2015 Penrith Panthers season Rugby league team season
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] wooden spoon by defeating the last-placed Newcastle Knights in their final game.[ 2] 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.
Penrith Panthers
Auckland Nines Squad 2015
Coaching staff
Head coach
Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: Source(s): Team Announcement
Regular season
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Score
Tries
Goals
Attendance
Sunday, 8 March
Round 1
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Pepper Stadium 24-18 G Jennings , Segeyaro , Watene-Zelezniak Soward (4/5)18,814
Saturday, 14 March
Round 2
Gold Coast Titans Carrington Park 40-0 Cartwright , Idris (3), G Jennings , Manu , Whare (2)Moylan (4/6), Soward (0/2)6,240
Monday, 23 March
Round 3
Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 20-12 Idris , Segeyaro Moylan (2/2)10,735
Saturday, 28 March
Round 4
Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 26-14 Mansour , Moylan , Whare Moylan (1/3)20,114
Monday, 6 April
Round 5
North Queensland Cowboys Pepper Stadium 10-30 Segeyaro , Whare Moylan (1/2)8,409
Saturday, 11 April
Round 6
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Pepper Stadium 22-12 Blake , Koroisau , Mansour (2)Moylan (3/4)11,170
Saturday, 18 April
Round 7
Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 32-6 Blake Moylan (1/1)9,244
Sunday, 26 April
Round 8
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Pepper Stadium 26-18 Moylan , Peachey , Simmons , Watene-Zelezniak Moylan (5/5)12,798
Friday, 8 May
Round 9
Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 8-5 Moylan (2/2, 1 FG)24,566
Monday, 18 May
Round 10
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 10-11 Simmons , Watene-Zelezniak Moylan (1/3, 1 FG)8,025
Round 11
Bye
Friday, 29 May
Round 12
Parramatta Eels Pepper Stadium 20-26 Cartwright , Simmons , Watene-Zelezniak , Yeo Cartwright (0/1), Wallace (2/3)17,821
Saturday, 6 June
Round 13
Melbourne Storm Pepper Stadium 0-20 11,849
Round 14
Bye
Saturday, 20 June
Round 15
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 24-12 Cartwright (2)Soward (2/2)12,476
Sunday, 28 June
Round 16
Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 12-35 Mansour , Simmons (4), Wallace , Watene-Zelezniak Koroisau (0/1), Simmons (1/1), Soward (2/5), Wallace (1 FG)14,234
Friday, 3 July
Round 17
South Sydney Rabbitohs Pepper Stadium 20-6 Blake , Wallace , Watene-Zelezniak , Whare Koroisau (2/3), Soward (0/1), Wallace (0/1)14,068
Saturday, 11 July
Round 18
Sydney Roosters Pepper Stadium 4-24 Brown Koroisau (0/1)13,654
Friday, 17 July
Round 19
Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 52-10 Blake , Peachey Soward (1/2)11,956
Sunday, 26 July
Round 20
Canberra Raiders Pepper Stadium 24-34 R Jennings , Segeyaro , Taylor , Yeo Soward (4/4)8,048
Sunday, 2 August
Round 21
South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 20-16 Brown , Cartwright , Segeyaro Soward (2/3)13,391
Saturday, 8 August
Round 22
Parramatta Eels TIO Stadium 10-4 Blake Soward (0/1)8,340
Saturday, 15 August
Round 23
New Zealand Warriors Pepper Stadium 24-10 Brown , Campbell-Gillard , Peachey , Simmons Soward (4/5)6,774
Thursday, 20 August
Round 24
St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 19-12 Mansour , Simmons Soward (2/3)9,145
Monday, 31 August
Round 25
Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 34-18 Brown , Segeyaro , W Smith Koroisau (2/2), Soward (1/1)6,717
Saturday, 5 September
Round 26
Newcastle Knights Pepper Stadium 30-12 Mansour , Peachey (2), W Smith , Whare Simmons (1/1), W Smith (4/5)8,936
Legend : Win Loss Draw Bye
Ladder
Statistics
Representative
Domestic
International
1 - Selected as 20th Man, Moylan did not play during the series.
References
^ Brock, Dominic (7 September 2015). "Panthers 2015 season review" . NRL.com. ^ "Penrith Panthers beat Newcastle Knights 30-12 to dodge NRL wooden spoon" . ABC. 6 September 2015.^ Webeck, Tony (4 October 2015). "Panthers win second Holden Cup title" . NRL.com. ^ Keeble, Brett (21 October 2014). "Panthers offer Davis opportunity to shine" . The Herald. ^ "Apisai Koroisau leaves South Sydney to sign with NRL contract with Penrith" . ABC. 3 June 2014.^ Brown, Andrew (11 November 2014). "Tupou Sopoaga signs two year deal with Penrith Panthers" . Penrith City Gazette]. ^ a b Luca, Rocco (17 November 2014). "Redcliffe sign Panthers duo" . Rugby League Week. ^ "Rabbitohs Sign Tim Grant for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Seasons" . rabbitohs.com.au. 18 April 2014.^ "Blackhawks unveil 2015 signings" . QRL.com.au. 16 October 2014.^ "Penrith Panthers co-captain Kevin Kingston to retire at season's end" . ABC. 6 June 2014.^ Badel, Peter (17 November 2014). "The Titans have signed rising star Kierran Moseley on a two-year deal" . Courier-Mail . ^ Horne, Ben (7 October 2014). "Fijian Nabuli signs with NRL Dragons" . NRL.com. ^ Heydon, Craig (10 October 2014). "Wests Tigers sign backline duo" . weststigers.com.au. ^ "Wes Naiqama quits Penrith Panthers for London Broncos" . Sydney Morning Herald . 24 August 2014.^ "Titans sign promising back-rowers" . titans.com.au. 4 September 2014.^ "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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