2016 Penrith Panthers season
2016 Penrith Panthers season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 6th | |||
Play-off result | Lost semi final vs. Raiders, 22–12 | |||
2016 record | Wins: 15; Losses: 11 | |||
Points scored | For: 603; Against: 497 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Corey Payne (15 April[1] – 16 August[2]) | |||
Coach | Anthony Griffin | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Pepper Stadium – 22,500 Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 9 only) AMI Stadium – 18,000 (round 10 only) | |||
Avg. attendance | 12,910 (Pepper Stadium only) | |||
High attendance | 15,411 vs. Sea Eagles, round 26 (Pepper Stadium only) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Josh Mansour (16) | |||
Goals | Nathan Cleary (53) | |||
Points | Nathan Cleary (118) | |||
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The 2016 Penrith Panthers season was the 50th in the club's history. Coached by Anthony Griffin and captained by Matt Moylan,[3] the Panthers competed in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament.
The Panthers started their season with a string of close results, but failed to win consecutive games during the competition's opening two months. Over the course of the year, new coach Anthony Griffin redefined who was already well established within the team,[4][5] and experienced playmakers Jamie Soward and James Segeyaro would later be released from their contracts mid-season. The Panthers finished the regular season with seven wins from their final eight games, securing 6th position and a place in the finals series.[6]
Jersey and Sponsors[]
The Panthers' 2016 jersey, made by ASICS, was designed to commemorate the club's 50th season. The names of all those who have played 50 or more games for the club adorn the front of the jersey, while the back of the jersey features all five of the Panthers logos, past and present. Unlike the black and teal colour combination used in previous seasons, the Panthers adopted a black and golden brown colour scheme in 2016. The home jersey is black with golden brown panels and the away jersey is the inverse. OAK Milk again featured as the major sponsor, with Hertz once more on the sleeve.[7]
On three occasions during the season, the Panthers wore unique heritage jerseys to celebrate the club's history. The celebratory jerseys were based on jersey designs from previous seasons, but were remade in the style of the current jerseys. The 1967 heritage jersey, worn against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in round 2, was based on the club's 'Chocolate Soldiers' jersey from their inaugural 1967 season.[8] The 1991 heritage jersey, worn against the Canberra Raiders in round 9, was based on the jersey worn during the club's premiership winning 1991 season.[9] Likewise, the 2003 heritage jersey, worn against the Sydney Roosters in round 22, was based on the jersey worn during the club's premiership winning 2003 season.[10] Listed on each of the jerseys is the names of all those who played for the club in that respective season.
1967 heritage jersey
1991 heritage jersey
2003 heritage jersey
Squad[]
2016 NRL Team | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Player transfers[]
A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2016 season.
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Fixtures[]
Auckland Nines[]
2016 Auckland Nines Squad | Did not play | Coaching staff | |||||||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 4 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 2 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 2 |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
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Saturday, 6 February | Game 4 | ![]() |
Eden Park | 23–7 | Blake (3), Mansour, Watene-Zelezniak | Cartwright (1/2), Harawira-Naera (0/1), Martin (1/1), W Smith (0/1) | 37,000 |
Saturday, 6 February | Game 11 | ![]() |
Eden Park | 14–15 | Dockar-Clay, R Jennings, Latimore | Harawira-Naera (0/1), Martin (0/1), W Smith (1/1) | 37,000 |
Sunday, 7 February | Game 20 | ![]() |
Eden Park | 11–15 | Cartwright, Garcia | Cartwright (0/1), Martin (1/1) | 37,000 |
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Pre-season[]
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
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Saturday, 13 February | Trial 1 | ![]() |
Pepper Stadium | 24–20 | Hall, Martin, C Smith, Taylor, Watene-Zelezniak | Moylan (2/2), Harawira-Naera (0/1), Dockar-Clay (0/1), Cleary (0/1) |
Saturday, 20 February | Trial 2 | ![]() |
Pepper Stadium | 8–22 | Blake, Mansour | Soward (0/2) |
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Regular season[]
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |
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Saturday, 5 March | Round 1 | ![]() |
GIO Stadium | 30–22 | Hiku, Mansour, Merrin | Soward (5/5) | 11,297 | |
Thursday, 10 March | Round 2 | ![]() |
Pepper Stadium | 16–18 | Hiku, McKendry | Soward (4/4) | 11,125 | |
Saturday, 19 March | Round 3 | ![]() |
Pepper Stadium | 23–22 | Cartwright, Hiku, Latimore, Martin | Soward (3/5), Martin (1 FG) | 12,086 | |
Sunday, 27 March | Round 4 | ![]() |
WIN Stadium | 14–12 | Hiku, Mansour | Soward (2/3) | 12,983 | |
Sunday, 3 April | Round 5 | ![]() |
Pirtek Stadium | 18–20 | Cartwright (2), Mansour, Wallace | Soward (2/4) | 15,600 | |
Saturday, 9 April | Round 6 | ![]() |
Pepper Stadium | 18–23 | Merrin, Watene-Zelezniak (2) | Soward (3/4) | 13,725 | |
Monday, 18 April | Round 7 | ![]() |
Allianz Stadium | 16–20 | Blake, Martin, Watene-Zelezniak | Soward (4/4) | 10,117 | |
Sunday, 24 April | Round 8 | ![]() |
Southern Cross Group Stadium | 20–18 | Fisher-Harris (2), Moylan, Yeo | Soward (1/3), Moylan (0/1) | 14,273 | |
Saturday, 30 April | Round 9 | ![]() |
Carrington Park | 19–18 | Cartwright, Hiku, Peachey | Soward (3/4), Wallace (1 FG) | 6,721 | |
Saturday, 14 May | Round 10 | ![]() |
AMI Stadium | 30–18 | Peachey (3), Soward, Watene-Zelezniak | Soward (5/6) | 18,000 | |
Sunday, 22 May | Round 11 | ![]() |
Pepper Stadium | 24–28 | Latu, Mansour, Peachey, Watene-Zelezniak | Soward (4/5) | 11,210 | |
Round 12 | Bye | |||||||
Saturday, 4 June | Round 13 | ![]() |
AAMI Park | 24–6 | Mansour | Soward (1/1) | 11,116 | |
Sunday, 12 June | Round 14 | ![]() |
Brookvale Oval | 24–31 | Cleary, Latu, Mansour, Peachey, Wallace, Watene-Zelezniak | Moylan (0/2, 1 FG), Wallace (3/4) | 12,463 | |
Round 15 | Bye | |||||||
Friday, 24 June | Round 16 | ![]() |
Pepper Stadium | 28–26 | Cleary, Grevsmuhl, Latu, Mansour, Watene-Zelezniak | Cleary (4/5) | 13,080 | |
Saturday, 2 July | Round 17 | ![]() |
ANZ Stadium | 34–26 | Fisher-Harris, Mansour, Merrin, Yeo | Cleary (5/5) | 10,582 | |
Sunday, 10 July | Round 18 | ![]() |
Pepper Stadium | 10–26 | Latu, Yeo | Cleary (1/3) | 12,682 | |
Saturday, 16 July | Round 19 | ![]() |
Pepper Stadium | 22–18 | Campbell-Gillard, Cartwright, Mansour, Peachey | Cleary (3/4) | 15,251 | |
Friday, 22 July | Round 20 | ![]() |
Suncorp Stadium | 12–31 | Blake, Fisher-Harris, Hardaker, Merrin, Moylan | Cleary (5/6), Moylan (1 FG) | 30,878 | |
Saturday, 30 July | Round 21 | ![]() |
Mount Smart Stadium | 20–16 | Mansour (2), Peachey | Cleary (2/4) | 13,026 | |
Monday, 8 August | Round 22 | ![]() |
Pepper Stadium | 38–18 | Blake, Cartwright, Cleary, Grevsmuhl, Peachey (2), Yeo | Cleary (5/7) | 9,653 | |
Sunday, 14 August | Round 23 | ![]() |
Hunter Stadium | 6–42 | Blake, Mansour (2), Moylan, Peachey, Watene-Zelezniak (2) | Cleary (7/8) | 13,771 | |
Friday, 19 August | Round 24 | ![]() |
Pepper Stadium | 40–10 | Blake, Campbell-Gillard, Cartwright, Fisher-Harris, Merrin, Wallace, Yeo | Cleary (6/7) | 14,876 | |
Saturday, 27 August | Round 25 | ![]() |
Cbus Super Stadium | 14–15 | Blake, Moylan | Cleary (3/3), Moylan (1 FG) | 18,288 | |
Sunday, 4 September | Round 26 | ![]() |
Pepper Stadium | 36–6 | Blake, Cartwright, Mansour (2), Wallace, Watene-Zelezniak | Cleary (6/6) | 15,411 | |
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Finals[]
Qualifying / Elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||
QF1: 10 Sept, AAMI Park | |||||||||||||||||
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10 | SF1: 16 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium | ||||||||||||||
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EF1: 9 Sept, Suncorp Stadium | ![]() |
20 | PF1: 24 Sept, AAMI Park | ||||||||||||||
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44 | ![]() |
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28 | ![]() |
12 | GF: 2 Oct, ANZ Stadium | ||||||||||||
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EF2: 11 Sept, Allianz Stadium | PF2: 23 Sept, Allianz Stadium | ![]() |
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12 | SF2: 17 Sept, GIO Stadium | ![]() |
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QF2: 10 Sept, GIO Stadium | ![]() |
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Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |
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Sunday, 11 September | Elimination Final | ![]() |
Allianz Stadium | 28–12 | Blake, Mansour, Peachey, Wallace, Watene-Zelezniak | Cleary (4/6) | 22,631 | |
Saturday, 17 September | Semi Final | ![]() |
GIO Stadium | 22–12 | Peachey, Watene-Zelezniak | Cleary (2/2) | 21,498 | |
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Ladder[]
2016 NRL season
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 563 | 302 | +261 | 42 |
2 | ![]() |
24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 688 | 456 | +232 | 39 |
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24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 580 | 404 | +176 | 39 |
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24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 584 | 355 | +229 | 34 |
5 | ![]() |
24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 554 | 434 | +120 | 34 |
6 | ![]() |
24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 563 | 463 | +100 | 32 |
7 | ![]() |
24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 506 | 448 | +58 | 32 |
8 | ![]() |
24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 508 | 497 | +11 | 27 |
9 | ![]() |
24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 499 | 607 | −108 | 26 |
10 | ![]() |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 513 | 601 | −88 | 24 |
11 | ![]() |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 341 | 538 | −197 | 24 |
12 | ![]() |
24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 473 | 549 | −76 | 22 |
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24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 454 | 563 | −109 | 20 |
14 | ![]() |
24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 298 | 324 | −26 | 181 |
15 | ![]() |
24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 443 | 576 | −133 | 16 |
16 | ![]() |
24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 305 | 800 | −495 | 7 |
1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.
Statistics[]
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Other teams[]
In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers also fielded semi-professional teams in the National Youth Competition's 2016 Holden Cup (for players aged under 20) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2016 Intrust Super Premiership (NSW Cup). The NYC team was coached by Cameron Ciraldo and captained by Oliver Clark, and the NSW Cup team was coached by Steve Georgallis[34] and captained by Zach Dockar-Clay.
Representative[]
Domestic[]
International[]
Pos. | Player | Team | Call-up |
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CE | Peta Hiku2 | ![]() |
2016 Anzac Test |
WG | Dallin Watene-Zelezniak | ![]() |
2016 Anzac Test |
HK | Sione Katoa | ![]() |
2016 Polynesian Cup |
BE | Tupou Sopoaga | ![]() |
International vs. Lebanon[35][36] |
CE | Waqa Blake3 | ![]() |
2016 Pacific Test |
SR | Viliame Kikau | ![]() |
2016 Pacific Test |
WG | Josh Mansour | ![]() |
2016 Four Nations |
LK | Trent Merrin | ![]() |
2016 Four Nations |
FB | Matt Moylan | ![]() |
2016 Four Nations |
BE | James Fisher-Harris4 | ![]() |
2016 Four Nations |
BE | Te Maire Martin | ![]() |
2016 Four Nations |
FB | Dallin Watene-Zelezniak | ![]() |
2016 Four Nations |
1 – Selected as 18th Man, Cartwright did not play during the series.
2 – Hiku was initially selected to play but was ruled out by injury.
3 – Blake did not play in the match, despite being named in the original squad.
4 – Fisher-Harris was called up to replace injured Simon Mannering.
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The reigning Super League 'Man of Steel' is on loan deal with the Panthers after being granted his wish to play in the NRL but remains contracted to the Rhinos to the end of 2019.
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