2020 Penrith Panthers season

2020 Penrith Panthers season
2020 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank	1
2020 record	Wins: 11; draws: 1; losses: 1
Points scored	For: 332; against: 182
Team information
Coach	Ivan Cleary
Captain	James Tamou;
Stadium	Panthers Stadium – 22,500; Carrington Park – 13,000 (Cancelled)
High attendance	10,160
Top scorers
Tries	Stephen Crichton (12)
Goals	Nathan Cleary (46)
Points	Nathan Cleary (110)

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 24 March until 28 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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Top 30 squad - 2025 NRL Season						Supplementary list		Coaching staff
Paul Alamoti – CE, WG Nathan Cleary (c) – HB Jack Cole – FE Dylan Edwards (vc) – FB Matthew Eisenhuth – LK Luke Garner – SR Mavrik Geyer – SR, CE, PR Harrison Hassett – SR Liam Henry – PR, SR Mitch Kenny (vc) – HK		Asu Kepaoa – SR, CE Daine Laurie – FB, WG, FE, HB Moses Leota – PR Soni Luke – HK, HB, FE Liam Martin – SR, PR Casey McLean – WG, CE Jesse McLean – WG Isaiah Papali'i – SR, LK Luron Patea – PR, LK Riley Price – LK		Preston Riki – PR Brad Schneider – HB, FE Lindsay Smith – PR, LK Luke Sommerton – HK, LK Scott Sorensen – SR Izack Tago – CE Blaize Talagi – FE, CE, WG Brian To'o – WG Isaah Yeo (c) – LK		Zakauri Clarke – SR David Fale – CE, WG Billy Scott – HK Trent Toelau – HB, FE Extended squad Austin Dias – PR Jaxen Edgar – FB 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: 15 August 2020 Source(s): Panthers team profiles

Player transfers

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2019 season.

Gains
Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Apisai Koroisau	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	2022	^[1]
Kurt Capewell	Cronulla Sharks	2021	^[2]
Zane Tetevano	Sydney Roosters	2022

Losses
Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Reagan Campbell-Gillard	Parramatta Eels	2024	^[3]
Wayde Egan	New Zealand Warriors	2022	^[4]
Tyrell Fuimaono	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tim Grant	Contract Terminated
Sam McKendry	Retired
James Maloney	Catalans Dragons
Hame Sele	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Frank Winterstein	Toulouse Olympique
Sione Katoa	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
Nick Lui Toso	Northern Pride (Queensland Cup)
Paea Pua	Mount Pritchard Mounties (NSW Cup)

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Trial	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 22 February	1	Wests Tigers	Panthers Stadium	32 - 4	Naden, May, Hetherington, Crichton, Hopgood	Cartwright (4/5)
Saturday, 29 February	2	Parramatta Eels	Bega recreation ground	22 - 22	Cleary, Mansour, Brian To'o, Naden, Hands	Cleary (2/3), Cartwright (1/1)
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 14 March	1	Sydney Roosters	Panthers Stadium	20 - 14	Naden, Crichton, Kikau	Cleary (4/4)	10,160
Friday, 20 March	2	St George Illawarra Dragons	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	28 - 32	Koroisau, Cleary, Naden, Kikau, Crichton	Cleary (5/5)	0
Sunday, 31 May	3	Newcastle Knights	Campbelltown Stadium	14 - 14	Kikau, Capewell	Crichton (3/3)	0
Friday, 5 June	4	New Zealand Warriors	Campbelltown Stadium	26 - 0	Burton (2), Luai, Mansour, Burns	Chricton (3/5)	0
Friday, 12 June	5	Parramatta Eels	Bankwest Stadium	16 - 10	To'o, Mansour	Cleary (1/2)	0
Friday, 19 June	6	Melbourne Storm	Campbelltown Stadium	21 - 14	Crichton, To'o, Kikau	Cleary (4/4, 1 FG)	0
Thursday, 25 June	7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	20 - 12	Naden, Crichton, Edwards, Cleary	Cleary (1/4)	0
Saturday, 4 July	8	Wests Tigers	Bankwest Stadium	12 - 19	Crichton (2), Edwards	Cleary (3/3, 1 FG)	5,107
Saturday, 11 July	9	Cronulla Sharks	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	24 - 56	Naden, Martin, Crichton (2), Staines (4), Burns	Cleary (7/9), Crichton (1/2)	3,277
Sunday, 19 July	10	North Queensland Cowboys	Panthers Stadium	22 - 10	Luai, Naden, Crichton, Cleary	Cleary (3/5)	TBA
Sunday, 26 July	11	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium	14 - 22	Mansour, Crichton, Yeo, Watene-Zelezniak	Cleary (3/4)	TBA
Saturday, 1 August	12	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Lottoland	12 - 42	Staines (2), Yeo, Crichton, Cleary, Naden, Koroisau	Cleary (7/8)	2,729
Saturday, 8 August	13	Canberra Raiders	Panthers Stadium	28 - 12	Kikau, Martin, Crichton, Naden	Cleary (6/6)	TBA
Friday, 14 August	14	New Zealand Warriors	Central Coast Stadium
Friday, 21 August	15	Cronulla Sharks	TBA
Saturday, 29 August	16	Wests Tigers	TBA
Thursday, 3 September	17	Brisbane Broncos	TBA
Friday, 11 September	18	Parramatta Eels	TBA
Friday, 18 September	19	North Queensland Cowboys	TBA
Saturday, 26 September	20	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	TBA
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Ladder

2020 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Penrith Panthers	20	18	1	1	0	537	238	+299	37
2	Melbourne Storm (P)	20	16	0	4	0	534	276	+258	32
3	Parramatta Eels	20	15	0	5	0	392	288	+104	30
4	Sydney Roosters	20	14	0	6	0	552	322	+230	28
5	Canberra Raiders	20	14	0	6	0	445	317	+128	28
6	South Sydney Rabbitohs	20	12	0	8	0	521	352	+169	24
7	Newcastle Knights	20	11	1	8	0	421	374	+47	23
8	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	20	10	0	10	0	480	480	0	20
9	Gold Coast Titans	20	9	0	11	0	346	463	−117	18
10	New Zealand Warriors	20	8	0	12	0	343	458	−115	16
11	Wests Tigers	20	7	0	13	0	440	505	−65	14
12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	20	7	0	13	0	378	452	−74	14
13	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	20	7	0	13	0	375	509	−134	14
14	North Queensland Cowboys	20	5	0	15	0	368	520	−152	10
15	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	20	3	0	17	0	282	504	−222	6
16	Brisbane Broncos	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.

[1] "Koroisau signs with Panthers on three year deal". 30 August 2019.

[2] "Panthers signs Kurt Capewell". 25 November 2019.

[3] "Campbell-Gillard joins Eels after gaining release from Panthers". 14 September 2019.

[4] "Panthers hooker Egan agrees terms". 23 October 2019.

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v t e Penrith Panthers
Est. 1967 in Penrith, New South Wales
The Club	History Records Players Coaches Honours Representatives
Home ground	BlueBet Stadium Carrington Park Western Sydney Stadium (2025)
Culture	Western Sydney Derby
Important figures	Phil Gould Royce Simmons Izzard brothers Tim Sheens Alexander brothers Mark Geyer Steve Carter Ryan Girdler Preston Campbell Craig Gower John Cartwright Grahame Moran Tony Puletua Nathan Cleary Isaah Yeo Dylan Edwards
League	NSWRL ARL SL NRL
Premierships (6)	1991 2003 2021 2022 2023 2024
Seasons (58)	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 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Other competitions	Current New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Tarsha Gale Cup Past Amco Cup NRL Under-20s NSWRL Women's Premiership
Affiliations	Penrith District Rugby League St Marys Saints Windsor Wolves