2015 Penrith Panthers season

2015 Penrith Panthers
Points for 399
Points against 477
Team information
Coach Australia Ivan Cleary
Captain Australia Peter Wallace
Ground Sportingbet Stadium
Average attendance 11,544
Sponsor(s) OAK Milk (major sponsor)
Top scorers
Tries David Simmons (9)
Points Matt Moylan (50)
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The 2015 Penrith Panthers season is the 49th in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and co-captained by Kevin Kingston and Peter Wallace, the team competed in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership.

Transfers

Gains

Player Previous Club Notes
Apisai Koroisau South Sydney Rabbitohs [1]
Tupou Sopoaga Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Losses

Player New Club Notes
Tim Grant South Sydney Rabbitohs [2]
Kevin Kingston Retired [3]
Wes Naiqama London Broncos [4]
Ryan Simpkins Gold Coast Titans [5]
Matt Robinson Gold Coast Titans [6]
Eto Nabuli St George Illawarra Dragons [7]
Kierran Moseley Gold Coast Titans [8]

Ladder

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

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 feature in the Waiheke pool and played the Rabbitohs, Cowboys and Storm and lost all the games they played.

Team
 Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
South Sydney Rabbitohs 33005420+346
North Queensland Cowboys 32014335+84
Melbourne Storm 31023245-132
Penrith Panthers 30031645-290
Date Time (Local) Round Opponent Score Tries Goals
31 January 2015 10:45am 1 South Sydney Rabbitohs 4-11 Tupou Sopoaga
31 January 2015 2:15pm 2 Melbourne Storm 4-20 Joshua Jay
1 February 2015 9:25am 3 North Queensland Cowboys 8-14 Joshua Jay, Chris Smith

Regular Season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday 8 March 1 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Pepper Stadium 24-18[9] Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (2), George Jennings, James Segeyaro Jamie Soward (4/5) 18,814[10]
Saturday 14 March 2 Gold Coast Titans Carrington Park 40-0[11] Jamal Idris (3), Dean Whare (2), George Jennings, Sika Manu, Bryce Cartwright Matt Moylan (4/8) 6,240
Monday 23 March 3 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 12-20[12] Jamal Idris, James Segeyaro Matt Moylan (2/2) 10,735
Saturday 28 March 2015 4 Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 14-26[13] Josh Mansour Matt Moylan, Dean Whare Matt Moylan (1/3) 20,114
Monday 6 April 5 North Queensland Cowboys Pepper Stadium 10-30 James Segeyaro, Dean Whare Matt Moylan (1/2) 8,409[14]
Saturday 11 April 6 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Pepper Stadium 22-12[15] Josh Mansour (2), Waqa Blake, Api Koroisau Matt Moylan (3/4) 11,170[16]
Saturday 18 April 7 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 6-32 Waqa Blake Matt Moylan (1) 9,244[17]
Sunday 26 April 8 Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Pepper Stadium 26-18[18] David Simmons, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Matt Moylan, Tyrone Peachey Matt Moylan (5) 12,798[19]
Friday 8 May 9 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 5-8[20] Matt Moylan (2) (1 FG) 25,566
Monday 18 May 2015 10 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 11-10[21] David Simmons, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak Matt Moylan (1/3) (1 FG) 8,025[22]
Bye
Friday 29 May 12 Parramatta Eels Pepper Stadium 20-26[23] Isaah Yeo, David Simmonds, Bryce Cartwright Dallin Watene Zelezniak Peter Wallace (2/4) 17,821[24]
Saturday 6 June 13 Melbourne Storm Pepper Stadium 0-20[25] 11,849[26]
14 BYE
Saturday 20 June 15 Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 12-24[27] Bryce Cartwright (2) Jamie Soward (2) 12,476
Sunday 28 June 16 West Tigers Leichhardt Oval 35-12[28] David Simmonds (4), Peter Wallace, Josh Mansour, Dallin Watene Zelezniak Jamie Soward (2/6),
David Simmonds (1)		 14,234[29]
Friday 3 July 17 South Sydney Rabbitohs Pepper Stadium 20-6[30] Dallin Watene Zelezniak, Dean Whare, Peter Wallace, Waqa Blake Apisai Koroisau (2/5) 14,068[31]
Saturday 11 July 18 Sydney Roosters Pepper Stadium 4-24[32] Lewis Brown 13,654[33]
Friday 17 July 19 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 10-52[34] Waqa Blake, Tyrone Peachey Jamie Soward (1/2) 11,956
Sunday 26 July 20 Canberra Raiders Pepper Stadium 24-34[35] Elijah Taylor, Isaah Yeo, James Segeyaro, Robert Jennings Jamie Soward (4) 8,078[36]
Sunday 2 August 21 South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 16-20[37] James Segeyaro, Bryce Cartwright, Lewis Brown Jamie Soward (2/3) 13,391[38]
Saturday 8 August 22 Parramatta Eels TIO Stadium 4-10 [39] Waqa Blake 8,340[40]
Saturday 15 August 23 New Zealand Warriors Pepper Stadium 24-10[41] Lewis Brown, Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Tyrone Peachey, David Simmons Jamie Soward (4/5) 6,774[42]
Thursday 20 August 24 St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 12-19[43] Josh Mansour, David Simmons Jamie Soward (2/3) 9,145[44]
Monday 31 August 25 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 18-34[45] Lewis Brown, James Segeyaro, Will Smith Apisai Koroisau (2/2)
Jamie Soward (1/1)		 6,717[46]
Saturday 5 September 26 Newcastle Knights Pepper Stadium 30-12 Tyrone Peachey (2), Josh Mansour, Will Smith, Dean Whare Will Smith (4/5)
David Simmons (1/1)		 8,936 [47]

Statistics

NameAppTGFGPts
Sam Williams 1 - - - 0
Waqa Blake 18 5 - - 20
Lewis Brown 21 4 - - 16
Reagan Campbell-Gillard 24 1 - - 4
Bryce Cartwright 21 5 - - 20
Adam Docker 1 - - - 0
Jamal Idris 6 4 - - 16
George Jennings 5 2 - - 8
Robert Jennings 5 1 - - 4
Isaac John 7 - - - -
Sione Katoa 1 - - - -
Brent Kite 6 - - - -
Apisai Koroisau 16 1 4 - 12
Jeremy Latimore 24 - - - -
Leilani Latu 6 - - - -
Sam McKendry 24 - - - -
Josh Mansour 12 6 - - 24
Sika Manu 18 1 - - 4
Matt Moylan 11 2 20 2 50
Tyrone Peachey 22 5 - - 20
Nigel Plum 14 - - - 0
James Segeyaro 18 6 - - 24
David Simmons 16 - 22 - 44
Christopher Smith 1 - - - 0
Will Smith 9 2 4 - 16
Tupou Sopoaga 5 - - - 0
Jamie Soward 16 - 22 - 44
Elijah Taylor 20 1 - - 4
Peter Wallace 13 2 2 1 13
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 16 7 - - 28
Dean Whare 13 6 - - 24
Isaah Yeo 21 2 - - 8

References

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