The 2015 Penrith Panthers season was the 49th in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and captained by Peter Wallace, the team competed in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament.

The Panthers were riddled by injury throughout 2015, and as a result, used a total of 32 players over the course of the season - the most of any club for that year. The club finished the season in 11th place, managing to avoid the wooden spoon by defeating the last-placed Newcastle Knights in their final game. Despite this, the Panthers under 20s team won the 2015 National Youth Competition premiership.

Squad

Player transfers

+ Gains Player Signed From Until End of Notes Adrian Davis Redcliffe Dolphins (QLD Cup) Apisai Koroisau South Sydney Rabbitohs Tupou Sopoaga Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

+ Losses Player Signed From Until End of Notes Luke Capewell Redcliffe Dolphins (QLD Cup) Anthony Cherrington Redcliffe Dolphins (QLD Cup) Tim Grant South Sydney Rabbitohs Tom Humble Townsville Blackhawks (QLD Cup) Kevin Kingston Retirement Kierran Moseley Gold Coast Titans Eto Nabuli St. George Illawarra Dragons Kevin Naiqama Wests Tigers Wes Naiqama London Broncos (Super League) Matt Robinson Gold Coast Titans Ryan Simpkins Gold Coast Titans

Fixtures

NRL Auckland Nines The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2015 competition was played over two days on 31 January and 1 February at Eden Park. The Panthers featured in the Waiheke pool and played the Rabbitohs, Cowboys and Storm, losing all three of their games.

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries GoalsSaturday, 31 JanuaryGame 4 South Sydney RabbitohsEden Park4-11SopoagaJohn (0/1)Saturday, 31 JanuaryGame 11 Melbourne StormEden Park20-4JayKoroisau (0/1)Sunday, 1 FebruaryGame 20 North Queensland CowboysEden Park14-8Jay, C SmithDavis (0/2)Legend:

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals AttendanceSunday, 8 MarchRound 1 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsPepper Stadium24-18G Jennings, Segeyaro, Watene-ZelezniakSoward (4/5)18,814Saturday, 14 MarchRound 2 Gold Coast TitansCarrington Park40-0Cartwright, Idris (3), G Jennings, Manu, Whare (2)Moylan (4/6), Soward (0/2)6,240Monday, 23 MarchRound 3 Sydney RoostersAllianz Stadium20-12Idris, SegeyaroMoylan (2/2)10,735Saturday, 28 MarchRound 4 Newcastle KnightsHunter Stadium26-14Mansour, Moylan, WhareMoylan (1/3)20,114Monday, 6 AprilRound 5 North Queensland CowboysPepper Stadium10-30Segeyaro, WhareMoylan (1/2)8,409Saturday, 11 AprilRound 6 Manly Warringah Sea EaglesPepper Stadium22-12Blake, Koroisau, Mansour (2)Moylan (3/4)11,170Saturday, 18 AprilRound 7 Gold Coast TitansCbus Super Stadium32-6BlakeMoylan (1/1)9,244Sunday, 26 AprilRound 8 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksPepper Stadium26-18Moylan, Peachey, Simmons, Watene-ZelezniakMoylan (5/5)12,798Friday, 8 MayRound 9 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium8-5 Moylan (2/2, 1 FG)24,566Monday, 18 MayRound 10 Manly Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval10-11Simmons, Watene-ZelezniakMoylan (1/3, 1 FG)8,025 Round 11Bye Friday, 29 MayRound 12 Parramatta EelsPepper Stadium20-26Cartwright, Simmons, Watene-Zelezniak, YeoCartwright (0/1), Wallace (2/3)17,821Saturday, 6 JuneRound 13 Melbourne StormPepper Stadium0-20 11,849 Round 14Bye Saturday, 20 JuneRound 15 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsANZ Stadium24-12Cartwright (2)Soward (2/2)12,476Sunday, 28 JuneRound 16 Wests TigersLeichhardt Oval12-35Mansour, Simmons (4), Wallace, Watene-ZelezniakKoroisau (0/1), Simmons (1/1), Soward (2/5), Wallace (1 FG)14,234Friday, 3 JulyRound 17 South Sydney RabbitohsPepper Stadium20-6Blake, Wallace, Watene-Zelezniak, WhareKoroisau (2/3), Soward (0/1), Wallace (0/1)14,068Saturday, 11 JulyRound 18 Sydney RoostersPepper Stadium4-24BrownKoroisau (0/1)13,654Friday, 17 JulyRound 19 Melbourne StormAAMI Park52-10Blake, PeacheySoward (1/2)11,956Sunday, 26 JulyRound 20 Canberra RaidersPepper Stadium24-34R Jennings, Segeyaro, Taylor, YeoSoward (4/4)8,048Sunday, 2 AugustRound 21 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium20-16Brown, Cartwright, SegeyaroSoward (2/3)13,391Saturday, 8 AugustRound 22 Parramatta EelsTIO Stadium10-4BlakeSoward (0/1)8,340Saturday, 15 AugustRound 23 New Zealand WarriorsPepper Stadium24-10Brown, Campbell-Gillard, Peachey, SimmonsSoward (4/5)6,774Thursday, 20 AugustRound 24 St. George Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium19-12Mansour, SimmonsSoward (2/3)9,145Monday, 31 AugustRound 25 Canberra RaidersGIO Stadium34-18Brown, Segeyaro, W SmithKoroisau (2/2), Soward (1/1)6,717Saturday, 5 SeptemberRound 26 Newcastle KnightsPepper Stadium30-12Mansour, Peachey (2), W Smith, WhareSimmons (1/1), W Smith (4/5)8,936Legend:

Ladder

Statistics NameAppTGFGPts 1 0 0 0 0 18 5 0 0 20 21 4 0 0 16 24 1 0 0 4 21 5 0 0 20 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 0 16 5 2 0 0 8 5 1 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 16 1 4 0 12 24 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 12 6 0 0 24 18 1 0 0 4 11 2 20 2 50 22 5 0 0 20 14 0 0 0 0 18 6 0 0 24 13 9 2 0 40 1 0 0 0 0 9 2 4 0 16 5 0 0 0 0 16 0 22 0 44 20 1 0 0 4 13 2 2 1 13 16 7 0 0 28 13 6 0 0 24 21 2 0 0 8 Totals 24 72 54 3 399

Representative

Domestic PlayerTeamCall-up FB Matt Moylan NRL All Stars 2015 All Stars Match SR Tyrone Peachey Indigenous All Stars 2015 All Stars Match CE Waqa Blake NSW City 2015 City vs Country Origin BE Reagan Campbell-Gillard NSW City 2015 City vs Country Origin FB Matt Moylan NSW City 2015 City vs Country Origin LK Tyrone Peachey NSW City 2015 City vs Country Origin 201 Matt Moylan New South Wales 2015 State of Origin

International PlayerTeamCall-up HK Apisai Koroisau Fiji 2015 Melanesian Cup SR Sika Manu2 Tonga 2015 Polynesian Cup BE Ben Murdoch-Masila Tonga 2015 Polynesian Cup BE Lewis Brown New Zealand 2015 New Zealand tour of England CE Dean Whare New Zealand 2015 New Zealand tour of England

1 - Selected as 20th Man, Moylan did not play during the series. 2 - Manu captained the Tongan side during their match against Samoa.

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