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The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based 55 km (34 mi) west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains .
[10] [11] The new plan would have allowed the Panthers to play at the existing site until the new stadium was built. In February 2023, the ground hosted the 2023 World Club Challenge clash between two-time reigning NRL premiers the Penrith Panthers and four-time defending Super League champions St Helens R.F.C. [12]
The club was originally known as Penrith Panthers. It rose to the New South Wales First Division in 1996 and again to the New South Wales Super League in 2000. The club became Penrith Nepean United from 2004. [2] From 2007, the club was promoted to the New South Wales Premier League, the highest level of competitive football (soccer) in New ...
A "strong running and skilful passing" [4] Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative second-row forward, Cartwright played his club football with the Penrith Panthers, winning the 1991 premiership with them.
Waterhouse played at lock forward in Penrith's 22–4 loss. In February 2007, Waterhouse signed with the Panthers until the end of 2011. In the same year, Penrith finished last on the table and claimed the wooden spoon. [3] [4] He was selected for City in the City vs Country match in 2006 and again in 2009. [5]
Alamoti would appear in all matches for the Canterbury club during the 2022 NSW Cup finals series, including the club's grand final loss to the Penrith Panthers at CommBank Stadium. [12] On 7 November, Alamoti was named in the Bulldogs top 30 squad for 2023, [13] extending his contract until the end of the 2024 season. [14]
Lindsay Smith (born 13 January 2000) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or lock for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL. He won the 2023 and 2024 NRL Grand Finals with the Penrith Panthers.
The history of the Penrith Panthers stretches back to the 1960s when a team from Penrith entering Sydney's elite competition was first mooted. After admission to the NSWRFL premiership in 1967, the club struggled on-field until reaching the finals for the first time in the 1980s, and reaching the grand final in the 1990s.