All the latest news and options about the three time NRL champions, the mighty Penrith Panthers!
The Penrith Panthers have announced their 2014 Auckland 9’s squad. The Panthers look like they are going all out to win the Auckland 9’s title. They have named just about the strongest team in the competition in terms of first grade talent. Check them out: Matt Moylan Wes Naiqama Josh Mansour Isaac John Kevin Naiqama…
Phil Gould will remain at the Penrith Panthers through to the end of 2017 in a deal which will allow him to finish a rebuilding job he started. Gould has made a number of changes at the club with the biggest being signing coach Ivan Cleary from the New Zealand Warriors. While the Panthers have…
Andrew Webster of the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Penrith Panthers fullback James Roberts has broken his ankle at training this afternoon. Roberts was not only expected to feature in the Panthers Auckland 9’s side but was also a big chance of cementing the number 1 jersey in first grade this season. A broken…
When you lead a club to a Premiership, and then a couple of seasons later you are told you can leave that same club mid season because they simply don’t want you any more, that is not something anyone should take lightly. Similarly, if you are a halfback for a club that has one of…
Jamal Idris has received a release from the Gold Coast Titans and will join the Penrith Panthers on a three year contract. The Titans released Idris on compassionate grounds after he did not attend the clubs first training session of the year. It is being reported that Idris is homesick and wanted to return to…
Are the Penrith Panthers really the most valuable sporting brand in Australia? As a Penrith Panthers supporter, I am not so sure… The Penrith Panthers have so many advantages over other sporting clubs. Some of them are just a case of being in the right place with the right set of circumstances. Others have been…
The Penrith Panthers have announced that hooker James Segeyaro has extended the length of his contract and will remain at the club through until at least the end of the 2016 season. James Segeyaro had a fantastic season at the Panthers in 2013 after moving to the club from the North Queensland Cowboys. While he…
The Penrith Panthers have issued a short press release on their web site threatening legal action against the Sydney Daily Telegraph for an article they published today in regards to the ASADA investigation and the the suspension of former Penrith Panthers winger Sandor Earl. It is a shocking turn of events that has really come…
When I saw the proposed Penrith Panthers logo for 2014, I wasn’t all that impressed. Aside from the fact that it will disappear on a black background, they dropped the name “Penrith”, the writing of the word “Panthers” looks shit, and the Panther itself looks a bit off. So what should a militant Penrith Panthers…
The Penrith Panthers have extended the contract of coach Ivan Cleary through to the end of 2016 on the same day they revealed a new logo to club members. Cleary has done a fantastic job at Penrith so far, especially when you look at the players the club has lost and the “quality” of some…
News that the Penrith Panthers tried to buy the Western Sydney Wanderers came as a shock to me. I am in the unique position of being a supporter of both the Penrith Panthers and the Western Sydney Wanderers. I’ve lived in Western Sydney all of my life and grew up playing both sports. I would…
The Sydney Daily Telegraph is reporting that the Penrith Panthers made an expression of interest to a company charged with finding a buying for A League club the Western Sydney Wanderers, only for the FFA to step in and deny the the move. The move is a curious one when you consider the amount of…
The Penrith Panthers have captured the signature of young Cronulla Sharks star Tyrone Peachey. Peachey has signed a 2 year deal with the Panthers that will take him through to the end of the 2015 season. Peachey will join Jamie Soward and Brent Kite and one of the Panthers “big” recruits for 2014. The Panthers…
Going into the 2013 NRL season, every team knew what the salary cap rules were. I therefore find it hard to feel any sympathy for any club that only gets to round 13 and starts to have issues with who it can and can not bring into first grade due to salary cap constraints. That…
When Penrith Panthers fans were sold the dream of signing Johnathan Thurston things were looking pretty good! I wasn’t sold on signing Thurston, I think he was demanding too much money and is too old to be investing that much salary cap space into, but there is no doubt he would have got the job…
He was a superstar at the Melbourne Storm who moved to the Brisbane Broncos on the first big deal of his career. He was a walk up start to the Queensland and Australian Rugby League teams and he looked to be set to have a record breaking career in the game. The AFL came knocking…
The whispers are getting louder and louder that Todd Carney is on the verge of leaving the Cronulla Sharks and will be playing for the Penrith Panthers in 2014. I’ve been skeptical that this was going to happen for a while now for two reasons… First of all, I think Carney is happy and settled…
When Phil Gould took over the running of the Penrith Panthers Rugby League club he set about the task of rebuilding the club from the ground up. After nearly a decade of poor management the Panthers were a basket case at every single level. Gould looked to bring in a new coach and training staff,…
St George/Illawarra Dragons half Jamie Soward has signed a four year contract with the Penrith Panthers started from 2014. I think this is a very good signing for the Panthers. Soward has a fantastic kicking game. He will bring a cool head and Premiership winning experience to the Panthers halves. It has become clear in…
The Daily Telegraph is reporting today that the Penrith Panthers inquired about the availability of Wigan fullback Sam Tomkins and were blown away by the price demanded for the youngsters services. After chasing Johnathan Thurston, and missing out, the Panthers now find themselves with over $1 million to spend under the salary cap and yet with no…
The Penrith Panthers are started their season off with an impressive victory, downing the Canberra Raiders 32-10 at Penrith Football Stadium. The Sunday afternoon heat took its toll in this one, and a glut of possession to the Panthers really kept the Raiders on the back foot all afternoon. The Panthers really had to grind this game…
Luke Lewis has revealed that he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer earlier this month. Lewis had neck surgery to remove his cancerous thyroid and is currently undergoing further treatment in an effort to recover. Lewis’ ordeal is a little reminiscent of Adam Ritson’s many years ago. A scan on an injury he picked up during a match showed up the thyroid abnormality…
Luke Lewis has asked for, and received an early release from his contract at the Penrith Panthers sighting a desire for a new challenge at another club. Lewis is a local junior and has played for the Panthers for 11 years. He was stripped of the club captaincy earlier this year in a move that…
At the beginning of the year the Penrith Panthers were a club looking to reinvent itself. It needed to happen, they needed to draw a line in the sand and put an era of complete and utter failure firmly in the rear view mirror. One of the major moved forward was that the club announced…
Earlier this year on Twitter Phil Gould was answering questions put to him by Penrith Panthers fans and tried his best to convey the terrible position the clubs previous management had left the club in in regards to the salary cap. Gould didn’t beat around the bush either. He basically said that the club was…
When Phil Gould took over as the Penrith Panthers General Manager the first thing he did was pretty cheeky. During a Channel 9 game Gould started calling the club the “Sanyo Panthers”. At the time Sanyo was the clubs major sponsor, and when Gould started calling them the Sanyo Panthers, he somehow managed to do…
How good is it to go into a Rugby League season and feel optimistic about the club? Its been a long time for us Panthers fans since we could feel positive towards the club. For so long it was a closed shop. No one was accountable for their behavior off the field or their failure…
If you follow me on Twitter, you will know that this is something that I have brought up a few times and I am not happy about. As of today, the Penrith Panthers do not have a captain, CEO or a major sponsor. Earlier this week The Daily Telegraph looks at the latter in an…
No doubt you have all read about the blowup this week by Phil Gould after some squiggles he wrote on a piece of paper at a recent meeting between all NRL club CEO’s and Chairman was “leaked” to the media. Gould felt like it was a personal attack on him by “someone” at the NRL…
Phil Gould wrote an article on the weekend about junior Rugby League in western Sydney that basically went along the lines of, the AFL is a juggernaught, we are doing nothing to stop them, we need to spend more money, the sky is falling…..you get the picture. It has caused a lot of headlines and…