2023 Penrith Panthers season
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NRL Rank1st (Premiers)
2023 recordWins: 21; draws: 0; losses: 6
Points scoredFor: 645; against: 312
CEOMatt Cameron (PDRLFC)
Brian Fletcher (Panthers Group)
Brian Fletcher (Panthers Group)
| 2023 Penrith Panthers season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 NRL premiers | ||||
| NRL Rank | 1st (Premiers) | |||
| 2023 record | Wins: 21; draws: 0; losses: 6 | |||
| Points scored | For: 645; against: 312 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Matt Cameron (PDRLFC) Brian Fletcher (Panthers Group) | |||
| Coach | Ivan Cleary | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | BlueBet Stadium – 22,500 Carrington Park – 13,000 (Round 9 only) | |||
| Avg. attendance | 19,575 | |||
| High attendance | 21,525 | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Brian To'o (21) | |||
| Goals | Nathan Cleary (89) | |||
| Points | Nathan Cleary (216) | |||
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The 2023 Penrith Panthers season was the 57th season in the club's history. With head coach Ivan Cleary and co-captains Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo, the Panthers competed in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership and won the minor premiership.
In 2023, it was the twentieth anniversary of the Penrith Panthers' 2003 NRL Grand Final win against the Sydney Roosters. This was Penrith's second premiership.
Jerseys and sponsors
The 2023 home, away and alternate jerseys looked similar to the ones shown below
- Home
- Away
- Alternate
Sponsors
| Main sponsor | Kit supplier | Minor sponsors |
|---|---|---|
| Jersey | ||
| OAK Plus | O'Neills | Bluestone Home Loans |
| Hertz | ||
| KFC | ||
| Allam Property Group | ||
| Shorts | ||
| Turner Freeman Lawyers | O'Neills | KFC |
| Instyle Solar | ||
| Training Shirt & Shorts | ||
| OAK Plus | O'Neills | MKJ Projects |
| Hertz | ||
| KFC | ||
| Instyle Solar | ||
| Turner Freeman Lawyers | ||
Squad
| No | Nat | Player | 1st Position | 2nd Position | NRL Games | Previous 1st Grade Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 536 | Tyrone Peachey | Lock | Centre | 207 | Wests Tigers | |
| 537 | Isaah Yeo (c) | Lock | Second Row | 220 | None | |
| 553 | Chris Smith | Second Row | Lock | 39 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | |
| 557 | James Fisher-Harris (vc) | Prop | 180 | None | ||
| 560 | Nathan Cleary (c) | Halfback | 159 | None | ||
| 562 | Moses Leota | Prop | 149 | None | ||
| 564 | Dylan Edwards (vc) | Fullback | 131 | None | ||
| 579 | Jarome Luai | Five-Eighth | 107 | None | ||
| 584 | Liam Martin | Second Row | 104 | None | ||
| 585 | Brian To'o | Wing | 93 | None | ||
| 586 | Mitch Kenny | Hooker | Lock | 83 | None | |
| 589 | Stephen Crichton | Centre | 100 | None | ||
| 591 | Spencer Leniu | Prop | 83 | None | ||
| 598 | Matt Eisenhuth | Lock | Prop | 116 | Wests Tigers | |
| 599 | Scott Sorensen | Second Row | Lock | 105 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | |
| 601 | Jaeman Salmon | Second Row | Centre | 61 | Parramatta Eels | |
| 602 | Lindsay Smith | Prop | Lock | 27 | None | |
| 603 | Izack Tago | Centre | 48 | None | ||
| 604 | Taylan May | Wing | 22 | None | ||
| 607 | Soni Luke | Hooker | 24 | None | ||
| 609 | Sunia Turuva | Fullback | Wing | 29 | None | |
| 610 | Tom Jenkins | Centre | Wing | 6 | None | |
| 612 | Jack Cole | Centre | 1 | None | ||
| 613 | Eddie Blacker | Prop | 2 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | ||
| 614 | Luke Garner | Second Row | Centre | 87 | Wests Tigers | |
| 616 | Jack Cogger | Five-Eighth | Halfback | 55 | Huddersfield Giants | |
| 615 | Zac Hosking | Second Row | Lock | 25 | Brisbane Broncos | |
| Development Players | ||||||
| 608 | Kurt Falls | Halfback | Five-eighth | 3 | None | |
| 611 | Liam Henry | Prop | Lock | 1 | None | |
| - | Mavrik Geyer | Prop | Second Row | ???? | ???? | |
| - | Ativalu Lisati | Second Row | Lock | ???? | ????? | |
Fixtures
Pre-Season Challenge (week 1)
| Date | Trial | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 11 February | 1 | BlueBet Stadium | 22 - 16 | Sommerton, Jenkins, McLean, Cohen | Kurt Falls (3/4) | 3,525 | |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw | |||||||
Pre-Season Challenge (week 2) / World Club Challenge
| Date | Trial | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 18 February | 2 | BlueBet Stadium | 12 - 13 | Tago, To'o | Nathan Cleary (2/2) | 13,873 | |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw | |||||||
Regular season
- Round 10 attendance figure is for the whole of Magic Round day 2
Finals
| Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 September – Sydney | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 16 September – Auckland | |||||||||||||||||
| 40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 September – Newcastle | 10 | 22 September – Sydney | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 30 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 28 | 4 | 1 October – Sydney | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 September – Sydney | 23 September – Brisbane | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 12 | 42 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 13 | 15 September – Melbourne | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 September – Brisbane | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 9 September | Qualifying Final | BlueBet Stadium | 32 - 6 | To'o, Martin, Turuva (2), Cleary | Cleary (6/6) | 21,525 | |
| Friday, 22 September | Preliminary Final | Accor Stadium | 38 - 4 | To'o (3), Turuva, Cleary, Edwards | Cleary (7/8) | 35,578 | |
| Sunday, 1 October | Grand Final | Accor Stadium | 26 - 24 | Kenny, Leota, Crichton, Cleary | Crichton (1/1), Cleary (4/4) | 81,947 | |