in round 2 of the 2014 nrl season, lichaa made his nrl debut for cronulla-sutherland against the canterbury-bankstown bulldogs off the interchange bench in the club's 42-4 loss at anz stadium. soon after, he signed a 3-year contract with canterbury starting in 2015. two days after the signing was made public, he was dropped from the first-grade team by coach peter sharp for a "lack of loyalty". lichaa was brought back into the team in round 7, playing off the interchange bench. on 4 may, after only playing three nrl games, he played for new south wales city against new south wales country in the 2014 city vs country origin match at apex oval in dubbo, playing off the interchange bench in the 26-26 draw. he finished off his debut year in the nrl having played in 15 matches for cronulla.