International rugby league in 2014

This is a list of international rugby league matches played throughout 2014. A † denotes a recognised, but unofficial match that did not contribute to the IRL World Rankings.

May

ANZAC Test

Four Nations Qualifier

June

European Bowl

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July

Samoa men in United States

• USA 18–12 Samoa

August

Colonial Cup

October

Tonga men in Papua New Guinea

• Papua New Guinea 32–18 Tonga

Balkans Championship

Day 1

Serbia v. Hungary

Bosnia v. Greece

Day 2 - Finals Day

Third Place Final: Bosnia v. Hungary

Grand Final: Serbia v. Greece

• Greece are the inaugural Balkans Cup champions

European Cup

Four Nations

Round 1

• Ben Roberts made his 10th appearance for Samoa, only the second player to hit double-digit appearances for his country with George Carmont being the first.

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• Dallin Watene-Zelezniak could have made his international test debut in the starting XIII for New Zealand on the right-wing, but was ruled out for the game and for the rest of the tournament with an ankle injury and Gerard Beale replaced him.
• Jason Taumalolo made his international test debut for New Zealand.
• Daniel Tupou, Josh Mansour, Dylan Walker, Aaron Woods and Aidan Guerra made their international test debut for Australia
• With the victory, this was New Zealand's first Test win over Australia since the 2010 Four Nations Final.

Round 2

• Suaia Matagi made his international test debut for New Zealand
• Tautau Moga and Dominique Peyroux made their international test debut for Samoa
• With the victory, New Zealand retained the Peter Leitch QSM Challenge Trophy.

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• Perth born Dan Sarginson made his international test début for England.
• Ben Hunt and David Klemmer made their international test debuts for Australia.
• Sione Mata'utia also made his international test début for Australia and becoming the youngest ever player to play for Australia at aged 18 years and 129 days, eclipsing Israel Folau's seven-year-old record by 65 days.
• Cameron Smith becomes the 6th Kangaroo-Test player, to play 40-Test games for Australia.

Round 3

• With the victory, New Zealand secured a place in the final.

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• Josh Jackson made his international test debut for Australia.
• With the victory, Australia secured a place in the final.

Standings

Final

Score Progression:<br/> 11th: Australia 6 - 0 (Jennings Try, Smith Goal) 23rd: Even 6 - 6 (Nightingale Try, Johnson Goal) 29th: New Zealand 8 - 6 (Johnson Penalty Goal) 35th: New Zealand 14 - 6 (Vatuvei Try, Johnson Goal) 42nd: New Zealand 14 - 12 (Mata'utia Try, Smith Goal) 58th: New Zealand 18 - 12 (Johnson Try) 63rd: New Zealand 22 - 12 (Vatuvei Try) 76th: New Zealand 22 - 18 (Hunt Try, Smith Goal)

Match records:

• This was Australia's first game at Wellington's Westpac Stadium since 2007, when they beat New Zealand 58–0.
• This was New Zealand's first home game at Wellington's Westpac Stadium since the 2010 Four Nations Round 1 clash with England, when they won 24–10.
• With the victory, New Zealand won this year's Four Nations Title, as well as their second Tournament Title.
• New Zealand became the second team since Australia (in the 2011 Four Nations series), to go through the tournament undefeated.
• New Zealand won 2 consecutive matches against Australia, for the first time since 1998.
• New Zealand earned their first victory over Australia at a home venue since 2003, when they won 30–16 over Australia at Auckland's North Harbour Stadium.
• Manu Vatuvei becomes New Zealand's all-time leading try-scorer, passing Nigel Vagana's record (of 19 tries) after scoring his second try in the game for a total of 20 test tries.
• Simon Mannering became the fifth Kiwi-Test player to play 40 tests for New Zealand.

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