Penrith Panthers

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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. 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 premierships, winning the 2021, 2022, 2023, and the 2024 Grand Finals. Ivan Cleary was appointed head coach in October 2018, having previously served in the same role between 2012–15. On 13 May 2026, Ivan Cleary announced he would step down as head coach at the end of the 2027 season, remaining at the club in an advisory role. He is set to be succeeded by assistant coach and former rugby league player Peter Wallace. Former Penrith premiership winning head coach Phil Gould was the club's general manager but departed in 2019.