2018 Penrith Panthers season

2018 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank 5th
2018 record Wins: 15; Losses: 9
Points scored For: 410; Against: 342
Team information
Coach

Anthony Griffin (round 1 to round 21)

Cameron Ciraldo (round 22 onwards)
Captains
Stadium Panthers Stadium – 22,500
Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 9 only)
Avg. Attend. 14,404
High. Attend. 21,565 vs Dragons, round 12
Top scorers
Tries Waqa Blake (8)
Goals James Maloney (53)
Points James Maloney (117)
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The 2018 Penrith Panthers season is the 52nd in the club's history. Coached by Anthony Griffin and captained by Peter Wallace and James Maloney, the Panthers are competing in the National Rugby League's 2018 Telstra Premiership.

Squad

Penrith Panthers
2018 NRL Squad Extended squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Updated: 16 July 2018
Source(s): [4]

Player transfers

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2018 season.

Fixtures

Pre-season

[18]

Date Trial Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Saturday, 17 February 1 Sydney Roosters Panthers Stadium 30 – 18 Sivo (2), Eisenhuth, Egan, Leota, Peachey Cleary (2/4), Keighran (1/2)
Saturday, 24 February 2 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground 24 – 10 Campbell-Gillard, Crichton Cleary (1/2)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season

[19]

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday, 11 March 1 Parramatta Eels Panthers Stadium 24 – 14 Blake (2), Kikau Cleary (6/6) 21,506
Saturday, 17 March 2 South Sydney Rabbitohs Panthers Stadium 18 – 14 Blake, Merrin, Peachey Cleary (3/4) 15,995
Friday, 23 March 3 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 18 – 20 Edwards, Maloney, Mansour Cleary (2/2), Maloney (1/1) 11,247
Thursday, 29 March 4 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 33 – 14 Blake, Kikau, Leota, Maloney Maloney (8/8, 1 FG) 11,907
Sunday, 8 April 5 Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium 6 – 12 Mansour Maloney (4/4) 10,061
Sunday, 15 April 6 Gold Coast Titans Panthers Stadium 35 – 12 Harawira-Naera (2), Crichton, Edwards, Peachey, Tamou Maloney (5/7, 1 FG) 11,091
Sunday, 22 April 7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Southern Cross Group Stadium 26 – 22 Edwards, Kikau, Watene-Zelezniak, Yeo Maloney (3/4) 12,667
Friday, 27 April 8 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Panthers Stadium 22 – 14 Harawira-Naera, Leota, Yeo Maloney (5/6) 13,760
Friday, 4 May 9 North Queensland Cowboys Carrington Park 20 – 26 Phillips (2), Wallace (2) Maloney (2/4) 10,289
Friday, 11 May 10 Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 18 – 29 Campbell-Gillard, Harawira-Naera, Peachey, Watene-Zelezniak Maloney (6/6, 1 FG) 14,801
Thursday, 17 May 11 Wests Tigers Panthers Stadium 16 – 2 Peachey, Phillips Maloney (4/5) 15,081
Saturday, 26 May 12 St. George Illawarra Dragons Panthers Stadium 28 – 2 Campbell-Gillard, Cleary, Crichton, Kikau Maloney (6/6) 21,565
13Bye
Friday, 8 June 14 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 22 – 23 Peachey (2), Whare Maloney (5/6), Cleary (1 FG) 7,662
Friday, 15 June 15 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 32 – 6 Whare Maloney (1/1) 10,078
Saturday, 30 June 16 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Panthers Stadium 10 – 18 Watene-Zelezniak Maloney (3/3) 12,755
Friday, 6 July 17 New Zealand Warriors Panthers Stadium 36 – 4 Luai (2), Blake, Harawira-Naera, Kikau, Phillips Luai (6/8) 10,255
Friday, 13 July 18 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Panthers Stadium 12 – 24 Blake, Harawira-Naera Luai (2/3) 11,742
Friday, 20 July 19 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 50 – 18 Blake, Mansour, Peachey Cleary (3/3) 26,357
Saturday, 28 July 20 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Lottoland 24 – 28 Blake, Cleary, Mansour, Whare, Yeo Cleary (4/5) 6,134
Sunday, 5 August 21 Canberra Raiders Panthers Stadium 40 – 31 Tamou, Peachey (2), Whare, Watene-Zelezniak, Mansour, Maloney Cleary (6/7) 12,195
Saturday, 11 August 22 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 16 – 17 Blake, Cleary, Watene-Zelezniak Cleary (6/7, 1 FG) 11,283
Saturday, 18 August 23 Newcastle Knights Panthers Stadium 12 – 20 May, Egan Cleary (2/2) 14,125
Friday, 24 August 24 New Zealand Warriors Mount Smart Stadium 16 – 36 Blake, Mansour, Merrin Cleary (2/3) 17,195
Friday, 31 August 25 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 16 – 22 Mansour (2), Blake (2), Crichton Cleary (1/6) 20,637
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 2416081542361+18134
2 Melbourne Storm 2416081536363+17334
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416081582437+14534
4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2416081519423+9634
5 Penrith Panthers 2415091517461+5632
6 Brisbane Broncos 2415091556500+5632
7 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2415091519472+4732
8 New Zealand Warriors 2415091472447+2532
9 Wests Tigers 24120121377460−8326
10 Canberra Raiders 24100141563540+2322
11 Newcastle Knights 2490151414607−19320
12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2480161428474−4618
13 North Queensland Cowboys 2480161449521−7218
14 Gold Coast Titans 2480161472582−11018
15 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2470171500622−12216
16 Parramatta Eels 2460181374550−17614

Statistics

NameAgeAppTGFGPts
Caleb Aekins2110000
Waqa Blake24980032
Reagan Campbell-Gillard25142008
Nathan Cleary2110218/20145
Christian Crichton22162008
Dylan Edwards22830012
Wayde Egan2190000
Kaide Ellis2250000
James Fisher-Harris22190000
Corey Harawira-Naera231860024
Jack Hetherington22110000
Sione Katoa23140000
Viliame Kikau231850020
Moses Leota23132008
Jarome Luai21428/11024
Sam McKendry2920000
James Maloney3217253/613117
Josh Mansour28840016
Tyrone May2230000
Trent Merrin29181004
Tyrone Peachey271770028
Tyrone Phillips24940016
James Tamou30191004
Peter Wallace3392008
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak231330012
Dean Whare281830012
Isaah Yeo241930012
27 players25.54196279/924410

Other teams

In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2018 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 20) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2018 Intrust Super Premiership (NSW Cup). The JF team is coached by Ben Harden, and the NSW Cup team is coached by Guy Missio.

Representative honours

Domestic

Pos. Player Team Call-up Ref.
PR Reagan Campbell-Gillard New South Wales 2018 State of Origin
[20]
HB Nathan Cleary
FE James Maloney
BE Tyrone Peachey

International

Pos. Player Team Call-up Ref.
CE Tyrone Phillips  Fiji 2018 Test vs Papua New Guinea
[21]
WG Christian Crichton  Samoa 2018 Test vs Tonga
[22]
FE Tyrone May
BE Sione Katoa  Tonga 2018 Test vs Samoa
[23]
BE James Fisher-Harris  New Zealand 2018 Test vs England
[24]
FB Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Wallace named Penrith Panthers captain for 2018 season". Daily Telegraph. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Missio takes charge of ISP". penrithpanthers.com.au. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Harden takes on Jersey Flegg". penrithpanthers.com.au. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Player Profiles". penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Panthers reveals new recruits". penrithpanthers.com.au. 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Chammas, Michael (4 December 2017). "Maloney reunited with ball-boy Cleary". NRL.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Selvage, Ryan (15 April 2018). "Full Circle: Panther Saunders Back Where It All Began". NSWRL.com.au. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Penrith Panthers utility player Sitaleki Akauola signs with English club Warrington". Wide World of Sports. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Panthers prop Tim Browne retires after bowel injury". Fox Sports. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  10. ↑ Chammas, Michael (3 February 2018). "Bryce Cartwright released by Penrith Panthers to join Gold Coast Titans". NRL.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  11. ↑ Ryan, Nathan (22 November 2017). "NRL Market Watch: Luke Keary twist in Mitchell Pearce move, Bulldogs sign Italy back". Fox Sports. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Storm sign trio before deadline". melbournestorm.com.au. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  13. ↑ Newton, Alicia (30 November 2017). "Titans confirm Leilani Latu signing". NRL.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Penrith Panthers confirm release of Matt Moylan to join Cronulla Sharks in James Maloney swap". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Nicholls Signs With Dragons". NSWRL.com.au. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  16. ↑ Gould, Joel (20 November 2017). "Brennan lures Rein to Titans". NRL.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  17. ↑ "Peter Wallace announces retirement". penrithpanthers.com.au. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  18. ↑ Dodds, Troy (8 December 2017). "Panthers confirm 2018 trials". Western Weekender. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  19. ↑ "2018 Draw and Results - Penrith Panthers". NRL.com. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  20. ↑ Griffits, Andrew (28 May 2018). "State of Origin: Panthers' Nathan Cleary headlines Brad Fittler's Blues revolution". ABC. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  21. ↑ Walsh, Dan (14 June 2018). "Jarryd Hayne headlines injury-hit Fiji squad". NRL.com. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  22. ↑ "Milford headlines Samoa squad to face Tonga". NRL.com. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  23. ↑ "Ofahengaue named in star-studded Tonga squad". NRL.com. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  24. ↑ Walter, Brad (17 June 2018). "Seven debutants in Kiwis squad for Denver Test". NRL.com. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
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