2010 Penrith Panthers season

2010 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank	2nd
2010 record	Wins: 15; Draws: 0; Losses: 9
Points scored	For: 645; Against: 489
Team information
CEO	Michael Leary
Coach	Matthew Elliott
Captain	Petero Civoniceva
Stadium	CUA Stadium
Avg. Attend.	13,056
Top scorers
Tries	Lachlan Coote (17)
Goals	Michael Gordon (98)
Points	Michael Gordon (252)
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The 2010 Penrith Panthers season was the 44th in the club's history. Coached by Matthew Elliott and captained by Petero Civoniceva, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2010 Telstra Premiership season.

Milestones and achievements

• 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

Home jersey

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
	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

Nat Name Pos App T G FG Pts Bell, MatthewMatthew Bell SR 23 0 0 0 0 Burns, TravisTravis Burns FE 19 4 0 0 16 Civoniceva, PeteroPetero Civoniceva PR 18 0 0 0 0 Cooper, GavinGavin Cooper SR 16 3 0 0 12 Coote, LachlanLachlan Coote FB 19 17 2 0 72 Earl, SandorSandor Earl WG 6 3 0 0 12 Elford, ShaneShane Elford WG 5 4 0 0 16 Gordon, MichaelMichael Gordon WG 23 14 98 0 252 Graham, WadeWade Graham FE 11 3 0 0 12 Grant, TimTim Grant PR 17 1 0 0 4 Iosefa, MasadaMasada Iosefa HK 16 2 0 0 8 Jennings, MichaelMichael Jennings CE 23 16 0 0 64 Kingston, KevinKevin Kingston HK 24 6 0 0 24 Laurie, DaineDaine Laurie PR 3 0 0 0 0 Lewis, LukeLuke Lewis LK 19 5 0 0 20 McKendry, SamSam McKendry PR 24 4 0 0 16 Paulo, JosephJoseph Paulo LK 7 2 0 0 8 Plum, NigelNigel Plum SR 4 0 0 0 0 Pritchard, FrankFrank Pritchard SR 19 5 0 0 20 Puletua, FrankFrank Puletua PR 9 0 0 0 0 Purtell, AdrianAdrian Purtell CE 24 7 0 0 28 Simmons, DavidDavid Simmons WG 1 1 0 0 4 Smith, NathanNathan Smith LK 20 1 0 0 4 Tighe, BradBrad Tighe CE 19 10 0 0 40 Walsh, LukeLuke Walsh HB 20 1 0 1 5 Waterhouse, TrentTrent 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

Rep Players

Name	Team	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Civoniceva, PeteroPetero Civoniceva	Queensland Australia	2 1	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Coote, LachlanLachlan Coote	City	1	1	0	0	4
Gordon, MichaelMichael Gordon	New South Wales	1	0	3	0	6
Grant, TimTim Grant	City	1	0	0	0	0
Jennings, MichaelMichael Jennings	NRL All Stars City New South Wales	1 1 0	1 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	4 0 0
Lewis, LukeLuke Lewis	New South Wales Australia	2 1	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Waterhouse, TrentTrent 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

2010 Toyota Cup
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Sydney	24	17	0	7	2	687	567	+120	38
2	New Zealand	24	16	1	7	2	731	481	+250	37
3	Canterbury	24	15	2	7	2	773	596	+177	36
4	North Queensland	24	14	3	7	2	673	540	+133	35
5	Sydney	24	14	1	9	2	695	588	+107	33
6	Canberra	24	14	1	9	2	764	734	+30	33
7	Manly-Warringah	24	13	0	11	2	568	583	-15	30
8	Gold Coast	24	12	1	11	2	581	663	-82	29
9	Wests Tigers	24	12	0	12	2	620	532	+88	28
10	Brisbane	24	11	1	12	2	690	635	+55	27
11	St. George-Illawarra	24	10	1	13	2	568	543	+25	25
12	Newcastle	24	9	1	14	2	612	732	-120	23
13	Melbourne	24	8	2	14	2	683	782	-99	22
14	Cronulla	24	8	1	15	2	492	634	-142	21
15	Penrith	24	8	0	16	2	643	838	-195	20
16	Parramatta	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.

References

External links

• Panthers official site