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Penrith Panthers Honours
The following is a list of titles and awards won by National Rugby League club, the Penrith Panthers. Team honours Premierships Runners-up Minor Premierships Wooden Spoon World Club Challenges Finals appearances 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. Individual awards Club awards The Player of the Year award is named the Merv Cartwright Medal. The Rookie of the Year award is named after Ben Alexander. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Penrith Panthers honours Honours Rugby league trophies and awards National Rugby League lists Sydney-sport-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership between the Australian Rugby League (ARL) and media giant News Corporation-controlled Super League, in the aftermath of the 1990s Super League war, in which both ran parallel to each other in 1997. The partnership was dissolved in 2012, with control of the NRL going to the re-constituted ARL, which was re-structured with an independent board of directors and renamed the Australian Rugby League Commission. NRL matches are played in Australia and New Zealand from March to October. Each team plays 24 matches, with the highest placed team at the end of the regular season awarded the minor premiership. This is followed by a finals series contested between the eight highest placed teams from the regular season. The season culminates in the prem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Aiton
Paul Aiton (born 1985) is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who is the current assistant coach of both the PNG Hunters in the Queensland Cup and the PNG Kumuls. A Papua New Guinea international representative , Aiton played for the Penrith Panthers and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL, and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Leeds Rhinos and the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. Early life Born in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea to a Papua New Guinean mother, Anne, and an Australian father, John, Aiton moved to Caboolture, Queensland, Australia with his family at a young age. He played his junior rugby league for the Caboolture Snakes and attended Morayfield State Primary School before joining the Wests Panthers in Brisbane, where he was signed by the Penrith Panthers in 2003. Playing career Penrith Panthers After playing for Penrith's second-tier team, the St Mary's Cougars, in the NSWRL Premier League, Aiton was called upon to make hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Tia-Kilifi
Junior Tia-Kilifi (JTK) (born 24 April 1988) is a Samoa international former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s for the Penrith Panthers and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. Tia-Kilifi usually played on the or as a . Background Tia-Kilifi was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He attended Chifley College in Mt Druitt, and St Dominics College in Penrith. Tia-Kilifi played his junior footy for the Minchinbury Jets. Playing career Tia-Kilifi made his debut with the Penrith Panthers in 2009, but left the club at the end of the season to sign a two-year contract with the Bulldogs, commencing at the start of the 2010 season. Tia-Kilifi mostly played for Canterbury's feeder side in the NSW Cup. At the end of the 2011 season, Tia-Kilifi moved back to Penrith in a one-year contract. He then renewed his contract for another season. In 2015, Tia-Kilifi played for the Auburn Warriors in the Ron Massey Cup. In The 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Walsh
Luke Robert Walsh (born 12 May 1987) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Newcastle Knights and the Penrith Panthers in the Australian National Rugby League and for St Helens and the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. He played as a or . Playing career Walsh came to prominence at Newcastle after the retirement of Andrew Johns and injuries to Jarrod Mullen during the 2007 season. Although hampered by an ankle injury which kept him out of premier league, Walsh was able to make his début at halfback in round 12 against the Sydney Roosters. Walsh underwent surgery on his ankle at the end of the season. In mid-March 2009, Walsh signed with the Penrith Panthers, which would enable him to play for the Panthers in the 2009 season. Wearing jumper number 14, Walsh scored the opening try against the Gold Coast Titans on his Penrith debut. Walsh was named the Players' Player of the Panthers for 2011. On 28 May 2013 Walsh agreed a deal with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trent Waterhouse
Trent Waterhouse (born 8 January 1981), also known by the nickname of "House", is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Thirroul Butchers in the Illawarra Rugby League. He has previously played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League and Warrington Wolves of the Super League in Europe, England . He has also represented City Origin, New South Wales and Australia. Background Waterhouse was born in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia. Playing career After playing junior football for Cambridge Park and Emu Plains JRLFC, Waterhouse made his first grade début against Melbourne Storm at Olympic Park on 17 August 2002 in round 23, which was also the same game in which Steve Turner debuted. He was a member of the Penrith 2003 NRL grand final-winning team in their 18–6 win over Sydney Roosters. After that he went on the 2003 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, helping Australia to victory over Great Britain in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lachlan Coote
Lachlan Coote (born 6 April 1990) is a Scotland and Great Britain international rugby league footballer who plays as a for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League. He played for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, and was a member of the North Queensland Cowboys' 2015 NRL premiership and 2016 World Club Challenge winning sides. Coote has also played for the City Origin and Prime Minister's XIII teams. Background Coote was born in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. He was raised in Sydney's Greater West, and is of Scottish descent He played his junior rugby league for the Windsor Wolves, and attended Windsor High School He was a representative of New South Wales and Australia at junior level. Early career Coote joined the Penrith Panthers as a teenager, playing in their premiership-winning Harold Matthews Cup team in 2006. In 2007, he played in the Panthers' S.G. Ball Cup team that lost in the grand final to the Parramatta Eels. Coote was named player of the tournament an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Lewis
Luke Lewis (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian rugby league commentator and former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level. He played for the Penrith Panthers between 2001 and 2012, winning the 2003 NRL Premiership with them. He played at representative level for the City Origin side, New South Wales and the NRL All Stars. A versatile player, Lewis played (but not necessarily started) in every position in first grade football. Lewis also played representative football as a winger, centre, lock and second row, and won first grade Man of the Match awards as a centre, lock, second row, five-eighth and halfback. Background Luke Lewis was educated at Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown, and spent his junior career with Blacktown City Junior Rugby League Football Club in the Penrith district. In early 2011, Lewis married his partner, Sonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petero Civoniceva
Petero Civoniceva ( (Thee-vo-nee-thee-vah); born 21 April 1976), is a Fijian-Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative prop forward, in 2009 he broke the record for most international matches for Australia of any forward in history. Civoniceva played his club football for the Brisbane Broncos, with whom he won the 1998, 2000 and 2006 NRL Premierships, as well as for the Penrith Panthers, whom he captained. Late in his career whilst playing for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup, Civoniceva captained the Fiji national team in their 2013 Rugby League World Cup campaign. The Petero Civoniceva Medal is awarded to the Australian Fijian rugby league footballer of the year, while the Civoniceva Medal is awarded to the Queensland Cup player voted as the best and fairest. Early life Civoniceva was born in Suva, Fiji, where his father, Petero Sr, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masada Iosefa
Masada Iosefa (26 January 1988 – 25 January 2021) was a Samoan professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2000s and 2010s for the Penrith Panthers and Wests Tigers in the NRL. Early life Born in Motoʻotua, Apia, Samoa, Iosefa emigrated to Australia at a young age. A Blacktown City RLFC junior and a student of Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown, Iosefa has said of his younger years, "I was a little gangster. I guess it doesn't matter now but I grew up with a lot of guys and all they knew was crime. I just blended in with them and got caught up with it a bit. I was just hanging out on the streets. Doing the wrong thing. It is a pretty rough place and the kids just hang out and get into trouble. Not massive trouble but it can go that way. I was caught up with it. I was really close to getting locked away for a while." Iosefa was a cousin of the four Mata'utia brothers; Chanel Mata'utia, Sione Mata'utia, Pat Mata'utia and Peter Mata'utia. Playing career I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Trindall
Craig Trindall (born 8 May 1979) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. His position was halfback or five-eighth. He is a relative of former South Sydney Rabbitohs player, Darrell Trindall. Background Trindall was born in Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia. Career highlights *''Junior Club:'' Colyton Colts *''Previous Clubs:'' Windsor *''First Grade Debut:'' 2006 v Cowboys Controversy In 2006, The National Rugby League's Anti-Doping tribunal imposed a 12-week suspended sentence on Craig Trindall for cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: '' Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternative ... use. In 2007, Craig Trindall was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm after allegedly bashing a woman in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Worth
Brendan Worth (born 18 July 1984) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who last played for the Cessnock Goannas in the Newcastle Rugby League. Before joining Cessnock, Worth played in the NRL for the Newcastle Knights and the Penrith Panthers and played in France for Toulouse Olympique. Worth's position of choice was as a prop A prop, formally known as (theatrical) property, is an object used on stage or screen by actors during a performance or screen production. In practical terms, a prop is considered to be anything movable or portable on a stage or a set, distinct .... Background Worth was born in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Playing career At the end of the 2009 season, for his first year at Toulouse, Worth received the 2009 Toulouse Player of the Year award from the sang-et-or website. References External linksToulouse Olympique profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Worth, Brendan 1984 births Living people Australian rugby league players Cessnock Goanna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Puletua
Frank Puletua (born 8 May 1978) is a former Samoa international rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A , he played his club football in the National Rugby League for Australian clubs the Penrith Panthers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Background Puletua played his junior rugby league for the St Mary's Saints before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. His brother is New Zealand and Samoan international Tony Puletua. He holds fine arts and graphics design degrees from the University of Western Sydney Playing career Puletua made his NRL debut for the Penrith Panthers on 25 April 1998 against the Melbourne Storm. Eligible to represent Samoa, Puletua did so in the 2000 World Cup. He played for the Panthers until switching to the South Sydney Rabbitohs for the 2002 and 2003 seasons. He then signed with the new Gold Coast Titans but changed his mind and left the club, returning to Penrith. He was named in the Samoa training squad for the 2008 Rugby L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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