Squad
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Player transfers
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| 2024 Penrith Panthers season | ||||
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| NRL Rank | 2nd (Premiers) | |||
| 2024 record | Wins: 17; losses: 7 | |||
| Points scored | For: 580; against: 394 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Matt Cameron (PDRLFC) Brian Fletcher (Panthers Group) | |||
| Coach | Ivan Cleary | |||
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| Stadium | BlueBet Stadium – 22,500 Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 7 only) | |||
| Avg. attendance | 19,497 | |||
| High attendance | 21,525 | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Sunia Turuva (17) | |||
| Goals | Nathan Cleary (50) | |||
| Points | Nathan Cleary (118) | |||
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The 2024 Penrith Panthers season was the 58th season in the club's history. They were Coached by Ivan Cleary and co-captained by Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo, the Panthers were competing in the National Rugby League's 2024 Telstra Premiership. The Panthers won the 2024 Premiership by defeating the Melbourne Storm in the Final (14–6). This marked their 4th Premiership in a row.
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| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
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| 24 February; 20:00 (GMT) |  Wigan Warriors | DW Stadium | 16 - 12 | Cleary, Edwards | Cleary (2/2) | 24,091 |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Melbourne Storm | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 692 | 449 | +243 | 44 | Advance to finals series |
| 2 |  Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 580 | 394 | +186 | 40 | |
| 3 |  Sydney Roosters | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 738 | 463 | +275 | 38 | |
| 4 |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 653 | 431 | +222 | 38 | |
| 5 |  North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 657 | 568 | +89 | 36 | |
| 6 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 529 | 433 | +96 | 34 | |
| 7 |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 634 | 521 | +113 | 33 | |
| 8 |  Newcastle Knights | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 470 | 510 | −40 | 30 | |
| 9 |  Canberra Raiders | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 474 | 601 | −127 | 30 | |
| 10 |  Dolphins | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 577 | 578 | −1 | 28 | |
| 11 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 508 | 634 | −126 | 28 | |
| 12 |  Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 537 | 607 | −70 | 26 | |
| 13 |  New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 512 | 574 | −62 | 25 | |
| 14 |  Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 488 | 656 | −168 | 22 | |
| 15 |  Parramatta Eels | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 561 | 716 | −155 | 20 | |
| 16 |  South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 494 | 682 | −188 | 20 | |
| 17 |  Wests Tigers | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 463 | 750 | −287 | 18 |
| Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 September – Melbourne | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Melbourne | 37 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 10 | 20 September – Sydney | ||||||||||||||||
| Cronulla-Sutherland | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 September – Townsville | North Queensland | 18 | 27 September – Melbourne | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | North Queensland | 28 | Melbourne | 48 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Newcastle | 16 | Sydney | 18 | 6 October – Sydney | ||||||||||||||
| Melbourne | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 September – Sydney | 28 September – Sydney | Penrith | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 22 | Penrith | 26 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Manly Warringah | 24 | 21 September – Sydney | Cronulla-Sutherland | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Sydney | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 September – Sydney | Manly Warringah | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Penrith | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sydney | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
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| Friday, 13 September | Qualifying Final | Sydney Roosters | BlueBet Stadium | 30 - 10 | To'o, Tago, Luai, Garner (2) | Cleary (5/6) | 21,483 |
| Saturday, 28 September | Preliminary Final | Cronulla Sharks | Accor Stadium | 26 - 6 | Alamoti (2), To'o, Martin | Cleary (4/5), Alamoti (1/1) | 33,753 |
| Sunday, 6 October | Grand Final | Melbourne Storm | Accor Stadium | 6 - 14 | Turuva, Martin, Alamoti | Cleary (1/3) | 80,156 |
In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2024 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 21) and the New South Wales Rugby League's The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup (NSW Cup).
Cameron Ciraldo is a professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL), and a former professional rugby league footballer. He is known as the defensive coach behind the Penrith Panthers back-to-back premierships in 2021 and 2022. He was previously the head coach of the Italy national team and an assistant coach of the Penrith Panthers in the NRL. During his playing career, Ciraldo played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Newcastle Knights and the Penrith Panthers, all in the NRL, and was selected to represent Italy. He primarily played as a second-row or lock.
The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserve grade competition, and is now the premier open age competition in the state. The New South Wales Cup, along with the Queensland Cup, acts as a feeder competition to the National Rugby League premiership. The competition is the oldest continuous rugby league competition in the Australia.
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Isaah Patrick Ferguson-Yeo is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a lock and second-row forward for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL and Australia at international level. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest locks in NRL history. He currently is co captain of the Penrith Panthers, Vice captain of the New South Wales Blues and is the captain of the Australian Kangaroos.
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Jack Cogger is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth and halfback for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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Christopher Randall is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League (NRL).
The 2021 Penrith Panthers season is the 55th season in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and co-captained by Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo, the Panthers are competing in the National Rugby League's 2021 Telstra Premiership. After the Panthers round 2 victory against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs the Panthers become the first team in NRL history to win the opening two rounds holding the opposition to nil as well as the first team to hold the opposition to nil in three regular season games in a row. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Bluebet stadium was reduced to a capacity of 14,077 in rounds 1 and 3; after this in round 5 further lifting of restrictions meant that a crowd of 20,890 would be allowed into the stadium. This large crowd, however, was short-lived as Panthers misunderstood the new COVID restrictions, meaning tickets for the hills were oversold. From round 7 onwards the new capacity would be 16,110 until restrictions eased further. After round 12 was completed, the NSW and Queensland state of origin sides were announced for game one, where a record 7 Panthers were selected to represent their state. As a consequence, in round 13 Penrith would have to play without 7 of their stars and 3 debutants for the club. After 27 straight regular season wins and 12 straight to start the season, the win streak was broken, losing 26–6 against rivals the Wests Tigers. Penrith finished second overall at the end of the regular season and went on to play South Sydney in the first week of the finals series. They would go on to lose 10 – 16 but after wins against the Parramatta Eels and Melbourne Storm they would set up a rematch against the Rabbitohs. In the grand final Penrith were the eventual Premiers winning 14 – 12, their third title and first since 2003.
Brad Schneider is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. He won the 2024 NRL Grand Finals with the Penrith Panthers.
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Sunia Turuva is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Wests Tigers in the NRL .He previously played for the Penrith Panthers, where he was a 2 time premiership winner; he has won Dally M Rookie of the year 2022. Turuva was a part of the extended squad in 2021 and 2022 till he would cement himself in the Starting 13 and go on to win the 2023 and 2024 NRL Grand Finals with the Penrith Panthers.
Paul Alamoti is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League.
