2016 Penrith Panthers season

The 2016 Penrith Panthers season was the 50th in the club's history. Coached by Anthony Griffin and captained by Matt Moylan,[3] the Panthers competed in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament.

2016 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank6th
Play-off resultLost semi final vs. Raiders, 22–12
2016 recordWins: 15; Losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 603; Against: 497
Team information
CEOCorey Payne (15 April[1] – 16 August[2])
CoachAnthony Griffin
Captain
StadiumPepper Stadium – 22,500
Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 9 only)
AMI Stadium – 18,000 (round 10 only)
Avg. Attend.12,910 (Pepper Stadium only)
High. Attend.15,411 vs. Sea Eagles, round 26 (Pepper Stadium only)
Top scorers
TriesJosh Mansour (16)
GoalsNathan Cleary (53)
PointsNathan Cleary (118)

Home colours
Away colours
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The Panthers started their season with a string of close results, but failed to win consecutive games during the competition's opening two months. Over the course of the year, new coach Anthony Griffin redefined who was already well established within the team,[4][5] and experienced playmakers Jamie Soward and James Segeyaro would later be released from their contracts mid-season. The Panthers finished the regular season with seven wins from their final eight games, securing 6th position and a place in the finals series.[6]

Jersey and Sponsors

The Panthers' 2016 jersey, made by ASICS, was designed to commemorate the club's 50th season. The names of all those who have played 50 or more games for the club adorn the front of the jersey, while the back of the jersey features all five of the Panthers logos, past and present. Unlike the black and teal colour combination used in previous seasons, the Panthers adopted a black and golden brown colour scheme in 2016. The home jersey is black with golden brown panels and the away jersey is the inverse. OAK Milk again featured as the major sponsor, with Hertz once more on the sleeve.[7]

On three occasions during the season, the Panthers wore unique heritage jerseys to celebrate the club's history. The celebratory jerseys were based on jersey designs from previous seasons, but were remade in the style of the current jerseys. The 1967 heritage jersey, worn against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in round 2, was based on the club's 'Chocolate Soldiers' jersey from their inaugural 1967 season.[8] The 1991 heritage jersey, worn against the Canberra Raiders in round 9, was based on the jersey worn during the club's premiership winning 1991 season.[9] Likewise, the 2003 heritage jersey, worn against the Sydney Roosters in round 22, was based on the jersey worn during the club's premiership winning 2003 season.[10] Listed on each of the jerseys is the names of all those who played for the club in that respective season.

  • 1967 heritage jersey
  • 1991 heritage jersey
  • 2003 heritage jersey

Squad
Penrith Panthers
2016 NRL Team Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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

Updated: 22 August 2016
Source(s): Panthers Squad 2016

Player transfers

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2016 season.

Fixtures

Auckland Nines
Penrith Panthers
2016 Auckland Nines Squad Did not play Coaching staff

Head coach


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

Updated:
Source(s): [33]

Rangitoto Pool
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
North Queensland Cowboys 3 2 0 1 55 36 +19 4
Newcastle Knights 3 2 0 1 48 58 −10 4
Penrith Panthers 3 1 0 2 48 37 +11 2
Wests Tigers 3 1 0 2 36 56 −20 2
Source:
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 6 FebruaryGame 4 Wests Tigers Eden Park23–7Blake (3), Mansour, Watene-ZelezniakCartwright (1/2), Harawira-Naera (0/1), Martin (1/1), W Smith (0/1)37,000
Saturday, 6 FebruaryGame 11 Newcastle Knights Eden Park14–15Dockar-Clay, R Jennings, LatimoreHarawira-Naera (0/1), Martin (0/1), W Smith (1/1)37,000
Sunday, 7 FebruaryGame 20 North Queensland CowboysEden Park11–15Cartwright, GarciaCartwright (0/1), Martin (1/1)37,000
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Pre-season
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Saturday, 13 FebruaryTrial 1 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsPepper Stadium24–20Hall, Martin, C Smith, Taylor, Watene-ZelezniakMoylan (2/2), Harawira-Naera (0/1), Dockar-Clay (0/1), Cleary (0/1)
Saturday, 20 FebruaryTrial 2 Parramatta EelsPepper Stadium8–22Blake, MansourSoward (0/2)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Regular season


Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 5 MarchRound 1 Canberra RaidersGIO Stadium30–22Hiku, Mansour, MerrinSoward (5/5)11,297
Thursday, 10 MarchRound 2 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsPepper Stadium16–18Hiku, McKendrySoward (4/4)11,125
Saturday, 19 MarchRound 3 Brisbane BroncosPepper Stadium23–22Cartwright, Hiku, Latimore, MartinSoward (3/5), Martin (1 FG)12,086
Sunday, 27 MarchRound 4 St. George Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium14–12Hiku, MansourSoward (2/3)12,983
Sunday, 3 AprilRound 5 Parramatta EelsPirtek Stadium18–20Cartwright (2), Mansour, WallaceSoward (2/4)15,600
Saturday, 9 AprilRound 6 North Queensland CowboysPepper Stadium18–23Merrin, Watene-Zelezniak (2)Soward (3/4)13,725
Monday, 18 AprilRound 7 Sydney RoostersAllianz Stadium16–20Blake, Martin, Watene-ZelezniakSoward (4/4)10,117
Sunday, 24 AprilRound 8 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksSouthern Cross Group Stadium20–18Fisher-Harris (2), Moylan, YeoSoward (1/3), Moylan (0/1)14,273
Saturday, 30 AprilRound 9 Canberra RaidersCarrington Park19–18Cartwright, Hiku, PeacheySoward (3/4), Wallace (1 FG)6,721
Saturday, 14 MayRound 10 New Zealand WarriorsAMI Stadium30–18Peachey (3), Soward, Watene-ZelezniakSoward (5/6)18,000
Sunday, 22 MayRound 11 Gold Coast TitansPepper Stadium24–28Latu, Mansour, Peachey, Watene-ZelezniakSoward (4/5)11,210
Round 12Bye
Saturday, 4 JuneRound 13 Melbourne StormAAMI Park24–6MansourSoward (1/1)11,116
Sunday, 12 JuneRound 14 Manly Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval24–31Cleary, Latu, Mansour, Peachey, Wallace, Watene-Zelezniak Moylan (0/2, 1 FG), Wallace (3/4)12,463
Round 15Bye
Friday, 24 JuneRound 16 South Sydney RabbitohsPepper Stadium28–26Cleary, Grevsmuhl, Latu, Mansour, Watene-ZelezniakCleary (4/5)13,080
Saturday, 2 JulyRound 17 Wests TigersANZ Stadium34–26Fisher-Harris, Mansour, Merrin, YeoCleary (5/5)10,582
Sunday, 10 JulyRound 18 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksPepper Stadium10–26Latu, YeoCleary (1/3)12,682
Saturday, 16 JulyRound 19 Parramatta EelsPepper Stadium22–18Campbell-Gillard, Cartwright, Mansour, PeacheyCleary (3/4)15,251
Friday, 22 JulyRound 20 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium12–31Blake, Fisher-Harris, Hardaker, Merrin, MoylanCleary (5/6), Moylan (1 FG)30,878
Saturday, 30 JulyRound 21 New Zealand WarriorsMount Smart Stadium20–16Mansour (2), PeacheyCleary (2/4)13,026
Monday, 8 AugustRound 22 Sydney RoostersPepper Stadium38–18Blake, Cartwright, Cleary, Grevsmuhl, Peachey (2), YeoCleary (5/7)9,653
Sunday, 14 AugustRound 23 Newcastle KnightsHunter Stadium6–42Blake, Mansour (2), Moylan, Peachey, Watene-Zelezniak (2)Cleary (7/8)13,771
Friday, 19 AugustRound 24 Wests TigersPepper Stadium40–10Blake, Campbell-Gillard, Cartwright, Fisher-Harris, Merrin, Wallace, YeoCleary (6/7)14,876
Saturday, 27 AugustRound 25 Gold Coast TitansCbus Super Stadium14–15Blake, MoylanCleary (3/3), Moylan (1 FG)18,288
Sunday, 4 SeptemberRound 26 Manly Warringah Sea EaglesPepper Stadium36–6Blake, Cartwright, Mansour (2), Wallace, Watene-ZelezniakCleary (6/6)15,411
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals
  Qualifying / Elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
                                   
  QF1: 10 Sept, AAMI Park  
1   Melbourne 16  
4   North Queensland 10     SF1: 16 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium  
      North Queensland 26    
EF1: 9 Sept, Suncorp Stadium       Brisbane 20       PF1: 24 Sept, AAMI Park
5   Brisbane 44         Melbourne 14  
8   Gold Coast 28           Canberra 12     GF: 2 Oct, ANZ Stadium
          Melbourne 12
  EF2: 11 Sept, Allianz Stadium       PF2: 23 Sept, Allianz Stadium       Cronulla 14
6   Penrith 28           Cronulla 32  
7   Canterbury 12     SF2: 17 Sept, GIO Stadium         North Queensland 20  
      Canberra 22    
QF2: 10 Sept, GIO Stadium       Penrith 12    
2   Canberra 14  
3   Cronulla 16  
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday, 11 SeptemberElimination Final Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsAllianz Stadium28–12Blake, Mansour, Peachey, Wallace, Watene-ZelezniakCleary (4/6)22,631
Saturday, 17 SeptemberSemi Final Canberra RaidersGIO Stadium22–12Peachey, Watene-ZelezniakCleary (2/2)21,498
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 2419052563302+26142
2 Canberra Raiders 2417162688456+23239
3 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (P) 2417162580404+17639
4 North Queensland Cowboys 2415092584355+22934
5 Brisbane Broncos 2415092554434+12034
6 Penrith Panthers 24140102563463+10032
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24140102506448+5832
8 Gold Coast Titans 24111122508497+1127
9 Wests Tigers 24110132499607−10826
10 New Zealand Warriors 24100142513601−8824
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24100142341538−19724
12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2490152473549−7622
13 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2480162454563−10920
14 Parramatta Eels 24130112298324−26181
15 Sydney Roosters 2460182443576−13316
16 Newcastle Knights 2411222305800−4957

1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.

Statistics

Other teams

In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers also fielded semi-professional teams in the National Youth Competition's 2016 Holden Cup (for players aged under 20) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2016 Intrust Super Premiership (NSW Cup). The NYC team was coached by Cameron Ciraldo and captained by Oliver Clark, and the NSW Cup team was coached by Steve Georgallis[34] and captained by Zach Dockar-Clay.

Representative

Domestic
Pos. Player Team Call-up
BE Leilani Latu Indigenous All Stars 2016 All Stars Match
BE Tyrone Peachey Indigenous All Stars 2016 All Stars Match
BE Jamie Soward Indigenous All Stars 2016 All Stars Match
BE Will Smith Indigenous All Stars 2016 All Stars Match
BE Trent Merrin World All Stars 2016 All Stars Match
PR Reagan Campbell-Gillard NSW City 2016 City vs Country Origin
SR Bryce Cartwright NSW City 2016 City vs Country Origin
PR Leilani Latu NSW City 2016 City vs Country Origin
WG Josh Mansour NSW City 2016 City vs Country Origin
BE Tyrone Peachey NSW City 2016 City vs Country Origin
WG Isaah Yeo NSW Country 2016 City vs Country Origin
181 Bryce Cartwright New South Wales 2016 State of Origin
WG Josh Mansour New South Wales 2016 State of Origin
FB Matt Moylan New South Wales 2016 State of Origin
BE Matt Moylan Prime Minister's XIII 2016 Prime Minister's XIII match

International
Pos. Player Team Call-up
CE Peta Hiku2  New Zealand 2016 Anzac Test
WG Dallin Watene-Zelezniak  New Zealand 2016 Anzac Test
HK Sione Katoa  Tonga 2016 Polynesian Cup
BE Tupou Sopoaga  Cook Islands International vs. Lebanon[35][36]
CE Waqa Blake3  Fiji 2016 Pacific Test
SR Viliame Kikau  Fiji 2016 Pacific Test
WG Josh Mansour  Australia 2016 Four Nations
LK Trent Merrin  Australia 2016 Four Nations
FB Matt Moylan  Australia 2016 Four Nations
BE James Fisher-Harris4  New Zealand 2016 Four Nations
BE Te Maire Martin  New Zealand 2016 Four Nations
FB Dallin Watene-Zelezniak  New Zealand 2016 Four Nations

1 – Selected as 18th Man, Cartwright did not play during the series.
2 – Hiku was initially selected to play but was ruled out by injury.
3 – Blake did not play in the match, despite being named in the original squad.
4 – Fisher-Harris was called up to replace injured Simon Mannering.

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