2009 Penrith Panthers season

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2009 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank11th
2009 recordWins: 11; Draws: 1; Losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 515; Against: 589
Team information
Coach Matthew Elliott
Captains
Stadium CUA Stadium
Top scorers
Tries Michael Jennings (17)
Goals Michael Gordon (57)
PointsMichael Gordon (126)
2010  >

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.

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Fixtures

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

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
March 14Round 1 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Toyota Stadium Loss10-18 Jennings Gordon (3/3)10,617
March 21Round 2 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs CUA Stadium Loss26-28 Waterhouse (2), Aiton, Tighe Gordon (5/5)16,846
March 30Round 3 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval Win12-10 Coote, Iosefa Gordon (2/2)8,667
April 4Round 4 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers CUA Stadium Win42-22 Coote, Graham, Jennings, Lewis, Pritchard, Sammut Gordon (9/9)15,813
April 11Round 5 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium Loss14-16 Lewis, Tighe Gordon (3/3)10,110
April 17Round 6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos CUA Stadium Loss18-38 Elford, Gordon, Jennings Gordon (3/4)14,332
April 24Round 7 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans CUA Stadium Win34-20 Sammut (2), Coote, Elford, Jennings, Walsh Gordon (5/6)9,769
May 2Round 8 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium Win18-10 Daniela (2), Jennings Sammut (3/3)8,850
Round 9Bye
March 16Round 10 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks CUA Stadium Win26-22 Aiton, Daniela, Lewis, Pritchard Sammut (5/5)11,750
May 23Round 11 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters CUA Stadium Win48-6 Jennings (3), Graham (2), Coote, Elford, Lewis, Pritchard Sammut (3/4), Walsh (3/5)8,515
May 29Round 12 St. George colours.svg St. George-Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium Loss10-38 Graham, Pritchard Sammut (1/1), Cooper (0/1)10,623
June 5Round 13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval Win26-10 Walsh (2), Aiton, Daniela, Tighe Walsh (2/4), Cooper (1/1)14,100
June 13Round 14 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles CUA Stadium Loss6-20 Smith Walsh (1/1)15,806
June 19Round 15 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium Loss19-12 Cooper, Pritchard Walsh (2/3)13,992
Round 16Bye
July 5Round 17 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels CUA Stadium Win38-34 Jennings (3), Grant, Paulo, Tia-Kilifi Walsh (5/7)16,845
July 10Round 18 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium Loss12-36 Aiton, Daniela Walsh (2/2)9,017
July 18Round 19 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders CUA Stadium Win27-14 Paulo, Puletua, Tia-Kilifi, Tighe Gordon (5/5)
Walsh (FG)
8,074
July 25Round 20 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium Win28-20 Jennings, Gordon, Sammut Gordon (4/5)14,274
Aug 1Round 21 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand CUA Stadium Draw32-32 Jennings (2), Elford, Puletua, Walsh Gordon (6/6)12,677
August 7Round 22 St. George colours.svg St. George-Illawarra Dragons CUA Stadium Loss6-25 Lewis Gordon (1/1)19,987
August 16Round 23 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium Loss24-58 Pritchard, Tighe, Walsh, Waterhouse Gordon (4/4)25,305
August 22Round 24 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs CUA Stadium, Penrith Won40-10 Tia-Kilifi (2), Aiton, Gordon, Graham, Jennings, Tighe Gordon (6/7)14,214
August 28Round 25 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium Loss6-48 Blair Gordon (1/1)20,237
September 6Round 26 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium Loss0-3522,152

Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw

Ladder

TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2417072548329+21938
2 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2418062575428+14738*
3 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2416082514467+4736
4 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2414192505348+15733
5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24140102549459+9032
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24140102511566−5532
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24130112508491+1730
8 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24121112476473+329
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120122558483+7528
10 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24111122566549+1727
11 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24111122515589−7427
12 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24110132558474+8426
13 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2490152489520−3122
14 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2472152377565−18820
15 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2450192359568−20914
16 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2450192382681−29914

* Bulldogs stripped of 2 competition points after an interchange breach in round 2

2009 Statistics

Nat Name Pos App T G FG Pts
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Paul Aiton HK2450020
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Bell SR230000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maurice Blair FE151004
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Petero Civoniceva PR120000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gavin Cooper SR221106
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lachlan Coote FB1240016
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Daniela WG650020
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Elford WG1540016
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Emelio CE10000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Gordon WG153570126
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wade Graham FE2250020
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Grant PR171004
Flag of Samoa.svg Masada Iosefa HK91004
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Jennings CE19170068
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Lewis FE1550020
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben McFadgean WG10000
Flag of New Zealand.svg Sam McKendry PR10000
Flag of New Zealand.svg Joseph Paulo SR142008
Flag of New Zealand.svg Frank Pritchard SR2060024
Flag of New Zealand.svg Frank Puletua PR232008
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joel Romelo HB42008
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarrod Sammut HB21412040
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Smith LK232008
Flag of Samoa.svg Junior Tia-Kilifi CE840016
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Tighe CE1960024
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Walsh HB18515151
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trent Waterhouse SR2130012
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Woolnough PR90000

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