2019 Penrith Panthers season

2019 Penrith Panthers season
2019 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank	10th
2019 record	Wins: 11; draws: 0; losses: 13
Points scored	For: 413; against: 474
Team information
CEO	Brian Fletcher
Coach	Ivan Cleary
Captain	James Tamou;
Stadium	Panthers Stadium – 22,500; Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 3 only)
Avg. attendance	12,437
High attendance	16,833
Top scorers
Tries	Nathan Cleary (10)
Goals	Nathan Cleary (58)
Points	Nathan Cleary (157)

The 2019 Penrith Panthers season was the 53rd season in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and captained by James Tamou, the Panthers are competing in the National Rugby League's 2019 Telstra Premiership.

Squad

Penrith Panthers 2019 Squad
First Grade (Top 30) Squad						Development Players		Coaching Staff
Caleb Aekins – FB Reagan Campbell-Gillard – PR Jed Cartwright – CE, SR Nathan Cleary – HB Dylan Edwards – FB, WG Wayde Egan – HK Kaide Ellis – LK, SR James Fisher-Harris – SR, LK, PR Tyrell Fuimaono – SR, CE Jack Hetherington – PR, SR		Sione Katoa – HK, LK Mitch Kenny – HK, LK Viliame Kikau – PR, SR Spencer Leniu – PR Moses Leota – PR Jarome Luai (gk) – FE, HB, HK Nick Lui-Toso – PR James Maloney – HB, FE Josh Mansour – WG Liam Martin – LK		Tyrone May – FE Brent Naden – CE Paea Pua – PR Hame Sele – LK James Tamou – PR (c) Brian To'o – WG Malakai Watene-Zelezniak – WG, CE Dean Whare – CE, WG, FB Frank Winterstein – SR Isaah Yeo – SR, CE (vc)		Dean Blore – FE, HB Shawn Blore – SR Billy Burns – SR Matt Burton – HB, FE Stephen Crichton – CE, WG Brayden McGrady – CE Extended squad Sam McKendry – PR		Head coach Ivan Cleary Assistant coaches Cameron Ciraldo Peter Wallace Guy Missio (ISP coach)^[1] Ben Harden (JF coach)^[2] Hayden Knowles (Head of Performance) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 05 October 2019 Source(s): ^[3]

Player transfers

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2019 season.

Gains
Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Tyrell Fuimaono	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2019
Tim Grant	Wests Tigers	2019	^[4]
Hame Sele	St George Illawarra	2019	^[5]
Malakai Watene-Zelezniak	Wests Tigers	2020	^[6]
Frank Winterstein	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	2019	^[7]

Losses
Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Christian Crichton	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2021	^[8]
Corey Harawira-Naera	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2022	^[9]
Adam Keighran	New Zealand Warriors	2021	^[10]
Soni Luke	Wests Tigers		^[11]
Trent Merrin	Leeds Rhinos	2022	^[12]
Tyrone Peachey	Gold Coast Titans	2021	^[13]
Maika Sivo	Parramatta Eels	2021	^[14]
Corey Waddell	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2019
Jayden Walker	Retired
Tyrone Phillips	Resigned		^[15]
Tim Grant	Contract Terminated
Dallin Watene Zelezniak	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
Waqa Blake	Parramatta Eels

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Trial	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 23 February	1	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Redfern Oval	8 - 28	Katoa, Campbell-Gillard, May, Paea Pua, Brent Naden	Maloney (2/2), Cartwright (2/2)
Saturday, 2 March	2	Parramatta Eels	Panthers Stadium	0 - 20
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Sunday, 17 March	1	Parramatta Eels	Panthers Stadium	12 - 20	Egan, Tamou	Cleary (2/2)	12,604
Saturday, 23 March	2	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium	14 - 16	Fisher-Harris, Winterstein, Yeo	Cleary (2/3)	19,451
Saturday, 30 March	3	Melbourne Storm	Carrington Park	2 - 32		Maloney (1/1)	10,973
Friday, 5 April	4	Wests Tigers	Panthers Stadium	9 - 8	Edwards	Cleary (2/2, 1 FG)	14,002
Friday, 12 April	5	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium	30 - 24	Maloney, Kikau, Fisher-Harris, Mansour	Cleary (4/4)	8,680
Thursday, 18 April	6	Cronulla Sharks	PointsBet Stadium	24 - 20	Grant, Cleary, Blake	Cleary (4/4)	10,088
Friday, 26 April	7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Panthers Stadium	18 - 22	Maloney, D.Watene-Zelezniak, Kikau	Cleary (4/4)	14,931
Saturday, 4 May	8	Canberra Raiders	McDonalds Park	30 - 12	Cleary, Tamou	Cleary (1/1), Maloney (1/1)	10,079
Friday, 10 May	9	Wests Tigers	Suncorp Stadium	30 - 4	Whare	Cleary (0/1)	35,122
Friday, 17 May	10	New Zealand Warriors	Panthers Stadium	10 - 30	Martin, Kikau	Cleary (1/2)	10,084
Friday, 23 May	11	Parramatta Eels	Bankwest Stadium	10 - 16	Grant, Cleary	Cleary (4/4)	16,228
Thursday, 30 May	12	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Panthers Stadium	15 - 12	Edwards, Martin	Maloney (2/2, 1 FG)	7,981
Sunday, 9 June	13	Sydney Roosters	Panthers Stadium	19 - 10	Kikau(2), Naden	Cleary (3/3), Maloney (1 FG)	16,833
Saturday, 15 June	14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium	18 - 19	Kikau, Naden, To'o	Cleary (2/3), Maloney (1 FG)	11,023
Sunday, 30 June	15	New Zealand Warriors	Mount Smart Stadium	18 - 19	Tamou, Naden (2)	Maloney (3/3, 1 FG)	12,952
	16	Bye
Friday, 12 July	17	Gold Coast Titans	Panthers Stadium	24 - 2	Edwards(2), To'o(2)	Maloney (2/4)	10,317
Friday, 19 July	18	St George Illawarra Dragons	Panthers Stadium	40 - 18	To'o(2), Naden(2), Leota, Cleary, Campbell-Gillard	Nathan Cleary (6/7)	13,610
Friday, 28 July	19	Canberra Raiders	Panthers Stadium	18 - 30	To'o, Leota, Tamou	Cleary (3/4)	15,560
Saturday, 3 August	20	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Bankwest Stadium	16 - 8	Naden	Cleary (2/2)	10,062
Friday, 9 August	21	Cronulla Sharks	Panthers Stadium	26 - 20	Naden, Edwards(2), Cleary	Cleary (5/5)	10,860
Friday, 16 August	22	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	24 - 12	Cleary, To'o	Cleary (2/2)	23,643
Friday, 23 August	23	North Queensland Cowboys	1300 Smiles Stadium	24 - 10	To'o, Yeo	Cleary (1/2)	10,523
Friday, 31 August	24	Sydney Roosters	Sydney Cricket Ground	22 - 6	Kikau	Cleary	11,311
Sunday, 8 September	25	Newcastle Knights	Panthers Stadium	54 - 10	Cleary(4), To'o, Burns(2), Egan, Leota	Cleary(9/9)	12,027
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Ladder

2019 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	20	0	4	1	631	300	+331	42
2	Sydney Roosters	24	17	0	7	1	627	363	+264	36
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	16	0	8	1	521	417	+104	34
4	Canberra Raiders	24	15	0	9	1	524	374	+150	32
5	Parramatta Eels	24	14	0	10	1	533	473	+60	30
6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	14	0	10	1	496	446	+50	30
7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	12	0	12	1	514	464	+50	26
8	Brisbane Broncos	24	11	1	12	1	432	489	−57	25
9	Wests Tigers	24	11	0	13	1	475	486	−11	24
10	Penrith Panthers	24	11	0	13	1	413	474	−61	24
11	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	1	485	522	−37	22
12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	10	0	14	1	326	477	−151	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	9	1	14	1	433	574	−141	21
14	North Queensland Cowboys	24	9	0	15	1	378	500	−122	20
15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	8	0	16	1	427	575	−148	18
16	Gold Coast Titans	24	4	0	20	1	370	651	−281	10

Other teams

In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2019 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 20) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2019 Canterbury Cup (NSW Cup).

Representative honours

Domestic

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up	Ref.
HB	Nathan Cleary	New South Wales	2019 State of Origin
FE	James Maloney

International

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up
BE	James Fisher-Harris	Māori All Stars	2019 All Stars match
PR	James Tamou
CE	Dean Whare

References

^ "Missio takes charge of ISP". penrithpanthers.com.au. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
^ "Harden takes on Jersey Flegg". penrithpanthers.com.au. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
^ "Player Profiles". penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
^ "Tim Grant coming home to Panthers". 4 July 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^ "Panthers signs Hame Sele". 23 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^ "Malakai Watene-Zelezniak to reunite with brother Dallin at Panthers". 5 July 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^ "Panthers signs Frank Winterstein". 13 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ McDonald, Margie (18 May 2018). "Crichton fits bill for cap-pressured Bulldogs". NRL.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
^ "Corey Harawira-Naera Joins the Pack". 3 September 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ "Warriors boost depth with promising utility Adam Keighran set to join club". 30 October 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ "Wests Tigers announce 2019 Intrust Super Premiership squad". 20 November 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ "MERRIN BECOMES LEEDS RHINOS LATEST MARQUEE SIGNING". 15 November 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ Ryan, Nathan (2 March 2018). "Gold Coast secure Tyrone Peachey Penrith move from 2019 season". Fox Sports. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
^ "Eels sign Fijian winger Maika Sivo". 3 August 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ "Tyrone Phillips parts ways with Penrith". 1 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[1] "Missio takes charge of ISP". penrithpanthers.com.au. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

[2] "Harden takes on Jersey Flegg". penrithpanthers.com.au. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

[3] "Player Profiles". penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[4] "Tim Grant coming home to Panthers". 4 July 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[5] "Panthers signs Hame Sele". 23 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[6] "Malakai Watene-Zelezniak to reunite with brother Dallin at Panthers". 5 July 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[7] "Panthers signs Frank Winterstein". 13 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[8] McDonald, Margie (18 May 2018). "Crichton fits bill for cap-pressured Bulldogs". NRL.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[9] "Corey Harawira-Naera Joins the Pack". 3 September 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[10] "Warriors boost depth with promising utility Adam Keighran set to join club". 30 October 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[11] "Wests Tigers announce 2019 Intrust Super Premiership squad". 20 November 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[12] "MERRIN BECOMES LEEDS RHINOS LATEST MARQUEE SIGNING". 15 November 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[13] Ryan, Nathan (2 March 2018). "Gold Coast secure Tyrone Peachey Penrith move from 2019 season". Fox Sports. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[14] "Eels sign Fijian winger Maika Sivo". 3 August 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[15] "Tyrone Phillips parts ways with Penrith". 1 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

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v t e Penrith Panthers
Est. 1967 in Penrith, New South Wales
The Club	History Records Players Coaches Honours Representatives
Home ground	BlueBet Stadium Carrington Park Western Sydney Stadium (2025)
Culture	Western Sydney Derby
Important figures	Phil Gould Royce Simmons Izzard brothers Tim Sheens Alexander brothers Mark Geyer Steve Carter Ryan Girdler Preston Campbell Craig Gower John Cartwright Grahame Moran Tony Puletua Nathan Cleary Isaah Yeo Dylan Edwards
League	NSWRL ARL SL NRL
Premierships (6)	1991 2003 2021 2022 2023 2024
Seasons (58)	1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Other competitions	Current New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Tarsha Gale Cup Past Amco Cup NRL Under-20s NSWRL Women's Premiership
Affiliations	Penrith District Rugby League St Marys Saints Windsor Wolves