2021 Penrith Panthers season

2021 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank	-
2021 record	Wins: 0; draws: 0; losses: 0
Points scored	For: 0; against: 0
Team information
CEO	Brian Fletcher
Coach	Ivan Cleary
Captain	Isaah Yeo
Stadium	Panthers Stadium – 22,500 Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 8 only)
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The 2021 Penrith Panthers season is the 55th season in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary who is yet to confirm the captain, the Panthers are competing in the National Rugby League's 2021 Telstra Premiership.

Squad

Penrith Panthers 2024 squad

Top 30 squad - 2024 NRL Season						Supplementary list		Coaching staff
Paul Alamoti – CE, WG Nathan Cleary (c) – HB Jack Cole – FE Dylan Edwards (vc) – FB Matthew Eisenhuth – LK James Fisher-Harris (vc) – PR Luke Garner – SR Mavrik Geyer – SR Harrison Hassett – SR Liam Henry – PR, SR		Mitch Kenny – HK Asu Kepaoa – CE Daine Laurie – FB Moses Leota – PR Jarome Luai – FE, HB Soni Luke – HK Liam Martin – SR Jesse McLean – WG Luron Patea – PR		Tyrone Peachey – CE Preston Riki – PR Brad Schneider – HB Lindsay Smith – PR, LK Scott Sorensen – SR Izack Tago – CE Brian To'o – WG Sunia Turuva – WG Isaah Yeo (c) – LK		Isaiah Iongi – FB Riley Price – LK Billy Scott – HK Luke Sommerton – HK Trent Toelau – HB Extended squad Casey McLean – CE Billy Phillips – LK		Head coach Ivan Cleary Assistant coaches Ben Gardiner Peter Wallace Ben Harden (NSW Cup Coach) Jono Rolfe (Jersey Flegg Cup Coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 13 November 2023 Source(s): Panthers team profiles

Player transfers

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2021 season.

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Robert Jennings	Wests Tigers	2021
Matt Eisenhuth	Wests Tigers	2022
Jaeman Salmon	Parramatta Eels	2021
Scott Sorensen	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2021

Losses

Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
James Tamou	Wests Tigers	2022
Jack Hetherington	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	2022
Caleb Aekins	Canberra Raiders	2021
Zane Tetevano	Leeds Rhinos (Super League)	2023
Malakai Watene-Zelezniak	Retired	-
Josh Mansour	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2022
Pat Hollis	Released	-
Brayden McGrady	Released	-

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Trial	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 27 February	1	Parramatta Eels	Panthers Stadium
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 13 March	1	North Queensland Cowboys	Panthers Stadium
Saturday, 20 March	2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Bankwest Stadium
Thursday, 25 March	3	Melbourne Storm	Panthers Stadium
Thursday, 1 April	4	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Lottoland
Friday, 9 April	5	Canberra Raiders	Panthers Stadium
Thursday, 15 April	6	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium
Thursday, 22 April	7	Newcastle Knights	Panthers Stadium
Saturday, 1 May	8	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Carrington Park
Friday, 7 May	9	Cronulla Sharks	Panthers Stadium
Sunday, 16 May	10	Gold Coast Titans	Suncorp Stadium
Sunday, 23 May	11	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Caltex Park
Saturday, 29 May	12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Panthers Stadium
Friday, 4 June	13	Wests Tigers	Leichhardt Oval
Friday, 11 June	14	Cronulla Sharks	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Friday, 18 June	15	Sydney Roosters	Panthers Stadium
Friday, 2 July	16	Parramatta Eels	Panthers Stadium
	17	Bye
Sunday, 18 July	18	New Zealand Warriors	Mount Smart Stadium
Saturday, 24 July	19	Brisbane Broncos	Panthers Stadium
Saturday, 31 July	20	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park
Saturday, 7 August	21	Sydney Roosters	Sydney Cricket Ground
Friday, 13 August	22	St George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium
Friday, 20 August	23	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Panthers Stadium
Sunday, 29 August	24	Wests Tigers	Panthers Stadium
Friday, 3 September	25	Parramatta Eels	Bankwest Stadium
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

• NA = Not announced

Ladder

2021 NRL season
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	21	0	3	1	815	316	+499	44
2	Penrith Panthers (P)	24	21	0	3	1	676	286	+390	44
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	20	0	4	1	775	453	+322	42
4	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	16	0	8	1	744	492	+252	34
5	Sydney Roosters	24	16	0	8	1	630	489	+141	34
6	Parramatta Eels	24	15	0	9	1	566	457	+109	32
7	Newcastle Knights	24	12	0	12	1	428	571	−143	26
8	Gold Coast Titans	24	10	0	14	1	580	583	−3	22
9	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	10	0	14	1	520	556	−36	22
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	1	481	578	−97	22
11	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	8	0	16	1	474	616	−142	18
12	New Zealand Warriors	24	8	0	16	1	453	624	−171	18
13	Wests Tigers	24	8	0	16	1	500	714	−214	18
14	Brisbane Broncos	24	7	0	17	1	446	695	−249	16
15	North Queensland Cowboys	24	7	0	17	1	460	748	−288	16
16	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	3	0	21	1	340	710	−370	8

Ladder progression

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
• 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	Melbourne Storm	2	2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	40	42	42	44
2	Penrith Panthers (P)	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	24	24	26	28	30	32	34	34	36	38	40	42	44
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	38	40	42
4	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	12	12	14	16	18	20	20	22	24	26	26	28	30	32	34
5	Sydney Roosters	2	4	4	6	8	8	10	12	12	14	14	16	18	20	20	20	22	24	26	28	28	30	32	32	34
6	Parramatta Eels	2	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	18	20	22	24	24	26	28	28	28	28	28	30	32	32
7	Newcastle Knights	2	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	12	14	16	16	16	18	20	22	24	26	26
8	Gold Coast Titans	0	2	4	4	6	6	6	6	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	16	18	20	20	20	20	22
9	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	10	12	14	14	16	16	18	18	18	18	20	22	22
10	Canberra Raiders	2	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	12	12	12	14	16	18	18	20	20	20	22	22
11	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0	2	4	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	12	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
12	New Zealand Warriors	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	16	18	18	18	18
13	Wests Tigers	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	6	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	18	18	18
14	Brisbane Broncos	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	14	14	16
15	North Queensland Cowboys	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16
16	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8

Other teams

In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2021 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 20) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2021 Canterbury Cup (NSW Cup).