# 2024 Penrith Panthers season

The 2024 Penrith Panthers season was the 58th season in the club's history. They were Coached by Ivan Cleary and co-captained by Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo, the Panthers were competing in the National Rugby League's 2024 Telstra Premiership. The Panthers won the 2024 Premiership by defeating the Melbourne Storm in the Final (14–6). This marked their 4th Premiership in a row.

## Squad
### Player transfers

A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2024 season.
Gains :
| Player | Signed from | Until end of |
| Paul Alamoti | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 2024 |
| Asu Kepaoa† | Wests Tigers | 2025 |
| Daine Laurie | Wests Tigers | 2024 |
| Riley Price | North Queensland Cowboys | 2025 |
| Brad Schneider | Hull Kingston Rovers (Super League) | 2025 |
Losses :
| Player | Signed To | Until End of |
| Stephen Crichton | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 2027 |
| Jaeman Salmon | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 2025 |
| Spencer Leniu | Sydney Roosters | 2025 |
| Jack Cogger | Newcastle Knights | 2026 |
| Tom Jenkins | Newcastle Knights | 2025 |
| Zac Hosking | Canberra Raiders | 2026 |
| Kurt Falls | Brisbane Broncos | |
| Eddie Blacker | Norths Devils (Queensland Cup) | |
| Chris Smith | Released | |
| Ativalu Lisati† | Melbourne Storm | 2025 |
| Taylan May† | Released | |

## Fixtures
### World Club Challenge

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| 24 February; 20:00 (GMT) | Wigan Warriors | DW Stadium | 16 - 12 | Cleary, Edwards | Cleary (2/2) | 24,091 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw |||||||

### Regular season
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | – | H | A | A | H | N | A | H | H | A | – | H | A | – | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | B | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | B | L | W | B | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Points | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 40 |

#### Matches

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Friday, 8 March | 1 | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park | 8–0 | | | 20,169 |
| Friday, 15 March | 2 | Parramatta Eels | BlueBet Stadium | 26–18 | Edwards, Leota, Turuva (2), Tago | Cleary (3/5) | 21,522 |
| Thursday, 21 March | 3 | Brisbane Broncos | BlueBet Stadium | 34–12 | Turuva, Tago (2), Kenny, To'o (2) | Cleary (5/6) | 20,089 |
| Thursday, 28 March | 4 | Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium | 16–22 | Turuva (3), Edwards | Edwards (3/5) | 25,898 |
| Saturday, 6 April | 5 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 4 Pines Park | 32–18 | Schneider, Edwards (2) | Edwards (3/3) | 17,381 |
| | 6 | Bye | | | | | |
| Saturday, 20 April | 7 | Wests Tigers | Carrington Park | 22–6 | Turuva (2), Alamoti, Fisher-Harris | Edwards (3/4) | 12,000 |
| Saturday, 27 April | 8 | North Queensland Cowboys | Queensland Country Bank Stadium | 20–26 | To'o, Edwards, Alamoti, Martin | Cleary (5/5) | 20,960 |
| Thursday, 2 May | 9 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Accor Stadium | 12–42 | Turuva, Schneider, Garner (2), Smith, May, Tago | Edwards (7/7) | 8,155 |
| Friday, 10 May | 10 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | BlueBet Stadium | 16–10 | Garner, To'o | Cleary (1/1), Edwards (4/4) | 21,525 |
| Sunday, 19 May | 11 | New Zealand Warriors | Suncorp Stadium | 22–20 | Edwards, Luai, Yeo, Tago | Edwards (2/5) | 40,472* |
| Saturday, 25 May | 12 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | PointsBet Stadium | 0–42 | Fisher-Harris, Luai, Alamoti, Edwards, Cole, Henry, Sorensen | Edwards (7/8) | 13,500 |
| Saturday, 1 June | 13 | St George Illawarra Dragons | BlueBet Stadium | 10–22 | Alamoti, J. McLean | Alamoti (1/2) | 12,025 |
| Sunday, 9 June | 14 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | BlueBet Stadium | 32–22 | To'o (3), Turuva (2), Henry | Alamoti (4/7) | 20,101 |
| Sunday, 16 June | 15 | Newcastle Knights | McDonald Jones Stadium | 18–26 | Sorenson, To'o, Luai, Smith, Edwards | Alamoti (3/5) | 27,966 |
| | 16 | Bye | | | | | |
| Sunday, 30 June | 17 | North Queensland Cowboys | BlueBet Stadium | 6–16 | Schneider | Alamoti (1/1) | 15,777 |
| Friday, 5 July | 18 | Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium | 6–14 | Cole, To'o, Kenny | Edwards (1/3) | 42,433 |
| | 19 | Bye | | | | | |
| Sunday, 21 July | 20 | Dolphins | BlueBet Stadium | 28–26 | Turuva, Alamoti, Leota, Laurie | Cleary (5/5) 1 2pt FG | 20,955 |
| Sunday, 28 July | 21 | St George Illawarra Dragons | WIN Stadium | 10–46 | C. McLean, Martin, Cleary (3), Sorenson, Smith, Toelau | Cleary (7/8) | 18,988 |
| Sunday, 4 August | 22 | Newcastle Knights | BlueBet Stadium | 22–14 | C. McLean, Tago, Cleary | Cleary (5/5) | 20,261 |
| Friday, 9 August | 23 | Parramatta Eels | CommBank Stadium | 34–36 | To'o (2), Tago (2), Turuva (2) | Cleary (6/7) | 18,852 |
| Thursday, 15 August | 24 | Melbourne Storm | BlueBet Stadium | 22–24 | Smith, Tago, Edwards, C. McLean | Cleary (3/5) | 20,516 |
| Saturday, 24 August | 25 | Canberra Raiders | GIO Stadium Canberra | 22–18 | Sommerton, Laurie, Fisher-Harris | Edwards (3/4) | 17,523 |
| Friday, 30 August | 26 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | BlueBet Stadium | 34–12 | Fisher-Harris, Garner, Schneider, Turuva, Yeo | Alamoti (5/6) | 20,176 |
| Saturday, 7 September | 27 | Gold Coast Titans | Penrith Park | 18–12 | To'o, Edwards, Garner | Alamoti (3/4) | 21,525 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye ||||||||
* Indicates the total attendance for magic round day 3.

## Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 692 | 449 | +243 | 44 | Advance to finals series |
| 2 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 580 | 394 | +186 | 40 | Advance to finals series |
| 3 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 738 | 463 | +275 | 38 | Advance to finals series |
| 4 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 653 | 431 | +222 | 38 | Advance to finals series |
| 5 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 657 | 568 | +89 | 36 | Advance to finals series |
| 6 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 529 | 433 | +96 | 34 | Advance to finals series |
| 7 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 634 | 521 | +113 | 33 | Advance to finals series |
| 8 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 470 | 510 | −40 | 30 | Advance to finals series |
| 9 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 474 | 601 | −127 | 30 | |
| 10 | Dolphins | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 577 | 578 | −1 | 28 | |
| 11 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 508 | 634 | −126 | 28 | |
| 12 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 537 | 607 | −70 | 26 | |
| 13 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 512 | 574 | −62 | 25 | |
| 14 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 488 | 656 | −168 | 22 | |
| 15 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 561 | 716 | −155 | 20 | |
| 16 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 494 | 682 | −188 | 20 | |
| 17 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 463 | 750 | −287 | 18 | |

### Bracket

| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 14 September – Melbourne | 14 September – Melbourne | 14 September – Melbourne | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Melbourne | 37 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 10 | 20 September – Sydney | 20 September – Sydney | 20 September – Sydney | | | | |
| | | | Cronulla-Sutherland | Cronulla-Sutherland | 26 | | | | |
| 14 September – Townsville | 14 September – Townsville | 14 September – Townsville | North Queensland | North Queensland | 18 | 27 September – Melbourne | 27 September – Melbourne | 27 September – Melbourne | | | |
| 5 | North Queensland | 28 | | | | Melbourne | Melbourne | 48 | |
| 8 | Newcastle | 16 | | | | Sydney | Sydney | 18 | 6 October – Sydney | 6 October – Sydney | 6 October – Sydney |
| | | | | | | | | | Melbourne | Melbourne | 6 |
| 15 September – Sydney | 15 September – Sydney | 15 September – Sydney | | | | 28 September – Sydney | 28 September – Sydney | 28 September – Sydney | Penrith | Penrith | 14 |
| 6 | Canterbury-Bankstown | 22 | | | | Penrith | Penrith | 26 | | |
| 7 | Manly Warringah | 24 | 21 September – Sydney | 21 September – Sydney | 21 September – Sydney | Cronulla-Sutherland | Cronulla-Sutherland | 6 | | |
| | | | Sydney | Sydney | 40 | | | | | | |
| 13 September – Sydney | 13 September – Sydney | 13 September – Sydney | Manly Warringah | Manly Warringah | 16 | | | | | |
| 2 | Penrith | 30 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Sydney | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Friday, 13 September | Qualifying Final | Sydney Roosters | BlueBet Stadium | 30 - 10 | To'o, Tago, Luai, Garner (2) | Cleary (5/6) | 21,483 |
| Saturday, 28 September | Preliminary Final | Cronulla Sharks | Accor Stadium | 26 - 6 | Alamoti (2), To'o, Martin | Cleary (4/5), Alamoti (1/1) | 33,753 |
| Sunday, 6 October | Grand Final | Melbourne Storm | Accor Stadium | 6 - 14 | Turuva, Martin, Alamoti | Cleary (1/3) | 80,156 |

## Other teams

In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2024 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 21) and the New South Wales Rugby League's The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup (NSW Cup).