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2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
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Location: Aus_NZ > National > First Grade
Competition: NRL Telstra Premiership

Club: Penrith Panthers [Club Headlines]

Coach: Matthew Elliott
Club Season Index: Penrith Panthers [Season Matches Review]

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Round 1 - Mar 14-17
Sun: Brisbane Broncos 48 d. Penrith Panthers 12
Date: Sunday March 16, 2008
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Castlemaine Street, Milton, Brisbane (QLD)
Crowd: 31,250
Table Position: 16
Tries (2): Jarrod Sammut, Nathan Smith
Goals (2): Jarrod Sammut (2 from 2)
Round 2 - Mar 21-24
Sat: Penrith Panthers 16 l. Canberra Raiders 20
Date: Saturday March 22, 2008
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 7,503
Table Position: 16
Tries (2): Brad Tighe, Rhys Wesser
Goals (4): Jarrod Sammut (4 from 4)
Round 3 - Mar 28-31
Sun: Penrith Panthers 26 d. South Sydney Rabbitohs 22
Date: Sunday March 30, 2008
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 10,839
Table Position: 13
Tries (4): Brad Tighe 2, Maurice Blair, Adam Woolnough
Goals (5): Jarrod Sammut (5 from 6)
Round 4 - Apr 4-7
Mon: Wests Tigers 8 l. Penrith Panthers 30
Date: Monday April 7, 2008
Venue: Campbelltown Stadium, Leumeah, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 11,898
Table Position: 10
Tries (5): Maurice Blair, Michael Jennings, Luke Priddis, Brad Tighe, Michael Gordon
Goals (5): Jarrod Sammut (5 from 6)
Round 5 - Apr 11-14
Sat: Penrith Panthers 12 l. Sydney Roosters 28
Date: Saturday April 12, 2008
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 16,294
Table Position: 12
Tries (2): Geoff Daniela, Luke Lewis
Goals (2): Jarrod Sammut (2 from 2)
Round 6 - Apr 18-21
Sat: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20 l. Penrith Panthers 21
Date: Saturday April 19, 2008
Venue: Toyota Park, Woolooware, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 13,852
Table Position: 12
Tries (4): Michael Gordon, Michael Jennings, Luke Rooney, Nathan Smith
Goals (2): Jarrod Sammut (2 from 4)
Field Goals (1): Jarrod Sammut
Round 7 - Apr 25-27
Penrith Panthers bye
Round 8 - May 3-4
Sat: Penrith Panthers 18 l. Parramatta Eels 26
Date: Saturday May 3, 2008
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 18,724
Table Position: 12
Tries (3): Petero Civoniceva (15), Tony Puletua (18), Michael Jennings (75)
Goals (3): Jarrod Sammut (3 from 4)
Round 9 - May 10-12
Sat: Bulldogs 4 l. Penrith Panthers 30
Date: Saturday May 10, 2008
Venue: ANZ Stadium (Sydney), Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 10,257
Table Position: 9
Tries (5): Brad Tighe 2, Michael Gordon, Luke Lewis, Frank Pritchard
Goals (5): Michael Gordon (5 from 5)
Round 10 - May 16-19
Sun: Penrith Panthers 46 d. New Zealand Warriors 22
Date: Sunday May 18, 2008
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 9,450
Table Position: 7
Tries (8): Michael Gordon 2, Michael Jennings 2, Frank Pritchard 2, Luke Rooney, Trent Waterhouse
Goals (7): Michael Gordon (7 from 9)
Round 11 - May 23-26
Penrith Panthers bye
Round 12 - May 30-Jun 2
Sat: North Queensland Cowboys 18 l. Penrith Panthers 19
Date: Saturday May 31, 2008
Venue: Dairy Farmers Stadium, Kirwan, Townsville (QLD)
Crowd: 16,553
Table Position: 6
Tries (3): Michael Jennings, Luke Rooney, Brad Tighe
Goals (3): Jarrod Sammut (3 from 5)
Field Goals (1): Jarrod Sammut
Round 13 - Jun 6-9
Sun: Penrith Panthers 22 l. Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24
Date: Sunday June 8, 2008
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 10,543
Table Position: 8
Tries (4): Michael Jennings, Shane Rodney, Jarrod Sammut, Trent Waterhouse
Goals (3): Jarrod Sammut (3 from 4)
Round 14 - Jun 13-16
Fri: Sydney Roosters 32 d. Penrith Panthers 12
Date: Friday June 13, 2008
Venue: Sydney Football Stadium, Driver Ave, Moore Park, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 9,724
Table Position: 10
Tries (2): Luke Rooney, Brad Tighe
Goals (2): Shane Rodney (2 from 2), Brad Tighe (0 from 1)
Round 15 - Jun 20-23
Fri: St.George-Illawarra Dragons 13 d. Penrith Panthers 12
Date: Friday June 20, 2008
Venue: ANZ Stadium (Sydney), Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 9,032
Table Position: 11
Tries (2): Luke Lewis, Rhys Wesser
Goals (2): Shane Rodney (1 from 1), Jarrod Sammut (1 from 1)
Round 16 - Jun 27-30
Fri: Penrith Panthers 12 drew Brisbane Broncos 12
Date: Friday June 27, 2008
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 9,963
Table Position: 9
Tries (2): Michael Jennings, Luke Lewis
Goals (2): Shane Rodney (2 from 2), Lachlan Coote (0 from 3)
Round 17 - Jul 4-7
Sun: Parramatta Eels v Penrith Panthers
Date: Sunday July 6, 2008
Venue: Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney (NSW)
Round 18 - Jul 11-14
Fri: Penrith Panthers v Newcastle Knights
Date: Friday July 11, 2008
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Round 19 - Jul 18-21
Sat: Gold Coast Titans v Penrith Panthers
Date: Saturday July 19, 2008
Venue: Skilled Park, Robina, Gold Coast (QLD)
Round 20 - Jul 25-28
Sat: Penrith Panthers v Wests Tigers
Date: Saturday July 26, 2008
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Round 21 - Aug 1-4
Fri: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v Penrith Panthers
Date: Friday August 1, 2008
Venue: Brookvale Oval, Brookvale, Sydney (NSW)
Round 22 - Aug 8-11
Canberra Raiders v Penrith Panthers
Round 23 - Aug 15-18
Penrith Panthers v Bulldogs
Round 24 - Aug 22-25
Penrith Panthers v Melbourne Storm
Round 25 - Aug 29-Sep 1
New Zealand Warriors v Penrith Panthers
Round 26 - Sep 5-8
Penrith Panthers v Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Position: 9
Played: 14 (Home 7, Away 7)
Won: 6, Drawn: 1, Lost: 7, Byes: 2
For: 288 (0 tries, 0 goals, 0 fgoals)
Against: 297 (0 tries, 0 goals, 0 fgoals)
Points: 17, Difference: -9

Round 1 [16 Mar 08] L 12-48 v Broncos (A)
Round 2 [22 Mar 08] L 16-20 v Raiders (H)
Round 3 [30 Mar 08] W 26-22 v Rabbitohs (H)
Round 4 [07 Apr 08] W 30-8 v Tigers (A)
Round 5 [12 Apr 08] L 12-28 v Roosters (H)
Round 6 [19 Apr 08] W 21-20 v Sharks (A)
Round 7 Penrith Panthers bye
Round 8 [03 May 08] L 18-26 v Eels (H)
Round 9 [10 May 08] W 30-4 v Bulldogs (A)
Round 10 [18 May 08] W 46-22 v Warriors (H)
Round 11 Penrith Panthers bye
Round 12 [31 May 08] W 19-18 v Cowboys (A)
Round 13 [08 Jun 08] L 22-24 v Sharks (H)
Round 14 [13 Jun 08] L 12-32 v Roosters (A)
Round 15 [20 Jun 08] L 12-13 v Dragons (A)
Round 16 [27 Jun 08] D 12-12 v Broncos (H)
Round 17 [06 Jul 08] v Eels (A)
Round 18 [11 Jul 08] v Knights (H)
Round 19 [19 Jul 08] v Gold Coast (A)
Round 20 [26 Jul 08] v Tigers (H)
Round 21 [01 Aug 08] v Sea Eagles (A)
Round 22  v Raiders (A)
Round 23  v Bulldogs (H)
Round 24  v Storm (H)
Round 25  v Warriors (A)
Round 26  v Sea Eagles (H)

Player record for this season. Click player name for player profile

Player	P	T	G	FG	Pts
Paul Aiton	11 (11)	0	0	0	0
Josh Bateman	3 (2)	0	0	0	0
Matthew Bell	11 (9)	0	0	0	0
Maurice Blair	14	2	0	0	8
Petero Civoniceva	11	1	0	0	4
Lachlan Coote	1	0	0/3	0	0
Geoff Daniela	3	1	0	0	4
Michael Gordon	7	5	12/14	0	44
Wade Graham	2	0	0	0	0
Tim Grant	3 (3)	0	0	0	0
Masada Iosefa	2 (2)	0	0	0	0
Michael Jennings	13	8	0	0	32
Luke Lewis	9 (1)	4	0	0	16
Sam McKendry	1	0	0	0	0
Junior Moors	3 (3)	0	0	0	0
Mark O'Halloran	1	0	0	0	0
Joseph Paulo	5 (2)	0	0	0	0
Keith Peters	3 (1)	0	0	0	0
Luke Priddis	12	1	0	0	4
Frank Pritchard	14 (2)	3	0	0	12
Frank Puletua	6 (6)	0	0	0	0
Tony Puletua	12 (1)	1	0	0	4
Shane Rodney	4 (3)	1	5/5	0	14
Luke Rooney	12	4	0	0	16
Jarrod Sammut	10 (1)	2	30/38	2	70
Nathan Smith	14	2	0	0	8
Brad Tighe	14	8	0/1	0	32
Trent Waterhouse	11	2	0	0	8
Rhys Wesser	12	2	0	0	8
Joe Williams	1	0	0	0	0
Adam Woolnough	4 (3)	1	0	0	4
Brendan Worth	8 (6)	0	0	0	0
32 players used

Appearances in brackets denote games off interchange/repl bench

Crowd Information:
Total: Games 14 - 185882 (Average: 13,277)
Home: Games 7 - 83316 (Average: 11,902)
Away: Games 7 - 102566 (Average: 14,652)

Leading Point Scorers:
70: Jarrod Sammut (10)
44: Michael Gordon (7)
32: Michael Jennings (13), Brad Tighe (14)
16: Luke Lewis (9)

Leading Try Scorers:
8: Michael Jennings (13), Brad Tighe (14)
5: Michael Gordon (7)
4: Luke Lewis (9), Luke Rooney (12)
3: Frank Pritchard (14)
2: Maurice Blair (14), Jarrod Sammut (10), Nathan Smith (14), Trent Waterhouse (11), Rhys Wesser (12)
1: Petero Civoniceva (11), Geoff Daniela (3), Luke Priddis (12), Tony Puletua (12), Shane Rodney (4), Adam Woolnough (4)

Leading Goal Scorers:
30: Jarrod Sammut. Attempts: 30/38. Accuracy: 79% (10)
12: Michael Gordon. Attempts: 12/14. Accuracy: 86% (7)
5: Shane Rodney. Attempts: 5/5. Accuracy: 100% (4)
0: Lachlan Coote. Attempts: 0/3. Accuracy: 0% (1)
0: Brad Tighe. Attempts: 0/1. Accuracy: 0% (14)

Numbers in brackets denote appearances

2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
Penrith Panthers

Draw, results and other info.

2008 NRL Telstra Premiership Penrith Panthers

Draw, results and other info.

2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
Penrith Panthers