2014 Mackay Cutters season
- Tyson Martin
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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.
Season summary
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
2014 squad
First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Squad movement
Gains
Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Rohan Ahern | Year off | 2014 | [3] |
Dan Beasley | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Josh Benjamin | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Hayden Crockett | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Mitch Day | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Doug Hewitt | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Tyson Martin | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Nicholas Mataia | ![]() | 2014 | |
Tom Rouse | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Justin Tavae | ![]() | 2014 | |
James Uhatafe | ![]() | 2014 | |
Brentt Warr | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Losses
Player | Signed To | Until End of | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Tyson Andrews | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Jardine Bobongie | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Joel Clinton | Retired | – | |
Michael Comerford | Retired | – | [3] |
Matt Constantinou | ![]() | 2014 | |
Delane Edwards | ![]() | 2014 | |
Bureta Faraimo | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Daniel Faumuina | ![]() | 2014 | |
David Milne | Retired | – | [3] |
Matt Minto | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Luke Young | ![]() | 2014 | [3] |
Fixtures
Regular season
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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Saturday, 1 March | Round 1 | ![]() | Stadium Mackay | 12 – 40 | Hewitt, Tavae | Taylor (2) | ||||
Saturday, 8 March | Round 2 | ![]() | Kalabond Oval | 16 – 24 | Beasley, Martin, Murphy | Taylor (2) | ||||
Round 3 | Bye | |||||||||
Saturday, 22 March | Round 4 | ![]() | Stadium Mackay | 12 – 4 | Gesch, Petersen | Taylor (2) | ||||
Sunday, 30 March | Round 5 | ![]() | Bishop Park | 10 – 30 | Benjamin, Hewitt | Taylor (1) | ||||
Saturday, 5 April | Round 6 | ![]() | Stadium Mackay | 8 – 12 | Santo, Ulugia | |||||
Sunday, 13 April | Round 7 | ![]() | Pizzey Park | 14 – 22 | Hall, Rona, Ulugia | Taylor (1) | ||||
Saturday, 19 April | Round 8 | ![]() | Stadium Mackay | 22 – 12 | Santo, Schirnack, Tavae, Uhatafe, Ulugia | Asiata (1) | ||||
Friday, 25 April | Round 9 | ![]() | Browne Park | 34 – 28 | Taylor (2), Gesch, Hoare, Martin, Warr | Taylor (5) | ||||
Saturday, 3 May | Round 10 | ![]() | Barlow Park | 18 – 22 | Asiata (2), Santo, Taylor | Taylor (1) | ||||
Saturday, 10 May | Round 11 | ![]() | Stadium Mackay | 22 – 12 | Benjamin, Day, Hoare, Taylor | Taylor (3) | ||||
Sunday, 18 May | Round 12 | ![]() | Davies Park | 22 – 42 | Asiata, Hewitt, Hoare, Taylor | Taylor (3) | ||||
Sunday, 25 May | Round 13 | ![]() | Stadium Mackay | 12 – 36 | Santo, Ulugia | Taylor (2) | ||||
Sunday, 1 June | Round 14 | ![]() | Langlands Park | 14 – 22 | Taylor (2), Tavae | Taylor (1) | ||||
Sunday, 8 June | Round 15 | ![]() | BMD Kougari Oval | 18 – 16 | Rona (2), Gesch | Taylor (3) | ||||
Saturday, 14 June | Round 16 | ![]() | Stadium Mackay | 20 – 4 | Taylor (2), Day, Mitchell | Taylor (2) | ||||
Round 17 | Bye | |||||||||
Saturday, 28 June | Round 18 | ![]() | Stadium Mackay | 28 – 4 | Ulugia (2), Murphy, Santo, Warr | Taylor (4) | ||||
Saturday, 12 July | Round 19 | ![]() | Stadium Mackay | 20 – 28 | Tavae (2), Hewitt, Santo | Taylor (2) | ||||
Saturday, 19 July | Round 20 | ![]() | Stadium Mackay | 24 – 22 | Taylor (2), Tavae, Ulugia | Taylor (4) | ||||
Sunday, 27 July | Round 21 | ![]() | Dolphin Oval | 30 – 20 | Osborne (2), Mitchell, Santo, Tavae | Taylor (5) | ||||
Saturday, 2 August | Round 22 | ![]() | North Ipswich Reserve | 10 – 62 | Asiata, Rona | Taylor (1) | ||||
Saturday, 9 August | Round 23 | ![]() | Daryl Burke Oval | 28 – 20 | Hewitt (2), Utahafe (2), Mitchell | Santo (4) | ||||
Saturday, 16 August | Round 24 | ![]() | Stadium Mackay | 16 – 18 | Day, Santo, Taylor | Taylor (2) | ||||
Saturday, 23 August | Round 25 | ![]() | Stadium Mackay | 40 – 20 | Rona (2), Tavae (2), Asiata, Gesch, Santo | Taylor (6) | ||||
Sunday, 31 August | Round 26 | ![]() | Piggabeen Sports Complex | 22 – 26 | Davies, Gesch, Mataia, Rona, Santo | Warr (1) | ||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Statistics
Denotes player contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2014 season |
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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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
Club
- 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
- ^ "Tyson Martin will make his debut as Cutters captain". News Mail. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "The Daily Mercury (Mackay, Australia), October 7, 2014". Archived from the original on 23 October 2015.
- ^ 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.