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Penrith PanthersThe 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. Penrith are the current reigning NRL Premiers, having won the title six times, including the last four times consecutively. Penrith 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, Penrith met Canberra again in the 1991 Grand Final, this time winning the game 19–12. Penrith won their second NRL premiership in 2003. Their most recent premiership achievement came in 2024, where they defeated the Melbourne Storm by 14–6 in the Grand Final. After losing the 2020 grand final to the Melbourne Storm, Penrith became the second club to retain the premiership in the NRL-era as well as the first to win three and subsequently four consecutive Premierships, winning the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 Grand Finals. Ivan Cleary was appointed head coach in October 2018, having previously served in the same role between 2012–15. Former Penrith premiership winning head coach Phil Gould was the club's general manager but departed in 2019.
Ivan ClearyIvan Cleary (born 1 March 1971) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League (NRL) and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a fullback and centre in the 1990s and 2000s. He is a former head coach of the Wests Tigers and New Zealand Warriors, as well as the four time NRL Premiership winning head coach of the Penrith Panthers, who led the Panthers to four straight premierships in the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 NRL Grand Finals with the Penrith Panthers, becoming the first coach to do so in the NRL era. As a player, Cleary was a goal-kicking fullback who played club football in Australia and New Zealand, setting a new record for most points scored in a season during the 1998 NRL Premiership. He is the father of Panthers' co-captain Nathan Cleary and Auckland-based Warriors halfback Jett Cleary.
Isaah YeoIsaah Patrick Ferguson-Yeo (born 6 November 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who co-captains and plays as a lock forward for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL and captains New South Wales in State of Origin and Australia at international level. Yeo was vice-captain of the Australia team that won the 2022 Rugby League World Cup and he has represented New South Wales Country. Yeo is a four time Premiership-winning Co-Captain of the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 NRL Grand Finals with the Panthers. Yeo played as a second-row forward and centre earlier in his career before a full-time move to lock in 2020.
Nathan ClearyNathan Cleary (born 14 November 1997) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a halfback for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League and plays for NSW Blues in State of Origin . Widely considered one of the best players in the modern era, Cleary was halfback in five consecutive grand finals from 2020-2024. He was co-captain in four straight grand finals wins (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024). He received the Clive Churchill Medal in 2021 and 2023, as well as winning Dally M Halfback of The Year in both 2020 and 2021. He also vice-captained NSW from 2020-2023. He has represented Australia at international level, winning the 2022 Rugby League World Cup. He represented City NSW in 2017.
Jarome LuaiJarome Luai (born 16 January 1997) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth or halfback and is co-captain for the Wests Tigers in the NRL (National Rugby League). He previously played for the Penrith Panthers, where he was a four time premiership winning player; he has also represented and captained Samoa at test and 9's level, the NSW Blues in State of Origin and the Māori All Stars in the annual NRL All Stars match. He won the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 NRL Grand Finals with the Penrith Panthers.
Stephen CrichtonStephen Crichton (born 22 September 2000) is a Samoan professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a centre for the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. He has represented New South Wales in the State of Origin series and Samoa at international level. Crichton previously played for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, with whom he won the 2021, 2022 and 2023 NRL Grand Finals. Crichton has the distinction of scoring a try in each of Penrith's four consecutive grand final appearances (2020 to 2023).
2023 NRL Grand FinalThe 2023 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2023 National Rugby League season in Australia. It was contested between the Penrith Panthers and the Brisbane Broncos on Sunday the 1st of October at Accor Stadium in Sydney. Penrith, who were the two-time defending premiers and the defending minor premiers, won the match 26–24 to claim their fifth premiership title, and became the first club in forty years to win three consecutive first-grade premierships, following the Parramatta Eels' three-peat from 1981 to 1983. Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary, who scored the winning try for his team, was awarded his second Clive Churchill Medal for being judged as the man of the match. The match gained significant notability for featuring the largest comeback victory in grand final history, with the Panthers overcoming a 24–8 deficit after 56 minutes by scoring 18 unanswered points to ultimately win the match. The match was preceded by the 2023 NRL State Championship and the 2023 NRL Women's Grand Final. The match was broadcast live throughout Australia by the Nine Network.
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