2020 Penrith Panthers season

The 2020 Penrith Panthers season is the 54th 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 2020 Telstra Premiership. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the NRL was played without fans in round 2. Shortly after the competition was suspended from the 24th of March until the 28th of May when round 3 commenced under a new draw. Crowds were allowed to return from round 5 in very small groups, whilst larger crowds were allowed from round 8. Teams were also allowed to return to their own home grounds from round 8.

2020 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank3
2020 recordWins: 4; Draws: 1; Losses: 1
Points scoredFor: 123; Against: 86
Team information
CoachIvan Cleary
Captain
StadiumPanthers Stadium – 22,500
Carrington Park – 13,000 (Cancelled)
High. Attend.10,160
Top scorers
TriesViliame Kikau (4)
GoalsNathan Cleary (15)
PointsNathan Cleary (35)
< 2019 List of seasons 2021 >

Squad
Penrith Panthers 2020 Squad
First Grade (Top 30) Squad Development Players Coaching Staff
  • Shannon Harris - SR, CE
  • Patrick Hollis - SR
  • J'maine Hopgood - LK, SR
  • Daine Laurie - CE, FB
  • Glenn McGrady - FB
  • Charlie Staines - FB, WG

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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

Updated: 23 June 2020
Source(s): [1]

Player transfers

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

Fixtures

Pre-season
Date Trial Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Saturday, 22 February 1 Wests Tigers Panthers Stadium 32 - 4 Naden, May, Hetherington, Crichton, Hopgood Cartwright (4/5)
Saturday, 29 February 2 Parramatta Eels Bega recreation ground 22 - 22 Cleary, Mansour, Brian To'o, Naden, Hands Cleary (2/3), Cartwright (1/1)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 14 March 1 Sydney Roosters Panthers Stadium 20 - 14 Naden, Crichton, Kikau Cleary (4/4) 10,160
Friday, 20 March 2 St George Illawarra Dragons Netstrata Jubilee Stadium 28 - 32 Koroisau, Cleary, Naden, Kikau, Crichton Cleary (5/5) 0
Sunday, 31 May 3 Newcastle Knights Campbelltown Stadium 14 - 14 Kikau, Capewell Crichton (3/3) 0
Friday, 5 June 4 New Zealand Warriors Campbelltown Stadium 26 - 0 Burton (2), Luai, Mansour, Burns Chricton (3/5) 0
Friday, 12 June 5 Parramatta Eels Bankwest Stadium 16 - 10 To'o, Mansour Cleary (1/2) 0
Friday, 19 June 6 Melbourne Storm Campbelltown Stadium 21 - 14 Crichton, To'o, Kikau Cleary (4/4, 1 FG) 0
Thursday, 25 June 7 South Sydney Rabbitohs Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Saturday, 4 July 8 Wests Tigers Campbelltown Stadium
Saturday, 11 July 9 Cronulla Sharks Bankwest Stadium
Sunday, 19 July 10 North Queensland Cowboys TBA
Sunday, 26 July 11 Gold Coast Titans TBA
Saturday, 1 August 12 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles TBA
Saturday, 8 August 13 Canberra Raiders TBA
Friday, 14 August 14 New Zealand Warriors TBA
Friday, 21 August 15 Cronulla Sharks TBA
Saturday, 29 August 16 Wests Tigers TBA
Thursday, 3 September 17 Brisbane Broncos TBA
Friday, 11 September 18 Parramatta Eels TBA
Friday, 18 September 19 North Queensland Cowboys TBA
Saturday, 26 September 20 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs TBA
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Parramatta Eels 7601015888+7012
2 Penrith Panthers 7511014398+4511
3 Sydney Roosters 7502020169+13210
4 Melbourne Storm 7502014883+6510
5 Newcastle Knights 74120169120+499
6 Wests Tigers 74030175140+358
7 Canberra Raiders 7403012897+318
8 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 74030117115+28
9 South Sydney Rabbitohs 73040144134+106
10 North Queensland Cowboys 73040175169+66
11 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 73040146148−26
12 St. George Illawarra Dragons 72050106146−404
13 Gold Coast Titans 7205096193−974
14 New Zealand Warriors 7205079182−1034
15 Brisbane Broncos 7205092209−1174
16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 7106076162−862

Other teams

In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2020 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 20) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2020 Canterbury Cup (NSW Cup).

Representative honours

References
  1. "Player Profiles". penrithpanthers.com.au. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. "Koroisau signs with Panthers on three year deal". 30 August 2019.
  3. "Panthers signs Kurt Capewell". 25 November 2019.
  4. "Campbell-Gillard joins Eels after gaining release from Panthers". 14 September 2019.
  5. "Panthers hooker Egan agrees terms". 23 October 2019.
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