2015 Penrith Panthers season

2015 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank11th
2015 recordWins: 9; losses: 15
Points scoredFor: 399; against: 477
Team information
CoachIvan Cleary
Captain
StadiumPepper Stadium - 22,500
Avg. attendance11,544
High attendance18,817 vs. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, 8 March
Top scorers
TriesDavid Simmons (9)
GoalsJamie Soward (22)
PointsMatt Moylan (50)
Away colours
Away colours
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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

Penrith Panthers
NRL Squad 2015 Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)


Player transfers

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.

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
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:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals 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:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder

2015 NRL season
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

Statistics

NameAppTGFGPts
Sam Anderson10000
Waqa Blake1850020
Lewis Brown2140016
Reagan Campbell-Gillard241004
Bryce Cartwright2150020
Adam Docker10000
Jamal Idris640016
George Jennings52008
Robert Jennings51004
Isaac John70000
Sione Katoa10000
Brent Kite60000
Apisai Koroisau1614012
Jeremy Latimore240000
Leilani Latu60000
Sam McKendry240000
Josh Mansour1260024
Sika Manu181004
Matt Moylan11220250
Tyrone Peachey2250020
Nigel Plum140000
James Segeyaro1860024
David Simmons1392040
Chris Smith10000
Will Smith924016
Tupou Sopoaga50000
Jamie Soward16022044
Elijah Taylor201004
Peter Wallace1322113
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak1670028
Dean Whare1360024
Isaah Yeo212008
Totals2472543399

Representative

Domestic

Pos. Player Team Call-up
FB Matt Moylan NRL All Stars 2015 All Stars Match
SR Tyrone Peachey Indigenous All Stars 2015 All Stars Match
CE Waqa Blake NSW City 2015 City vs Country Origin
BE Reagan Campbell-Gillard NSW City 2015 City vs Country Origin
FB Matt Moylan NSW City 2015 City vs Country Origin
LK Tyrone Peachey NSW City 2015 City vs Country Origin
201 Matt Moylan New South Wales 2015 State of Origin

International

Pos. Player Team Call-up
HK Apisai Koroisau Fiji Fiji 2015 Melanesian Cup
SR Sika Manu2 Tonga Tonga 2015 Polynesian Cup
BE Ben Murdoch-Masila Tonga Tonga 2015 Polynesian Cup
BE Lewis Brown New Zealand New Zealand 2015 New Zealand tour of England
CE Dean Whare New Zealand New Zealand 2015 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.

References

  1. ↑ Brock, Dominic (7 September 2015). "Panthers 2015 season review". NRL.com.
  2. ↑ "Penrith Panthers beat Newcastle Knights 30-12 to dodge NRL wooden spoon". ABC. 6 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Webeck, Tony (4 October 2015). "Panthers win second Holden Cup title". NRL.com.
  4. ↑ Keeble, Brett (21 October 2014). "Panthers offer Davis opportunity to shine". The Herald.
  5. ↑ "Apisai Koroisau leaves South Sydney to sign with NRL contract with Penrith". ABC. 3 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Brown, Andrew (11 November 2014). "Tupou Sopoaga signs two year deal with Penrith Panthers". Penrith City Gazette].
  7. 1 2 Luca, Rocco (17 November 2014). "Redcliffe sign Panthers duo". Rugby League Week.
  8. ↑ "Rabbitohs Sign Tim Grant for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Seasons". rabbitohs.com.au. 18 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Blackhawks unveil 2015 signings". QRL.com.au. 16 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Penrith Panthers co-captain Kevin Kingston to retire at season's end". ABC. 6 June 2014.
  11. ↑ Badel, Peter (17 November 2014). "The Titans have signed rising star Kierran Moseley on a two-year deal". Courier-Mail.
  12. ↑ Horne, Ben (7 October 2014). "Fijian Nabuli signs with NRL Dragons". NRL.com.
  13. ↑ Heydon, Craig (10 October 2014). "Wests Tigers sign backline duo". weststigers.com.au.
  14. ↑ "Wes Naiqama quits Penrith Panthers for London Broncos". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "Titans sign promising back-rowers". titans.com.au. 4 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Titans sign Ryan Simpkins". Rugby League Week. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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