2015 Penrith Panthers season explained

Year:2015
Team Colour:teal
Font Colour:white
League:NRL
League Rank:11th
League Wins:9
League Losses:15
Points For:399
Points Against:477
Ceo Title:CEO
Coach Title:Coach
Stadium:Pepper Stadium - 22,500
Avg Attendance:11,544
High Attendance:18,817 vs. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, 8 March
Top Tries:David Simmons (9)
Top Goals:Jamie Soward (22)
Top Points:Matt Moylan (50)
Awayjersey:File:2013 Pink Penrith Panthers Jersey.svg
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List Link:Penrith Panthers#Season summaries

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

Player transfers

Losses
Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Redcliffe Dolphins (QLD Cup)
Redcliffe Dolphins (QLD Cup)
Townsville Blackhawks (QLD Cup)
Retirement
London Broncos (Super League)

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.

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoals
Saturday, 31 JanuaryGame 4 South Sydney RabbitohsEden Park4-11SopoagaJohn (0/1)
Saturday, 31 JanuaryGame 11 Melbourne StormEden Park20-4JayKoroisau (0/1)
Sunday, 1 FebruaryGame 20 North Queensland CowboysEden Park14-8Jay, C SmithDavis (0/2)
Legend:

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score TriesGoals Attendance
Sunday, 8 MarchRound 1 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsPepper Stadium24-18G Jennings, Segeyaro, Watene-ZelezniakSoward (4/5)18,814
Saturday, 14 MarchRound 2 Gold Coast TitansCarrington Park40-0Cartwright, Idris (3), G Jennings, Manu, Whare (2)Moylan (4/6), Soward (0/2)6,240
Monday, 23 MarchRound 3 Sydney RoostersAllianz Stadium20-12Idris, SegeyaroMoylan (2/2)10,735
Saturday, 28 MarchRound 4 Newcastle KnightsHunter Stadium26-14Mansour, Moylan, WhareMoylan (1/3)20,114
Monday, 6 AprilRound 5 North Queensland CowboysPepper Stadium10-30Segeyaro, WhareMoylan (1/2)8,409
Saturday, 11 AprilRound 6 Manly Warringah Sea EaglesPepper Stadium22-12Blake, Koroisau, Mansour (2)Moylan (3/4)11,170
Saturday, 18 AprilRound 7 Gold Coast TitansCbus Super Stadium32-6BlakeMoylan (1/1)9,244
Sunday, 26 AprilRound 8 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksPepper Stadium26-18Moylan, Peachey, Simmons, Watene-ZelezniakMoylan (5/5)12,798
Friday, 8 MayRound 9 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium8-5Moylan (2/2, 1 FG)24,566
Monday, 18 MayRound 10 Manly Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval10-11Simmons, Watene-ZelezniakMoylan (1/3, 1 FG)8,025
Round 11Bye
Friday, 29 MayRound 12 Parramatta EelsPepper Stadium20-26Cartwright, Simmons, Watene-Zelezniak, YeoCartwright (0/1), Wallace (2/3)17,821
Saturday, 6 JuneRound 13 Melbourne StormPepper Stadium0-2011,849
Round 14Bye
Saturday, 20 JuneRound 15 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsANZ Stadium24-12Cartwright (2)Soward (2/2)12,476
Sunday, 28 JuneRound 16 Wests TigersLeichhardt Oval12-35Mansour, Simmons (4), Wallace, Watene-ZelezniakKoroisau (0/1), Simmons (1/1), Soward (2/5), Wallace (1 FG)14,234
Friday, 3 JulyRound 17 South Sydney RabbitohsPepper Stadium20-6Blake, Wallace, Watene-Zelezniak, WhareKoroisau (2/3), Soward (0/1), Wallace (0/1)14,068
Saturday, 11 JulyRound 18 Sydney RoostersPepper Stadium4-24BrownKoroisau (0/1)13,654
Friday, 17 JulyRound 19 Melbourne StormAAMI Park52-10Blake, PeacheySoward (1/2)11,956
Sunday, 26 JulyRound 20 Canberra RaidersPepper Stadium24-34R Jennings, Segeyaro, Taylor, YeoSoward (4/4)8,048
Sunday, 2 AugustRound 21 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium20-16Brown, Cartwright, SegeyaroSoward (2/3)13,391
Saturday, 8 AugustRound 22 Parramatta EelsTIO Stadium10-4BlakeSoward (0/1)8,340
Saturday, 15 AugustRound 23 New Zealand WarriorsPepper Stadium24-10Brown, Campbell-Gillard, Peachey, SimmonsSoward (4/5)6,774
Thursday, 20 AugustRound 24 St. George Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium19-12Mansour, SimmonsSoward (2/3)9,145
Monday, 31 AugustRound 25 Canberra RaidersGIO Stadium34-18Brown, Segeyaro, W SmithKoroisau (2/2), Soward (1/1)6,717
Saturday, 5 SeptemberRound 26 Newcastle KnightsPepper Stadium30-12Mansour, Peachey (2), W Smith, WhareSimmons (1/1), W Smith (4/5)8,936
Legend:

Statistics

NameAppTGFGPts
1 0 0 0 0
18 5 0 0 20
21 4 0 0 16
24 1 0 0 4
21 5 0 0 20
1 0 0 0 0
6 4 0 0 16
5 2 0 0 8
5 1 0 0 4
7 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
6 0 0 0 0
16 1 4 0 12
24 0 0 0 0
6 0 0 0 0
24 0 0 0 0
12 6 0 0 24
18 1 0 0 4
11 2 20 2 50
22 5 0 0 20
14 0 0 0 0
18 6 0 0 24
13 9 2 0 40
1 0 0 0 0
9 2 4 0 16
5 0 0 0 0
16 0 22 0 44
20 1 0 0 4
13 2 2 1 13
16 7 0 0 28
13 6 0 0 24
21 2 0 0 8
Totals 24 72 54 3 399

Representative

Domestic

PlayerTeamCall-up
FBMatt MoylanNRL All Stars2015 All Stars Match
SRTyrone PeacheyIndigenous All Stars2015 All Stars Match
CEWaqa Blake NSW City2015 City vs Country Origin
BEReagan Campbell-Gillard NSW City2015 City vs Country Origin
FBMatt Moylan NSW City2015 City vs Country Origin
LKTyrone Peachey NSW City2015 City vs Country Origin
201Matt Moylan New South Wales2015 State of Origin

International

PlayerTeamCall-up
HKApisai Koroisau Fiji2015 Melanesian Cup
SRSika Manu2 Tonga2015 Polynesian Cup
BEBen Murdoch-Masila Tonga2015 Polynesian Cup
BELewis Brown New Zealand2015 New Zealand tour of England
CEDean Whare New Zealand2015 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brock. Dominic. 7 September 2015. Panthers 2015 season review. NRL.com.
  2. Web site: 6 September 2015. Penrith Panthers beat Newcastle Knights 30-12 to dodge NRL wooden spoon. ABC.
  3. Web site: Webeck. Tony. 4 October 2015. Panthers win second Holden Cup title. NRL.com.