2020 Penrith Panthers season
| 2020 Penrith Panthers season | ||||
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| NRL Rank | 3 | |||
| 2020 record | Wins: 4; draws: 1; losses: 1 | |||
| Points scored | For: 123; against: 86 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| Coach | Ivan Cleary | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | Panthers Stadium – 22,500 Carrington Park – 13,000 (Cancelled) | |||
| High attendance | 10,160 | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Viliame Kikau (4) | |||
| Goals | Nathan Cleary (15) | |||
| Points | Nathan Cleary (35) | |||
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The 2020 Penrith Panthers season is the 54th season in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and captained by James Tamou, the Panthers are competing in the National Rugby League's 2020 Telstra Premiership. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the NRL was played without fans in round 2. Shortly after the competition was suspended from the 24th of March until the 28th of May when round 3 commenced under a new draw. Crowds were allowed to return from round 5 in very small groups, whilst larger crowds were allowed from round 8. Teams were also allowed to return to their own home grounds from round 8.
Squad
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Extended squad
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Player transfers
A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2019 season.
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Fixtures
Pre-season
| Date | Trial | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
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| Saturday, 22 February | 1 |  Wests Tigers
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Panthers Stadium | 32 - 4 | Naden, May, Hetherington, Crichton, Hopgood | Cartwright (4/5) |
| Saturday, 29 February | 2 |  Parramatta Eels
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Bega recreation ground | 22 - 22 | Cleary, Mansour, Brian To'o, Naden, Hands | Cleary (2/3), Cartwright (1/1) |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw | ||||||
Regular season
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Penrith Panthers
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20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 537 | 238 | +299 | 37 |
| 2 |  Melbourne Storm (P)
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20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 534 | 276 | +258 | 32 |
| 3 | Parramatta Eels
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20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 392 | 288 | +104 | 30 |
| 4 |  Sydney Roosters
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20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 552 | 322 | +230 | 28 |
| 5 |  Canberra Raiders
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20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 445 | 317 | +128 | 28 |
| 6 |  South Sydney Rabbitohs
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20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 521 | 352 | +169 | 24 |
| 7 |  Newcastle Knights
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20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 421 | 374 | +47 | 23 |
| 8 |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
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20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 480 | 480 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 |  Gold Coast Titans
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20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 346 | 463 | −117 | 18 |
| 10 |  New Zealand Warriors
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20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 343 | 458 | −115 | 16 |
| 11 | Wests Tigers
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20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 440 | 505 | −65 | 14 |
| 12 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons
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20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 378 | 452 | −74 | 14 |
| 13 |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
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20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 375 | 509 | −134 | 14 |
| 14 |  North Queensland Cowboys
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20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 368 | 520 | −152 | 10 |
| 15 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
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20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 282 | 504 | −222 | 6 |
| 16 |  Brisbane Broncos
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20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 268 | 624 | −356 | 6 |
Other teams
In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2020 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 20) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2020 Canterbury Cup (NSW Cup).
Representative honours
References
- ^ "Koroisau signs with Panthers on three year deal". 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Panthers signs Kurt Capewell". 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Campbell-Gillard joins Eels after gaining release from Panthers". 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Panthers hooker Egan agrees terms". 23 October 2019.