Penrith Panthers
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| Full name | Penrith Rugby League Club |
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| Website | penrithpanthers.com.au | ||
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Primary: Black Secondary: Golden brown Alternate: Pink |
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| Founded | 4 July 1966 | ||
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| CEO | Brian Fletcher (acting) | ||
| Coach | Anthony Griffin | ||
| General Manager | Phil Gould | ||
| Captain | Matt Moylan | ||
| Competition | National Rugby League | ||
| 2016 season | 6th (Semi Finalists) | ||
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| Records | |||
| Premierships | 2 (1991, 2003) | ||
| Runners-up | 1 (1990) | ||
| Minor premiership | 2 (1991, 2003) | ||
| Wooden spoons | 4 (1973, 1980, 2001, 2007) | ||
| Most capped | 242 - Steve Carter | ||
| Highest points scorer | 1,572 - Ryan Girdler | ||
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. The team is based 55 km west of the centre of Sydney and at the foot of the Blue Mountains.
The Panthers were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition in 1967. Penrith struggled for almost twenty years before finally reaching their first finals series. The club achieved its first Grand Final appearance in 1990 but were beaten by the Canberra Raiders 18–14. The following year the Panthers met the Raiders again in the 1991 Grand Final, this time winning the game 19–12.
Penrith's most recent premiership achievement was over the Sydney Roosters in the 2003 Grand Final where Penrith were considered underdogs but came out on top with an 18–6 victory.
Anthony Griffin was appointed head coach in October 2015. For the 2016 NRL season, Matt Moylan is the captain. Sports media personality Phil Gould is the club's manager of football operations. OAK Milk has been their major sponsor since 2012.
Varied Penrith teams had played for many years between 1912 and 1966 in the Western Districts League under the control of the Western Suburbs RLFC. In the Parramatta competition after Parramatta was admitted to the NSWRL in 1947, and also in a second-tier Sydney competition introduced by the NSWRL in 1962. By this time a single top level rugby league team had emerged in the Penrith area and in 1964 they became known as the Penrith Panthers. The Panther had been chosen as the Penrith emblem after a public competition won by a graphic artist from Emu Plains named Deidre Copeland.
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