| 2023 Penrith Panthers season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRL Rank | 1st (Premiers) | |||
| 2023 record | Wins: 21; draws: 0; losses: 6 | |||
| Points scored | For: 645; against: 312 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Matt Cameron (PDRLFC) Brian Fletcher (Panthers Group) | |||
| Coach | Ivan Cleary | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | BlueBet Stadium – 22,500 Carrington Park – 13,000 (Round 9 only) | |||
| Avg. attendance | 19,575 | |||
| High attendance | 21,525 | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Brian To'o (21) | |||
| Goals | Nathan Cleary (89) | |||
| Points | Nathan Cleary (216) | |||
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The 2023 Penrith Panthers season is the 57th season in the club's history. With head coach Ivan Cleary and co-captains Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo, the Panthers competed in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership and won the minor premiership.
In 2023, it is the twentieth anniversary of the Penrith Panthers' 2003 NRL Grand Final win against the Sydney Roosters. This was Penrith's second premiership.
The 2023 home, away and alternate jerseys look similar to the ones shown below
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| No | Nat | Player | 1st Position | 2nd Position | NRL Games | Previous 1st Grade Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 536 |  | Tyrone Peachey | Lock | Centre | 207 | Wests Tigers |
| 537 | | Isaah Yeo (c) | Lock | Second Row | 220 | None |
| 553 | | Chris Smith | Second Row | Lock | 39 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
| 557 |  | James Fisher-Harris (vc) | Prop | 180 | None | |
| 560 | | Nathan Cleary (c) | Halfback | 159 | None | |
| 562 | | Moses Leota | Prop | 149 | None | |
| 564 | | Dylan Edwards (vc) | Fullback | 131 | None | |
| 579 |  | Jarome Luai | Five-Eighth | 107 | None | |
| 584 | | Liam Martin | Second Row | 104 | None | |
| 585 | | Brian To'o | Wing | 93 | None | |
| 586 | | Mitch Kenny | Hooker | Lock | 83 | None |
| 589 | | Stephen Crichton | Centre | 100 | None | |
| 591 | | Spencer Leniu | Prop | 83 | None | |
| 598 | | Matt Eisenhuth | Lock | Prop | 116 | Wests Tigers |
| 599 | | Scott Sorensen | Second Row | Lock | 105 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
| 601 | | Jaeman Salmon | Second Row | Centre | 61 | Parramatta Eels |
| 602 | | Lindsay Smith | Prop | Lock | 27 | None |
| 603 | | Izack Tago | Centre | 48 | None | |
| 604 | | Taylan May | Wing | 22 | None | |
| 607 |  | Soni Luke | Hooker | 24 | None | |
| 609 |  | Sunia Turuva | Fullback | Wing | 29 | None |
| 610 | | Tom Jenkins | Centre | Wing | 6 | None |
| 612 | | Jack Cole | Centre | 1 | None | |
| 613 | | Eddie Blacker | Prop | 2 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | |
| 614 | | Luke Garner | Second Row | Centre | 87 | Wests Tigers |
| 616 | | Jack Cogger | Five-Eighth | Halfback | 55 | Huddersfield Giants |
| 615 | | Zac Hosking | Second Row | Lock | 25 | Brisbane Broncos |
| Development Players | ||||||
| 608 | | Kurt Falls | Halfback | Five-eighth | 3 | None |
| 611 | | Liam Henry | Prop | Lock | 1 | None |
| - | | Mavrik Geyer | Prop | Second Row | ???? | ???? |
| - | | Ativalu Lisati | Second Row | Lock | ???? | ????? |
| Date | Trial | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 11 February | 1 |  Parramatta Eels | BlueBet Stadium | 22 - 16 | Sommerton, Jenkins, McLean, Cohen | Kurt Falls (3/4) | 3,525 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw | |||||||
| Date | Trial | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 18 February | 2 |  St Helens | BlueBet Stadium | 12 - 13 | Tago, To'o | Nathan Cleary (2/2) | 13,873 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw | |||||||
| Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 September – Sydney | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Penrith | 32 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  New Zealand | 6 | 16 September – Auckland | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 September – Newcastle |  Newcastle | 10 | 22 September – Sydney | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Newcastle | 30 | Penrith | 38 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Canberra | 28 |  Melbourne | 4 | 1 October – Sydney | ||||||||||||||
| Penrith | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 September – Sydney | 23 September – Brisbane |  Brisbane | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Cronulla-Sutherland | 12 | Brisbane | 42 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Sydney | 13 | 15 September – Melbourne | New Zealand | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Melbourne | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 September – Brisbane | Sydney | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Brisbane | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Melbourne | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 9 September | Qualifying Final | New Zealand Warriors | BlueBet Stadium | 32 - 6 | To'o, Martin, Turuva (2), Cleary | Cleary (6/6) | 21,525 |
| Friday, 22 September | Preliminary Final | Melbourne Storm | Accor Stadium | 38 - 4 | To'o (3), Turuva, Cleary, Edwards | Cleary (7/8) | 35,578 |
| Sunday, 1 October | Grand Final | Brisbane Broncos | Accor Stadium | 26 - 24 | Kenny, Leota, Crichton, Cleary | Crichton (1/1), Cleary (4/4) | 81,947 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 645 | 312 | +333 | 42 |
| 2 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 639 | 425 | +214 | 42 |
| 3 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 627 | 459 | +168 | 38 |
| 4 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 572 | 448 | +124 | 38 |
| 5 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 626 | 451 | +175 | 35 |
| 6 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 619 | 497 | +122 | 34 |
| 7 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 472 | 496 | −24 | 32 |
| 8 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 486 | 623 | −137 | 32 |
| 9 |  South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 564 | 505 | +59 | 30 |
| 10 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 587 | 574 | +13 | 30 |
| 11 |  North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 546 | 542 | +4 | 30 |
| 12 |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 545 | 539 | +6 | 29 |
| 13 |  Dolphins | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 520 | 631 | −111 | 24 |
| 14 |  Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 527 | 653 | −126 | 24 |
| 15 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 438 | 769 | −331 | 20 |
| 16 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 474 | 673 | −199 | 16 |
| 17 |  Wests Tigers | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 385 | 675 | −290 | 14 |
| Nat | Pos | Player | From | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FE/HB | Jack Cogger | Huddersfield Giants (Super League) | 24/10/22 | [3] |
| | SR/CE | Luke Garner | Wests Tigers | 24/6/22 | [4] |
| | SR/LK | Zac Hosking | Brisbane Broncos | 24/10/22 | [5] |
| | LK/CE/FE | Tyrone Peachey | Wests Tigers | 21/10/22 | [6] |
| Nat | Pos | Player | To | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | WG | Christian Crichton | Released | |||
| | LK/SR | J'maine Hopgood | Parramatta Eels | 31/5/22 | [7] | |
| | CE/WG | Robert Jennings | The Dolphins | 10/5/22 | [8] | |
| | FE/HB | Isaiya Katoa | The Dolphins | 18/2/22 | [9] | |
| | SR | Viliame Kikau | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 19/11/21 | [10] | |
| | HK | Api Koroisau | Wests Tigers | 3/12/21 | [11] | |
| | FE/HB | Sean O'Sullivan | Dolphins | 30/6/22 | ||
| | WG/FB | Charlie Staines | Wests Tigers | 21/10/22 | [12] |
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based 55 km (34 mi) west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrith are the current reigning NRL Premiers, having won the title six times, including the last four times consecutively.
Ivan Cleary is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League (NRL) and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a fullback and centre in the 1990s and 2000s.
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Yileen "Buddy" Gordon is an Australian rugby league footballer who played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSW Cup. Gordon formerly played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Penrith Panthers. He was sacked by the West Tigers in February, 2014 for breach of contract. He played in the Centres and has previously played in the back-row or at centre.
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