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2017 Penrith Panthers season

2017 Penrith Panthers season
7th
Lost semi-final (FW2)
Wins: 14; losses: 12
For: 532; against: 482
Anthony Griffin
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Pepper Stadium – 22,500Carrington Park – 13,000 (round 14 only)
12,922
18,848 vs. Dragons, round 25
Nathan Cleary (11)
Nathan Cleary (92)
Nathan Cleary (228)
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The 2017 Penrith Panthers season was the 51st in the club's history. Coached by Anthony Griffin and captained by Matt Moylan, the Panthers competed in the National Rugby League's 2017 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament, which they finished as runners-up.

2017 NRL Squad	Extended squad	Coaching staff
Sitaleki Akauola – SR, WG
Waqa Blake – CE, WG
Tim Browne – PR
Reagan Campbell-Gillard – PR
Bryce Cartwright – SR, FE
Nathan Cleary – HB
Dylan Edwards – WG, CE, FB
James Fisher-Harris – SR, LK, PR
Corey Harawira-Naera – SR
Peta Hiku – CE, WG – Loss: 20 Jun		Sione Katoa – HK
Viliame Kikau – PR
Leilani Latu – PR
Josh Mansour – WG
Te Maire Martin – FE – Loss: 16 Jun
Tyrone May – FE, LK
Trent Merrin (vc) – LK, SR
Matt Moylan (c) – FB, FE
Michael Oldfield – CE, WG – Loss: 29 Jun
Tyrone Peachey – LK, SR, FE, CE
Mitch Rein – HK		James Tamou – PR
Peter Wallace (vc) – HB, FE, HK
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak – WG, FB
Malakai Watene-Zelezniak – WG, CE – Loss: 29 Apr
Dean Whare – CE, FB, WG
Isaah Yeo – SR, CE		Samisoni Langi – FE, LK – Loss: 15 Jun
Sam McKendry – PR
Tony Satini – CE		Head coach

Anthony Griffin
Assistant coaches

Cameron Ciraldo
Garth Brennan (ISP coach)
David Tangata-Toa (NYC coach)
Tony Guilfoyle (Head of Performance)

Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) |

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2017 season.

#	Player
1	Dylan Edwards
2	Corey Waddell
3	Waqa Blake
4	Jed Cartwright
5	Malakai Watene-Zelezniak
6	Nathan Cleary
7	Sitaleki Akauola
9	Sione Katoa
10	James Tamou
11	Isaah Yeo (c)
12	Moses Leota
13	Kaide Ellis
14	Darren Nicholls
15	Zach Dockar-Clay
16	Corey Harawira-Naera
17	Tyrone May
18	Christian Crichton
19	Oliver Clark

With club executives Brian Fletcher and Phil Gould questioning the necessity of the tournament, and a number of players unavailable for selection due to recent representative commitments, the Panthers fielded a largely inexperienced squad at the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines on 4–5 February. 9 of the 18 squad members had no previous NRL experience and only 3 had played more than 30 NRL games. Regardless, the team won all 3 of their pool matches, and progressed to the Grand Final, where they were defeated 10–8 by the Sydney Roosters. Waqa Blake and Moses Leota were named in the team of the tournament.

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 4 February	Game 2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	28 – 18	Ellis, Harawira-Naera, Tamou (2), M. Watene-Zelezniak	Cleary (1/3), Dockar-Clay (2/2)
Saturday, 4 February	Game 9	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	14 – 16	J. Cartwright, Harawira-Naera, Leota	Narawira-Naera (1/2), Nicholls (1/1)
Sunday, 5 February	Game 18	Gold Coast Titans	4 – 22	Akauola, Dockar-Clay, Edwards, Katoa	Dockar-Clay (1/2), Narawira-Naera (1/2)
Sunday, 5 February	Quarter Final	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	16 – 12	Blake, Katoa, May	Cleary (1/1), Nicholls (0/1)
Sunday, 5 February	Semi Final	Parramatta Eels	13 – 0	Blake (2), M. Watene-Zelezniak	Cleary (0/3)
Sunday, 5 February	Grand Final	Sydney Roosters	8 – 10	Cleary, M. Watene-Zelezniak	Cleary (0/1), Nicholls (0/1)

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 11 February	Trial 1	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Belmore Sports Ground	10 – 20	Blake, Cerruto, Harawira-Naera, Katoa	Dockar-Clay (1/2), Nicholls (1/2)
Saturday, 18 February	Trial 2	Parramatta Eels	Pepper Stadium	18 – 6	Latu, Martin, Whare	Cleary (3/3)

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 4 March	Round 1	St. George Illawarra Dragons	UOW Jubilee Oval	42 – 10	Blake, Peachey	Cleary (1/1), Wallace (0/1)	7,283
Sunday, 12 March	Round 2	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown Stadium	2 – 36	Cleary, Edwards, Kikau, Latu, Whare (2)	Cleary (6/7)	12,232
Saturday, 18 March	Round 3	Sydney Roosters	Pepper Stadium	12 – 14	Peachey	Cleary (4/4)	11,044
Friday, 24 March	Round 4	Newcastle Knights	Pepper Stadium	40 – 0	Cleary, Narawira-Naera, Martin, Peachey, Wallace, D. Watene-Zelezniak, Whare	Cleary (6/8)	10,567
Saturday, 1 April	Round 5	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park	28 – 6	Martin	Cleary (1/1)	15,223
Friday, 7 April	Round 6	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Pepper Stadium	20 – 21	Harawira-Naera, Oldfield, D. Watene-Zelezniak	Cleary (4/4)	15,535
Sunday, 16 April	Round 7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Pepper Stadium	2 – 28		Cleary (1/1)	15,780
Saturday, 22 April	Round 8	Parramatta Eels	ANZ Stadium	18 – 12	Harawira-Naera, Hiku	Cleary (2/2)	14,070
Thursday, 27 April	Round 9	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	32 – 18	Campbell-Gillard, Merrin, Moylan	Cleary (3/3)	21,464
Saturday, 13 May	Round 10	New Zealand Warriors	Pepper Stadium	36 – 28	Yeo (2), Blake, Moylan, Peachey, D. Watene-Zelezniak	Cleary (6/6)	11,588
Sunday, 21 May	Round 11	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium	20 – 30	Moylan (2), Latu, Tamou, D. Watene-Zelezniak	Cleary (5/5)	13,319
	Round 12	Bye
Sunday, 4 June	Round 13	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium	0 – 38	Rein (2), Blake, Cleary, Harawira-Naera, Mansour, Moylan	Cleary (5/7)	11,283
Saturday, 10 June	Round 14	Canberra Raiders	Carrington Park	24 – 20	Cleary, Harawira-Naera, Moylan, Peachey	Cleary (4/4)	8,730
	Round 15	Bye
Saturday, 24 June	Round 16	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium	14 – 12	Cleary, Harawira-Naera	Cleary (2/2)	17,876
Sunday, 2 July	Round 17	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium	42 – 14	Mansour, Moylan	Cleary (3/3)	14,103
Saturday, 8 July	Round 18	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Pepper Stadium	16 – 8	Tamou, D. Watene-Zelezniak	Cleary (4/4)	14,625
Friday, 14 July	Round 19	New Zealand Warriors	Mount Smart Stadium	22 – 34	Cleary (3), Blake, Harawira-Naera, May	Cleary (5/6)	13,076
Saturday, 22 July	Round 20	Gold Coast Titans	Pepper Stadium	24 – 16	Blake (2), Moylan, D. Watene-Zelezniak	Cleary (4/5)	11,480
Thursday, 27 July	Round 21	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Pepper Stadium	16 – 8	Peachey, Wallace, D. Watene-Zelezniak	Cleary (2/4)	8,727
Sunday, 6 August	Round 22	Wests Tigers	Pepper Stadium	28 – 14	D. Watene-Zelezniak (2), Edwards, May, Peachey	Cleary (4/5)	15,780
Saturday, 12 August	Round 23	North Queensland Cowboys	Pepper Stadium	24 – 16	Cleary (2), Mansour, Tamou	Cleary (4/4)	12,357
Sunday, 20 August	Round 24	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium	22 – 26	Blake, Cleary, Mansour, May	Cleary (5/5)	14,818
Sunday, 27 August	Round 25	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Pepper Stadium	14 – 16	Mansour, May	Cleary (3/3)	18,848
Saturday, 2 September	Round 26	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Lottoland	28 – 12	Campbell-Gillard, May	Cleary (2/2)	14,423

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 9 September	Elimination Final	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Allianz Stadium	10 – 22	Cartwright (2), Peachey	Cleary (5/5)	15,408
Friday, 15 September	Semi Final	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	13 – 6	Campbell-Gillard	Cleary (1/1)	38,623

Name	Age	App	T	G	Pts
Sitaleki Akauola	25	7	0	0	0
Waqa Blake	23	23	7	0	28
Tim Browne	30	19	0	0	0
Reagan Campbell-Gillard	24	26	3	0	12
Bryce Cartwright	23	14	2	0	8
Nathan Cleary	20	26	11	92/102	228
Dylan Edwards	21	16	2	0	8
James Fisher-Harris	22	14	0	0	0
Corey Harawira-Naera	23	21	7	0	28
Peta Hiku	25	9	1	0	4
Sione Katoa	22	12	0	0	0
Viliame Kikau	22	9	1	0	4
Leilani Latu	24	19	2	0	8
Moses Leota	22	10	0	0	0
Josh Mansour	27	15	5	0	20
Te Maire Martin	22	7	2	0	8
Tyrone May	21	9	5	0	20
Trent Merrin	28	22	1	0	4
Matt Moylan	26	18	8	0	32
Michael Oldfield	27	1	1	0	4
Tyrone Peachey	26	25	8	0	32
Mitch Rein	27	5	2	0	8
James Tamou	29	26	3	0	12
Peter Wallace	32	19	2	0/1	8
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	22	24	9	0	36
Malakai Watene-Zelezniak	26	1	0	0	0
Dean Whare	27	18	3	0	12
Isaah Yeo	23	25	2	0	8

In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers also fielded semi-professional teams in the National Youth Competition's 2017 Holden Cup (Under-20s) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2017 Intrust Super Premiership (NSW Cup). The NYC team was coached by Garth Brennan and captained by Wayde Egan, and the NSW Cup team was coached by David Tangata-Toa and captained by Sione Katoa in early rounds and Darren Nicholls in later rounds.

The club won the 2017 New South Wales Cup season and the 2017 NRL State Championship.

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up
BE	Leilani Latu	Indigenous All Stars	2017 All Stars match
BE	Tyrone Peachey
PR	Reagan Campbell-Gillard	World All Stars
SR	Bryce Cartwright
Five-eighth	Bryce Cartwright	NSW City	2017 City vs Country Origin
BE	Nathan Cleary
FB	Matt Moylan
CE	Tyrone Peachey
PR	James Tamou
18	Matt Moylan	New South Wales	2017 State of Origin
18	Trent Merrin

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up
LK	Trent Merrin	Australia	2017 Anzac Test
WG	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	New Zealand
CE	Dean Whare
CE	Waqa Blake	Fiji	2017 Pacific Test vs Tonga
SR	Viliame Kikau
BE	Sione Katoa	Tonga	2017 Pacific Test vs Fiji
18	Samisoni Langi
PR	Leilani Latu
PR	Cowen Epere	Malta	2017 Pre-World Cup Test vs Italy
BE	Reagan Campbell-Gillard	Australia	2017 World Cup
WG	Josh Mansour
SR	Viliame Kikau	Fiji
WG	Mason Cerruto	Italy
WG	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	New Zealand
CE	Dean Whare
FE	Jarome Luai	Samoa
CE	Lachlan Stein	Scotland
BE	Sione Katoa	Tonga

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