2020 Penrith Panthers season

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.

2020 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank1
2020 recordWins: 11; Draws: 1; Losses: 1
Points scoredFor: 332; Against: 182
Team information
CoachIvan Cleary
Captain
StadiumPanthers Stadium – 22,500
Carrington Park – 13,000 (Cancelled)
High. Attend.10,160
Top scorers
TriesStephen Crichton (12)
GoalsNathan Cleary (46)
PointsNathan Cleary (110)
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Squad
Penrith Panthers 2020 Squad
Top 30 Squad - 2020 Season Development Players Coaching Staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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

Updated: 14 August 2020
Source(s): Panthers Team Profiles

Player transfers

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

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
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Penrith Panthers 1412110350194+15625
2 Melbourne Storm 1412020374168+20624
3 Parramatta Eels 1411030298176+12222
4 Sydney Roosters 149050354198+15618
5 Canberra Raiders 149050268213+5518
6 Newcastle Knights 148150305232+7317
7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 148060362306+5616
8 South Sydney Rabbitohs 148060309256+5316
9 Wests Tigers 146080314301+1312
10 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 146080237287−5012
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 145090262290−2810
12 New Zealand Warriors 145090201338−13710
13 Gold Coast Titans 1440100202367−1658
14 North Queensland Cowboys 1430110269374−1056
15 Brisbane Broncos 1430110186437−2516
16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1420120188342−1544

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
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References
  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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