2018 Penrith Panthers season
2018 Penrith Panthers season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 5th | |||
2018 record | Wins: 15; losses: 9 | |||
Points scored | For: 410; against: 342 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Brian Fletcher | |||
Coach | Anthony Griffin (round 1 to round 21) Cameron Ciraldo (round 22 onwards) | |||
Captains | Avg. attendance | 14,404 | ||
High attendance | 21,565 vs Dragons, round 12 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Waqa Blake (13) | |||
Goals | James Maloney (53) | |||
Points | James 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
2018 NRL Squad | Extended squad | Coaching staff | |||||||
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Assistant coaches
Updated: 16 July 2018 |
Player transfers
A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2018 season.
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Fixtures
Pre-season
[18]
Date | Trial | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
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Saturday, 17 February | 1 | ![]() | Panthers Stadium | 30 – 18 | Sivo (2), Eisenhuth, Egan, Leota, Peachey | Cleary (2/4), Keighran (1/2) |
Saturday, 24 February | 2 | ![]() | Belmore Sports Ground | 24 – 10 | Campbell-Gillard, Crichton | Cleary (1/2) |
Legend: Win Loss Draw |
Regular season
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Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |
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Sunday, 11 March | 1 | ![]() | Panthers Stadium | 24 – 14 | Blake (2), Kikau | Cleary (6/6) | 21,506 | |
Saturday, 17 March | 2 | ![]() | Panthers Stadium | 18 – 14 | Blake, Merrin, Peachey | Cleary (3/4) | 15,995 | |
Friday, 23 March | 3 | ![]() | ANZ Stadium | 18 – 20 | Edwards, Maloney, Mansour | Cleary (2/2), Maloney (1/1) | 11,247 | |
Thursday, 29 March | 4 | ![]() | 1300SMILES Stadium | 33 – 14 | Blake, Kikau, Leota, Maloney | Maloney (8/8, 1 FG) | 11,907 | |
Sunday, 8 April | 5 | ![]() | ANZ Stadium | 6 – 12 | Mansour | Maloney (4/4) | 10,061 | |
Sunday, 15 April | 6 | ![]() | Panthers Stadium | 35 – 12 | Harawira-Naera (2), Crichton, Edwards, Peachey, Tamou | Maloney (5/7, 1 FG) | 11,091 | |
Sunday, 22 April | 7 | ![]() | Southern Cross Group Stadium | 26 – 22 | Edwards, Kikau, Watene-Zelezniak, Yeo | Maloney (3/4) | 12,667 | |
Friday, 27 April | 8 | ![]() | Panthers Stadium | 22 – 14 | Harawira-Naera, Leota, Yeo | Maloney (5/6) | 13,760 | |
Friday, 4 May | 9 | ![]() | Carrington Park | 20 – 26 | Phillips (2), Wallace (2) | Maloney (2/4) | 10,289 | |
Friday, 11 May | 10 | ![]() | McDonald Jones Stadium | 18 – 29 | Campbell-Gillard, Harawira-Naera, Peachey, Watene-Zelezniak | Maloney (6/6, 1 FG) | 14,801 | |
Thursday, 17 May | 11 | ![]() | Panthers Stadium | 16 – 2 | Peachey, Phillips | Maloney (4/5) | 15,081 | |
Saturday, 26 May | 12 | ![]() | Panthers Stadium | 28 – 2 | Campbell-Gillard, Cleary, Crichton, Kikau | Maloney (6/6) | 21,565 | |
13 | Bye | |||||||
Friday, 8 June | 14 | ![]() | GIO Stadium | 22 – 23 | Peachey (2), Whare | Maloney (5/6), Cleary (1 FG) | 7,662 | |
Friday, 15 June | 15 | ![]() | Allianz Stadium | 32 – 6 | Whare | Maloney (1/1) | 10,078 | |
Saturday, 30 June | 16 | ![]() | Panthers Stadium | 10 – 18 | Watene-Zelezniak | Maloney (3/3) | 12,755 | |
Friday, 6 July | 17 | ![]() | Panthers Stadium | 36 – 4 | Luai (2), Blake, Harawira-Naera, Kikau, Phillips | Luai (6/8) | 10,255 | |
Friday, 13 July | 18 | ![]() | Panthers Stadium | 12 – 24 | Blake, Harawira-Naera | Luai (2/3) | 11,742 | |
Friday, 20 July | 19 | ![]() | Suncorp Stadium | 50 – 18 | Blake, Mansour, Peachey | Cleary (3/3) | 26,357 | |
Saturday, 28 July | 20 | ![]() | Lottoland | 24 – 28 | Blake, Cleary, Mansour, Whare, Yeo | Cleary (4/5) | 6,134 | |
Sunday, 5 August | 21 | ![]() | Panthers Stadium | 40 – 31 | Tamou, Peachey (2), Whare, Watene-Zelezniak, Mansour, Maloney | Cleary (6/7) | 12,195 | |
Saturday, 11 August | 22 | ![]() | Cbus Super Stadium | 16 – 17 | Blake, Cleary, Watene-Zelezniak | Cleary (6/7, 1 FG) | 11,283 | |
Saturday, 18 August | 23 | ![]() | Panthers Stadium | 12 – 20 | May, Egan | Cleary (2/2) | 14,125 | |
Friday, 24 August | 24 | ![]() | Mount Smart Stadium | 16 – 36 | Blake, Mansour, Merrin | Cleary (2/3) | 17,195 | |
Friday, 31 August | 25 | ![]() | AAMI Park | 16 – 22 | Mansour (2), Blake (2), Crichton | Cleary (1/6) | 20,637 | |
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Finals
Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
8 Sep, Sydney Football Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 12 | 14 Sep, Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
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8 Sep, Stadium Australia | ![]() | 20 | 22 Sep, Sydney Football Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 27 | ![]() | 12 | |||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 12 | ![]() | 4 | 30 Sep, Stadium Australia | ||||||||||||||
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9 Sep, Lang Park | 21 Sep, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | ![]() | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | 22 | |||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 48 | 15 Sep, Stadium Australia | ![]() | 6 | ||||||||||||||
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7 Sep, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | ![]() | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |
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Saturday, 8 September | Elimination Final | ![]() | ANZ Stadium | 27 – 12 | Peachey (2), Maloney, Crichton | Cleary (5/6) Maloney (1FG) | 17,168 | |
Friday, 15 September | Semi Final | ![]() | Allianz Stadium | 21 - 20 | Cleary, Yeo, Blake | Cleary (4/4) | 19,211 | |
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Ladder
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
1 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 542 | 361 | +181 | 34 |
2 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 536 | 363 | +173 | 34 |
3 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 582 | 437 | +145 | 34 |
4 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 519 | 423 | +96 | 34 |
5 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 517 | 461 | +56 | 32 |
6 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 556 | 500 | +56 | 32 |
7 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 519 | 472 | +47 | 32 |
8 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 472 | 447 | +25 | 32 |
9 | ![]() | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 377 | 460 | −83 | 26 |
10 | ![]() | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 563 | 540 | +23 | 22 |
11 | ![]() | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 414 | 607 | −193 | 20 |
12 | ![]() | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 428 | 474 | −46 | 18 |
13 | ![]() | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 449 | 521 | −72 | 18 |
14 | ![]() | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 472 | 582 | −110 | 18 |
15 | ![]() | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 500 | 622 | −122 | 16 |
16 | ![]() | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 374 | 550 | −176 | 14 |
Statistics
Name | Age | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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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. |
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PR | Reagan Campbell-Gillard | ![]() | 2018 State of Origin | [20] |
HB | Nathan Cleary | |||
FE | James Maloney | |||
BE | Tyrone Peachey |
International
Pos. | Player | Team | Call-up | Ref. |
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CE | Tyrone Phillips | ![]() | 2018 Test vs Papua New Guinea | [21] |
WG | Christian Crichton | ![]() | 2018 Test vs Tonga | [22] |
FE | Tyrone May | |||
BE | Sione Katoa | ![]() | 2018 Test vs Samoa | [23] |
BE | James Fisher-Harris | ![]() | 2018 Test vs England | [24] |
FB | Dallin Watene-Zelezniak |
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