South Sydney Rabbitohs 32–22 Sydney Roosters — Preliminary Final, 2014 NRL Finals Series
26 Sep 2014 · ANZ Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 52,592
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 2014 NRL finals series: South Sydney Rabbitohs 32–22 Sydney Roosters, at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 26 Sep 2014.
Sourcing caveat: Try-scoring minutes were not available in sources checked. No official player-of-the-match award could be confirmed for this fixture. Three players (Issac Luke, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Sam Moa) were placed on report during/after the match but none were sin-binned or sent off in-game.
Scorers
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Tries: Inglis (2 tries); Johnston; Te'o; Tuqiri Goals: Reynolds (5/5 conversions, 1/1 penalty goal) |
| Sydney Roosters | Tries: Minichiello (2 tries); Guerra; Pearce Goals: Maloney (3/4 conversions) |
Team sheets
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Sydney Roosters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Inglis | Fullback | Anthony Minichiello (c) | 1 |
| 2 | Alex Johnston | Wing | Daniel Tupou | 2 |
| 3 | Dylan Walker | Centre | Michael Jennings | 3 |
| 4 | Kirisome Auva'a | Centre | Shaun Kenny-Dowall | 4 |
| 5 | Lote Tuqiri | Wing | Roger Tuivasa-Sheck | 5 |
| 6 | Luke Keary | Five-Eighth | James Maloney | 6 |
| 7 | Adam Reynolds | Halfback | Mitchell Pearce | 7 |
| 8 | George Burgess | Prop | Jared Waerea-Hargreaves | 8 |
| 9 | Issac Luke | Hooker | Jake Friend | 9 |
| 10 | Dave Tyrrell | Prop | Dylan Napa | 17 |
| 11 | Kyle Turner | Second-Row | Boyd Cordner | 11 |
| 12 | John Sutton (c) | Second-Row | Sonny Bill Williams | 12 |
| 13 | Sam Burgess | Lock | Aidan Guerra | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Jason Clark | Sam Moa | 10 | |
| 15 | Ben Te'o | Mitchell Aubusson | 14 | |
| 16 | Chris McQueen | Frank-Paul Nu'uausala | 15 | |
| 17 | Thomas Burgess | Isaac Liu | 16 | |
| Michael Maguire | Coach | Trent Robinson | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ben Cummins and Gerard Sutton (two-referee system) |
Match report
South Sydney's defeat of the defending premiers Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium sent the Rabbitohs into their first grand final in 43 years. The match was locked at half-time before Souths pulled away through a dominant Greg Inglis performance (two tries) supported by tries to Alex Johnston, Ben Te'o and Lote Tuqiri, with Adam Reynolds landing 5 from 5 conversions plus a penalty goal. The Roosters, chasing a second straight title under coach Trent Robinson, scored through Anthony Minichiello (twice), Aidan Guerra and Mitchell Pearce, with James Maloney converting three of four. The loss ended the finals campaign of a Roosters side missing injured Sonny Bill Williams and marked the final NRL appearance of veteran fullback Anthony Minichiello. Michael Maguire's Rabbitohs went on to beat Canterbury-Bankstown in the Grand Final the following week.