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2022 Penrith Panthers season

The 2022 Penrith Panthers season is the 56th season in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and co-captained by Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo, the Panthers are competing in the National Rugby League's 2022 Telstra Premiership.

2022 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank1st (Premiers)
2022 recordWins: 20; draws: 0; losses: 4
Points scoredFor: 628; against: 292
Team information
CEOBrian Fletcher
CoachIvan Cleary
Captain
StadiumBlueBet Stadium – 22,500
Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 3 only)
Avg. attendance17,576
High attendance21,348
Top scorers
TriesTaylan May (16)
GoalsNathan Cleary (71)
PointsNathan Cleary (165)
← 2021 List of seasons 2023 →

Squad edit

Penrith Panthers 2024 squad
Top 30 squad - 2024 NRL Season Supplementary list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 13 November 2023
Source(s): Panthers team profiles


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Player transfers edit

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2022 season.

Fixtures edit

Pre-season edit

Date Trial Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Sunday, 20 February 1   Cronulla Sharks CommBank Stadium 6 - 30 Falls, Geyer, Puru (2), Cohen, Jennings Falls (5/6)
Sunday, 20 February 2   Parramatta Eels BlueBet Stadium 0 - 36
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Thursday, 10 March 1   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles BlueBet Stadium 28 - 6 Tago, Crichton, Luai, Koroisau, Martin Crichton (4/6) 16,901
Friday, 18 March 2   St George Illawarra Dragons Netstrata Jubilee Stadium 16 - 20 Kikau (2), Leniu Crichton (4/4) 10,057
Saturday, 26 March 3   Newcastle Knights Carrington Park 38 - 20 May (3), Tago (2), Crichton, Staines Crichton (5/8) 11,253
Friday, 1 April 4   South Sydney Rabbitohs BlueBet Stadium 26 - 12 Tago, Crichton, May (2), Martin Cleary (3/6) 20,521
Sunday, 10 April 5   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs CommBank Stadium 12 - 32 May, Edwards, Martin, Leniu, Kenny Cleary (6/6) 11,157
Friday, 15 April 6   Brisbane Broncos BlueBet Stadium 40 - 12 Luai, Sorenson, Staines, May, Martin, Leniu, Tago Cleary (6/7) 19,457
Sunday, 24 April 7   Canberra Raiders BlueBet Stadium 36 - 6 Crichton (3), Yeo, May, Kikau Cleary (6/7) 20,612
Friday, 29 April 8   Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 4 - 18 Tago, Cleary, Luai Cleary (3/3) 14,102
Friday, 6 May 9   Parramatta Eels BlueBet Stadium 20 - 22 Edwards, May (2), Leniu Cleary (2/4) 21,348
saturday, 14 May 10   Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium 6 - 32 Tago (2), Kikau, Luai, Crichton Cleary (6/6) 46,454*
Saturday, 21 May 11   Sydney Roosters Sydney Cricket Ground 12 - 32 Luai (2), Koroisau, Crichton, Fisher-Harris Cleary (6/6) 14,482
Friday, 27 May 12   North Queensland Cowboys BlueBet Stadium 22 - 0 Yeo, Edwards, To'o, May Cleary (2/3), Crichton (1/1) 17,125
Friday, 3 June 13   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs BlueBet Stadium 30 - 18 Smith, Edwards, May, Kikau, Salmon Falls (5/6) 16,906
Sunday, 12 June 14   Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 6 - 42 Cleary, Kikau, May, To'o (2), Tago, Crichton Cleary (7/8) 21,332
Saturday, 18 June 15   New Zealand Warriors Moreton Daily Stadium 6 - 40 Leota, Edwards, May, To'o (2), Yeo, Martin Cleary (5/6), Crichton (1/1) 8,127
Friday, 1 July 16   Sydney Roosters BlueBet Stadium 26 - 18 To'o, Kikau, Tago, Koroisau Cleary (5/5) 16,725
17 Bye
Sunday, 17 July 18   Wests Tigers CommBank Stadium 16 - 18 Tago, Kikau, Fisher-Harris Falls (2/2), O'Sullivan (1/1) 11,464
Saturday, 23 July 19   Cronulla Sharks BlueBet Stadium 20 - 10 Tago, Edwards, Luai Cleary (4/4) 17,426
Friday, 29 July 20   Parramatta Eels CommBank Stadium 34 - 10 O'Sullivan, Martin O'Sullivan (1/2) 26,912
Saturday, 6 August 21   Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 6 - 26 Koroisau, Crichton, Edwards, Salmon Crichton (5/5) 16,912
Thursday, 11 August 22   Melbourne Storm BlueBet Stadium 0 - 16 15,612
Thursday, 18 August 23   South Sydney Rabbitohs Accor Stadium 22 - 26 Crichton, Edwards, Leniu, Martin Crichton (5/6) 15,206
Friday, 26 August 24   New Zealand Warriors BlueBet Stadium 46 - 12 May (2), To'o (2), O'Sullivan, Crichton, Kikau, Yeo Crichton (7/8) 17,025
Saturday, 3 September 25   North Queensland Cowboys Queensland Country Bank Stadium 38 - 8 Jennings, Turuva Falls (0/2) 23,840
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye
  • Round 10 attendance refers to the total attendance on day 2 of magic round

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Finals edit

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand Final
9 Sept, BlueBet Stadium
1  Panthers27
4  Eels816 Sept, CommBank Stadium
  Eels40
10 Sept, AAMI Park  Raiders424 Sept, Accor Stadium
5  Storm20  Panthers32
8  Raiders28  Rabbitohs122 Oct, Accor Stadium
  Panthers28
11 Sept, Allianz Stadium23 Sept, QLD Country Bank Stadium  Eels12
6  Roosters14  Cowboys20
7  Rabbitohs3017 Sept, Allianz Stadium  Eels24
  Sharks12
10 Sept, PointsBet Stadium  Rabbitohs38
2  Sharks30
3  Cowboys32
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Friday, 9 September Qualifying Final   Parramatta Eels BlueBet Stadium 27 - 8 To'o (2), Edwards, Fisher-Harris Cleary (5/5) (1 FG) 21,863
Saturday, 24 September Preliminary Final   South Sydney Rabbitohs Accor Stadium 32 - 12 Koroisau, To'o, Leniu, Tago, Cleary Cleary (6/6 50,034
Sunday, 3 October Grand Final   Parramatta Eels Accor Stadium 28 - 12 Crichton, To'o (2), Sorensen, Staines Cleary (4/6) 82,415

Ladder edit

2022 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Penrith Panthers (P) 24 20 0 4 1 636 330 +306 42
2   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 18 0 6 1 573 364 +209 38
3   North Queensland Cowboys 24 17 0 7 1 633 361 +272 36
4   Parramatta Eels 24 16 0 8 1 608 489 +119 34
5   Melbourne Storm 24 15 0 9 1 657 410 +247 32
6   Sydney Roosters 24 15 0 9 1 635 434 +201 32
7   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 14 0 10 1 604 474 +130 30
8   Canberra Raiders 24 14 0 10 1 524 461 +63 30
9   Brisbane Broncos 24 13 0 11 1 514 550 −36 28
10   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 12 0 12 1 469 569 −100 26
11   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 9 0 15 1 490 595 −105 20
12   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 7 0 17 1 383 575 −192 16
13   Gold Coast Titans 24 6 0 18 1 455 650 −205 14
14   Newcastle Knights 24 6 0 18 1 372 662 −290 14
15   New Zealand Warriors 24 6 0 18 1 408 700 −292 14
16   Wests Tigers 24 4 0 20 1 352 679 −327 10

Ladder progression edit

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top eight.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
  • Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1   Penrith Panthers 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 36 38 38 40 42 42
2   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 0 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 26 28 30 32 34 36 38
3   North Queensland Cowboys 0 2 4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 24 26 26 28 30 32 32 34 34 36
4   Parramatta Eels 2 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 12 14 16 18 18 20 20 22 24 24 26 28 28 30 32 34
5   Melbourne Storm 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 22 24 24 24 24 24 26 28 30 32 32 32
6   Sydney Roosters 0 2 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32
7   South Sydney Rabbitohs 0 0 2 2 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 24 24 26 28 28 30 30
8   Canberra Raiders 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 10 10 12 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 22 24 26 28 30
9   Brisbane Broncos 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 20 22 24 26 26 26 28 28 28 28
10   St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 18 18 20 20 20 20 22 24 26
11   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 0 0 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 16 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
12   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 14 14 14 14 16
13   Gold Coast Titans 0 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 12 14
14   Newcastle Knights 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 14 14
15   New Zealand Warriors 0 0 2 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 12 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 14
16   Wests Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10

Other teams edit

In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2022 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 21) and the New South Wales Rugby League's The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup (NSW Cup). The 2022 season brought success to the Penrith Panthers seeing them become premiers in SG Ball, Jersey Flegg and NSW Cup.

Representative honours edit

Domestic edit

Pos. Player Team Call-up Ref.
HB Nathan Cleary   New South Wales 2022 State of Origin
FE Jarome Luai
LK Isaah Yeo
WG Brian To'o
SR Liam Martin
HK Apisai Koroisau
CE Stephen Crichton

International edit

Pos. Player Team Call-up Ref.
HB Nathan Cleary   Australia 2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup
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SR Liam Martin
LK Isaah Yeo
PR James Fisher-Harris   New Zealand
PR Moses Leota
PR Scott Sorensen
HK Soni Luke   Tonga
HB Isaiya Katoa
WG Taylan May   Samoa
CE Izack Tago
PR Spencer Leniu
FE Jarome Luai
FB Sunia Turuva   Fiji
SR Viliame Kikau
HK Apisai Koroisau
PR James Fisher-Harris   Māori All Stars 2022 All Stars match
PR James Fisher-Harris   New Zealand 2022 Test vs Tonga
PR Moses Leota
HK Soni Luke   Tonga 2022 Test vs New Zealand
FB Charlie Staines   Samoa 2022 Test vs Cook Islands
WG Taylan May
CE Izack Tago
PR Spencer Leniu
FB Sunia Turuva   Fiji 2022 Test vs PNG
SR Viliame Kikau

References edit

  1. ^ "2022 Playing squad". 10 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Chricton signs with Panthers". 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Smith signs Panthers deal". 22 November 2021.
  4. ^ "O'Sullivan signs with Panthers". 6 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Luke signs with Panthers". 3 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Matt Burton to join the Bulldogs in 2022". 21 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Bulldogs sign Tevita Pangai Junior for next three seasons". 25 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Bulldogs sign Brent Naden on 2-year contract". 28 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Capewell to Join Broncos from 2022". 1 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Roosters Announce Return of Paul Momirovski". 29 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Dragons sign Tyrone May". 2 December 2021.
  12. ^ "NRL Draw 2022: Full 25-round fixtures and schedule". 14 November 2021.
  13. ^ "2021 Rugby League World Cup squad lists". 20 October 2022.
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