From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2011 Penrith Panthers season
2011 Penrith Panthers season
2011 Penrith Panthers
League NRL
Position 9th (Ongoing) The 2011 Penrith Panthers season is the 45th in the club’s
history. They are competing in the NRL’s 2011 Telstra
Record 8-10-0 Premiership. This year saw Phil Gould appointed as the
Home record 5-4-0 Penrith Panthers’ new football operations manager.
Away record 2-6-0
Points for 345
2011 Players and Coaching
Points against 353
Staff
Team information = Captain
= Injured[1]
CEO Michael Leary [2]
(SE - Season Ending Injury
SE)
Coach Matthew Elliot ->
No. Position Player No. Position Player
Steve Georgallis
416 LK Luke Lewis 514 FE Travis
Captain Petero Civoniceva Burns
431 SR Trent
Top scorers Waterhouse GK)
(GK
456 WG Michael 515 HK Kevin
Tries Lachlan Coote - 11 (ATM)
Gordon (GK
GK) Kingston
Goals Michael Gordon - 25 (ATM) (SE
SE) 518 WG Sandor
Points Michael Gordon - 66 (ATM) 457 PR Matthew Earl
Bell SE)
(SE
Venue information
461 LK Nathan WG David
Ground Centrebet Stadium Smith Simmons
Average Crowd TBD 463 CE Michael FE Arana
Jennings Taumata
Highest Crowd 17,323 (ATM)
464 PR Tim Grant HK Nafe
Sponsors Seluini
472 PR Petero
Primary Sanyo Civoniceva CE Yileen
Gordon
Sleeve Onsite Cleaning
473 CE Brad Tighe SR Michael
Others Host Plus Worrincy
Tony Ferguson 476 LK Joseph
ABCOE Paulo CE Timana
477 PR Sam Tahu
Jerseys
McKendry SE)
(SE
480 HK Masada CE Sarafu
Iosefa Fatiaki
481 FB Lachlan SR Nigel
Coote (GK
GK) Plum
SR Brendon
506 HB Luke Walsh Gibb
GK)
(GK CE Tim
Winitana
Primary Alternate
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Player Previous Club
Arana Taumata North Queensland Cowboys
Michael Worrincy Bradford Bulls
Dayne Weston North Queensland Cowboys
Nafe Seluini New Zealand Warriors
Yileen Gordon Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Brendon Gibb Norths Devils
Junior Paulo St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tim Winitana Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Timana Tahu Parramatta Eels
Junior Vaivai South Sydney Rabbitohs
Player New Club
Shane Elford Retired
Wade Graham Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Gavin Cooper North Queensland Cowboys
Frank Pritchard Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Maurice Blair Melbourne Storm
Frank Puletua Retired[5]
Daine Laurie Released mid season
513 WG Adrian PR Jersey and Sponsors
Dayne
Purtell Weston
Source:[3][4]
• Panthers Group CEO: Glenn Matthews
• Rugby League CEO: Unknown
• Head Coach: Steve Georgallis
• Rugby League Marketing Manager: Shannon Donato
• Media Manager: Andrew Farrell
• Coaching, Development and Recruitment Manager:
Jim Jones
• Stadium Operations Manager: Tamara Van
Antwerpen
Transfers
Gains Losses
In 2011 the Panthers jerseys were again made by ISC.
They retained their predominantly black home jerseys
from 2010, but instead only was near fully black (Faint
claw marks on either sides) with only teal on the collar
and sleeves. The teal jersey of last year was to be used as
the away jersey again, but was dumped in Round 4, for
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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
19 Fe- Trial 1 Newcas- Port Macquarie Re- 28–22 Kingston (2), Earl, Gordon (2/3), ??? [2]
bruary tle Knights gional Stadium, Port Purtell, Jesse Sene- Harry Seijka
Macquarie Lefao (2/2)
26 Fe- Trial 2 Parra- Centrebet Stadium, 0-30 13,228 [3]
bruary matta Eels Penrith
Legend:
Legend: Win Loss Draw
a white jersey with teal and black stripes and the same also saw Michael Gordon and Travis Burns notch up
claw marks from the home jersey. The heritage jersey 100 career matches, all of Michael Gordon’s coming
used was from their 1991 jersey. The "Pink Panthers" jer- with the Panthers
sey used was based on the new away jersey, except ab- • Phil Gould signed on as Coaching Manager for next
solutely everything on the jersey was made of different season. Dayne Weston made his debut for the club
shades of pink. off the bench. The match was also the first Drop Goal
Sanyo were again the major sponsor of the Panthers scored by the club this season. It was confirmed on
in 2011. Titan Warehousing Solutions were dropped as the 14th, the day after the match, that fullback
the sleeve sponsor with the club opting to go with no Michael Gordon had ruptured his Anterior Cruciate
sponsor at all, until 17 April, when the club announced Ligament and will miss the rest of the season. It was
that Onsite Cleaning would be the 2011 sleeve sponsor. announced by FoxSports that new recruit Timana
Tahu had ruptured his Pectoral Muscle and would be
Fixtures •
out for the rest of the season
It was announced by both the NRL and Newcastle
The Panthers again used Centrebet Stadium as their Knights that injured player Timana Tahu will link up
home ground in 2011, their home ground since they en- next season with the Knights for 2 seasons.[6]
tered the competition in 1967. Lachlan Coote made his return from Osteitis pubis,
marking the return with a try. Prior to the match
Pre-season during warm up, Travis Burns would have to
withdraw after the team doctor gave him a pain
Regular Season injection, accidentally hitting the nerve causing
Notes Burn’s leg to go numb.
[1] Travis Burns would forgo the shot at goal after the • Round 12 couldnt have got off to a worse start with
second try in a bid to save time with the possible CEO Mick Leary would resign from his position
chance of scoring another try with 31 seconds left effective immediately.[7]
[1] • Michael Jennings would play his 100th game in a
bitter sweet win against Gold Coast Titans. Although
it was a milestone in games, he would hobble off in
Milestones and Achievements the 60th minute after getting his leg stuck under a
• the Panthers notched up their first win of the season Titans player. He was ruled out for 4 weeks and
• against the Canberra Raiders, Winger David Simmons missed Origin II and Origin III
would bag the first hat trick of the season for the • Matthew Elliott stepped down as Coach for the rest
Panthers. In the same round, Sarafu Fatiaki made his of the season, Steve Georgallis was named caretaker
debut for the club. coach for the rest of the season. Daine Laurie was
• Timana Tahu would score his first try for the club also released midweek due to behaviour. New
since signing with the Panthers in Round 6 signing Arana Taumata was also investigated by
• the board decided that they club would part ways police after using a script pad he stole from the club
with coach Matthew Elliott at the end of the season doctor. Star centre Michael Jennings was also fined
after a poor start to the season which sees them in $10,000 for drinking whilst being injured
14th • Steve Georgallis would coach his first match as head
• Nafe Seluini scored his first try for the Panthers coach in NRL by beating the North Queensland
against his former team, the New Zealand Warriors. Cowboys 30-20 on a day that would see a new
In the same match, new recruit Yileen Gordon would maximum crowd for the season of 14,090. The game
make his debut for the club as well as Trent would also mark the 100th game for Adrian Purtell.
Waterhouse scoring 150 career points. The match • Steve Georgallis would notch up his second win in as
many games as the Panthers beat the Bulldogs 20-6.
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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
13 Round Newcastle Centrebet Stadi- 8–42 Coote Gordon (2/2) 12,431 [4]
March 1 Knights um, Penrith
18 Round Parramatta Parramatta Stadi- 20–6 Coote, Gordon, Gordon (4/5) 15,974 [5]
March 2 Eels um, Parramatta Simmons
26 Round Cronulla- Centrebet Stadi- 12–44 Simmons, Coote Gordon (2/2) 9,275 [6]
March 3 Sutherland um, Penrith
Sharks
1 Round Brisbane Suncorp Stadium, 18-10 Gordon, Kevin Gordon (1/2) 25,263 [7]
April 4 Broncos Brisbane Kingston
9 Round Canberra Centrebet Stadi- 36-10 Simmons (3), Gordon (6/7) 10,229 [8]
April 5 Raiders um, Penrith Burns, Gordon,
Civoniceva
17 Round Melbourne Centrebet Stadi- 10-25 Earl, Tahu Gordon (1/2) 11,137 [9]
April 6 Storm um, Penrith
22 Round Manly-War- Brookvale Oval, 22-16 Simmons, Tahu, Gordon (2/3) 14,623 [10]
April 7 ringah Sea Ea- Brookvale Plum
gles
1 May Round New Zealand Mt Smart Stadi- 26-18 Grant, Waterhouse, Gordon (3/3) 11,412 [11]
8 Warriors um, Auckland Seluini
Round Bye
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13 Round Brisbane Centrebet Stadi- 33-10 Tighe (2), Gordon (4/5), 11,336 [12]
May 10 Broncos um, Penrith Kingston, Lewis, Walsh (0/1), FG
Tahu, Gordon (1)
21 Round Wests Tigers Campbelltown 20-18 Iosefa, Simmons, Walsh (3/3) 16,172 [13]
May 11 Stadium, Camp- Coote
belltown
30 Round South Sydney Centrebet Stadi- 22-10 Lewis, Waterhouse, Walsh (3/4) 5,703 [14]
May 12 Rabbitohs um, Penrith Purtell, Coote
4 June Round Gold Coast Ti- Skilled Park, Robi- 23-10 Jennings, Kingston, Burns (3/3), 12,262 [15]
13 tans na Purtell, Burns Walsh (0/1), FG
(1)
Round Bye
14
18 Round Newcastle EnergyAustralia 16-12 Iosefa (2) Burns (2/2) 16,652 [16]
June 15 Knights Stadium, Newcas-
tle
26 Round North Centrebet Stadi- 30-20 Civoniceva, Coote, Burns (7/7) 14,090 [17]
June 16 Queensland um, Penrith Lewis, McKendry
Cowboys
2 July Round Canterbury- Centrebet Stadi- 20-6 Burns (2), Purtell Burns (4/4) 15,383 [18]
17 Bankstown Bull- um, Penrith
dogs
10 Ju- Round Sydney Sydney Football 34-26 Coote (2), Lewis, Burns (5/5) 9,713 [19]
ly 18 Roosters Stadium, Sydney Kingston
16 Ju- Round Parramatta Centrebet Stadi- 23-22 Coote (2), Simmons Burns (3/4), 17,323 [20]
ly 19 Eels um, Penrith (2) Walsh FG (1)
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24 Ju- Round Manly-War- Centrebet Stadi- 8-12 Simmons, Coote Burns (0/1) 13,832 [21]
ly 20 ringah Sea Ea- um, Penrith [Note 1]
gles
30 Ju- Round North Dairy Farmers Sta-
ly 21 Queensland dium, Townsville
Cowboys
TBD Round Melbourne AAMI Park, Mel-
22 Storm bourne
TBD Round Wests Tigers Centrebet Stadi-
23 um, Penrith
TBD Round New Zealand Centrebet Stadi-
24 Warriors um, Penrith
TBD Round Canberra Canberra Stadium,
25 Raiders Canberra
TBD Round St George WIN Stadium,
26 Illawarra Wollongong
Dragons
Legend:
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye
It was announced earlier in the week that Trent [7] http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/
Waterhouse would leave the club for a 3 year deal at default.aspx?s=article-
Warrington Wolves in the English Super League. [8] It display&id=37233&title=michael-leary-announces-
was also announced during the week that Ivan his-retirement
Cleary would take the head coach role with the club [8] http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/
from next season. [9] default.aspx?s=article-
• Petero Civoniceva would announce his return to the display&id=38638&title=waterhouse-to-the-wolves
Brisbane Broncos in 2012, citing it was for his family. [9] http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/
The Panthers would grant him a release with 1 year default.aspx?s=article-
left on his contract. [10] display&id=38619&title=ivan-cleary-appointed
[10] http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/
2010 Player Statistics default.aspx?s=article-
display&id=39678&title=press-release-petero-
returns-home
Ladder
External links
References • Panthers official site
[1] http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/
default.aspx?s=injury-update
[2] http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/
default.aspx?s=injury-update
[3] "Penrith Panthers Caps". penrithpanthers.com.
http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/
default.aspx?s=stats.
[4] "Penrith Panthers’ Injury Update".
penrithpanthers.com.
http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/
default.aspx?s=injury-update.
[5] http://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/
default.aspx?s=article-
display&id=35651&title=frank-puletua-retires
[6] http://www.nrl.com/tahu-heading-back-to-
knights/tabid/10874/newsid/62865/default.aspx
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2011 NRL season
Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 24 19 - 5 2 521 308 213 42
2 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 18 - 6 2 539 331 208 40
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 18 - 6 2 511 372 139 40
4 Wests Tigers 24 15 - 9 2 519 430 89 34
5 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 14 1 9 2 483 341 142 33
6 New Zealand Warriors 24 14 - 10 2 504 393 111 32
7 North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 - 10 2 532 480 52 32
8 Newcastle Knights 24 12 - 12 2 478 443 35 28
9 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 12 - 12 2 449 489 -40 28
10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 11 - 13 2 531 562 -31 26
11 Sydney Roosters 24 10 - 14 2 417 500 -83 24
12 Penrith Panthers 24 9 - 15 2 430 517 -87 22
13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 7 - 17 2 428 557 -129 18
14 Parramatta Eels 24 6 1 17 2 385 538 -153 17
15 Canberra Raiders 24 6 - 18 2 423 623 -200 16
16 Gold Coast Titans 24 6 - 18 2 363 629 -266 16
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