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2014 Northern Pride RLFC season

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Nickname(s)
  
The Pride

Colours
  
Black, teal and gold

Website
  
northernpride.com.au

Founded
  
2007

2014 Northern Pride RLFC season

Full name
  
Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club

Ground(s)
  
Barlow Park, Cairns (seating 1,700, standing 15,000)

2014 was the seventh competitive season for the Cairns based Sea Swift Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They played in the QRL state competition, the Intrust Super Cup. 13 clubs competed, with each club playing 24 matches (12 home and 12 away and 2 byes) over 26 weeks. In 2014 the Papua New Guinea Hunters were admitted to the competition and the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles reverted to their original name, the Sunshine Coast Falcons.

Contents

Staff

  • Coach: Jason Demetriou
  • Assistant Coaches: Ben Rauter and Joe O'Callaghan
  • Team Co-Captains: Brett Anderson & Jason Roos
  • Club Captain:
  • Trainer: Deb Gallop
  • Strength and Conditioning Coach: Patrick Ranasinghe
  • Physiotherapist: Tim Laycock
  • Team Manager: Rob White
  • Chief Executive: Brock Schaefer
  • Chairman: Bob Fowler
  • Competition: Intrust Super Cup

    • Player awards

  • Sea Swift Most improved player - Sheldon Powe-Hobbs
  • Sea Swift Season Members Player of the Year - Sam Obst
  • Sea Swift Best Back - Sam Obst
  • Sea Swift Best Forward - Tyrone McCarthy
  • Sea Swift Players' Player - Blake Leary
  • Sea Swift Player of the Year - Ben Spina
  • John O'Brien Club Person of the Year - Pat Bailey

    • 2014 player gains

  • Trent Barnard from CDRL Ivanhoes
  • Pete Tognolini from CDRL Cairns Brothers and Pride Academy Under 18s
  • Latu Fifita from North Sydney Bears
  • Blake Leary from North Queensland Cowboys
  • Jack Svendsen from North Queensland Cowboys NYC
  • Tyrone McCarthy from Warrington Wolves
  • Sheldon Powe Hobbs from Melbourne Storm NYC

    • Player losses after 2013 season

  • Ty Williams retired to captain-coach CDRL Innisfail Leprachauns
  • Ben Laity retired
  • Aiden Smith resigned
  • Hezron Murgha signed to the North Queensland Cowboys
  • Joel Riethmuller signed to the North Queensland Cowboys
  • Steve Snitch returned to the UK and played for Doncaster RLFC
  • Noel Underwood signed to NSW Cup Newcastle Knights
  • Nick Dorante signed to Queensland Cup Redcliffe Dolphins
  • Jordan Tighe signed to Queensland Cup Ipswich Jets

    • 2014 Season Launch

  • Cairns Induction Day: Saturday 16 November 2013.
  • Training for the 2014 season started on Monday 18 November 2013.
  • 2014 Season Launch =

    • Pre Season Boot Camp

  • Lake Tinaroo, Atherton Tablelands - Friday 21-Sunday 23 February 2014.

    • 2014 Jerseys

  • 2014 Northern Pride jerseys

    • 2014 Sponsors

    Naming rights sponsor:

  • Sea Swift

    • Jersey sponsor (back of jersey):

  • Sea Swift
  • Brothers Leagues Club, Cairns
  • Emu Sportswear

    • Sleeve sponsor:

  • Skytrans

    • Finals Series sleeve sponsor:

  • Rivers Insurance Brokers

    • Shorts sponsor:

  • Brothers Leagues Club, Cairns
  • Cairns Regional Council
  • Fuller Sports
  • Intrust Super
  • Cairns Hardware
  • Emu Sportswear.

    • Shirt manufacturer:

  • Emu Sportswear.

    • Other sponsors: Castlemaine XXXX; Pacific Toyota; Cairns District Rugby League; Calanna Pharmacy; Tropic Wings; GATA Plastering; All Seasons Cairns Colonial Club; Cairns Plan Printing; Yalumba Winery.
    Media partners: Sea FM; WIN Television; Cairns Post.

    Channel Nine

    In August 2012 as part of the historic $1 billion five-year broadcasting agreement with Nine and Fox Sports, the Australian Rugby League Commission confirmed that Intrust Super Cup matches would be televised by Channel 9 until 2018. One match a week is shown live across Queensland at 2.00pm (AEST) on Sunday afternoons on Channel 9 (or GEM), on WIN Television (RTQ) in regional areas and on Imparja Television in remote areas. The match is also broadcast in Papua New Guinea on Kundu 2 TV. The 2014 commentary team was Peter Psaltis, Scott Sattler and Mathew Thompson. All home games, including one of the pre-season trial matches were streamed live through the Pride website.

  • 1: Northern Pride lost 26-29: Round 11, Sunday 11 May 2014 against Tweed Heads Seagulls 2.00pm from Piggabeen Sports Complex, Bailey St, Tweed Heads West.
  • 2: Northern Pride won 44-20: Round 16, Sunday 15 June 2014 against Easts Tigers 2.00pm from Langlands Park, Stones Corner, Brisbane.
  • 3: Northern Pride won 36-18: Round 18, Sunday, 29 June 2014 against Papua New Guinea Hunters 2.00 pm from Barlow Park, Cairns.
  • 4: Northern Pride won 22-18: Round 22, Sunday, 3 August 2014 against Tweed Heads Seagulls 12.30 pm (delayed telecast at 2.00 pm) from Barlow Park, Cairns.
  • 5: Northern Pride won Intrust Super Cup Grand Final 36-4: Sunday, 28 September 2014 against Easts Tigers 3.55 pm from Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.
  • 6: Northern Pride won the inaugural NRL State Championship 32-28: Sunday, 5 October 2014 against Penrith Panthers 2.30 pm from ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

    • Live Streaming

    From Round 1 2012 the Pride began live streaming their home games free to members via their website ($5 for non-members). From Round 5 2012 away games were streamed through the website as well (Free to members, $5 to non-members). In 2013, all matches (including pre-season trials but excluding matches broadcast live by Channel Nine) were streamed live through the Pride website, with access granted exclusively to Pride members. Video production was by Studio Productions and the commentary team was Adam Jackson and Northern Pride Under-18s coach, Cameron 'Spiller' Miller.

    References

    2014 Northern Pride RLFC season Wikipedia
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