Penrith Panthers

 Penrith Panthers 
Club information
Full namePenrith Panthers
Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)Panthers, The Mountain Men, The Riff, Chocolate Soldiers, Liquorice Allsorts, The Pink Panthers
ColoursPrimary
  Black
Secondary
  Red
  Yellow
  Green
Away
  Pink
Founded4 July 1966
Websitepenrithpanthers.com.au
Current details
Ground(s)
CEOMatt Cameron (PDRLFC) Brian Fletcher (Panthers Group)
ChairmanPeter Graham
CoachIvan Cleary
CaptainIsaah Yeo & Nathan Cleary
CompetitionNational Rugby League
2024 season2nd (Premiers)
Home jersey
Home colours
Away jersey
Away colours
Current season
Records
Premierships6 (1991, 2003, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Runners-up2 (1990, 2020)
Minor premierships5 (1991, 2003, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Wooden spoons4 (1973, 1980, 2001, 2007)
Most capped245Isaah Yeo
Highest try scorer113Rhys Wesser
Highest points scorer1,572Ryan Girdler
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The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based 55 km (34 mi) west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrith are the current reigning NRL Premiers, having won the title six times, including the last four times consecutively.

Penrith were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition in 1967. Penrith struggled for almost twenty years before finally reaching their first finals series. The club achieved its first grand final appearance in 1990 but were beaten by the Canberra Raiders 18–14. The following year, Penrith met Canberra again in the 1991 Grand Final, this time winning the game 19–12.

Penrith won their second NRL premiership in 2003. Their most recent premiership achievement came in 2024, where they defeated the Melbourne Storm by 14–6 in the Grand Final. After losing the 2020 grand final to the Melbourne Storm, Penrith became the second club to retain the premiership in the NRL-era as well as the first to win three and subsequently four consecutive Premierships, winning the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 Grand Finals.

Ivan Cleary was appointed head coach in October 2018, having previously served in the same role between 2012–15. Former Penrith premiership winning head coach Phil Gould was the club's general manager but departed in 2019.[1]

  1. ^ "Phil Gould confirms Penrith exit but denies Cleary falling out". The Guardian. 23 April 2019.

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