2015 Penrith Panthers season

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2015 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank11th
2015 recordWins: 9; losses: 15
Points scoredFor: 399; against: 477
Team information
Coach Ivan Cleary
Captain
Stadium Pepper Stadium - 22,500
Avg. attendance11,544
High attendance18,817 vs. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, 8 March
Top scorers
Tries David Simmons (9)
Goals Jamie Soward (22)
Points Matt Moylan (50)
2013 Pink Penrith Panthers Jersey.svg
Away colours
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The 2015 Penrith Panthers season was the 49th in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and captained by Peter Wallace, the team competed in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament.

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The Panthers were riddled by injury throughout 2015, and as a result, used a total of 32 players over the course of the season - the most of any club for that year. [1] The club finished the season in 11th place, managing to avoid the wooden spoon by defeating the last-placed Newcastle Knights in their final game. [2] Despite this, the Panthers under 20s team won the 2015 National Youth Competition premiership. [3]

Squad

Penrith Panthers
NRL Squad 2015Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


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


Player transfers

Fixtures

NRL Auckland Nines

The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2015 competition was played over two days on 31 January and 1 February at Eden Park. The Panthers featured in the Waiheke pool and played the Rabbitohs, Cowboys and Storm, losing all three of their games.

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoals
Saturday, 31 JanuaryGame 4 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Eden Park 4-11 Sopoaga John (0/1)
Saturday, 31 JanuaryGame 11 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Eden Park 20-4 Jay Koroisau (0/1)
Sunday, 1 FebruaryGame 20 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Eden Park 14-8 Jay, C Smith Davis (0/2)
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Sunday, 8 MarchRound 1 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Pepper Stadium 24-18 G Jennings, Segeyaro, Watene-Zelezniak Soward (4/5)18,814
Saturday, 14 MarchRound 2 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Carrington Park 40-0 Cartwright, Idris (3), G Jennings, Manu, Whare (2) Moylan (4/6), Soward (0/2)6,240
Monday, 23 MarchRound 3 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 20-12 Idris, Segeyaro Moylan (2/2)10,735
Saturday, 28 MarchRound 4 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 26-14 Mansour, Moylan, Whare Moylan (1/3)20,114
Monday, 6 AprilRound 5 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Pepper Stadium 10-30 Segeyaro, Whare Moylan (1/2)8,409
Saturday, 11 AprilRound 6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Pepper Stadium 22-12 Blake, Koroisau, Mansour (2) Moylan (3/4)11,170
Saturday, 18 AprilRound 7 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 32-6 Blake Moylan (1/1)9,244
Sunday, 26 AprilRound 8 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Pepper Stadium 26-18 Moylan, Peachey, Simmons, Watene-Zelezniak Moylan (5/5)12,798
Friday, 8 MayRound 9 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 8-5 Moylan (2/2, 1 FG)24,566
Monday, 18 MayRound 10 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 10-11 Simmons, Watene-Zelezniak Moylan (1/3, 1 FG)8,025
Round 11 Bye
Friday, 29 MayRound 12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Pepper Stadium 20-26 Cartwright, Simmons, Watene-Zelezniak, Yeo Cartwright (0/1), Wallace (2/3)17,821
Saturday, 6 JuneRound 13 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Pepper Stadium 0-20 11,849
Round 14 Bye
Saturday, 20 JuneRound 15 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 24-12 Cartwright (2) Soward (2/2)12,476
Sunday, 28 JuneRound 16 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 12-35 Mansour, Simmons (4), Wallace, Watene-Zelezniak Koroisau (0/1), Simmons (1/1), Soward (2/5), Wallace (1 FG)14,234
Friday, 3 JulyRound 17 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Pepper Stadium 20-6 Blake, Wallace, Watene-Zelezniak, Whare Koroisau (2/3), Soward (0/1), Wallace (0/1)14,068
Saturday, 11 JulyRound 18 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Pepper Stadium 4-24 Brown Koroisau (0/1)13,654
Friday, 17 JulyRound 19 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 52-10 Blake, Peachey Soward (1/2)11,956
Sunday, 26 JulyRound 20 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Pepper Stadium 24-34 R Jennings, Segeyaro, Taylor, Yeo Soward (4/4)8,048
Sunday, 2 AugustRound 21 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 20-16 Brown, Cartwright, Segeyaro Soward (2/3)13,391
Saturday, 8 AugustRound 22 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels TIO Stadium 10-4 Blake Soward (0/1)8,340
Saturday, 15 AugustRound 23 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Pepper Stadium 24-10 Brown, Campbell-Gillard, Peachey, Simmons Soward (4/5)6,774
Thursday, 20 AugustRound 24 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 19-12 Mansour, Simmons Soward (2/3)9,145
Monday, 31 AugustRound 25 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 34-18 Brown, Segeyaro, W Smith Koroisau (2/2), Soward (1/1)6,717
Saturday, 5 SeptemberRound 26 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Pepper Stadium 30-12 Mansour, Peachey (2), W Smith, Whare Simmons (1/1), W Smith (4/5)8,936
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2418062591300+29140
2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2417072574379+19538
3 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys (P)2417072587454+13338
4 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24140102467348+11932
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24140102522480+4232
6 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24140102469476−732
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24130112465467−230
8 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24120122435408+2728
9 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24110132458492−3426
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100142577569+824
11 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2490152399477−7822
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2490152448573−12522
13 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2490152445588−14322
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2490152439636−19722
15 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2480162487562−7520
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2480162458612−15420

Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Sam Anderson 10000
Waqa Blake 1850020
Lewis Brown 2140016
Reagan Campbell-Gillard 241004
Bryce Cartwright 2150020
Adam Docker 10000
Jamal Idris 640016
George Jennings 52008
Robert Jennings 51004
Isaac John 70000
Sione Katoa 10000
Brent Kite 60000
Apisai Koroisau 1614012
Jeremy Latimore 240000
Leilani Latu 60000
Sam McKendry 240000
Josh Mansour 1260024
Sika Manu 181004
Matt Moylan 11220250
Tyrone Peachey 2250020
Nigel Plum 140000
James Segeyaro 1860024
David Simmons 1392040
Chris Smith 10000
Will Smith 924016
Tupou Sopoaga 50000
Jamie Soward 16022044
Elijah Taylor 201004
Peter Wallace 1322113
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 1670028
Dean Whare 1360024
Isaah Yeo 212008
Totals2472543399

Representative

Domestic

Pos.PlayerTeamCall-up
FB Matt Moylan NRL All Stars 2015 All Stars Match
SR Tyrone Peachey Indigenous All Stars 2015 All Stars Match
CE Waqa Blake City colours.svg NSW City 2015 City vs Country Origin
BE Reagan Campbell-Gillard City colours.svg NSW City 2015 City vs Country Origin
FB Matt Moylan City colours.svg NSW City 2015 City vs Country Origin
LK Tyrone Peachey City colours.svg NSW City 2015 City vs Country Origin
201 Matt Moylan New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales 2015 State of Origin

International

Pos.PlayerTeamCall-up
HK Apisai Koroisau Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 2015 Melanesian Cup
SR Sika Manu 2 Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga 2015 Polynesian Cup
BE Ben Murdoch-Masila Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga 2015 Polynesian Cup
BE Lewis Brown Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2015 New Zealand tour of England
CE Dean Whare Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2015 New Zealand tour of England

1 - Selected as 20th Man, Moylan did not play during the series.
2 - Manu captained the Tongan side during their match against Samoa.

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