2015 Penrith Panthers season
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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.
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
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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.
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Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | |
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Saturday, 31 January | Game 4 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Eden Park | 4-11 | Sopoaga | John (0/1) | |
Saturday, 31 January | Game 11 | Melbourne Storm | Eden Park | 20-4 | Jay | Koroisau (0/1) | |
Sunday, 1 February | Game 20 | North Queensland Cowboys | Eden Park | 14-8 | Jay, C Smith | Davis (0/2) | |
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Regular season
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
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Sunday, 8 March | Round 1 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Pepper Stadium | 24-18 | G Jennings, Segeyaro, Watene-Zelezniak | Soward (4/5) | 18,814 |
Saturday, 14 March | Round 2 | 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 March | Round 3 | Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium | 20-12 | Idris, Segeyaro | Moylan (2/2) | 10,735 |
Saturday, 28 March | Round 4 | Newcastle Knights | Hunter Stadium | 26-14 | Mansour, Moylan, Whare | Moylan (1/3) | 20,114 |
Monday, 6 April | Round 5 | North Queensland Cowboys | Pepper Stadium | 10-30 | Segeyaro, Whare | Moylan (1/2) | 8,409 |
Saturday, 11 April | Round 6 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Pepper Stadium | 22-12 | Blake, Koroisau, Mansour (2) | Moylan (3/4) | 11,170 |
Saturday, 18 April | Round 7 | Gold Coast Titans | Cbus Super Stadium | 32-6 | Blake | Moylan (1/1) | 9,244 |
Sunday, 26 April | Round 8 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Pepper Stadium | 26-18 | Moylan, Peachey, Simmons, Watene-Zelezniak | Moylan (5/5) | 12,798 |
Friday, 8 May | Round 9 | Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium | 8-5 | Moylan (2/2, 1 FG) | 24,566 | |
Monday, 18 May | Round 10 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Brookvale Oval | 10-11 | Simmons, Watene-Zelezniak | Moylan (1/3, 1 FG) | 8,025 |
Round 11 | Bye | ||||||
Friday, 29 May | Round 12 | Parramatta Eels | Pepper Stadium | 20-26 | Cartwright, Simmons, Watene-Zelezniak, Yeo | Cartwright (0/1), Wallace (2/3) | 17,821 |
Saturday, 6 June | Round 13 | Melbourne Storm | Pepper Stadium | 0-20 | 11,849 | ||
Round 14 | Bye | ||||||
Saturday, 20 June | Round 15 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | ANZ Stadium | 24-12 | Cartwright (2) | Soward (2/2) | 12,476 |
Sunday, 28 June | Round 16 | 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 July | Round 17 | 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 July | Round 18 | Sydney Roosters | Pepper Stadium | 4-24 | Brown | Koroisau (0/1) | 13,654 |
Friday, 17 July | Round 19 | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park | 52-10 | Blake, Peachey | Soward (1/2) | 11,956 |
Sunday, 26 July | Round 20 | Canberra Raiders | Pepper Stadium | 24-34 | R Jennings, Segeyaro, Taylor, Yeo | Soward (4/4) | 8,048 |
Sunday, 2 August | Round 21 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | ANZ Stadium | 20-16 | Brown, Cartwright, Segeyaro | Soward (2/3) | 13,391 |
Saturday, 8 August | Round 22 | Parramatta Eels | TIO Stadium | 10-4 | Blake | Soward (0/1) | 8,340 |
Saturday, 15 August | Round 23 | New Zealand Warriors | Pepper Stadium | 24-10 | Brown, Campbell-Gillard, Peachey, Simmons | Soward (4/5) | 6,774 |
Thursday, 20 August | Round 24 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | WIN Stadium | 19-12 | Mansour, Simmons | Soward (2/3) | 9,145 |
Monday, 31 August | Round 25 | Canberra Raiders | GIO Stadium | 34-18 | Brown, Segeyaro, W Smith | Koroisau (2/2), Soward (1/1) | 6,717 |
Saturday, 5 September | Round 26 | 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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 591 | 300 | +291 | 40 |
2 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 574 | 379 | +195 | 38 |
3 | North Queensland Cowboys (P) | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 587 | 454 | +133 | 38 |
4 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 467 | 348 | +119 | 32 |
5 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 522 | 480 | +42 | 32 |
6 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 469 | 476 | −7 | 32 |
7 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 465 | 467 | −2 | 30 |
8 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 435 | 408 | +27 | 28 |
9 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 458 | 492 | −34 | 26 |
10 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 577 | 569 | +8 | 24 |
11 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 399 | 477 | −78 | 22 |
12 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 448 | 573 | −125 | 22 |
13 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 445 | 588 | −143 | 22 |
14 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 439 | 636 | −197 | 22 |
15 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 487 | 562 | −75 | 20 |
16 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 458 | 612 | −154 | 20 |
Statistics
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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Sam Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Waqa Blake | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Lewis Brown | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Reagan Campbell-Gillard | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Bryce Cartwright | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Adam Docker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jamal Idris | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
George Jennings | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Robert Jennings | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Isaac John | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sione Katoa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brent Kite | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Apisai Koroisau | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
Jeremy Latimore | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Leilani Latu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sam McKendry | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Josh Mansour | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Sika Manu | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Matt Moylan | 11 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 50 |
Tyrone Peachey | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Nigel Plum | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Segeyaro | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
David Simmons | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 40 |
Chris Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Will Smith | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
Tupou Sopoaga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jamie Soward | 16 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 44 |
Elijah Taylor | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Peter Wallace | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Dean Whare | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Isaah Yeo | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Totals | 24 | 72 | 54 | 3 | 399 |
Representative
Domestic
Pos. | Player | Team | Call-up |
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FB | Matt Moylan | NRL All Stars | 2015 All Stars Match |
SR | Tyrone Peachey | Indigenous All Stars | 2015 All Stars Match |
CE | Waqa Blake | NSW City | 2015 City vs Country Origin |
BE | Reagan Campbell-Gillard | NSW City | 2015 City vs Country Origin |
FB | Matt Moylan | NSW City | 2015 City vs Country Origin |
LK | Tyrone Peachey | NSW City | 2015 City vs Country Origin |
201 | Matt Moylan | New South Wales | 2015 State of Origin |
International
Pos. | Player | Team | Call-up |
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HK | Apisai Koroisau | Fiji | 2015 Melanesian Cup |
SR | Sika Manu2 | Tonga | 2015 Polynesian Cup |
BE | Ben Murdoch-Masila | Tonga | 2015 Polynesian Cup |
BE | Lewis Brown | New Zealand | 2015 New Zealand tour of England |
CE | Dean Whare | 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.
References
- ^ Brock, Dominic (7 September 2015). "Panthers 2015 season review". NRL.com.
- ^ "Penrith Panthers beat Newcastle Knights 30-12 to dodge NRL wooden spoon". ABC. 6 September 2015.
- ^ Webeck, Tony (4 October 2015). "Panthers win second Holden Cup title". NRL.com.
- ^ Keeble, Brett (21 October 2014). "Panthers offer Davis opportunity to shine". The Herald.
- ^ "Apisai Koroisau leaves South Sydney to sign with NRL contract with Penrith". ABC. 3 June 2014.
- ^ Brown, Andrew (11 November 2014). "Tupou Sopoaga signs two year deal with Penrith Panthers". Penrith City Gazette].
- ^ a b Luca, Rocco (17 November 2014). "Redcliffe sign Panthers duo". Rugby League Week.
- ^ "Rabbitohs Sign Tim Grant for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Seasons". rabbitohs.com.au. 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Blackhawks unveil 2015 signings". QRL.com.au. 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Penrith Panthers co-captain Kevin Kingston to retire at season's end". ABC. 6 June 2014.
- ^ Badel, Peter (17 November 2014). "The Titans have signed rising star Kierran Moseley on a two-year deal". Courier-Mail.
- ^ Horne, Ben (7 October 2014). "Fijian Nabuli signs with NRL Dragons". NRL.com.
- ^ Heydon, Craig (10 October 2014). "Wests Tigers sign backline duo". weststigers.com.au.
- ^ "Wes Naiqama quits Penrith Panthers for London Broncos". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 August 2014.
- ^ "Titans sign promising back-rowers". titans.com.au. 4 September 2014.
- ^ "Titans sign Ryan Simpkins". Rugby League Week. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.