2023 Halifax Panthers season

This article details the Halifax Panthers rugby league football club's 2023 season. This is the Panthers' fifteenth consecutive season in the Championship.

2023 Halifax Panthers season
Championship Rank	5th
Challenge Cup	3rd Round
2023 record	Wins: 7; draws: 0; losses: 4
Points scored	For: 192; against: 198
Team information
Head Coach	Simon Grix
Captain	Brandon Moore
Stadium	The Shay
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Pre-season friendlies

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Report
15 January 2023	Pre Season	Wakefield Trinity	A	The Be Well Support Stadium	L	0-0
22 January 2023	Pre Season	Hunslet R.L.F.C.	A	South Leeds Stadium	Postponed	0-0

RFL Championship

Matches

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss
	Postponed

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV	Report
5 February 2023	Championship	1	Sheffield Eagles	H	Shay Stadium	W	26-18	Saltonstall, Walmsley, Maizen (2)	Keyes 5/6	2,107	-	Report
12 February 2023	Championship	2	Featherstone Rovers	A	Post Office Road	L	46-22	Walmsley (2), Woodburn-Hall (2)	Keyes 3/4	3,974	-	Report
19 February 2023	Championship	3	London Broncos	H	Shay Stadium	W	26-18	Jouffret, Saltonstall (2), Walmsley, Doro	Keyes 3/6	1,950	-	Report
27 February 2023	Championship	4	Widnes Vikings	A	DCBL Stadium	L	42-14	Walmsley (2), Gee	Jouffret 1/3	3,187	Viaplay	Report
5 March 2023	Championship	5	Batley Bulldogs	H	Shay Stadium	W	20-16	-	-	1,703	-
19 March 2023	Championship	6	Keighley Cougars	H	Shay Stadium	W	34-10	Saltonstall, Keyes, Kavanagh, Walmsley (2), Inman	Keyes 5/6	2,123	-	Report
26 March 2023	Championship	7	Barrow Raiders	A	The Matt Johnson Prestige Stadium	L	16-12	Jouffret, Pickersgill	Keyes 2/3	1,879	-	Report
10 April 2023	Championship	8	Bradford Bulls	H	Shay Stadium	L	22-26	Moore, Walmsley, Maizen (2)	Keyes 3/4	3,053	Viaplay	Report
16 April 2023	Championship	9	York Knights	H	Shay Stadium	W	16-6	Walmsley (2), Fairbank	Keyes 1/2, Jouffret 1/1	1,454	-	Report
7 May 2023	Championship	10	Newcastle Thunder	A	Kingston Park	W	16-36	Keyes (2), Walmsley, Woodburn-Hall, McComb, Inman	Keyes 6/7	Attendance	-	Report
14 May 2023	Championship	11	Whitehaven R.L.F.C.	H	Shay Stadium	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
28 May 2023	Championship Summer Bash	12	Batley Bulldogs	N	LNER Community Stadium	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
3 June 2023	Championship	13	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest-Wallon	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
11 June 2023	Championship	14	Swinton Lions	A	Heywood Road	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
18 June 2023	Championship	15	Bradford Bulls	A	Odsal Stadium	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
25 June 2023	Championship	16	Barrow Raiders	H	Shay Stadium	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
2 July 2023	Championship	17	York Knights	A	LNER Community Stadium	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
9 July 2023	Championship	18	Batley Bulldogs	A	Fox's Biscuits Stadium	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
16 July 2023	Championship	19	Newcastle Thunder	H	Shay Stadium	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
28 July 2023	Championship	20	Sheffield Eagles	A	Olympic Legacy Park	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
6 August 2023	Championship	21	Featherstone Rovers	H	Shay Stadium	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
20 August 2023	Championship	22	London Broncos	A	Cherry Red Records Stadium	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
27 August 2023	Championship	23	Widnes Vikings	H	Shay Stadium	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
3 September 2023	Championship	24	Whitehaven R.L.F.C.	A	LEL Arena	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
9 September 2023	Championship	25	Toulouse Olympique	H	Shay Stadium	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
17 September 2023	Championship	26	Keighley Cougars	A	Cougar Park	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-
24 September 2023	Championship	27	Swinton Lions	H	Shay Stadium	W/D/L	0-0	-	-	Attendance	-

Challenge Cup

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV	Report
12th March 2023	Challenge Cup	3rd	Featherstone Rovers	A	Post Office Road	W	18-22	Gee, Walmsley, Inman, Jouffret	Keyes 0/2, Jouffret 1/2	Attendance	-
19th May 2023	Challenge Cup	4th	St Helens	H	Shay Stadium	L	6-26	Fairbank	Jouffret 0/1	Attendance	-

1895 Cup

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV	Report
22 July 2023	1895 Cup	Semi-Final	London Broncos	A	The Rock	-	-	-	-	Attendance	-

Squad statistics

Further information: Halifax Panthers

• Appearances and points include (Championship, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 09 January 2023.

No	Player	Position	Age	Previous Club	Apps	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1	James Woodburn-Hall	Fullback	27	London Skolars	0	0	0	0	0
2	Lachlan Walmsley	Wing	24	Whitehaven R.L.F.C.	0	0	0	0	0
3	Zack McComb	Centre	27	Sheffield Eagles	0	0	0	0	0
4	Ben Tibbs	Centre	22	Huddersfield Giants	0	0	0	0	0
5	James Saltonstall	Wing	29	Warrington Wolves	0	0	0	0	0
6	Louis Jouffret	Scrum half	26	Whitehaven R.L.F.C.	0	0	0	0	0
7	Joe Keyes	Scrum half	25	Hull Kingston Rovers	0	0	0	0	0
8	Adam Tangata	Prop	30	Wakefield Trinity	0	0	0	0	0
9	Brandon Moore	Hooker	23	Castleford Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
10	Dan Murray	Prop	32	Toronto Wolfpack	0	0	0	0	0
11	Ben Kavanagh	Second row	33	Huddersfield Giants	0	0	0	0	0
12	Matty Gee	Second row	31	Leigh Centurions	0	0	0	0	0
13	Jacob Fairbank	Prop	29	Toulouse Olympique	0	0	0	0	0
14	Kyle Wood	Hooker	35	Hunslet R.L.F.C.	0	0	0	0	0
15	Will Maher	Prop	27	Hull Kingston Rovers	0	0	0	0	0
16	Will Calcott	Prop	21	Bradford Bulls Academy	0	0	0	0	0
17	Ryan King	Second row	26	Whitehaven R.L.F.C.	0	0	0	0	0
20	Tom Inman	Prop	22	Warrington Wolves	0	0	0	0	0
21	Eribe Doro	Wing	25	Widnes Vikings	0	0	0	0	0
22	Jake Maizen	Winger	26	Sunshine Coast Falcons	0	0	0	0	0
23	Nick Rawsthorne	Fullback	27	Hull Kingston Rovers	0	0	0	0	0
24	Cole Oakley	Centre	22	Warrington Wolves	0	0	0	0	0
25	Ben Forster	Prop	21	Rochdale Hornets	0	0	0	0	0
31	Kevin Larroyer	Second-row	33	Leigh Centurions	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

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	Name	Position	Signed from	Date
-	-	-	-	-

Out

	Name	Position	Club Signed	Date
-	-	-	-	-

Notes