hunt (4)

Eden Park

15 February 2014	Cronulla Sharks	15 – 12	Newcastle Knights	Auckland, New Zealand
12:35 NZDT	Bonus point tries: Tagataese  7' c Tries: Carney  11' Gardner  18' Conversions: Holdsworth (1/3)	Report	Tries: Roberts  5' c Leilua  13' c Conversions: Mullen (2/2)	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,600 Referee: Ben Cummins

15 February 2014	Wests Tigers	7 – 22	Gold Coast Titans	Auckland, New Zealand
13:00 NZDT	Bonus point tries: Tedesco  11' c Conversions: Richards (1/1)	Report	Tries: Gordon  4' Carter  6' Mead  7' Likiliki  14' c Faifai Loa  15' Conversions: Kelly (1/3) Bird (0/1) Takairangi (0/1)	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,600 Referee: Gavin Reynolds

4:20pm, 15 February

Cronulla Sharks	15 – 21	Wests Tigers
Tagataese (5), Feki (4), Leutele (4), Carney (2)	Report	Richards (8), Tedesco (5), Woods (4), Koroibete (4)

Eden Park

4:45pm, 15 February

Newcastle Knights	25 – 14	Gold Coast Titans
Leilua (12), Smith (5), Mullen (4), Mamo (4)	Report	Tighe (10), Gordon (2), Kelly (2)

Eden Park

12:00pm, 16 February

Cronulla Sharks	30 – 14	Gold Coast Titans
Holdsworth (6), Tagataese (4), Brown (4), Ayshford (4), Holmes (4), Leutele (4), Matt Prior (4)	Report	Minichiello (8), Kelly (6)

Eden Park

12:25pm, 16 February

Newcastle Knights	25 – 0	Wests Tigers
Houston (5), Mamo (4), Roberts (4), Mason (4), Gagai (4), Mullen (4)	Report

Eden Park

3:15pm, 15 February

Melbourne Storm	11 – 14	Penrith Panthers
Munster (7), Chambers (4)	Report	Nabuli (4), Mansour (4), Yeo (4), Moylan (2)

Eden Park

3:40pm, 15 February

South Sydney Rabbitohs	23 – 4	St George Illawarra Dragons
Reddy (7), Johnston (4), McQueen (4), Tuqiri (4), Keary (4)	Report	Morris (4)

Eden Park

7:00pm, 15 February

Melbourne Storm	18 – 12	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Chambers (9), Fonua (5), Waqa (4)	Report	Merritt (4), Reddy (4), Champion (4)

Eden Park

7:25pm, 15 February

Penrith Panthers	23 – 8	St George Illawarra Dragons
Nabuli (9), Jennings (8), Soward (6)	Report	Morris (4), Nightingale (4)

Eden Park

2:35pm, 16 February

Melbourne Storm	10 – 14	St George Illawarra Dragons
Garbutt (4), Fonua (4), Waqa (2)	Report	Morris (8), Dugan (6)

Eden Park Referee: Gavin Badger

3:00pm, 16 February

Penrith Panthers	16 – 18	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Kingston (4), Campbell-Gillard (4), Mansour (4), Moylan (2), Soward (2)	Report	Koroisau (6), McQueen (4), Te'o (4), Walker (4)

Eden Park

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Newcastle Knights		11
	Brisbane Broncos		16
						Brisbane Broncos		18
						Cronulla Sharks		14
	Parramatta Eels		6
	Cronulla 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

3:30pm, 16 February

Newcastle Knights	11 – 16	Brisbane Broncos
McKinnon (5), Mullen (4), Roberts (2)	Report	McCullough (4), Nikorima (4), Hoffman (4), Copley (4)

Eden Park

3:55pm, 16 February

Parramatta Eels	6 – 17	Cronulla Sharks
Paulo (6)	Report	Stapleton (6), Holmes (5), Gardner (4), Holdsworth (2)

Eden Park

4:20pm, 16 February

New Zealand Warriors	17 – 16	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Johnson (7), Fisiiahi (4), Laumape (4), Tomkins (2)	Report	Walker (6), McQueen (4), Merritt (4), Koroisau (2)

Eden Park

4:45pm, 16 February

Penrith Panthers	12 – 22	North Queensland Cowboys
Nabuli (4), Jennings (4), Mansour (4)	Report	Feldt (10), Sims (4), Rona (4), Morgan (4)

Eden Park

5:45pm, 16 February

Brisbane Broncos	18 – 14	Cronulla Sharks
McCullough (4), Barba (4), Hunt (4), Hoffman (4), Gillett (2)	Report	Feki (5), Wright (5), Holdsworth (4)

Eden Park Referee: Gerard Sutton

6:10pm, 16 February

New Zealand Warriors	0 – 8	North Queensland Cowboys
	Report	Feldt (4), Bowen (4)

Eden Park Referee: Ben Cummins

7:30pm, 16 February

Brisbane Broncos	7 – 16	North Queensland Cowboys
Hunt (7)	Report	Rona (8), Winterstein (4), Lui (2), Morgan (2)

Eden Park Referee: Ben Cummins

Player	Club
Andrew McCullough	Brisbane Broncos
Shaun Johnson	New Zealand Warriors
James Tamou	North Queensland Cowboys
Dylan Walker	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Antonio Winterstein	North Queensland Cowboys
Andrew Fifita	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Kane Linnett	North Queensland Cowboys
Gavin Cooper	North Queensland Cowboys
Suaia Matagi	New Zealand Warriors

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