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

Margin	Score	Opponent	Venue	Date
60	72–12	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Penrith Football Stadium	7 August 2004
56	62–6	New Zealand Warriors	Penrith Football Stadium	18 May 2013
54	60–6	Western Suburbs Magpies	Penrith Football Stadium	21 March 1999

Biggest losses

Margin	Score	Opponent	Venue	Date
62	12–74	Canberra Raiders	Canberra Stadium	10 August 2008
58	6–64	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Stadium	17 March 2002
54	5–59	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Penrith Park	11 May 1980

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

Wins	First Win	Last Win
21	Round 19, 2019	Round 7, 2022

Longest winning away streak

Penrith Panthers

Wins	First Win	Last Win
14	Round 8, 2020	Round 11, 2021

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.

No	Name	Seasons	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %	Premiers	Runners-up	Minor premiers	Wooden spoons	Notes
1	Leo Trevena	1967, 1973	44	10	2	32	22.7	—	—	—	1973	—
2	Bob Boland	1968–1972	110	39	3	68	35.5	—	—	—	—	—
3	Jack Clare	1974	22	9	0	13	40.9	—	—	—	—	—
4	Mike Stephenson	1975	16	6	0	10	37.5	—	—	—	—	As captain-coach
5	Barry Harris	1975–76	28	9	2	17	32.1	—	—	—	—	—
6	Don Parish	1977–78	44	10	3	31	22.7	—	—	—	—	—
7	Len Stacker	1979–81	66	16	3	47	24.2	—	—	—	1980	—
8	John Peard	1982–83	52	16	1	35	30.8	—	—	—	—	—
9	Tim Sheens	1984–87	98	43	4	51	43.9	—	—	—	—	Club's first finals appearance in 1985
10	Ron Willey	1988–89	47	31	0	16	66.0	—	—	—	—	—
11	Phil Gould	1990–94	109	61	4	44	56.0	1991	1990	1991	—	—
12	Graham Rogers	1992	1	0	0	1	0.0	—	—	—	—	Caretaker coach
13	Royce Simmons	1994–2001	177	76	4	97	42.9	—	—	—	2001	—
14	John Lang	2002–06	125	65	0	60	52.0	2003	—	2003	—	—
15	Matthew Elliott	2007–11	111	49	2	60	44.1	—	—	—	2007	Sacked Mid Season 2011
16	Steve Georgallis	2011	11	4	0	7	36.4	—	—	—	—	Caretaker coach
17	Ivan Cleary	2012–15, 2019–present	210	128	1	81	61.0	2021, 2022, 2023	2020	2020, 2022, 2023	-	Incumbent
18	Anthony Griffin	2016–2018	72	42	0	30	58.3	—	—	—	—	Contract terminated 6 August 2018
19	Cameron Ciraldo	2018	6	3	0	3	50.0	—	—	—	—	Caretaker coach

Individual

Most games for club

• 249, Steve Carter (1988–2001)
• 246, Craig Gower (1996–2007)
• 238, Royce Simmons (1980–1991)
• 230, Greg Alexander (1984–1994, 1997–1999)
• 224, Isaah Yeo (2014–present)
• 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)
• 75, Josh Mansour (2012–2020)
• 73, Brad Izzard (1982–1992)
• 69, Robbie Beckett (1994–2001)
• 68, Brian To'o (2019–present)
• 66, Steve Carter (1988–2001)

Most points for club

• 1,572 (101 tries, 581 goals, 6 field goals), Ryan Girdler (1993–2004)
• 1,437 (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)

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New South Wales (SL)

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

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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