{"id":649739,"date":"2026-05-04T20:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649739\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:51:20","slug":"nrl-50-point-curse-tracker-every-team-to-concede-50-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649739\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 50-point curse tracker: Every team to concede 50 in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The so-called NRL 50-point curse has become one of the most talked-about trends in rugby league. No team in the modern era has gone on to win the premiership in the same season they conceded 50 or more points in a match.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, fans track which sides fall into the category \u2014 particularly contenders \u2014 as history suggests a heavy defeat can derail even the strongest campaigns. Below is a running list of every team to concede 50+ points during the 2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p>    4 teams conceded 50+ points in 2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"zt-curse-team-summary\">\n            Canberra Raiders (x3), Parramatta Eels, Newcastle Knights, Wests Tigers.\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 22, 9 Aug 2014                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Wests Tigers conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                                            North Queensland Cowboys 64, Wests Tigers 6                                                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                                1300SMILES Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 21, 3 Aug 2014                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Newcastle Knights conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                                            South Sydney Rabbitohs 50, Newcastle Knights 10                                                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Barlow Park                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 21, 3 Aug 2014                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Canberra Raiders conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                                            New Zealand Warriors 54, Canberra Raiders 18                                                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                                GIO Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 9, 10 May 2014                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Canberra Raiders conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                                            New Zealand Warriors 54, Canberra Raiders 12                                                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Eden Park                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 8, 27 Apr 2014                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Canberra Raiders conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                                            Manly Sea Eagles 54, Canberra Raiders 18                                                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Brookvale Oval                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 2, 15 Mar 2014                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Parramatta Eels conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                                            Sydney Roosters 56, Parramatta Eels 4                                                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Allianz Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>Can a team win the NRL after conceding 50 points?<\/p>\n<p>Historically, the answer has been no. While teams have recovered from heavy losses to make finals, none have gone on to win the premiership in the same season after conceding 50 or more points.<\/p>\n<p>That makes every blowout result significant \u2014 especially for teams in the top eight \u2014 as it places them under immediate scrutiny for the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; The so-called NRL 50-point curse has become one of the most talked-about trends in rugby league.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-649739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}