2003 Penrith Panthers season

2003 Penrith Panthers season
NRL Rank1st (Premiers)
2003 recordWins: 18; draws: 0; losses: 6
Points scoredFor: 659; against: 527
Team information
CoachJohn Lang
Captain
StadiumPenrith Football Stadium – 22,500
Avg. attendance17,829
High attendance22,304
Top scorers
TriesRhys Wesser (25)
GoalsPreston Campbell (33)
PointsPreston Campbell (164)
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The 2003 Penrith Panthers season is the 37th season in the club's history. Coached by John Lang and captained by Craig Gower, the Panthers competed in the National Rugby League's 2003 Telstra Premiership. The Panthers won the club's second ever premiership after defeating the Sydney Roosters 18 – 6 in the grand final.

Squad

Player transfers

Fixtures

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday, 16 March 1 Brisbane Broncos Panthers Football Stadium 20 - 24 Girdler, Lewis, Priddis, Wesser Campbell (2/2), Gridler (0/3) 13,499
Saturday, 22 March 2 Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium 42 - 16 Campbell, Gower, Wesser Preston Campbell (2/3) 10,254
Sunday, 30 March 3 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 22 - 23 Wesser (3), Whatuira Campbell (3/4), Gower (1 FG) 9,854
Saturday, 5 April 4 Canberra Raiders Panthers Football Stadium 28 - 40 Wesser (2), Galuvao, Gower, Ross Campbell (4/6) 14,472
5 Bye
Satday, 19 April 6 South Sydney Rabbitohs Allianz Stadium 14 - 16 Lewis, Puletua, Waterhouse Campbell (2/4) 9,308
Sunday, 27 April 7 New Zealand Warriors Mount Smart Stadium 14 - 28 Wesser, Lewis, Rooney Campbell (4/5) 15,732
Saturday, 3 May 8 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Panthers Football Stadium 30 - 29 Wesser, Galuvao, Lewis, Priddis Campbell (5/6) 19,676
Sunday, 11 May 9 St George Illawarra Dragons Panthers Football Stadium 30 - 26 Campbell, Howland, Lewis, Wesser Campbell (4/6), Rodney (2/2), Sattler (1/1) 17,862
Saturday, 17 may 10 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 18 - 26 Whatuira (2), Rodney, Rooney Campbell (5/5) 13,140
Sunday, 25 May 11 Wests Tigers Campbelltown Stadium 4 - 26 Howland (2), Gower, Priddis, Wesser Campbell (3/5) 4,125
Saturday, 31 May 12 New Zealand Warriors Panthers Football Stadium 34 - 12 Campbell (3), Howland, Waterhouse, Whatuira Campbell (5/7) 20,280
Saturday, 7 June 13 North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers 24 - 28 Galuvao (2), Lewis, Priddis, Rooney Campbell (4/5) 17,102
Saturday, 14 June 14 Melbourne Storm Panthers Football Stadium 12 - 32 Lewis, Wesser Campbell (2/3) 15,863
Friday, 20 June 15 Newcastle Knights Panthers Football Stadium 34 - 6 Priddis (2), Rooney (2), Campbell, Lewis, Whatuira Campbell (3/7) 18,744
Sunday, 29 June 16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Panthers Football Stadium 28 - 26 Lewis (2), Elford, Rooney, Wesser Campbell (4/6) 22,147
Saturday, 5 July 17 Cronulla Sharks Endeavour Field 0 - 20 Campbell, Rooney, Wesser Girdler 13,477
Saturday, 12 July 18 South Sydney Rabbitohs Panthers Football Stadium 30 - 24 Galuvao (3), Rooney (2), Gower Girdler (3/7) 15,251
Friday, 18 July 19 Newcastle Knights Newcastle International Sports Centre 16 - 29 Rooney (2), Whatuira (2), Lewis, Waterhouse Girdler (2/6), Gower (1 FG) 19,246
Sunday, 27 July 20 Sydney Roosters Panthers Football Stadium 24 - 38 Campbell (2), Girdler, Whatuira Girlder (4/4) 22,227
Sunday, 3 August 21 St George Illawarra Dragons Wollongong Showground 34 - 28 Campbell (2), Rooney (2), Whatuira Girdler (4/5) 15,310
Friday, 8 August 22 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 6 - 13 Puletua, Wesser Girdler (2/2), Gower (1 FG) 31,180
23 Bye
Sunday, 23 August 24 Wests Tigers Panthers Football Stadium 44 - 28 Lewis (2), Wesser (2), Priddis, Puletua, Rooney, Waterhouse, Whatuira Girdler (4/9) 10,924
Saturday, 30 August 25 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 26 - 52 Campbell (2), Lewis (2), Galea, Priddis, Puletua, Sattler Campbell (6/7), Girdler (2/2) 9,774
Sunday, 7 September 26 Parramatta Eels Panthers Football Stadium 40 - 22 Wesser (3), Gower, Rodney, Rooney, Swain Girdler (6/7) 22,304
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder

2003 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 (P) 24 18 0 6 2 659 527 +132 40
2 Sydney Roosters 24 17 0 7 2 680 445 +235 38
3 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 16 0 8 2 702 419 +283 36
4 Canberra Raiders 24 16 0 8 2 620 463 +157 36
5 Melbourne Storm 24 15 0 9 2 564 486 +78 34
6 New Zealand Warriors 24 15 0 9 2 545 510 +35 34
7 Newcastle Knights 24 14 0 10 2 632 635 -3 32
8 Brisbane Broncos 24 12 0 12 2 497 464 +33 28
9 Parramatta Eels 24 11 0 13 2 570 582 -12 26
10 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 11 0 13 2 548 593 -45 26
11 North Queensland Cowboys 24 10 0 14 2 606 629 -23 24
12 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 8 0 16 2 497 704 -207 20
13 Wests Tigers 24 7 0 17 2 470 598 -128 18
14 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 7 0 17 2 557 791 -234 18
15 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 3 0 21 2 457 758 -301 10

Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round
  • Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
1 Penrith 0 0 2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 22 24 26 28 30 30 30 32 34 36 38 40
2 Sydney 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 12 12 14 16 18 18 20 20 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 36 38
3 Bulldogs 2 4 4 6 6 6 6 8 10 12 12 12 14 16 18 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 34 36
4 Canberra 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 22 22 22 24 24 26 28 30 30 32 32 34 36 36
5 Melbourne 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 10 12 12 14 14 14 16 16 18 20 22 22 24 26 26 28 30 32 34
6 New Zealand 0 2 4 6 8 10 10 10 12 14 14 14 16 16 18 20 20 22 24 26 26 28 28 30 32 34
7 Newcastle 2 2 2 4 6 8 10 10 12 12 12 14 16 18 18 20 20 22 22 22 24 26 28 28 30 32
8 Brisbane 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 14 16 18 18 20 22 24 26 26 26 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28
9 Parramatta 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 10 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 22 24 26 26
10 St George Illawarra 0 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 10 12 12 14 14 16 18 20 20 22 22 24 24 24 24 24 26
11 North Queensland 0 2 4 4 4 4 6 8 8 10 12 14 14 14 14 14 16 16 16 16 18 18 20 22 24 24
12 Cronulla-Sutherland 0 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 10 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 16 16 18 18 20 20
13 Wests 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 12 14 14 16 16 16 18 18 18 18
14 Manly-Warringah 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 10 12 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
15 South Sydney 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10


Representative honours

References

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