2019 Penrith Panthers season

The 2019 Penrith Panthers season was the 53rd 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 2019 Telstra Premiership.

2019 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank	10th
2019 record	Wins: 11; draws: 0; losses: 13
Points scored	For: 413; against: 474
Team information
CEO	Brian Fletcher
Coach	Ivan Cleary
Captain	James Tamou
Stadium	Panthers Stadium – 22,500 Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 3 only)
Avg. attendance	12,437
High attendance	16,833
Top scorers
Tries	Nathan Cleary (10)
Goals	Nathan Cleary (58)
Points	Nathan Cleary (157)
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Squad

Penrith Panthers 2019 Squad

First Grade (Top 30) Squad						Development Players		Coaching Staff
Caleb Aekins – FB Reagan Campbell-Gillard – PR Jed Cartwright – CE, SR Nathan Cleary – HB Dylan Edwards – FB, WG Wayde Egan – HK Kaide Ellis – LK, SR James Fisher-Harris – SR, LK, PR Tyrell Fuimaono – SR, CE Jack Hetherington – PR, SR		Sione Katoa – HK, LK Mitch Kenny – HK, LK Viliame Kikau – PR, SR Spencer Leniu – PR Moses Leota – PR Jarome Luai (gk) – FE, HB, HK Nick Lui-Toso – PR James Maloney – HB, FE Josh Mansour – WG Liam Martin – LK		Tyrone May – FE Brent Naden – CE Paea Pua – PR Hame Sele – LK James Tamou – PR (c) Brian To'o – WG Malakai Watene-Zelezniak – WG, CE Dean Whare – CE, WG, FB Frank Winterstein – SR Isaah Yeo – SR, CE (vc)		Dean Blore – FE, HB Shawn Blore – SR Billy Burns – SR Matt Burton – HB, FE Stephen Crichton – CE, WG Brayden McGrady – CE Extended squad Sam McKendry – PR		Head coach Ivan Cleary Assistant coaches Cameron Ciraldo Peter Wallace Guy Missio (ISP coach)[1] Ben Harden (JF coach)[2] Hayden Knowles (Head of Performance) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 05 October 2019 Source(s): [3]

Player transfers

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

Gains Player Signed From Until End of Notes Tyrell Fuimaono South Sydney Rabbitohs 2019 Tim Grant Wests Tigers 2019 [4] Hame Sele St George Illawarra 2019 [5] Malakai Watene-Zelezniak Wests Tigers 2020 [6] Frank Winterstein Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2019 [7]

Losses Player Signed To Until End of Notes Christian Crichton Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2021 [8] Corey Harawira-Naera Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2022 [9] Adam Keighran New Zealand Warriors 2021 [10] Soni Luke Wests Tigers [11] Trent Merrin Leeds Rhinos 2022 [12] Tyrone Peachey Gold Coast Titans 2021 [13] Maika Sivo Parramatta Eels 2021 [14] Corey Waddell Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2019 Jayden Walker Retired Tyrone Phillips Resigned [15] Tim Grant Contract Terminated Dallin Watene Zelezniak Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Waqa Blake Parramatta Eels

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Trial	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 23 February	1	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Redfern Oval	8 - 28	Katoa, Campbell-Gillard, May, Paea Pua, Brent Naden	Maloney (2/2), Cartwright (2/2)
Saturday, 2 March	2	Parramatta Eels	Panthers Stadium	0 - 20
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Sunday, 17 March	1	Parramatta Eels	Panthers Stadium	12 - 20	Egan, Tamou	Cleary (2/2)	12,604
Saturday, 23 March	2	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium	14 - 16	Fisher-Harris, Winterstein, Yeo	Cleary (2/3)	19,451
Saturday, 30 March	3	Melbourne Storm	Carrington Park	2 - 32		Maloney (1/1)	10,973
Friday, 5 April	4	Wests Tigers	Panthers Stadium	9 - 8	Edwards	Cleary (2/2, 1 FG)	14,002
Friday, 12 April	5	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium	30 - 24	Maloney, Kikau, Fisher-Harris, Mansour	Cleary (4/4)	8,680
Thursday, 18 April	6	Cronulla Sharks	PointsBet Stadium	24 - 20	Grant, Cleary, Blake	Cleary (4/4)	10,088
Friday, 26 April	7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Panthers Stadium	18 - 22	Maloney, D.Watene-Zelezniak, Kikau	Cleary (4/4)	14,931
Saturday, 4 May	8	Canberra Raiders	McDonalds Park	30 - 12	Cleary, Tamou	Cleary (1/1), Maloney (1/1)	10,079
Friday, 10 May	9	Wests Tigers	Suncorp Stadium	30 - 4	Whare	Cleary (0/1)	35,122
Friday, 17 May	10	New Zealand Warriors	Panthers Stadium	10 - 30	Martin, Kikau	Cleary (1/2)	10,084
Friday, 23 May	11	Parramatta Eels	Bankwest Stadium	10 - 16	Grant, Cleary	Cleary (4/4)	16,228
Thursday, 30 May	12	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Panthers Stadium	15 - 12	Edwards, Martin	Maloney (2/2, 1 FG)	7,981
Sunday, 9 June	13	Sydney Roosters	Panthers Stadium	19 - 10	Kikau(2), Naden	Cleary (3/3), Maloney (1 FG)	16,833
Saturday, 15 June	14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium	18 - 19	Kikau, Naden, To'o	Cleary (2/3), Maloney (1 FG)	11,023
Sunday, 30 June	15	New Zealand Warriors	Mount Smart Stadium	18 - 19	Tamou, Naden (2)	Maloney (3/3, 1 FG)	12,952
	16	Bye
Friday, 12 July	17	Gold Coast Titans	Panthers Stadium	24 - 2	Edwards(2), To'o(2)	Maloney (2/4)	10,317
Friday, 19 July	18	St George Illawarra Dragons	Panthers Stadium	40 - 18	To'o(2), Naden(2), Leota, Cleary, Campbell-Gillard	Nathan Cleary (6/7)	13,610
Friday, 28 July	19	Canberra Raiders	Panthers Stadium	18 - 30	To'o, Leota, Tamou	Cleary (3/4)	15,560
Saturday, 3 August	20	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Bankwest Stadium	16 - 8	Naden	Cleary (2/2)	10,062
Friday, 9 August	21	Cronulla Sharks	Panthers Stadium	26 - 20	Naden, Edwards(2), Cleary	Cleary (5/5)	10,860
Friday, 16 August	22	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	24 - 12	Cleary, To'o	Cleary (2/2)	23,643
Friday, 23 August	23	North Queensland Cowboys	1300 Smiles Stadium	24 - 10	To'o, Yeo	Cleary (1/2)	10,523
Friday, 31 August	24	Sydney Roosters	Sydney Cricket Ground	22 - 6	Kikau	Cleary	11,311
Sunday, 8 September	25	Newcastle Knights	Panthers Stadium	54 - 10	Cleary(4), To'o, Burns(2), Egan, Leota	Cleary(9/9)	12,027
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder

2019 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	20	0	4	1	631	300	+331	42
2	Sydney Roosters	24	17	0	7	1	627	363	+264	36
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	16	0	8	1	521	417	+104	34
4	Canberra Raiders	24	15	0	9	1	524	374	+150	32
5	Parramatta Eels	24	14	0	10	1	533	473	+60	30
6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	14	0	10	1	496	446	+50	30
7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	12	0	12	1	514	464	+50	26
8	Brisbane Broncos	24	11	1	12	1	432	489	−57	25
9	Wests Tigers	24	11	0	13	1	475	486	−11	24
10	Penrith Panthers	24	11	0	13	1	413	474	−61	24
11	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	1	485	522	−37	22
12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	10	0	14	1	326	477	−151	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	9	1	14	1	433	574	−141	21
14	North Queensland Cowboys	24	9	0	15	1	378	500	−122	20
15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	8	0	16	1	427	575	−148	18
16	Gold Coast Titans	24	4	0	20	1	370	651	−281	10

Other teams

In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2019 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 20) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2019 Canterbury Cup (NSW Cup).

Representative honours

Domestic

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up	Ref.
HB	Nathan Cleary	New South Wales	2019 State of Origin
FE	James Maloney

International

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up	Ref.
BE	James Fisher-Harris	Māori All Stars	2019 All Stars match
PR	James Tamou
CE	Dean Whare