Penrith Panthers

Penrith Panthers

Club information
Full name	Penrith Rugby League Club
Website	penrithpanthers.com.au
Colours	Primary:      Black Secondary:      Golden brown Alternate:      Pink
Founded	4 July 1966
Current details
Ground(s)	Pepper Stadium Penrith, New South Wales (22,500)
CEO(s)	Brian Fletcher (acting)
Coach(s)	Anthony Griffin
General Manager	Phil Gould
Captain(s)	Matt Moylan
Competition	National Rugby League
2016 season	6th (Semi Finalists)
Home colours Away colours
Current season
Records
Premierships	2 (1991, 2003)
Runners-up	1 (1990)
Minor premiership	2 (1991, 2003)
Wooden spoons	4 (1973, 1980, 2001, 2007)
Most capped	242 - Steve Carter
Most points	1,572 - Ryan Girdler

The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. The team is based 55 km west of the centre of Sydney and at the foot of the Blue Mountains.

The Panthers were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition in 1967. Penrith struggled for almost twenty years before finally reaching their first finals series. The club achieved its first Grand Final appearance in 1990 but were beaten by the Canberra Raiders 18–14. The following year the Panthers met the Raiders again in the 1991 Grand Final, this time winning the game 19–12.

Penrith's most recent premiership achievement was over the Sydney Roosters in the 2003 Grand Final where Penrith were considered underdogs but came out on top with an 18–6 victory.

Anthony Griffin was appointed head coach in October 2015.^[1] For the 2016 NRL season, Matt Moylan is the captain. Sports media personality Phil Gould is the club's manager of football operations. OAK Milk has been their major sponsor since 2012.

History

Varied Penrith teams had played for many years between 1912 and 1966 in the Western Districts League under the control of the Western Suburbs RLFC. In the Parramatta competition after Parramatta was admitted to the NSWRL in 1947, and also in a second-tier Sydney competition introduced by the NSWRL in 1962. By this time a single top level rugby league team had emerged in the Penrith area and in 1964 they became known as the Penrith Panthers. The Panther had been chosen as the Penrith emblem after a public competition won by a graphic artist from Emu Plains named Deidre Copeland.

In 1966 word was out that the New South Wales Rugby League in 1967 would introduce two new teams to the Sydney premiership. There were three teams vying for the two proposed slots, Penrith, Cronulla-Sutherland, and the Wentworthville Magpies. Cronulla-Sutherland had been assured of one place, leaving Penrith and Wentworthville to fight it out for the other place. The NSWRL eventually settled on Penrith due to their location and a win in the 1966 Second Division title.

After admission to the competition in 1967, they promptly came second last on the competition ladder. Hopes were raised in 1968 under new Captain-Coach Bob Boland when they won the pre-season competition and finished 8th, but this improvement proved to be short lived.

Penrith had trouble attracting the sort of experienced players they knew they needed, and although they always had good junior talent coming through, they did not get the on-field leadership they needed. Penrith needed to wait until they could develop their own 'stars'. They consequently struggled for almost 20 years before finally reaching their first finals series in 1985 with a team boasting new local star Greg Alexander and captained by Royce Simmons.

Penrith developed a strong team in the late 80's and started to build momentum. They made their first Grand Final appearance in 1990 with a team boasting notable players the likes of Greg Alexander, John Cartwright, Brad Fittler and Mark Geyer only to be beaten by the Canberra Raiders 18–14. The next year the Panthers met the Raiders again in the Grand Final, this time winning 19 to 12, including two tries by Royce Simmons the former team captain in his last game. They went on to play Wigan in England for the 1991 World Club Challenge but were beaten by the British champions 21–4.^[2]

Their reign was short lived as in 1992 tragedy struck the club when the younger brother of Captain Greg Alexander, Ben, died in a car accident. Greg and close family friends Mark Geyer and Brad Fittler left the club soon after (Fittler left after the 1995 season as Penrith had signed with Super League) as well as coach Phil Gould left mid-way through the 1994 season.

The Panthers were coached by former player and club captain Royce Simmons starting with the last six games in 1994 until the end of 2001.

They made the finals during the 1997 Super League season and then again in 2000 in the re-united NRL competition.

In the year 2001, they came last on the competition ladder. 2001 was Royce Simmons' last season as coach for the Panthers, and he was replaced by John Lang from Cronulla in 2002, where they finished 12th. Their last game of 2002 showed hope as they proceeded to thrash the Northern Eagles, knocking them out of the final eight.

This showed the promise that was to come the next year. With the signing of Preston Campbell and Joe Galuvao, their side fired in 2003. Coming off 3 early season losses, they proceeded to lose only 3 other games for the rest of the competition with the local hero, Rhys Wesser scoring a new club record 25 tries. Penrith finished as Minor Premiers after convincingly accounting for the Parramatta Eels in the last round of competition. In the Finals series Penrith beat the Brisbane Broncos and New Zealand Warriors to reach the 2003 NRL Grand Final against the Sydney Roosters. Entering the match as underdogs, Penrith defeated the Roosters 18–6, with winger Luke Rooney scoring two tries. Hooker Luke Priddis received the Clive Churchill Medal. The game is also remembered for a spectacular tackle by Scott Sattler in the 2nd Half, where he ran down and tackled Roosters winger Todd Byrne, who was sprinting down the left wing for an almost certain try. Penrith lost the 2004 World Club Challenge in the following pre-season, with the Bradford Bulls defeating them 22–4 in sub-zero temperatures.^[3] The Panthers did however rally after that loss and once again qualified for the NRL semi-final series by finishing fourth and defeating St George Illawarra in the first week of the semi-finals before being knocked out by the Bulldogs in the Grand Final qualifier two weeks later.

The Panthers then just failed to qualify for the Top 8 in 2005 finishing two points out and in 10th spot on percentages. They endured another below-par season in 2006 this time falling well short of the finals finishing the year in 12th position. The 2007 season turned out to be a poor one for the Panthers, they won only eight games, finished last and "won" the wooden-spoon for the second time in six years after losing to the New Zealand Warriors in the last round of the regular season competition.

In 2008 the Panthers improved four spots on their 2007 performance by finishing in 12th spot out of 16 teams in the NRL competition with 10 wins, one draw and 13 losses. In 2009 they finished the season in 11th spot out of 16 teams in the NRL competition with 11 wins, one draw and 12 losses.

In 2010 the Panthers had an excellent season, finishing in 2nd place in the ladder out of the 16 teams, with 16 wins and 9 losses. However, in the first round of the Finals series, they lost 22:24 at home to the Canberra Raiders and were knocked out in the second round when they lost 34:12 to the Sydney Roosters.

Michael Gordon played very well in that year, setting two new club records. In round 24, against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, he set a new club record for most points scored in one game: 30. By the end of the final game of the regular season, game 24, round 26, he had also set a new club record for the most points scored in one season at 270.

In 2011, following a terrible start to the season, the Panthers board decided to sever ties with coach Matthew Elliot at season's end. On 20 June 2011 he stepped down as coach and that same day Steve Georgallis was appointed caretaker coach for the remainder of the season. On 29 June Ivan Cleary was announced as coach for the next 3 seasons, with Georgallis staying as assistant coach for the remainder of the season.

After a 2010 season where the club went above and beyond expectations, they were looking to starting the new season on a high. It wasn't to be, however, when they were thumped by Newcastle at the newly named Centrebet Stadium, 42-8. While Round 2 went a lot better for the team, beating rivals the Eels at Parramatta Stadium 20-6, the year was marked by inconsistency as they finished 12th on the ladder.

2012 was again a disappointing year for the Panthers, finishing second last with an 8-16 record. However, the club discovered some new talent in the form of winger Josh Mansour, a candidate for Rookie of the Year, as well as fullback Lachlan Coote's successful move to five-eighth.

2013 began poorly for the Panthers; after a first up win against the Raiders, they went on to lose their next five games. However, a more inspired performance against the Parramatta Eels in Round 7, where they won 44-12, was a trigger for a strong run; four wins from five games to see Penrith move into the top eight of the competition. The four wins included a 12-10 victory over the reigning premiers, Melbourne Storm, and a 64-6 thrashing of the New Zealand Warriors. However, after a year with mixed results, Penrith finished in tenth position, one win out of the top eight. At the end of the season, the likes of Luke Walsh, Lachlan Coote, Mose Masoe, Brad Tighe and Clint Newton departed.

A playing roster overhaul saw the arrival of big name players such as Jamie Soward, Peter Wallace, Jamal Idris, Tyrone Peachey and Elijah Taylor at Penrith, while Matt Moylan took the vacant fullback role left by the departed Lachlan Coote.

The Penrith Panthers will celebrate their 50th year in the NRL Competition in 2016

Sponsorship

Over their forty six years, the Panthers have gone through eight major sponsors (These sponsors appear on the chest of the jersey).

• FEENEY (1977)
• Alpha Micro (1984–85)
• Radio 2KA (1986–87)
• Penrith City (1988)
• Calphos (1989)
• Dahdah Uniforms (1990-1993)
• Prospect Electricity (1994-1995)
• Classifieds (1996)
• Sanyo (2000-2012)
• OAK Milk (2012–present)

Name and colours

• Penrith Panthers Logos
• 
  1979–1990
• 
  1991–1999
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  2000-2013
• 
  2014-(Current)

Penrith's uniform colours in the 1966 NSWRL Second Division and earlier years were blue and white but due to the Cronulla-Sutherland side registering a predominantly blue jersey design first, and with Newtown, Canterbury, Eastern Suburbs and Parramatta also displaying various shades of blue, Penrith went in search of an alternative. A decision was made to change their colours to Brown with a white V.^[4] This decision subsequently earned them the affectionate name of the "Chocolate Soldiers" thanks to radio commentator Frank Hyde who wrote in the Penrith Club journal "these chocolate soldiers from out west – they don't melt!".

The team had been referred to as the 'Panthers' as early as 1970.^[5]

In 1974 Penrith changed their strip to a jerseys with brown and white vertical bars and again in 1991 they changed the colours to Black with White, Red, Yellow and Green stripes (drawing another confectionery-related nickname, the Liquorice Allsorts) until 1997 when Super League had all new jerseys made by Nike. The yellow was all but removed from the jersey at this stage. Then in 2000 they changed the colours once more to Black, Rust red, Teal green and White. In 2004 the design of the jersey changed once more to its current design. On Thursday, 23 November 2006 the club launched a new 'alternate/away' jersey predominately white in colour as a stark contrast to its main design.

Just before Christmas 2007 the Panthers launched a new 'home' jersey which is predominately black with light grey claw marks on either side at the front and back. For Season 2010, the Panthers have launched a new predominantly teal away jersey, this teal jersey connect with the away jersey from their 03 and 04 season's. With their official colours still Black, Teal green and rust red the alternate jersey was chosen to represent their secondary colour. The inception of Teal into the colour palet of Panthers links directly back to the unique colour their 2nd division jerseys had before brown and white.

In late October, 2010, the Panthers announced that rust would no longer be a secondary colour for the club. A new jersey was also launched, black with grey claw marks on either side. The club's teal jersey was also scratched in Round 4, 2011, when a new white jersey with grey claw marks and teal and black stripes was announced the club's new alternate jersey.

For the 2014 season the Panthers wore a redesigned black home jersey while the white away jersey prominently displays the new club logo. The Pink Jersey was also retained as a 3rd alternate strip, and used for Women in League and Breast Cancer Awareness rounds, or when both strips would clash with the opposing side. There was also a special Indigenous Jersey, worn in round 23 for the Indigenous Awareness round.

Primary jerseys

• 
  Primary (1991–1996)
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  Primary (2000–2003)
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  Primary (2004–2007)
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  Primary (2008–2010)
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  Primary (2016)
• 
  Primary (2017)

Alternate jerseys

• 
  Alternate (1991–1994)
• 
  Alternate (1995–1996)
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  Alternate (2000–2002)
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  Alternate (2007–2009)
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  Alternate (2016)
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  Alternate (2017)

Heritage jerseys

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  Heritage (2011)
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  Heritage (2012)
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  '1967' Heritage (2016)
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  '1991' Heritage (2016)
• 
  '2003' Heritage (2016)

Special jerseys

• 
  40th Anniversary (2006)
• 
  Pink Panthers (2009-2011)
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  Pink Panthers (2013-2015)
• 
  Pink Panthers (2016)
• 
  Pink Panthers (2017)

Nines jerseys

• 
  NRL Nines (2017)

Penrith Panthers Leagues Club

Aerial photograph of the Penrith Panthers Leagues Club complex, in Penrith

The Penrith Panthers Rugby League Football Club is the major financier the Penrith Panthers Leagues Club (of the Panthers Entertainment Group).

The Panthers Entertainment Group has 6 licensed club sites in NSW – Penrith, Port Macquarie, Bathurst, North Richmond, Glenbrook and Wallacia. The clubs cater for a wide range of activities for members, their families and guests.

Players

2016 squad

Penrith Panthers
2017 NRL Squad								Coaching staff
Sitaleki Akauola - SR, WG Waqa Blake - CE, WG Tim Browne - PR Reagan Campbell-Gillard - PR Bryce Cartwright - SR, FE Nathan Cleary - HB Dylan Edwards - WG, CE, FB, FE James Fisher-Harris - SR, LK, PR Chris Grevsmuhl - SR, LK Peta Hiku - CE, WG, FB Viliame Kikau - PR		Leilani Latu - PR Moses Leota - PR Josh Mansour - WG Te Maire Martin - FE Sam McKendry - PR Trent Merrin - LK, SR, PR Matt Moylan (c) - FB Darren Nicholls - HB Michael Oldfield - WG, CE Tyrone Peachey - LK, SR, FE, CE		Mitch Rein - HK James Tamou - PR Peter Wallace (vc) - HB, FE, HK Dallin Watene-Zelezniak - WG, FB Dean Whare - CE, FB, WG Isaah Yeo - SR, CE				Head coach Anthony Griffin Assistant coach Cameron Ciraldo Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain Updated: 20 November 2016 Source(s): [6][7]

2017 player transfers

Gains Player Signed From Until End of Notes Tim Browne Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2019 [8] Jed Cartwright Gold Coast Titans 2019 [9] Darren Nicholls Brisbane Broncos 2017 [10] Michael Oldfield South Sydney Rabbitohs 2017 [11] Mitch Rein St. George Illawarra Dragons 2018 [12] James Tamou North Queensland Cowboys 2020 [13]

Losses Player Signed To Until End of Notes Braidon Burns South Sydney Rabbitohs 2018 [14] Zak Hardaker Castleford Tigers (Super League) 2017 [15] Andrew Heffernan Hull Kingston Rovers (Championship) [16] George Jennings Parramatta Eels 2017 [17] Robert Jennings South Sydney Rabbitohs 2018 [14] Jeremy Latimore Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2017 [18] Suaia Matagi Parramatta Eels 2018 [19] Will Smith Parramatta Eels [20] Tupou Sopoaga Western Sydney Rams (rugby union) [21]

Notable players

Representative players

Panthers Team of Legends

On 4 October 2006, a 40th anniversary Panthers Team of Legends was selected by a committee of experts and named at the Panthers' annual gala evening.^[22]

No. Position Player 399 FB Rhys Wesser 7 WG Bob Landers 14 CE Grahame Moran 337 CE Ryan Girdler 280 WG Alan McIndoe 286 FE Brad Fittler 228 HB Greg Alexander 50 PR Terry Geary 181 HK Royce Simmons

No. Position Player 62 PR Tim Sheens 248 SR John Cartwright 100 SR Bill Ashurst 260 LK Colin van der Voort 383 RE Craig Gower 196 RE Brad Izzard 262 RE Mark Geyer 393 RE Tony Puletua

Hall of Fame

On 25 June 2016, the Panthers inducted the four inaugural members of its Hall of Fame - Grahame Moran, Royce Simmons, Greg Alexander, and Craig Gower.^[23][24]

Coaches

Name	Seasons	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %	Notes
Trevena, LeoLeo Trevena	1967, 1973	44	10	2	32	22.7	1973 wooden spooners
Boland, BobBob Boland	1968-1972	110	39	3	68	35.5
Clare, JackJack Clare	1974	22	9	0	13	40.9
Stephenson, MikeMike Stephenson	1975	16	6	0	10	37.5	Player-coach
Harris, BarryBarry Harris	1975-76	28	9	2	17	32.1
Parish, DonDon Parish	1977-78	44	10	3	31	22.7
Stacker, LenLen Stacker	1979-81	66	16	3	47	24.2	1980 wooden spooners
Peard, JohnJohn Peard	1982-83	52	16	1	35	30.8
Sheens, TimTim Sheens	1984-87	98	43	4	51	43.9	Club's first finals appearance in 1985
Willey, RonRon Willey	1988-89	47	31	0	16	66.0
Gould, PhilPhil Gould	1990-94	109	61	4	44	56.0	1990 runner-up, 1991 minor premiers and premiers
Simmons, RoyceRoyce Simmons	1994-2001	177	76	4	97	42.9	2001 wooden spooners
Lang, JohnJohn Lang	2002-06	125	65	0	60	52.0	2003 minor premiers and premiers
Elliott, MatthewMatthew Elliott	2007-11	111	49	2	60	44.1	2007 wooden spooners
Georgallis, SteveSteve Georgallis	2011	11	4	0	7	36.4	Caretaker
Cleary, IvanIvan Cleary	2012-15	98	44	0	54	44.9
Griffin, AnthonyAnthony Griffin	2016-	26	15	0	11	57.7	As of the end of the 2016 season

Records

• Most points in a match: 30 by Michael Gordon in Round 24, 2010 NRL season.
• Largest win: 72-12 against Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, August 7, 2004

Supporters

Notable fans

• Kurt Fearnley, Paralympic wheelchair racer^[25]
• Mick Fanning, professional surfer^[26]
• Matthew Nielsen, Olympic basketball player^[27]
• James Courtney, Supercars driver^[28]
• Leonardo Zappavigna, Australian professional boxer^[28]
• Patrick Cummins, Australian Cricketer^[29]

Season statistics

Season	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	B	F	A	+/-	Pts	Top Tryscorer	Top Pointscorer	Crowd*
1967	11th	22	5	2	15	0	203	352	−149	12	Bob Landers (6) David Applebee (6)	Bob Landers (88)	7,505
1968	8th	22	11	0	11	0	298	352	−54	22	Bob Mara (9)	Bob Landers (90)	10,628
1969	10th	22	6	1	15	0	311	398	−87	13	Mal McMartin (7)	Bob Landers (158)	4,974
1970	10th	22	7	1	14	0	292	406	−114	15	Reg Hatton (11)	Bob Landers (92)	7,180
1971	8th	22	10	0	12	0	283	372	-89	20	Grahame Moran (8)	Bruce Ward (85)	6,404
1972	11th	22	5	1	16	0	278	490	-212	11	Noel Sing (7)	Norm Gilligan (43)	4,959
1973	12th	22	5	0	17	0	272	525	-253	10	Ron Lynch (7)	Bruce Ward (39)	5,020
1974	9th	22	9	0	13	0	353	465	-112	18	Glenn West (14)	Reg Walton (136)	7,594
1975	11th	22	7	1	14	0	312	452	-140	15	Gary Allsopp (8)	Bill Ashurst (91)	9,087
1976	9th	22	8	1	13	0	352	333	+19	17	John King (10)	Ken Wilson (130)	9,429
1977	10th	22	6	1	15	0	319	408	-89	13	Kevin Dann (9)	Ken Wilson (97)	7,400
1978	10th	22	4	2	16	0	206	463	-257	10	Ross Gigg (7)	Phil Gould (77)	6,143
1979	10th	22	6	2	14	0	311	473	-162	14	Steve Martin (13)	Kevin Dann (61)	8,540
1980	12th	22	2	1	19	0	294	556	-262	5	Marvin Hicks (12)	Peter Schofield (81)	7,674
1981	11th	22	8	0	14	0	305	350	-45	16	Kevin Dann (9)	Kevin Dann (89)	8,876
1982	12th	26	7	1	18	0	375	441	-66	15	Brad Izzard (9)	Kevin Dann (66)	7,263
1983	11th	26	9	0	17	0	476	647	-171	18	Chris Houghton (10)	Mark Levy (74)	4,959
1984	7th	26	12	1	11	2	409	401	-8	29	Brad Izzard (11)	Mark Levy (142)	8,564
1985	5th	24	13	1	10	2	460	379	+81	31	Greg Alexander (13)	Greg Alexander (192)	7,520
1986	8th	24	11	1	12	2	446	394	+52	27	Greg Alexander (11)	Greg Alexander (183)	7,520
1987	12th	24	6	1	17	2	274	399	-125	17	Mark Robinson (7)	Greg Alexander (57)	6,922
1988	5th	22	15	0	7	0	394	258	+136	30	David Greene (12)	Neil Baker (141)	9,079
1989	2nd	22	16	0	6	0	438	241	+197	32	Greg Alexander (15)	Neil Baker (131)	8,935
1990	2nd	22	15	1	6	0	415	286	+129	31	Alan McIndoe (14)	Greg Alexander (170)	10,025
1991	1st	22	17	1	4	0	483	250	+233	35	Graham Mackay (16)	Greg Alexander (139)	11,844
1992	9th	22	11	0	11	0	274	309	-35	22	Brad Fittler (6)	Andrew Leeds (94)	10,967
1993	12th	22	7	0	15	0	314	428	-114	18	Ryan Girdler (8)	Greg Alexander (88)	9,463
1994	8th	22	10	2	10	0	404	448	-44	22	Graham Mackay (15)	Graham Mackay (108)	11,021
1995	14th	22	9	0	13	0	481	484	-3	18	Robbie Beckett (10) Ryan Girdler (10)	Ryan Girdler (150)	8,022
1996	15th	21	7	1	6	0	363	464	+101	15	Robbie Beckett (9)	Ryan Girdler (162)	5,351
1997	5th	18	9	0	9	0	431	462	-31	18	Ryan Girdler (11)	Ryan Girdler (197)	7,673
1998	14th	24	8	2	14	0	525	580	-55	18	Robbie Beckett (12)	Ryan Girdler (134)	9,272
1999	10th	24	11	1	12	2	492	428	+64	27	Ryan Girdler (18)	Ryan Girdler (229)	12,495
2000	5th	26	15	0	11	0	573	562	+11	30	Ryan Girdler (13)	Ryan Girdler (210)	14,305
2001	14th	26	7	0	19	0	521	847	-326	14	Chris Hicks (13)	Ryan Girdler (124)	14,353
2002	12th	24	7	0	17	2	546	654	-108	18	Rhys Wesser (19)	Ryan Girdler (100)	11,008
2003	1st	24	18	0	6	2	659	527	+132	40	Rhys Wesser (25)	Preston Campbell (164)	17,771
2004	4th	24	15	0	9	2	672	567	+105	34	Amos Roberts (23)	Amos Roberts (156)	17,587
2005	10th	24	11	0	13	2	554	554	0	26	Rhys Wesser (14)	Preston Campbell (190)	15,576
2006	12th	24	10	0	14	2	510	587	-77	24	Rhys Wesser (19)	Preston Campbell (163)	11,579
2007	16th	24	8	0	16	1	539	607	-68	18	Michael Jennings (15)	Michael Gordon (150)	12,035
2008	12th	24	10	1	13	2	504	611	-107	25	Michael Jennings (12)	Michael Gordon (120)	10,899
2009	11th	24	11	1	12	2	515	589	-74	27	Michael Jennings (17)	Michael Gordon (126)	13,719
2010	2nd	24	15	0	9	2	645	489	+156	34	Lachlan Coote (17)	Michael Gordon (270)	13,056
2011	12th	24	9	0	15	2	430	517	-87	22	Lachlan Coote (12) David Simmons (12)	Michael Gordon (66)	12,299
2012	15th	24	8	0	16	2	409	575	-166	20	Michael Jennings (10)	Luke Walsh (40)	10,858
2013	10th	24	11	0	13	2	495	554	-59	26	David Simmons (19)	Luke Walsh (159)	10,337
2014	4th	24	15	0	9	2	506	426	+80	34	Josh Mansour (15)	Jamie Soward (155)	11,462
2015	11th	24	9	0	15	2	399	477	-78	22	David Simmons (9)	Matt Moylan (50)	11,544

(2016 NRL Season) 6th 24 14 0 10 2 563 463 100 32 Josh Mansour (16) Nathan Cleary (118) 13,567

* Average home crowd

Footnotes

1. "Griffin becomes new Panthers coach". NRL.com. 21 October 2015.
2. Super League Europe – World Club Challenge 1991
3. Super League Europe – World Club Challenge 2004
4. "NRL 2016: Penrith Panthers celebrate 50 years; the moments and people that shaped the club". Daily Telegraph. 10 March 2016.
5. Alan Clarkson "Eight tries in Souths' 38-5 victory" (29 March 1970) The Sun-Herald p. 46
6. "Player Profiles". penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
7. "Behind The Scenes: The Staff". penrithpanthers.com.au. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
8. Pengilly, Adam (10 September 2016). "Canterbury Bulldogs' Tim Browne hoping to deliver dagger blow to Penrith Panthers". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
9. "Penrith Panthers sign Jed Cartwright on a three-year deal". Fox Sports. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
10. "Panthers sign playmaker Nicholls". Rugby League Week. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
11. Ryan, Nathan (5 October 2016). "Gold Coast star Ryan James' $2m payday, Wests Tigers sign forward — NRL Market Watch". Fox Sports. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
12. "Rein joins the Panthers". penrithpanthers.com.au. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
13. Chammas, Michael (16 June 2016). "I can win another premiership at Penrith Panthers, says James Tamou". Sydney Morning Herald.
14. "Rabbitohs Sign Four Up-And-Coming Players". rabbitohs.com.au. 25 August 2016.
15. "Zak Hardaker to join Castleford on initial loan deal from Leeds". Sky Sports. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
16. "Exciting Heffernan joins Rovers ranks". hullkr.co.uk. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
17. "Eels sign George Jennings for 2017". parraeels.com.au. 17 September 2016.
18. "Sharks bolster big-men depth". sharks.com.au. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
19. "Parramatta Has Just Announced ANOTHER Signing". Triple M. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
20. "Parramatta Eels announce signings for the 2017 squad". parraeels.com.au. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
21. Worthington, Sam (10 September 2016). "Former NRL player Tupou Sopoaga now starring in NRC for Western Sydney Rams". Fox Sports. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
22. "A Team of Legends". panthers.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
23. "Four Panthers enter Hall of Fame". penrithpanthers.com.au. 25 June 2016.
24. "Panthers celebrate season 50 with gala dinner". Daily Telegraph. 29 June 2016.
25. Riccio, David (28 February 2010). "NRL wants fans to feel alive". The Sunday Telegraph. Australia: Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
26. Rakic, Josh (8 January 2010). "Year of the Cat? It's no Pipe dream, says Fanning". The Sydney Morning Herald.
27. "Celebrity tipping for NRL grand final". Australia: AAP Sports News. 1 October 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
28. "Panthers pack pre-season punch". Daily Telegraph. Australia. 1 October 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
29. "Patrick Cummins seals famous Aussie Victory". Daily Telegraph. Australia. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

References

• Collis, Ian & Whiticker, Alan (2004). The History of Rugby League Clubs. Frenchs Forest, New South Wales: New Holland Publishers (Australia). p. 400. ISBN 1-74110-075-5.

External links

• Official Penrith Panthers Web Site
• Hawkesbury Radio 89.9FM Broadcaster of Penrith Panthers games
• Penrith Panthers History at yesterdayshero.com.au