2010 Penrith Panthers season

13 March – Round One: Four players made their debuts for the Panthers; Adrian Purtell, Kevin Kingston, Nigel Plum and Travis Burns.
20 March – Round Two: Petero Civoniceva played his 250th NRL game.
27 March – Round Three: Sam McKendry scored his 1st NRL try.
16 May – Round Ten: Michael Jennings scored his 50th NRL try.
24 May – Round Eleven: Michael Gordon kicked his 200th NRL goal.
9 August – Round Twenty-two: Brad Tighe played his 100th NRL game.
20 August – Round Twenty-four: Kevin Kingston played his 100th NRL game.
20 August – Round Twenty-four: Petero Civoniceva played his 50th game for the Panthers.
20 August – Round Twenty-four: Michael Gordon set a new club record for points in a single game (3 tries, 9 goals, 30 points).
4 September – Round Twenty-six: Michael Gordon set a new club record for points in a season (14 tries, 98 goals, 252 points).
7 September: Luke Lewis named Dally M Lock of the Year.
18 September – Semi-final Two: Nathan Smith played his 100th NRL game.

Jersey and Sponsors

In 2010 the Panthers jerseys were again made by ISC. They retained their predominantly black home jerseys from 2009, while revealing a new teal and white away strip. The new away strip was designed featuring performance technology and weighed less than half of the previous away design.^[1]

Sanyo were again the major sponsor of the Panthers in 2010. Titan Warehousing Solutions replaced ABCOE Distributors as the sleeve sponsor.^[2] HOSTPLUS secured the shorts sponsorship while Tony Ferguson retained the rights for the back of the jersey.

The Panthers once again participated in the heritage round, sporting a retro strip. This jersey featured a white V on a predominately brown background, paired with white shorts.

Fixtures

The Panthers again used CUA Stadium as their home ground in 2010, their home ground since they entered the competition in 1967.

Pre-season

The main squad returned to training on 5 November 2009 to start preparing for the 2010 season.^[3] Players involved in the 2009 Four Nations and 2009 Pacific Cup returned to training later.

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
20 February	Trial 1	Parramatta Eels	CUA Stadium, Penrith	32–12	Burns (2), Elford, Walsh, Gordon	Gordon (3/3), Burns (1/1)	11,113	^[4]
27 February	Trial 2	Newcastle Knights	Port Macquarie Regional Stadium, Port Macquarie	41–16	Jennings (3), Lewis (2), Burns, Elford	Gordon (6/6), Walsh (FG) (1/1)	6,423	^[5]
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
13 March	Round 1	Canberra Raiders	CUA Stadium, Penrith	34–16	Coote (2), Elford, Lewis, Kingston, Purtell	Gordon (5/6)	11,133	^[6]
20 March	Round 2	North Queensland Cowboys	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville	20–28	Lewis (2), Walsh	Gordon (4/4)	13,339	^[7]
27 March	Round 3	Melbourne Storm	CUA Stadium, Penrith	10–16	McKendry, Coote	Gordon (1/2)	11,024	^[8]
5 April	Round 4	Newcastle Knights	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle	34–30	Coote, Jennings, McKendry, Lewis, Paulo, Purtell	Gordon (5/6)	15,894	^[9]
11 April	Round 5	Sydney Roosters	CUA Stadium, Penrith	28–6	Paulo, Jennings, Purtell, Coote, Gordon	Gordon (4/6)	14,023	^[10]
18 April	Round 6	New Zealand Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	40–12	Purtell (2), Kingston (2), Coote, Gordon, Burns	Gordon (6/8)	14,620	^[11]
24 April	Round 7	Wests Tigers	CUA Stadium, Penrith	26–18	Coote (2), Jennings, Gordon	Gordon (5/5)	19,220	^[12]
1 May	Round 8	Gold Coast Titans	Skilled Park, Gold Coast	24–38	Coote (3), Burns	Gordon (4/4)	15,430	^[13]
	Round 9	Bye
16 May	Round 10	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Toyota Stadium, Sydney	34–14	Jennings (3), Elford (2), Iosefa	Gordon (5/6)	10,352	^[14]
24 May	Round 11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	CUA Stadium, Penrith	31–16	Gordon (3), Grant, Elford	Gordon (5/5), Walsh (FG) (1/1)	11,278	^[15]
30 May	Round 12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	22–42	Coote (2), Tighe, Cooper	Gordon (3/4)	11,108	^[16]
5 June	Round 13	Newcastle Knights	CUA Stadium, Penrith	28–10	Tighe (2), Cooper, Jennings, Coote	Gordon (4/5)	10,969	^[17]
	Round 14	Bye
18 June	Round 15	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	22–12	Purtell, Coote, Lewis, Kingston	Gordon (3/5)	42,233	^[18]
25 June	Round 16	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	CUA Stadium, Penrith	40–22	Jennings (3), Tighe, Waterhouse, Gordon, Cooper	Gordon (6/8)	14,978	^[19]
5 July	Round 17	St. George-Illawarra Dragons	WIN Jubilee Oval, Kograh	12–8	Graham, Simmons	Coote (2/3)	12,974	^[20]
11 July	Round 18	New Zealand Warriors	CUA Stadium, Penrith	6–12	Coote	Gordon (1/1)	9,983	^[21]
17 July	Round 19	Parramatta Eels	CUA Stadium, Penrith	28–34	Tighe, Gordon, Coote, Jennings, Graham	Gordon (4/5)	22,582	^[22]
24 July	Round 20	Melbourne Storm	Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne	10–18	Purtell, Jennings	Gordon (1/2)	11,212	^[23]
30 July	Round 21	North Queensland Cowboys	CUA Stadium, Penrith	24–16	Gordon (2), Tighe, Kingston	Gordon (4/5)	7,080	^[24]
9 August	Round 22	Canberra Raiders	Canberra Stadium, Canberra	26–30	Kingston, Pritchard, McKendry, Tighe	Gordon (5/6)	8,850	^[25]
15 August	Round 23	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown	18–43	Pritchard, Gordon, Jennings	Gordon (3/3)	17,208	^[26]
20 August	Round 24	South Sydney Rabbitohs	CUA Stadium, Penrith	54–18	Gordon (3), Burns (2), Earl (2), McKendry, Iosefa	Gordon (9/10)	13,411	^[27]
30 August	Round 25	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	24–18	Earl, Tighe, Waterhouse, Jennings	Gordon (4/4)	13,794	^[28]
4 September	Round 26	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	CUA Stadium, Penrith	50–12	Pritchard (3), Jennings (2), Tighe (2), Graham, Smith	Gordon (7/9)	10,997	^[29]
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Finals Series

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
11 September	Qualifying Final	Canberra Raiders	CUA Stadium, Penrith	22–24	Gordon (2), Earl (2)	Gordon (3/4)	16,668	^[30]
18 September	Semi-final	Sydney Roosters	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	12–34	Purtell, Graham	Gordon (2/2)	23,459	2011 Match Centre – NRL.com
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Ladder

2010 NRL season v t e
Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St. George Illawarra Dragons (P)	24	17	0	7	2	518	299	+219	38
2	Penrith Panthers	24	15	0	9	2	645	489	+156	34
3	Wests Tigers	24	15	0	9	2	537	503	+34	34
4	Gold Coast Titans	24	15	0	9	2	520	498	+22	34
5	New Zealand Warriors	24	14	0	10	2	539	486	+53	32
6	Sydney Roosters	24	14	0	10	2	559	510	+49	32
7	Canberra Raiders	24	13	0	11	2	499	493	+6	30
8	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	12	0	12	2	545	510	+35	28
9	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	11	0	13	2	584	567	+17	26
10	Brisbane Broncos	24	11	0	13	2	508	535	−27	26
11	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	2	499	569	−70	24
12	Parramatta Eels	24	10	0	14	2	413	491	−78	24
13	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	9	0	15	2	494	539	−45	22
14	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	7	0	17	2	354	609	−255	18
15	North Queensland Cowboys	24	5	0	19	2	425	667	−242	14
16	Melbourne Storm	24	14	0	10	2	489	363	+126	0¹

¹ Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to gross long-term salary cap breaches.^[31]

2010 Player Statistics and Coaching Staff

Name	Pos	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Matthew Bell	SR	23	0	0	0	0
Travis Burns	FE	19	4	0	0	16
Petero Civoniceva	PR	18	0	0	0	0
Gavin Cooper	SR	16	3	0	0	12
Lachlan Coote	FB	19	17	2	0	72
Sandor Earl	WG	6	3	0	0	12
Shane Elford	WG	5	4	0	0	16
Michael Gordon	WG	23	14	98	0	252
Wade Graham	FE	11	3	0	0	12
Tim Grant	PR	17	1	0	0	4
Masada Iosefa	HK	16	2	0	0	8
Michael Jennings	CE	23	16	0	0	64
Kevin Kingston	HK	24	6	0	0	24
Daine Laurie	PR	3	0	0	0	0
Luke Lewis	LK	19	5	0	0	20
Sam McKendry	PR	24	4	0	0	16
Joseph Paulo	LK	7	2	0	0	8
Nigel Plum	SR	4	0	0	0	0
Frank Pritchard	SR	19	5	0	0	20
Frank Puletua	PR	9	0	0	0	0
Adrian Purtell	CE	24	7	0	0	28
David Simmons	WG	1	1	0	0	4
Nathan Smith	LK	20	1	0	0	4
Brad Tighe	CE	19	10	0	0	40
Luke Walsh	HB	20	1	0	1	5
Trent Waterhouse	SR	19	2	0	0	8
Totals		—	111	100	1	645

Panthers Group CEO: Glenn Matthews
Rugby League CEO: Mick Leary
Head Coach: Matthew Elliott
Rugby League Marketing Manager: Shannon Donato
Media Manager: Andrew Farrell
Coaching, Development and Recruitment Manager: Jim Jones
Stadium Operations Manager: Tamara Van Antwerpen

Transfers

Gains

Player	Previous Club	Until End of	Notes
David Simmons	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2011	^[32]
Daine Laurie	Wests Tigers	2011	^[33]
Nigel Plum	Canberra Raiders	2010	^[33]
Kevin Kingston	Parramatta Eels	2010	^[34]
Adrian Purtell	Canberra Raiders	2011	^[34]
Travis Burns	North Queensland Cowboys	2011	^[35]
Sandor Earl	Sydney Roosters		(Windsor player)

Losses

Player	Club	Until End of	Notes
Adam Woolnough	Retired	N/A	^[36]
Paul Aiton	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2011	^[37]
Geoff Daniela	Wests Tigers	2011	^[38]
Junior Tia-Kilifi	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2011	^[39]
Keith Peters	Released	N/A
Jarrod Sammut	Crusaders RL	2012	^[40]
Junior Moors	Wests Tigers	2010	^[41]
Joel Romelo	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		^[42]

Rep Players

Name	Team	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Petero Civoniceva	Queensland Australia	2 1	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Lachlan Coote	City	1	1	0	0	4
Michael Gordon	New South Wales	1	0	3	0	6
Tim Grant	City	1	0	0	0	0
Michael Jennings	NRL All Stars City New South Wales	1 1 0	1 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	4 0 0
Luke Lewis	New South Wales Australia	2 1	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Trent Waterhouse	City New South Wales	1 2	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0

Other Teams

In 2010 the Panthers again compete in the Toyota Cup while senior players who were not required for the first team play with the Windsor Wolves in the NSW Cup.

2010 U20 Panthers

National Youth Competition season 2010 v t e
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	17	0	7	2	687	567	+120	38
2	New Zealand Warriors (P)	24	16	1	7	2	731	481	+250	37
3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	15	2	7	2	773	596	+177	36
4	North Queensland Cowboys	24	14	3	7	2	673	540	+133	35
5	Sydney Roosters	24	14	1	9	2	695	588	+107	33
6	Canberra Raiders	24	14	1	9	2	764	734	+30	33
7	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	13	0	11	2	568	583	-15	30
8	Gold Coast Titans	24	12	1	11	2	581	663	-82	29
9	Wests Tigers	24	12	0	12	2	620	532	+88	28
10	Brisbane Broncos	24	11	1	12	2	690	635	+55	27
11	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	10	1	13	2	568	543	+25	25
12	Newcastle Knights	24	9	1	14	2	612	732	-120	23
13	Melbourne Storm	24	8	2	14	2	683	782	-99	22
14	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	8	1	15	2	492	634	-142	21
15	Penrith Panthers	24	8	0	16	2	643	838	-195	20
16	Parramatta Eels	24	3	1	20	2	454	786	-332	11

Trivia

Michael Gordon kicked 82% of his shots at goal in 2010. Gordon's 252 points in the regular season was the highest by any player since Hazem El Masri's 296-point haul in 2006.
Penrith equalled the NRL's sixth biggest comeback, defeating the Knights in round 4 after trailing by 18 points at half time.^[43]
In round 25, against the Bulldogs, Petero Civoniceva became the first player sent off for 2010.

Note: As of round 26, trials not included.

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