2022 Penrith Panthers season

2022 Penrith Panthers season
2022 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank	1st (Premiers)
2022 record	Wins: 20; draws: 0; losses: 4
Points scored	For: 628; against: 292
Team information
CEO	Brian Fletcher
Coach	Ivan Cleary
Captain	Nathan Cleary & Isaah Yeo;
Stadium	BlueBet Stadium – 22,500; Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 3 only)
Avg. attendance	17,576
High attendance	21,348
Top scorers
Tries	Taylan May (16)
Goals	Nathan Cleary (71)
Points	Nathan Cleary (165)

The 2022 Penrith Panthers season is the 56th season in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and co-captained by Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo, the Panthers are competing in the National Rugby League's 2022 Telstra Premiership.

Squad

**Penrith Panthers 2025 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		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 March 2023 Source(s): Panthers team profiles

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Player transfers

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2022 season.

Gains
Player	Signed from	Until end of	Notes
Christian Crichton	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	2022	^[2]
Chris Smith	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	2022	^[3]
Sean O'Sullivan	New Zealand Warriors	2022	^[4]
Soni Luke		2023	^[5]

Losses
Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Tevita Pangai Junior	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	2024	^[6]
Matt Burton	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	2024	^[7]
Brent Naden	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	2023	^[8]
Kurt Capewell	Brisbane Broncos	2024	^[9]
Paul Momirovski	Sydney Roosters	2024	^[10]
Tyrone May	Catalans Dragons	2022	^[11]

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Trial	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Sunday, 20 February	1	Cronulla Sharks	CommBank Stadium	6 - 30	Falls, Geyer, Puru (2), Cohen, Jennings	Falls (5/6)
Sunday, 20 February	2	Parramatta Eels	BlueBet Stadium	0 - 36
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Thursday, 10 March	1	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	BlueBet Stadium	28 - 6	Tago, Crichton, Luai, Koroisau, Martin	Crichton (4/6)	16,901
Friday, 18 March	2	St George Illawarra Dragons	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	16 - 20	Kikau (2), Leniu	Crichton (4/4)	10,057
Saturday, 26 March	3	Newcastle Knights	Carrington Park	38 - 20	May (3), Tago (2), Crichton, Staines	Crichton (5/8)	11,253
Friday, 1 April	4	South Sydney Rabbitohs	BlueBet Stadium	26 - 12	Tago, Crichton, May (2), Martin	Cleary (3/6)	20,521
Sunday, 10 April	5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	CommBank Stadium	12 - 32	May, Edwards, Martin, Leniu, Kenny	Cleary (6/6)	11,157
Friday, 15 April	6	Brisbane Broncos	BlueBet Stadium	40 - 12	Luai, Sorenson, Staines, May, Martin, Leniu, Tago	Cleary (6/7)	19,457
Sunday, 24 April	7	Canberra Raiders	BlueBet Stadium	36 - 6	Crichton (3), Yeo, May, Kikau	Cleary (6/7)	20,612
Friday, 29 April	8	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium	4 - 18	Tago, Cleary, Luai	Cleary (3/3)	14,102
Friday, 6 May	9	Parramatta Eels	BlueBet Stadium	20 - 22	Edwards, May (2), Leniu	Cleary (2/4)	21,348
saturday, 14 May	10	Melbourne Storm	Suncorp Stadium	6 - 32	Tago (2), Kikau, Luai, Crichton	Cleary (6/6)	46,454*
Saturday, 21 May	11	Sydney Roosters	Sydney Cricket Ground	12 - 32	Luai (2), Koroisau, Crichton, Fisher-Harris	Cleary (6/6)	14,482
Friday, 27 May	12	North Queensland Cowboys	BlueBet Stadium	22 - 0	Yeo, Edwards, To'o, May	Cleary (2/3), Crichton (1/1)	17,125
Friday, 3 June	13	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	BlueBet Stadium	30 - 18	Smith, Edwards, May, Kikau, Salmon	Falls (5/6)	16,906
Sunday, 12 June	14	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium	6 - 42	Cleary, Kikau, May, To'o (2), Tago, Crichton	Cleary (7/8)	21,332
Saturday, 18 June	15	New Zealand Warriors	Moreton Daily Stadium	6 - 40	Leota, Edwards, May, To'o (2), Yeo, Martin	Cleary (5/6), Crichton (1/1)	8,127
Friday, 1 July	16	Sydney Roosters	BlueBet Stadium	26 - 18	To'o, Kikau, Tago, Koroisau	Cleary (5/5)	16,725
	17	Bye
Sunday, 17 July	18	Wests Tigers	CommBank Stadium	16 - 18	Tago, Kikau, Fisher-Harris	Falls (2/2), O'Sullivan (1/1)	11,464
Saturday, 23 July	19	Cronulla Sharks	BlueBet Stadium	20 - 10	Tago, Edwards, Luai	Cleary (4/4)	17,426
Friday, 29 July	20	Parramatta Eels	CommBank Stadium	34 - 10	O'Sullivan, Martin	O'Sullivan (1/2)	26,912
Saturday, 6 August	21	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium	6 - 26	Koroisau, Crichton, Edwards, Salmon	Crichton (5/5)	16,912
Thursday, 11 August	22	Melbourne Storm	BlueBet Stadium	0 - 16			15,612
Thursday, 18 August	23	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Accor Stadium	22 - 26	Crichton, Edwards, Leniu, Martin	Crichton (5/6)	15,206
Friday, 26 August	24	New Zealand Warriors	BlueBet Stadium	46 - 12	May (2), To'o (2), O'Sullivan, Crichton, Kikau, Yeo	Crichton (7/8)	17,025
Saturday, 3 September	25	North Queensland Cowboys	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	38 - 8	Jennings, Turuva	Falls (0/2)	23,840
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Round 10 attendance refers to the total attendance on day 2 of magic round

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Finals


Qualifying and elimination finals			Semi-finals		Preliminary finals		Grand final



9 Sept, BlueBet Stadium

1	Panthers	27

4	Eels	8	16 Sept, CommBank Stadium

			Eels	40

10 Sept, AAMI Park			Raiders	4	24 Sept, Accor Stadium

5	Storm	20			Panthers	32

8	Raiders	28			Rabbitohs	12	2 Oct, Accor Stadium

							Panthers	28

11 Sept, Allianz Stadium					23 Sept, QLD Country Bank Stadium		Eels	12

6	Roosters	14			Cowboys	20

7	Rabbitohs	30	17 Sept, Allianz Stadium		Eels	24

			Sharks	12

10 Sept, PointsBet Stadium			Rabbitohs	38

2	Sharks	30

3	Cowboys	32

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Friday, 9 September	Qualifying Final	Parramatta Eels	BlueBet Stadium	27 - 8	To'o (2), Edwards, Fisher-Harris	Cleary (5/5) (1 FG)	21,863
Saturday, 24 September	Preliminary Final	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Accor Stadium	32 - 12	Koroisau, To'o, Leniu, Tago, Cleary	Cleary (6/6	50,034
Sunday, 3 October	Grand Final	Parramatta Eels	Accor Stadium	28 - 12	Crichton, To'o (2), Sorensen, Staines	Cleary (4/6)	82,415

Ladder

2022 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Penrith Panthers (P)	24	20	0	4	1	636	330	+306	42
2	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	18	0	6	1	573	364	+209	38
3	North Queensland Cowboys	24	17	0	7	1	633	361	+272	36
4	Parramatta Eels	24	16	0	8	1	608	489	+119	34
5	Melbourne Storm	24	15	0	9	1	657	410	+247	32
6	Sydney Roosters	24	15	0	9	1	635	434	+201	32
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	14	0	10	1	604	474	+130	30
8	Canberra Raiders	24	14	0	10	1	524	461	+63	30
9	Brisbane Broncos	24	13	0	11	1	514	550	−36	28
10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	1	469	569	−100	26
11	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	9	0	15	1	490	595	−105	20
12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	7	0	17	1	383	575	−192	16
13	Gold Coast Titans	24	6	0	18	1	455	660	−205	14
14	Newcastle Knights	24	6	0	18	1	372	662	−290	14
15	New Zealand Warriors	24	6	0	18	1	408	700	−292	14
16	Wests Tigers	24	4	0	20	1	352	679	−327	10

Ladder progression

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

Other teams

In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2022 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 21) and the New South Wales Rugby League's The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup (NSW Cup). The 2022 season brought success to the Penrith Panthers seeing them become premiers in SG Ball, Jersey Flegg and NSW Cup.

Representative honours

Domestic

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up
HB	Nathan Cleary	New South Wales	2022 State of Origin
FE	Jarome Luai
LK	Isaah Yeo
WG	Brian To'o
SR	Liam Martin
HK	Apisai Koroisau
CE	Stephen Crichton

International

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up	Ref.
HB	Nathan Cleary	Australia	2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup	^[13]
SR	Liam Martin
LK	Isaah Yeo
PR	James Fisher-Harris	New Zealand
PR	Moses Leota
PR	Scott Sorensen
HK	Soni Luke	Tonga
HB	Isaiya Katoa	Tonga
WG	Taylan May	Samoa
CE	Izack Tago
PR	Spencer Leniu
FE	Jarome Luai
FB	Sunia Turuva	Fiji
SR	Viliame Kikau
HK	Apisai Koroisau
PR	James Fisher-Harris	Māori All Stars	2022 All Stars match
PR	James Fisher-Harris	New Zealand	2022 Test vs Tonga
PR	Moses Leota	New Zealand	2022 Test vs Tonga
HK	Soni Luke	Tonga	2022 Test vs New Zealand
FB	Charlie Staines	Samoa	2022 Test vs Cook Islands
WG	Taylan May
CE	Izack Tago
PR	Spencer Leniu
FB	Sunia Turuva	Fiji	2022 Test vs PNG
SR	Viliame Kikau	Fiji	2022 Test vs PNG