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.
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
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals AttendanceMarch 14Round 1 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksToyota StadiumLoss10-18JenningsGordon (3/3)10,617March 21Round 2 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsCUA StadiumLoss26-28Waterhouse (2), Aiton, TigheGordon (5/5)16,846March 30Round 3 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale OvalWin12-10Coote, IosefaGordon (2/2)8,667 April 4Round 4 Wests TigersCUA StadiumWin42-22Coote, Graham, Jennings, Lewis, Pritchard, SammutGordon (9/9)15,813April 11Round 5 Melbourne StormOlympic Park StadiumLoss14-16Lewis, TigheGordon (3/3)10,110April 17Round 6 Brisbane BroncosCUA StadiumLoss18-38Elford, Gordon, JenningsGordon (3/4)14,332April 24Round 7 Gold Coast TitansCUA StadiumWin34-20Sammut (2), Coote, Elford, Jennings, WalshGordon (5/6)9,769May 2Round 8 Canberra RaidersCanberra StadiumWin18-10Daniela (2), Jennings Sammut (3/3)8,850 Round 9Bye March 16Round 10 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksCUA StadiumWin26-22Aiton, Daniela, Lewis, PritchardSammut (5/5)11,750May 23Round 11 Sydney RoostersCUA StadiumWin48-6Jennings (3), Graham (2), Coote, Elford, Lewis, PritchardSammut (3/4), Walsh (3/5)8,515May 29Round 12 St. George-Illawarra DragonsWIN StadiumLoss10-38Graham, PritchardSammut (1/1), Cooper (0/1)10,623June 5Round 13 Wests TigersLeichhardt OvalWin26-10Walsh (2), Aiton, Daniela, TigheWalsh (2/4), Cooper (1/1)14,100June 13Round 14 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesCUA StadiumLoss6-20SmithWalsh (1/1)15,806June 19Round 15 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsANZ StadiumLoss19-12Cooper, PritchardWalsh (2/3)13,992 Round 16Bye July 5Round 17 Parramatta EelsCUA StadiumWin38-34Jennings (3), Grant, Paulo, Tia-KilifiWalsh (5/7)16,845July 10Round 18 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ StadiumLoss12-36Aiton, DanielaWalsh (2/2)9,017July 18Round 19 Canberra RaidersCUA StadiumWin27-14Paulo, Puletua, Tia-Kilifi, TigheGordon (5/5)Walsh (FG) 8,074 July 25Round 20 North Queensland CowboysDairy Farmers StadiumWin28-20Jennings, Gordon, SammutGordon (4/5)14,274Aug 1Round 21 New ZealandCUA StadiumDraw32-32Jennings (2), Elford, Puletua, WalshGordon (6/6)12,677August 7Round 22 St. George-Illawarra DragonsCUA StadiumLoss6-25LewisGordon (1/1) 19,987August 16Round 23 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp StadiumLoss24-58Pritchard, Tighe, Walsh, WaterhouseGordon (4/4)25,305August 22Round 24 South Sydney RabbitohsCUA Stadium, PenrithWon40-10Tia-Kilifi (2), Aiton, Gordon, Graham, Jennings, TigheGordon (6/7)14,214August 28Round 25 Parramatta EelsParramatta StadiumLoss6-48 BlairGordon (1/1)20,237September 6Round 26 Newcastle KnightsEnergyAustralia StadiumLoss0-35 22,152 Legend:
Ladder
2009 Statistics
NatNamePosAppTGFGPtsHK2450020SR230000FE151004PR120000SR221106FB1240016WG650020WG1540016CE10000WG153570126FE2250020PR171004HK91004CE19170068FE1550020WG10000PR10000SR142008SR2060024PR232008HB42008HB21412040LK232008CE840016CE1960024HB18515151SR2130012PR90000
Jersey
Transfers
Gains Player Previous clubGavin CooperGold Coast TitansLuke WalshNewcastle KnightsShane ElfordHuddersfield Giants
Losses Player ClubTony PuletuaSaint HelensLuke Rooney(French Rugby Union) Rugby Club ToulonnaisBrendan WorthToulouse OlympiqueRhys WesserSouth Sydney RabbitohsShane RodneyManly-Warringah Sea EaglesWilliam IsaMelbourne StormChris WardCanterbury-Bankstown BulldogsJosh McCroneCanberra RaidersLancen JoudoCronulla-Sutherland Sharks
References
External links Panthers official site