# 2009 Penrith Panthers season

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 | Attendance |
| March 14 | Round 1 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Toyota Stadium | Loss | 10-18 | Jennings | Gordon (3/3) | 10,617 |
| March 21 | Round 2 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | CUA Stadium | Loss | 26-28 | Waterhouse (2), Aiton, Tighe | Gordon (5/5) | 16,846 |
| March 30 | Round 3 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Brookvale Oval | Win | 12-10 | Coote, Iosefa | Gordon (2/2) | 8,667 |
| April 4 | Round 4 | Wests Tigers | CUA Stadium | Win | 42-22 | Coote, Graham, Jennings, Lewis, Pritchard, Sammut | Gordon (9/9) | 15,813 |
| April 11 | Round 5 | Melbourne Storm | Olympic Park Stadium | Loss | 14-16 | Lewis, Tighe | Gordon (3/3) | 10,110 |
| April 17 | Round 6 | Brisbane Broncos | CUA Stadium | Loss | 18-38 | Elford, Gordon, Jennings | Gordon (3/4) | 14,332 |
| April 24 | Round 7 | Gold Coast Titans | CUA Stadium | Win | 34-20 | Sammut (2), Coote, Elford, Jennings, Walsh | Gordon (5/6) | 9,769 |
| May 2 | Round 8 | Canberra Raiders | Canberra Stadium | Win | 18-10 | Daniela (2), Jennings | Sammut (3/3) | 8,850 |
| | Round 9 | Bye | | | | | | |
| March 16 | Round 10 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | CUA Stadium | Win | 26-22 | Aiton, Daniela, Lewis, Pritchard | Sammut (5/5) | 11,750 |
| May 23 | Round 11 | Sydney Roosters | CUA Stadium | Win | 48-6 | Jennings (3), Graham (2), Coote, Elford, Lewis, Pritchard | Sammut (3/4), Walsh (3/5) | 8,515 |
| May 29 | Round 12 | St. George-Illawarra Dragons | WIN Stadium | Loss | 10-38 | Graham, Pritchard | Sammut (1/1), Cooper (0/1) | 10,623 |
| June 5 | Round 13 | Wests Tigers | Leichhardt Oval | Win | 26-10 | Walsh (2), Aiton, Daniela, Tighe | Walsh (2/4), Cooper (1/1) | 14,100 |
| June 13 | Round 14 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | CUA Stadium | Loss | 6-20 | Smith | Walsh (1/1) | 15,806 |
| June 19 | Round 15 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | ANZ Stadium | Loss | 19-12 | Cooper, Pritchard | Walsh (2/3) | 13,992 |
| | Round 16 | Bye | | | | | | |
| July 5 | Round 17 | Parramatta Eels | CUA Stadium | Win | 38-34 | Jennings (3), Grant, Paulo, Tia-Kilifi | Walsh (5/7) | 16,845 |
| July 10 | Round 18 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | ANZ Stadium | Loss | 12-36 | Aiton, Daniela | Walsh (2/2) | 9,017 |
| July 18 | Round 19 | Canberra Raiders | CUA Stadium | Win | 27-14 | Paulo, Puletua, Tia-Kilifi, Tighe | Gordon (5/5) Walsh (FG) | 8,074 |
| July 25 | Round 20 | North Queensland Cowboys | Dairy Farmers Stadium | Win | 28-20 | Jennings, Gordon, Sammut | Gordon (4/5) | 14,274 |
| Aug 1 | Round 21 | New Zealand | CUA Stadium | Draw | 32-32 | Jennings (2), Elford, Puletua, Walsh | Gordon (6/6) | 12,677 |
| August 7 | Round 22 | St. George-Illawarra Dragons | CUA Stadium | Loss | 6-25 | Lewis | Gordon (1/1) | 19,987 |
| August 16 | Round 23 | Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium | Loss | 24-58 | Pritchard, Tighe, Walsh, Waterhouse | Gordon (4/4) | 25,305 |
| August 22 | Round 24 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | CUA Stadium, Penrith | Won | 40-10 | Tia-Kilifi (2), Aiton, Gordon, Graham, Jennings, Tighe | Gordon (6/7) | 14,214 |
| August 28 | Round 25 | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Stadium | Loss | 6-48 | Blair | Gordon (1/1) | 20,237 |
| September 6 | Round 26 | Newcastle Knights | EnergyAustralia Stadium | Loss | 0-35 | | | 22,152 |
Legend: Win  Loss  Draw

## Ladder

2009 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 548 | 329 | +219 | 38 |
| 2 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 575 | 428 | +147 | 38$^1$ |
| 3 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 514 | 467 | +47 | 36 |
| 4 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 505 | 348 | +157 | 33 |
| 5 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 549 | 459 | +90 | 32 |
| 6 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 511 | 566 | −55 | 32 |
| 7 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 508 | 491 | +17 | 30 |
| 8 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 476 | 473 | +3 | 29 |
| 9 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 558 | 483 | +75 | 28 |
| 10 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 566 | 549 | +17 | 27 |
| 11 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 515 | 589 | −74 | 27 |
| 12 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 558 | 474 | +84 | 26 |
| 13 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 489 | 520 | −31 | 22 |
| 14 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 377 | 565 | −188 | 20 |
| 15 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 359 | 568 | −209 | 14 |
| 16 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 382 | 681 | −299 | 14 |
$^1$ The Bulldogs were deducted 2 competition points after an interchange breach in Round 2.

## 2009 Statistics

| Name | Pos | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
| Paul Aiton | HK | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Matthew Bell | SR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Blair | FE | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Petero Civoniceva | PR | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Cooper | SR | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Lachlan Coote | FB | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Geoff Daniela | WG | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Shane Elford | WG | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Andrew Emelio | CE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Gordon | WG | 15 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 126 |
| Wade Graham | FE | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Tim Grant | PR | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Masada Iosefa | HK | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Michael Jennings | CE | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Luke Lewis | FE | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Ben McFadgean | WG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam McKendry | PR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Paulo | SR | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Frank Pritchard | SR | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Frank Puletua | PR | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Joel Romelo | HB | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jarrod Sammut | HB | 21 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 40 |
| Nathan Smith | LK | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Junior Tia-Kilifi | CE | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Brad Tighe | CE | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Luke Walsh | HB | 18 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 51 |
| Trent Waterhouse | SR | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Adam Woolnough | PR | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Jersey

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## Transfers

| Player | Previous Club |
| Gavin Cooper | Gold Coast Titans |
| Luke Walsh | Newcastle Knights |
| Shane Elford | Huddersfield Giants |
| Player | Club |
| Tony Puletua | Saint Helens |
| Luke Rooney | (French Rugby Union) Rugby Club Toulonnais |
| Brendan Worth | Toulouse Olympique |
| Rhys Wesser | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
| Shane Rodney | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
| William Isa | Melbourne Storm |
| Chris Ward | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
| Josh McCrone | Canberra Raiders |
| Lancen Joudo | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |