The 2014 NRL Auckland Nines (known as the
Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines due to sponsorship) was the first
NRL Auckland Nines
The NRL Nines is a rugby league nines competition, normally held during the NRL preseason each year. It was initially held in Auckland, New Zealand, between 2014 and 2017 before going on hiatus. Returning in 2020, hosting duties moved to Pert ...
tournament, contested between all sixteen teams of the
National Rugby League
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. The draw was released on 30 October 2014.
It was a two-day, nine-a-side, knockout tournament held at
Eden Park
Eden Park is New Zealand's largest sports stadium, with a capacity of 50,000. Located in central Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, it is three kilometres southwest of the CBD, on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount Eden and King ...
in
Auckland
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,
New Zealand
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. All sixteen NRL clubs and 256 players competed over the one weekend (February 15 – February 16) with
AUD
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$2.25 million prize money split between the teams. The
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest town in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL).
Sinc ...
won the tournament defeating the
Brisbane Broncos
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16 – 7.
Tournament Games
Yellow pool
Green pool
Blue pool
Red pool
Finals
Players
Team of the Tournament
Brisbane Broncos
Canberra Raiders
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Gold Coast Titans
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Melbourne Storm
Newcastle Knights
North Queensland Cowboys
Parramatta Eels
Penrith Panthers
South Sydney Rabbitohs
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Sydney Roosters
New Zealand Warriors
Wests Tigers
Jillaroos
Kiwi Ferns
References
External links
Official WebsiteLive Scores
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Auckland Nines
The NRL Nines is a rugby league nines competition, normally held during the NRL preseason each year. It was initially held in Auckland, New Zealand, between 2014 and 2017 before going on hiatus. Returning in 2020, hosting duties moved to Perth ...