2018 Penrith Panthers season

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2018 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank5th
2018 recordWins: 15; Losses: 9
Points scoredFor: 410; Against: 342
Team information
CEOBrian Fletcher
CoachAnthony Griffin (round 1 to round 21) Cameron Ciraldo (round 22 onwards)
Captains
StadiumPanthers Stadium – 22,500
Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 9 only)
Avg. attendance14,404
High attendance21,565 vs Dragons, round 12
Top scorers
TriesWaqa Blake (13)
GoalsJames Maloney (53)
PointsJames Maloney (126)
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The 2018 Penrith Panthers season was the 52nd in the club's history. Coached by Anthony Griffin (from round 1 to round 21) and Cameron Ciraldo (from round 22 onwards) on caretaker basis and captained by Peter Wallace and James Maloney, the Panthers competed in the National Rugby League's 2018 Telstra Premiership.

Squad[]

Penrith Panthers
2018 NRL Squad Extended squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Peter Wallace
  • Guy Missio (ISP coach)[2]
  • Ben Harden (JF coach)[3]
  • Tony Guilfoyle (Head of Performance)
Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Updated: 16 July 2018
Source(s): [4]

Player transfers[]

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2018 season.

Fixtures[]

Pre-season[]

[18]

Date Trial Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Saturday, 17 February 1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Panthers Stadium 30 – 18 Sivo (2), Eisenhuth, Egan, Leota, Peachey Cleary (2/4), Keighran (1/2)
Saturday, 24 February 2 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground 24 – 10 Campbell-Gillard, Crichton Cleary (1/2)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season[]

[19]

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday, 11 March 1 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Panthers Stadium 24 – 14 Blake (2), Kikau Cleary (6/6) 21,506
Saturday, 17 March 2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Panthers Stadium 18 – 14 Blake, Merrin, Peachey Cleary (3/4) 15,995
Friday, 23 March 3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 18 – 20 Edwards, Maloney, Mansour Cleary (2/2), Maloney (1/1) 11,247
Thursday, 29 March 4 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 33 – 14 Blake, Kikau, Leota, Maloney Maloney (8/8, 1 FG) 11,907
Sunday, 8 April 5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium 6 – 12 Mansour Maloney (4/4) 10,061
Sunday, 15 April 6 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Panthers Stadium 35 – 12 Harawira-Naera (2), Crichton, Edwards, Peachey, Tamou Maloney (5/7, 1 FG) 11,091
Sunday, 22 April 7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Southern Cross Group Stadium 26 – 22 Edwards, Kikau, Watene-Zelezniak, Yeo Maloney (3/4) 12,667
Friday, 27 April 8 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Panthers Stadium 22 – 14 Harawira-Naera, Leota, Yeo Maloney (5/6) 13,760
Friday, 4 May 9 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Carrington Park 20 – 26 Phillips (2), Wallace (2) Maloney (2/4) 10,289
Friday, 11 May 10 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 18 – 29 Campbell-Gillard, Harawira-Naera, Peachey, Watene-Zelezniak Maloney (6/6, 1 FG) 14,801
Thursday, 17 May 11 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Panthers Stadium 16 – 2 Peachey, Phillips Maloney (4/5) 15,081
Saturday, 26 May 12 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Panthers Stadium 28 – 2 Campbell-Gillard, Cleary, Crichton, Kikau Maloney (6/6) 21,565
13 Bye
Friday, 8 June 14 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 22 – 23 Peachey (2), Whare Maloney (5/6), Cleary (1 FG) 7,662
Friday, 15 June 15 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 32 – 6 Whare Maloney (1/1) 10,078
Saturday, 30 June 16 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Panthers Stadium 10 – 18 Watene-Zelezniak Maloney (3/3) 12,755
Friday, 6 July 17 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Panthers Stadium 36 – 4 Luai (2), Blake, Harawira-Naera, Kikau, Phillips Luai (6/8) 10,255
Friday, 13 July 18 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Panthers Stadium 12 – 24 Blake, Harawira-Naera Luai (2/3) 11,742
Friday, 20 July 19 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 50 – 18 Blake, Mansour, Peachey Cleary (3/3) 26,357
Saturday, 28 July 20 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Lottoland 24 – 28 Blake, Cleary, Mansour, Whare, Yeo Cleary (4/5) 6,134
Sunday, 5 August 21 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Panthers Stadium 40 – 31 Tamou, Peachey (2), Whare, Watene-Zelezniak, Mansour, Maloney Cleary (6/7) 12,195
Saturday, 11 August 22 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 16 – 17 Blake, Cleary, Watene-Zelezniak Cleary (6/7, 1 FG) 11,283
Saturday, 18 August 23 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Panthers Stadium 12 – 20 May, Egan Cleary (2/2) 14,125
Friday, 24 August 24 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mount Smart Stadium 16 – 36 Blake, Mansour, Merrin Cleary (2/3) 17,195
Friday, 31 August 25 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 16 – 22 Mansour (2), Blake (2), Crichton Cleary (1/6) 20,637
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals[]

  Qualifying / Elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
                                   
  QF1: 8 Sep, Allianz Stadium  
1  Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 21  
4  Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 12     SF1: 14 Sep, Allianz Stadium  
     Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 21    
EF1: 8 Sep, ANZ Stadium      Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith 20       PF1: 22 Sep, Allianz Stadium
5  Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith 27        Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 12  
8  New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 12          South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 4     GF: 30 Sep, ANZ Stadium
         Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 21
  EF2: 9 Sep, Suncorp Stadium       PF2: 21 Sep, AAMI Park      Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 6
6  Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 18          Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 22  
7  St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra 48     SF2: 15 Sep, ANZ Stadium        Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 6  
     South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 13    
QF2: 7 Sep, AAMI Park      St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra 12    
2  Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 29  
3  South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 28  
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 8 September Elimination Final New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors ANZ Stadium 27 – 12 Peachey (2), Maloney, Crichton Cleary (5/6) Maloney (1FG) 17,168
Friday, 15 September Semi Final Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Allianz Stadium 21 - 20 Cleary, Yeo, Blake Cleary (4/4) 19,211
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder[]

2018 NRL season
  • v
  • t
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 16 0 8 1 542 361 +181 34
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 1 536 363 +173 34
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 16 0 8 1 582 437 +145 34
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 16 0 8 1 519 423 +96 34
5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24 15 0 9 1 517 461 +56 32
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 15 0 9 1 556 500 +56 32
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 15 0 9 1 519 472 +47 32
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 15 0 9 1 472 447 +25 32
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 12 0 12 1 377 460 −83 26
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 1 563 540 +23 22
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24 9 0 15 1 414 607 −193 20
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 8 0 16 1 428 474 −46 18
13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 8 0 16 1 449 521 −72 18
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24 8 0 16 1 472 582 −110 18
15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 7 0 17 1 500 622 −122 16
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24 6 0 18 1 374 550 −176 14

Statistics[]

Name Age App T G FG Pts
Caleb Aekins 21 1 0 0 0 0
Waqa Blake 24 9 8 0 0 32
Reagan Campbell-Gillard 25 14 2 0 0 8
Nathan Cleary 21 10 2 18/20 1 45
Christian Crichton 22 16 2 0 0 8
Dylan Edwards 22 8 3 0 0 12
Wayde Egan 21 9 0 0 0 0
Kaide Ellis 22 5 0 0 0 0
James Fisher-Harris 22 19 0 0 0 0
Corey Harawira-Naera 23 18 6 0 0 24
Jack Hetherington 22 11 0 0 0 0
Sione Katoa 23 14 0 0 0 0
Viliame Kikau 23 18 5 0 0 20
Moses Leota 23 13 2 0 0 8
Jarome Luai 21 4 2 8/11 0 24
Sam McKendry 29 2 0 0 0 0
James Maloney 32 17 2 53/61 3 117
Josh Mansour 28 8 4 0 0 16
Tyrone May 22 3 0 0 0 0
Trent Merrin 29 18 1 0 0 4
Tyrone Peachey 27 17 7 0 0 28
Tyrone Phillips 24 9 4 0 0 16
James Tamou 30 19 1 0 0 4
Peter Wallace 33 9 2 0 0 8
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 23 13 3 0 0 12
Dean Whare 28 18 3 0 0 12
Isaah Yeo 24 19 3 0 0 12
27 players 25.54 19 62 79/92 4 410

Other teams[]

In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2018 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 20) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2018 Intrust Super Premiership (NSW Cup). The JF team is coached by Ben Harden, and the NSW Cup team is coached by Guy Missio.

Representative honours[]

Domestic[]

Pos. Player Team Call-up Ref.
PR Reagan Campbell-Gillard New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales 2018 State of Origin
[20]
HB Nathan Cleary
FE James Maloney
BE Tyrone Peachey

International[]

Pos. Player Team Call-up Ref.
CE Tyrone Phillips  Fiji 2018 Test vs Papua New Guinea
[21]
WG Christian Crichton  Samoa 2018 Test vs Tonga
[22]
FE Tyrone May
BE Sione Katoa  Tonga 2018 Test vs Samoa
[23]
BE James Fisher-Harris  New Zealand 2018 Test vs England
[24]
FB Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

References[]

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