2014 Mackay Cutters season

The 2014 Mackay Cutters season was the seventh in the club's history. Coached by Kim Williams and captained by Tyson Martin, they competed in the QRL's Intrust Super Cup.[1] The club were unable to defend their premiership, finishing ninth and missing the finals.

2014 Mackay Cutters season
Queensland Cup Rank9th
Play-off resultMissed finals
2014 recordWins: 11; draws: 0; losses: 13
Points scoredFor: 472; against: 546
Team information
CEOGlenn Ottaway
CoachKim Williams
Captain
StadiumStadium Mackay
Top scorers
TriesLiam Taylor (13)
GoalsLiam Taylor (52)
PointsLiam Taylor (156)
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Season summary

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The Cutters faced an uphill struggle to win back-to-back premierships after losing a number of their 2013 Grand Final-winning side. Tyson Andrews, Bureta Faraimo and Matt Minto were all signed by NRL clubs, captain Jardine Bobongie returned to local rugby league, while North Queensland Cowboys players Michael Morgan and Jason Taumalolo became regular first graders. Tyson Martin returned to the club full-time after being released by the Cowboys and was named the club's captain.

The Cutters won 11 of their 24 games, finishing ninth. Cowboys-contracted fullback Zac Santo was named the club's Player of the Year at the end of the season.[2]

Squad List

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2014 squad

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Mackay Cutters
First team squad Coaching staff
  • Rohan Ahern SR
  • Dan Beasley PR
  • Ross Bella PR
  • Josh Benjamin CE
  • Hayden Crockett CE
  • Zac Dalton PR
  • Karl Davies PR
  • Mitch Day HK
  • Aaron Fairweather CE
  • Aleki Falepaini LK
  • Andrew Gay CE

Head coach

  • Kim Williams



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



Squad movement

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Gains

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Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Rohan Ahern Year off
2014
Dan Beasley   Norths Devils
2014
Josh Benjamin   CQ Capras
2014
Hayden Crockett   Canberra Raiders
2014
Mitch Day   Queanbeyan Blues
2014
Doug Hewitt   Penrith Panthers
2014
Tyson Martin   North Queensland Cowboys
2014
Nicholas Mataia   Windsor Wolves
2014
Tom Rouse   Newcastle Knights
2014
Justin Tavae   Melbourne Storm
2014
James Uhatafe   Cabramatta Two Blues
2014
Brentt Warr   Easts Tigers
2014

Losses

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Player Signed To Until End of Notes
Tyson Andrews   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
2014
Jardine Bobongie   Wests Tigers Mackay
2014
Joel Clinton Retired
Michael Comerford Retired
Matt Constantinou   Sunbury Tigers
2014
Delane Edwards   Fremantle Roosters
2014
Bureta Faraimo   Parramatta Eels
2014
Daniel Faumuina   Redcliffe Dolphins
2014
David Milne Retired
Matt Minto   Newcastle Knights
2014
Luke Young   Wests Tigers Mackay
2014

Fixtures

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Regular season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Saturday, 1 March Round 1   Easts Tigers Stadium Mackay 12 – 40 Hewitt, Tavae Taylor (2)
Saturday, 8 March Round 2   PNG Hunters Kalabond Oval 16 – 24 Beasley, Martin, Murphy Taylor (2)
Round 3 Bye
Saturday, 22 March Round 4   Wynnum Manly Seagulls Stadium Mackay 12 – 4 Gesch, Petersen Taylor (2)
Sunday, 30 March Round 5   Norths Devils Bishop Park 10 – 30 Benjamin, Hewitt Taylor (1)
Saturday, 5 April Round 6   Tweed Heads Seagulls Stadium Mackay 8 – 12 Santo, Ulugia
Sunday, 13 April Round 7   Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park 14 – 22 Hall, Rona, Ulugia Taylor (1)
Saturday, 19 April Round 8   Redcliffe Dolphins Stadium Mackay 22 – 12 Santo, Schirnack, Tavae, Uhatafe, Ulugia Asiata (1)
Friday, 25 April Round 9   CQ Capras Browne Park 34 – 28 Taylor (2), Gesch, Hoare, Martin, Warr Taylor (5)
Saturday, 3 May Round 10   Northern Pride Barlow Park 18 – 22 Asiata (2), Santo, Taylor Taylor (1)
Saturday, 10 May Round 11   Sunshine Coast Falcons Stadium Mackay 22 – 12 Benjamin, Day, Hoare, Taylor Taylor (3)
Sunday, 18 May Round 12   Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park 22 – 42 Asiata, Hewitt, Hoare, Taylor Taylor (3)
Sunday, 25 May Round 13   Ipswich Jets Stadium Mackay 12 – 36 Santo, Ulugia Taylor (2)
Sunday, 1 June Round 14   Easts Tigers Langlands Park 14 – 22 Taylor (2), Tavae Taylor (1)
Sunday, 8 June Round 15   Wynnum Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval 18 – 16 Rona (2), Gesch Taylor (3)
Saturday, 14 June Round 16   PNG Hunters Stadium Mackay 20 – 4 Taylor (2), Day, Mitchell Taylor (2)
Round 17 Bye
Saturday, 28 June Round 18   Norths Devils Stadium Mackay 28 – 4 Ulugia (2), Murphy, Santo, Warr Taylor (4)
Saturday, 12 July Round 19   Burleigh Bears Stadium Mackay 20 – 28 Tavae (2), Hewitt, Santo Taylor (2)
Saturday, 19 July Round 20   Souths Logan Magpies Stadium Mackay 24 – 22 Taylor (2), Tavae, Ulugia Taylor (4)
Sunday, 27 July Round 21   Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval 30 – 20 Osborne (2), Mitchell, Santo, Tavae Taylor (5)
Saturday, 2 August Round 22   Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve 10 – 62 Asiata, Rona Taylor (1)
Saturday, 9 August Round 23   Sunshine Coast Falcons Daryl Burke Oval 28 – 20 Hewitt (2), Utahafe (2), Mitchell Santo (4)
Saturday, 16 August Round 24   Northern Pride Stadium Mackay 16 – 18 Day, Santo, Taylor Taylor (2)
Saturday, 23 August Round 25   CQ Capras Stadium Mackay 40 – 20 Rona (2), Tavae (2), Asiata, Gesch, Santo Taylor (6)
Sunday, 31 August Round 26   Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex 22 – 26 Davies, Gesch, Mataia, Rona, Santo Warr (1)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics

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Denotes player contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2014 season
Name App T G FG Pts
Rohan Ahern 10 - - - -
John Asiata 18 5 1 - 22
Dan Beasley 15 1 - - 4
Ross Bella 2 - - - -
Josh Benjamin 14 2 - - 8
Zac Dalton 1 - - - -
Karl Davies 23 1 - - 4
Mitch Day 18 3 - - 12
Aleki Falepaini 15 - - - -
Chris Gesch 23 5 - - 20
Glenn Hall 2 1 - - 4
Doug Hewitt 20 6 - - 24
Sam Hoare 16 3 - - 12
Ryan Kinlyside 8 - - - -
Michael Koko 1 - - - -
Tyson Martin 12 2 - - 8
Nicholas Mataia 7 1 - - 4
Anthony Mitchell 18 3 - - 12
Dan Murphy 7 2 - - 8
Kelvin Nielsen 20 - - - -
Josh Osborne 9 2 - - 8
Dave Petersen 12 1 - - 4
Curtis Rona 13 7 - - 28
Tom Rouse 8 - - - -
Zac Santo 22 10 4 - 48
Jason Schirnack 11 1 - - 4
Justin Tavae 14 8 - - 32
Liam Taylor 22 13 52 - 156
James Uhatafe 7 3 - - 12
Chris Ulugia 14 7 - - 28
Pulou Vaituutuu 3 - - - -
Brentt Warr 19 2 1 - 10
Dean Webster 4 - - - -
Totals 89 58 0 472

Honours

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Club

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  • Player of the Year: Zac Santo
  • Players' Player: Dan Beasley
  • Sponsor's Player of the Year: Dan Beasley
  • Rookie of the Year: Mitch Day
  • Spirit of the Cutters award: Chris Gesch
  • Club Person of the Year: Ben Miles

References

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  1. ^ "Tyson Martin will make his debut as Cutters captain". News Mail. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. ^ "The Daily Mercury (Mackay, Australia), October 7, 2014". Archived from the original on 23 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Intrust Super Cup gains & losses". QRL Media. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2020.