2014 Penrith Panthers season

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2014 Penrith Panthers
League 2nd[lower-alpha 1] NRL
2014 record 15-9-0[lower-alpha 1]
Home record 7-1-0[lower-alpha 1]
Away record 4-4-0[lower-alpha 1]
Points for 506[lower-alpha 1]
Points against 426[lower-alpha 1]
Team information
Coach Australia Ivan Cleary
Captain Australia Kevin Kingston
Australia Peter Wallace
Ground Sportingbet Stadium
 < 2013 2015

The 2014 Penrith Panthers season was the 48th in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and co-captained by Kevin Kingston and Peter Wallace, the team competed in the National Rugby League's 2014 Telstra Premiership.[2] The Panthers competed in the pre-season's 2014 NRL Auckland Nines. They then completed the 26-round regular season 4th place (out of 16), reaching the finals for the first time since 2010. Penrith went on to come within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Players and Coaching Staff

Captain sports.svg = Captain
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No. Position Player
Papua New Guinea WG Wellington Albert
Australia PR Sam Anderson
New Zealand SR Lewis Brown
Australia FB Luke Capewell
Australia SR Bryce Cartwright
Australia SR Anthony Cherrington
Australia SR Adam Docker
Australia SR Tom Eisenhuth
Australia PR Tim Grant
Australia FE Tom Humble
Australia CE Jamal Idris
New Zealand FE Isaac John 16px
Australia HK Kevin Kingston Captain sports.svg
Australia PR Brent Kite
Australia PR Jeremy Latimore
Australia WG Josh Mansour 16px
New Zealand SR Sika Manu
New Zealand PR Sam McKendry
Australia FB Matt Moylan
No. Position Player
New Zealand PR Ben Murdoch-Masila
Fiji WG Etonia Nabuli
Fiji WG Kevin Naiqama
Fiji FB Wes Naiqama
Australia LK Tyrone Peachey 16px
Australia PR Nigel Plum
New Zealand LK Matt Robinson
Australia HK James Segeyaro
Australia WG David Simmons 16px
Australia LK Ryan Simpkins
Australia LK Nathan Smith
Australia FE Jamie Soward
Australia SR Shaun Spence
New Zealand LK Elijah Taylor
Samoa SR Vaipuna Tia Kilifi
Australia HB Peter Wallace Captain sports.svg16px
Poland FB Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
New Zealand CE Dean Whare
Australia SR Isaah Yeo
  • Head Coach: Ivan Cleary
  • Executive General Manager - Rugby League: Phil Gould
  • Panthers Group CEO: Warren Wilson

Transfers

Fixtures

The Panthers again use Penrith Stadium as their home ground in 2014, now known as Sportingbet Stadium for sponsorship reasons.[6]

Pre-season

A 16 man squad was sent to Auckland and participated in the Auckland Nines competition.[7] The Panthers played a trial match against the Newtown Jets on 23 February 2014.[8]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 16 0 8 2 615 385 +230 36
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 16 0 8 2 502 399 +103 36
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs (P) 24 15 0 9 2 585 361 +224 34
4 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24 15 0 9 2 506 426 +80 34
5 File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 0 10 2 596 406 +190 32
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 14 0 10 2 536 460 +76 32
7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 13 0 11 2 446 439 +7 30
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 12 0 12 2 549 456 +93 28
9 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 12 0 12 2 571 491 +80 28
10 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 2 477 580 −103 28
11 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 11 0 13 2 469 528 −59 26
12 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 2 463 571 −108 24
13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 10 0 14 2 420 631 −211 24
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 2 372 538 −166 22
15 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24 8 0 16 2 466 623 −157 20
16 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 5 0 19 2 334 613 −279 14

Notes

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  2. Correct as of 17 July 2014.[3]

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