2009 Penrith Panthers season

The 2009 Penrith Panthers season was the 43rd in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2009 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 11th (out of 16). The coach of the team was Matthew Elliott while Petero Civoniceva was the club's captain.

2009 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank11th
2009 recordWins: 11; draws: 1; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 515; against: 589
Team information
CoachMatthew Elliott
Captains
StadiumCUA Stadium
Top scorers
TriesMichael Jennings (17)
GoalsMichael Gordon (57)
PointsMichael Gordon (126)
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Fixtures

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The Panthers again use CUA Stadium as their home ground in 2009, their home ground since they entered the competition in 1967.

Regular season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance
March 14 Round 1   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Toyota Stadium Loss 10-18 Jennings Gordon (3/3) 10,617
March 21 Round 2   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs CUA Stadium Loss 26-28 Waterhouse (2), Aiton, Tighe Gordon (5/5) 16,846
March 30 Round 3   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval Win 12-10 Coote, Iosefa Gordon (2/2) 8,667
April 4 Round 4   Wests Tigers CUA Stadium Win 42-22 Coote, Graham, Jennings, Lewis, Pritchard, Sammut Gordon (9/9) 15,813
April 11 Round 5   Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium Loss 14-16 Lewis, Tighe Gordon (3/3) 10,110
April 17 Round 6   Brisbane Broncos CUA Stadium Loss 18-38 Elford, Gordon, Jennings Gordon (3/4) 14,332
April 24 Round 7   Gold Coast Titans CUA Stadium Win 34-20 Sammut (2), Coote, Elford, Jennings, Walsh Gordon (5/6) 9,769
May 2 Round 8   Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium Win 18-10 Daniela (2), Jennings Sammut (3/3) 8,850
Round 9 Bye
March 16 Round 10   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks CUA Stadium Win 26-22 Aiton, Daniela, Lewis, Pritchard Sammut (5/5) 11,750
May 23 Round 11   Sydney Roosters CUA Stadium Win 48-6 Jennings (3), Graham (2), Coote, Elford, Lewis, Pritchard Sammut (3/4), Walsh (3/5) 8,515
May 29 Round 12   St. George-Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium Loss 10-38 Graham, Pritchard Sammut (1/1), Cooper (0/1) 10,623
June 5 Round 13   Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval Win 26-10 Walsh (2), Aiton, Daniela, Tighe Walsh (2/4), Cooper (1/1) 14,100
June 13 Round 14   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles CUA Stadium Loss 6-20 Smith Walsh (1/1) 15,806
June 19 Round 15   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium Loss 19-12 Cooper, Pritchard Walsh (2/3) 13,992
Round 16 Bye
July 5 Round 17   Parramatta Eels CUA Stadium Win 38-34 Jennings (3), Grant, Paulo, Tia-Kilifi Walsh (5/7) 16,845
July 10 Round 18   South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium Loss 12-36 Aiton, Daniela Walsh (2/2) 9,017
July 18 Round 19   Canberra Raiders CUA Stadium Win 27-14 Paulo, Puletua, Tia-Kilifi, Tighe Gordon (5/5)
Walsh (FG)
8,074
July 25 Round 20   North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium Win 28-20 Jennings, Gordon, Sammut Gordon (4/5) 14,274
Aug 1 Round 21   New Zealand CUA Stadium Draw 32-32 Jennings (2), Elford, Puletua, Walsh Gordon (6/6) 12,677
August 7 Round 22   St. George-Illawarra Dragons CUA Stadium Loss 6-25 Lewis Gordon (1/1) 19,987
August 16 Round 23   Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium Loss 24-58 Pritchard, Tighe, Walsh, Waterhouse Gordon (4/4) 25,305
August 22 Round 24   South Sydney Rabbitohs CUA Stadium, Penrith Won 40-10 Tia-Kilifi (2), Aiton, Gordon, Graham, Jennings, Tighe Gordon (6/7) 14,214
August 28 Round 25   Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium Loss 6-48 Blair Gordon (1/1) 20,237
September 6 Round 26   Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium Loss 0-35 22,152

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 17 0 7 2 548 329 +219 38
2   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 18 0 6 2 575 428 +147 381
3   Gold Coast Titans 24 16 0 8 2 514 467 +47 36
4   Melbourne Storm 24 14 1 9 2 505 348 +157 33
5   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 2 549 459 +90 32
6   Brisbane Broncos 24 14 0 10 2 511 566 −55 32
7   Newcastle Knights 24 13 0 11 2 508 491 +17 30
8   Parramatta Eels 24 12 1 11 2 476 473 +3 29
9   Wests Tigers 24 12 0 12 2 558 483 +75 28
10   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 11 1 12 2 566 549 +17 27
11   Penrith Panthers 24 11 1 12 2 515 589 −74 27
12   North Queensland Cowboys 24 11 0 13 2 558 474 +84 26
13   Canberra Raiders 24 9 0 15 2 489 520 −31 22
14   New Zealand Warriors 24 7 2 15 2 377 565 −188 20
15   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 5 0 19 2 359 568 −209 14
16   Sydney Roosters 24 5 0 19 2 382 681 −299 14

1 The Bulldogs were deducted 2 competition points after an interchange breach in Round 2.

2009 Statistics

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Nat Name Pos App T G FG Pts
  Paul Aiton HK 24 5 0 0 20
  Matthew Bell SR 23 0 0 0 0
  Maurice Blair FE 15 1 0 0 4
  Petero Civoniceva PR 12 0 0 0 0
  Gavin Cooper SR 22 1 1 0 6
  Lachlan Coote FB 12 4 0 0 16
  Geoff Daniela WG 6 5 0 0 20
  Shane Elford WG 15 4 0 0 16
  Andrew Emelio CE 1 0 0 0 0
  Michael Gordon WG 15 3 57 0 126
  Wade Graham FE 22 5 0 0 20
  Tim Grant PR 17 1 0 0 4
  Masada Iosefa HK 9 1 0 0 4
  Michael Jennings CE 19 17 0 0 68
  Luke Lewis FE 15 5 0 0 20
  Ben McFadgean WG 1 0 0 0 0
  Sam McKendry PR 1 0 0 0 0
  Joseph Paulo SR 14 2 0 0 8
  Frank Pritchard SR 20 6 0 0 24
  Frank Puletua PR 23 2 0 0 8
  Joel Romelo HB 4 2 0 0 8
  Jarrod Sammut HB 21 4 12 0 40
  Nathan Smith LK 23 2 0 0 8
  Junior Tia-Kilifi CE 8 4 0 0 16
  Brad Tighe CE 19 6 0 0 24
  Luke Walsh HB 18 5 15 1 51
  Trent Waterhouse SR 21 3 0 0 12
  Adam Woolnough PR 9 0 0 0 0

Jersey

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Transfers

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References

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