List of Penrith Panthers records

The Penrith Panthers were officially introduced to the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL – now known as NRL) – the premier Rugby League competition in Australia – in 1967 and have had an eventful 55 years, winning 4 wooden spoons and 5 premierships (finishing runners-up twice). The following are club match records:

Team

Biggest wins

Biggest losses

Longest winning streaks

• 17 games: 19 June – 17 October 2020
• 12 games: 13 March – 29 May 2021
• 11 games: 18 September 2021 – 29 April 2022
• 8 games: 19 April – 7 June 2003

Longest losing streaks

• 12 games: 1 June – 24 August 1980
• 10 games: 23 April – 2 July 1972

Longest winning home streak

Penrith Panthers

Longest winning away streak

Penrith Panthers

Biggest comebacks

Recovered from a 23-point deficit

• Trailed Wests Tigers 31–8 after 57 minutes to win 32–31 at Penrith Football Stadium (4 June 2000).

Recovered from a 22-point deficit

• Trailed New Zealand Warriors 28–6 after 46 minutes to win 36–28 at Pepper Stadium (13 May 2017).

Recovered from a 18-point deficit

• Trailed Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24–6 after 67 minutes to win 28–24 at Brookvale Oval (28 July 2018).

Recovered from a 8-point deficit with 2 minutes remaining

• Trailed Canberra Raiders 12–20 with only 2 minutes remaining to win 24–20 at Carrington Park (10 June 2017).

Partially recovered from a 26-point deficit

• Trailed New Zealand Warriors 32–6 at halftime to draw 32–32 at CUA Stadium (2009).

Worst collapse

Surrendered a 26-point lead.

• Led North Queensland Cowboys 26–0 at halftime to lose 36–28 at Penrith Football Stadium (29 May 1998) ^.

^ denotes premiership record.

Coaches

There have been 19 coaches of the Panthers since their first season in 1967. The current coach is Ivan Cleary.

Individual

Most games for club

• 249, Steve Carter (1988–2001)
• 246, Craig Gower (1996–2007)
• 238, Royce Simmons (1980–1991)
• 232, Isaah Yeo (2014–present)
• 228, Greg Alexander (1984–1994, 1997–1999)
• 216, Luke Lewis (2001–2012)
• 215, Tony Puletua (1997–2008)
• 211, Ryan Girdler (1993–2004)
• 209, Brad Izzard (1982–1992)
• 188, John Cartwright (1985–1996)

Most tries for club

• 116, Rhys Wesser (1998–2008)
• 112, Ryan Girdler (1993–2004)
• 100, Greg Alexander (1984–1994, 1997–1999)
• 91, Luke Lewis (2001–2012)
• 76, Michael Jennings (2007–2012)
• 74, Josh Mansour (2012–2020)
• 74, Brian To'o (2019–present)
• 73, Brad Izzard (1982–1992)
• 69, Robbie Beckett (1994–2001)
• 66, Steve Carter (1988–2001)

Most points for club

• 1,572 (101 tries, 581 goals, 6 field goals), Ryan Girdler (1993–2004)
• 1,439 (57 tries, 587 goals, 15 field goals), Nathan Cleary (2016–present)
• 1,100 (100 tries, 343 goals, 14 field goals), Greg Alexander (1984–1994, 1997–1999)
• 798 (55 tries, 289 goals), Michael Gordon (2006–2012)
• 613 (43 tries, 220 goals, 1 field goal), Preston Campbell (2003–2006)
• 454 (113 tries, 1 goal), Rhys Wesser (1998–2008)

Most points in a season

• 270 by Michael Gordon in 2010
• 229 by Ryan Girdler in 1999
• 228 by Nathan Cleary in 2017

Most tries in a season

• 25 by Rhys Wesser in 2003
• 23 by Amos Roberts in 2004
• 21 by Brian To'o in 2023
• 19 by Rhys Wesser in 2006

Most points in a match

• 34 by Nathan Cleary in Round 25 of the 2019 NRL season

State Of Origin Representatives

New South Wales

• Brad Izzard (1982, 1991)
• Royce Simmons (1984, 1986, 1987, 1888)
• Greg Alexander (1989, 1990, 1991)
• John Cartwright (1989, 1991, 1992)
• Mark Geyer (1989, 1991)
• Chris Mortimer (1989)
• Peter Kelly (1989)
• Brad Fittler (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
• Graham Mackay (1992, 1993,1994)
• Steve Carter (1992)
• Ryan Girdler (1999-01)
• Craig Gower (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006)
• Matt Adamson (2001)
• Trent Waterhouse (2004, 2009, 2010)
• Luke Rooney (2004)
• Luke Lewis (2004, 2009, 2010)
• Michael Jennings (2009–16)
• Michael Gordon (2010)
• Tim Grant (2012)
• Matt Moylan (2016)
• Josh Mansour (2016)
• James Maloney (2018, 2019)
• Nathan Cleary (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Reagan Campbell-Gillard (2018)
• Tyrone Peachey (2018)
• Isaah Yeo (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Brian To'o (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Jarome Luai (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Liam Martin (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Apisai Koroisau (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Stephen Crichton (2022, 2023)

New South Wales (SL)

• Craig Gower (1997)
• Ryan Girdler (1997)
• Greg Alexander (1997)

Queensland

• Darryl Brohman (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
• Alan McIndoe (1989, 1990)
• Matt Sing (1995)
• Craig Greenhill (1999, 2000)
• Scott Sattler (2003)
• Rhys Wesser (2004, 2005, 2006)
• Ben Ross (2004, 2005)
• Petero Civoniceva (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
• Kurt Capewell (2020, 2021)

Coaching

New South Wales

• Phil Gould (Coach - 1992, 1993, 1994)

All Stars Game Representatives

NRL All Stars

• Michael Jennings (2010, 2011, 2012)
• Tim Grant (2013)
• Matt Moylan (2015)
• Trent Merrin (2016)

Indigenous All Stars

• Tyrone Peachey (2015, 2016, 2017, 2023)
• Will Smith (2016)
• Jamie Soward (2016)
• Leilani Latu (2016, 2017)

Māori All Stars

• Dean Whare (2019)
• James Tamou (2019)
• James Fisher Harris (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Malakai Watene-Zelezniak (2020)
• Zane Tetevano (2020)
• Jarome Luai (2021)

International Representatives

Australia

• Royce Simmons (1986–87)
• Greg Alexander (1989–90)
• John Cartwright (1990–92)
• Mark Geyer (1990–91)
• Brad Fittler (1991–95)
• Graham Mackay (1992)
• Matt Sing (1995)
• Craig Gower (1999-01, 2003–05)
• Ryan Girdler (1999-01)
• Trent Waterhouse (2003–05, 2009)
• Joel Clinton (2004)
• Luke Rooney (2004–05)
• Luke Priddis (2005)
• Petero Civoniceva (2008–11)
• Luke Lewis (2009–12)
• Michael Jennings (2009)
• Josh Mansour (2014, 2016–17)
• Matt Moylan (2016)
• Trent Merrin (2016–17)
• Reagan Campbell-Gillard (2017)
• Nathan Cleary (2022)
• Isaah Yeo (2022)
• Liam Martin (2022)
• Dylan Edwards (2023)

Australia (SL)

• Craig Gower (1997)
• Ryan Girdler (1997)
• Matt Adamson (1997)

Cook Islands

• Tinirau Arona (2009)
• Geoff Daniela (2012)
• Isaac John (2013)
• Tupou Sopoaga (2016)

Fiji

• Livai Nalagilagi (1994)
• Joe Dakuitoga (1995)
• Wes Naiqama (2013–14)
• Eto Nabuli (2014)
• Kevin Naiqama (2014)
• Reagan Campbell-Gillard (2014)
• Apisai Koroisau (2015)
• Viliame Kikau (2016–17, 2019, 2022)
• Waqa Blake (2017)
• Tyrone Phillips (2018)
• Sunia Turuva (2022)

Greece

• Billy Tsikrikas (2019)
• George Tsikrikas (2019)

Italy

• Cameron Ciraldo (2013)
• Mason Cerruto (2017)
• Anton Iaria (2019)
• Alexander Myles (2019)
• John Trimboli (2019)

Malta

• Jarrod Sammut (2006–07)
• Cowen Epere (2017)

New Zealand

• Gary Freeman (1994–95)
• Tony Puletua (1998–00, 2002–07)
• Joe Galuvao (2003–04)
• Paul Whatuira (2004)
• Frank Pritchard (2005–09)
• Sam McKendry (2010–13)
• Dean Whare (2013–15, 2017)
• Isaac John (2014)
• Lewis Brown (2014–15)
• Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (2016–18)
• Te Maire Martin (2016)
• James Fisher-Harris (2016, 2018–19)

Papua New Guinea

• Paul Aiton (2007–08)
• Keith Peters (2007–09)
• Jason Chan (2008)
• James Nightingale (2008)
• Wellington Albert (2015)
• Stanton Albert (2015)

Samoa

• Fa'ausu Afoa (1995)
• Frank Puletua (2000, 2007–08)
• Brian Leauma (2000)
• Fred Petersen (2000)
• Junior Tia-Kilifi (2006)^{[verification needed]}
• Tony Puletua (2008)
• Joseph Paulo (2007–10)^{[verification needed]}
• Masada Iosefa (2010)
• Mose Masoe (2013)
• Jarome Luai (2017-2023)
• Christian Crichton (2018-2023)
• Tyrone May (2018-2020)
• Brian To'o (2019-2023)
• Moses Leota (2019-2023)
• Spencer Leniu (2022-2023)
• Taylan May (2022)
• Charlie Staines (2022)
• Izack Tago (2022-2023)

Scotland

• Lachlan Stein (2017)
• Peter Wallace (2013)

Tonga

• Michael Jennings (2008)
• Daniel Foster (2013–15)
• Sika Manu (2013–15)
• Ben Murdoch-Masila (2014–15)
• Sione Katoa (2016–19)
• Leilani Latu (2017)
• Soni Luke (2022)

United States

• Mark O'Halloran (2007)
• Junior Paulo (2011)
• Clint Newton (2013)

References

This page was last edited on 17 June 2024, at 00:24