2015 Penrith Panthers 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] The club finished the season in 11th place, managing to avoid the wooden spoon by defeating the last-placed Newcastle Knights in their final game.^[2] Despite this, the Panthers under 20's team won the 2015 National Youth Competition premiership.^[3]

Squad

Penrith Panthers

NRL Squad 2015

Coaching staff

Head coach

Ivan Cleary

Assistant coach

David Fairleigh

Legend:

(c) Captain
(vc) Vice captain

Player transfers

Gains
Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Adrian Davis	Redcliffe Dolphins (QLD Cup)	2015	^[4]
Apisai Koroisau	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2016	^[5]
Tupou Sopoaga	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2016	^[6]

Losses
Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Luke Capewell	Redcliffe Dolphins (QLD Cup)		^[7]
Anthony Cherrington	Redcliffe Dolphins (QLD Cup)		^[7]
Tim Grant	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2018	^[8]
Tom Humble	Townsville Blackhawks (QLD Cup)		^[9]
Kevin Kingston	Retirement	-	^[10]
Kierran Moseley	Gold Coast Titans	2016	^[11]
Eto Nabuli	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2016	^[12]
Kevin Naiqama	Wests Tigers	2015	^[13]
Wes Naiqama	London Broncos (Super League)	2016	^[14]
Matt Robinson	Gold Coast Titans		^[15]
Ryan Simpkins	Gold Coast Titans	2016	^[16]

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

10 Tupou Sopoaga
11 Brendon Attwood
12 Nathan Smith
13 Reagan Campbell-Gillard
14 Christian Crichton
15 Joshua Jay
16 Kevin Kingston (c)
17 Andy Saunders
18 Chris Smith

Head coach

Ivan Cleary

Legend:

(c) Captain
(vc) Vice captain

Updated:
Source(s): Team Announcement

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
South Sydney Rabbitohs	3	3	0	54	20	+34	6
North Queensland Cowboys	3	2	1	43	35	+8	4
Melbourne Storm	3	1	2	32	45	-13	2
Penrith Panthers	3	0	3	16	45	-29	0

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 31 January	Game 4	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Eden Park	4-11	Sopoaga	John (0/1)
Saturday, 31 January	Game 11	Melbourne Storm	Eden Park	20-4	Jay	Koroisau (0/1)
Sunday, 1 February	Game 20	North Queensland Cowboys	Eden Park	14-8	Jay, C Smith	Davis (0/2)
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

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, Wallce, 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

2015 NRL season
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	24	18	0	6	2	591	300	+291	40
2	Brisbane Broncos	24	17	0	7	2	574	379	+195	38
3	North Queensland Cowboys (P)	24	17	0	7	2	587	454	+133	38
4	Melbourne Storm	24	14	0	10	2	467	348	+119	32
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	14	0	10	2	522	480	+42	32
6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	14	0	10	2	469	476	−7	32
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	13	0	11	2	465	467	−2	30
8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	2	435	408	+27	28
9	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	11	0	13	2	458	492	−34	26
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	2	577	569	+8	24
11	Penrith Panthers	24	9	0	15	2	399	477	−78	22
12	Parramatta Eels	24	9	0	15	2	448	573	−125	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	9	0	15	2	445	588	−143	22
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	2	439	636	−197	22
15	Wests Tigers	24	8	0	16	2	487	562	−75	20
16	Newcastle Knights	24	8	0	16	2	458	612	−154	20

Statistics

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Anderson, SamSam Anderson	1	0	0	0	0
Blake, WaqaWaqa Blake	18	5	0	0	20
Brown, LewisLewis Brown	21	4	0	0	16
Campbell-Gillard, ReaganReagan Campbell-Gillard	24	1	0	0	4
Cartwright, BryceBryce Cartwright	21	5	0	0	20
Docker, AdamAdam Docker	1	0	0	0	0
Idris, JamalJamal Idris	6	4	0	0	16
Jennings, GeorgeGeorge Jennings	5	2	0	0	8
Jennings, RobertRobert Jennings	5	1	0	0	4
John, IsaacIsaac John	7	0	0	0	0
Katoa, SioneSione Katoa	1	0	0	0	0
Kite, BrentBrent Kite	6	0	0	0	0
Koroisau, ApisaiApisai Koroisau	16	1	4	0	12
Latimore, JeremyJeremy Latimore	24	0	0	0	0
Latu, LeilaniLeilani Latu	6	0	0	0	0
McKendry, SamSam McKendry	24	0	0	0	0
Mansour, JoshJosh Mansour	12	6	0	0	24
Manu, SikaSika Manu	18	1	0	0	4
Moylan, MattMatt Moylan	11	2	20	2	50
Peachey, TyroneTyrone Peachey	22	5	0	0	20
Plum, NigelNigel Plum	14	0	0	0	0
Segeyaro, JamesJames Segeyaro	18	6	0	0	24
Simmons, DavidDavid Simmons	13	9	2	0	40
Smith, ChrisChris Smith	1	0	0	0	0
Smith, WillWill Smith	9	2	4	0	16
Sopoaga, TupouTupou Sopoaga	5	0	0	0	0
Soward, JamieJamie Soward	16	0	22	0	44
Taylor, ElijahElijah Taylor	20	1	0	0	4
Wallace, PeterPeter Wallace	13	2	2	1	13
Watene-Zelezniak, DallinDallin Watene-Zelezniak	16	7	0	0	28
Whare, DeanDean Whare	13	6	0	0	24
Yeo, IsaahIsaah Yeo	21	2	0	0	8
Totals	24	72	54	3	399

Representative

Domestic

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up
FB	Matt Moylan	NRL All Stars	2015 All Stars Match
SR	Tyrone Peachey	Indigenous All Stars	2015 All Stars Match
CE	Waqa Blake	NSW City	2015 City vs Country Origin
BE	Reagan Campbell-Gillard	NSW City	2015 City vs Country Origin
FB	Matt Moylan	NSW City	2015 City vs Country Origin
LK	Tyrone Peachey	NSW City	2015 City vs Country Origin
20¹	Matt Moylan	New South Wales	2015 State of Origin

International

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up
HK	Apisai Koroisau	Fiji	2015 Melanesian Cup
SR	Sika Manu²	Tonga	2015 Polynesian Cup
BE	Ben Murdoch-Masila	Tonga	2015 Polynesian Cup
BE	Lewis Brown	New Zealand	2015 New Zealand tour of England
CE	Dean Whare	New Zealand	2015 New Zealand tour of England

1 - Selected as 20th Man, Moylan did not play during the series.
2 - Manu captained the Tongan side during their match against Samoa.

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].
1 2 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.

Penrith Panthers

Est. 1967 in Penrith, New South Wales

The Club	History Records Players Coaches

Home ground	Pepper Stadium

Culture	Western Sydney Derby

Important figures	Phil Gould Royce Simmons Izzard brothers Tim Sheens Alexander brothers Steve Carter Ryan Girdler Craig Gower John Cartwright

League	NSWRL ARL SL NRL

Premierships (2)	1991 2003

Seasons (50)	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current Intrust Super Premiership NSW National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	Penrith District Rugby League Windsor Wolves

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