2009 Penrith Panthers season

The 2009 Penrith Panthers season was the 43rd in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2009 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 11th. The coach of the team was Matthew Elliott while Petero Civoniceva was the club's captain.

Fixtures

The Panthers again use CUA Stadium as their home ground in 2009, their home ground since they entered the competition in 1967.

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
March 14	Round 1	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Toyota Stadium	Loss	10-18	Jennings	Gordon	10,617
March 21	Round 2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	CUA Stadium	Loss	26-28	Waterhouse, Aiton, Tighe	Gordon	16,846
March 30	Round 3	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval	Win	12-10	Coote, Iosefa	Gordon	8,667
April 4	Round 4	Wests Tigers	CUA Stadium	Win	42-22	Coote, Graham, Jennings, Lewis, Pritchard, Sammut	Gordon	15,813
April 11	Round 5	Melbourne Storm	Olympic Park Stadium	Loss	14-16	Lewis, Tighe	Gordon	10,110
April 17	Round 6	Brisbane Broncos	CUA Stadium	Loss	18-38	Elford, Gordon, Jennings	Gordon	14,332
April 24	Round 7	Gold Coast Titans	CUA Stadium	Win	34-20	Sammut, Coote, Elford, Jennings, Walsh	Gordon	9,769
May 2	Round 8	Canberra Raiders	Canberra Stadium	Win	18-10	Daniela, Jennings	Sammut	8,850
	Round 9	Bye
March 16	Round 10	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	CUA Stadium	Win	26-22	Aiton, Daniela, Lewis, Pritchard	Sammut	11,750
May 23	Round 11	Sydney Roosters	CUA Stadium	Win	48-6	Jennings, Graham, Coote, Elford, Lewis, Pritchard	Sammut, Walsh	8,515
May 29	Round 12	St. George-Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium	Loss	10-38	Graham, Pritchard	Sammut, Cooper	10,623
June 5	Round 13	Wests Tigers	Leichhardt Oval	Win	26-10	Walsh, Aiton, Daniela, Tighe	Walsh, Cooper	14,100
June 13	Round 14	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	CUA Stadium	Loss	6-20	Smith	Walsh	15,806
June 19	Round 15	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium	Loss	19-12	Cooper, Pritchard	Walsh	13,992
	Round 16	Bye
July 5	Round 17	Parramatta Eels	CUA Stadium	Win	38-34	Jennings, Grant, Paulo, Tia-Kilifi	Walsh	16,845
July 10	Round 18	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium	Loss	12-36	Aiton, Daniela	Walsh	9,017
July 18	Round 19	Canberra Raiders	CUA Stadium	Win	27-14	Paulo, Puletua, Tia-Kilifi, Tighe	Gordon Walsh	8,074
July 25	Round 20	North Queensland Cowboys	Dairy Farmers Stadium	Win	28-20	Jennings, Gordon, Sammut	Gordon	14,274
Aug 1	Round 21	New Zealand	CUA Stadium	Draw	32-32	Jennings, Elford, Puletua, Walsh	Gordon	12,677
August 7	Round 22	St. George-Illawarra Dragons	CUA Stadium	Loss	6-25	Lewis	Gordon	19,987
August 16	Round 23	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	Loss	24-58	Pritchard, Tighe, Walsh, Waterhouse	Gordon	25,305
August 22	Round 24	South Sydney Rabbitohs	CUA Stadium, Penrith	Won	40-10	Tia-Kilifi, Aiton, Gordon, Graham, Jennings, Tighe	Gordon	14,214
August 28	Round 25	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Stadium	Loss	6-48	Blair	Gordon	20,237
September 6	Round 26	Newcastle Knights	EnergyAustralia Stadium	Loss	0-35			22,152

Legend:

2009 Statistics

Nat

Name

Pos

App

Pts

sortname|Paul|Aiton

Transfers

;Gains

Player	Previous club
Gavin Cooper	Gold Coast Titans
Luke Walsh	Newcastle Knights
Shane Elford	Huddersfield Giants

;Losses

Player	Club
Tony Puletua	Saint Helens
Luke Rooney	Rugby Club Toulonnais
Brendan Worth	Toulouse Olympique
Rhys Wesser	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Shane Rodney	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
William Isa	Melbourne Storm
Chris Ward	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Josh McCrone	Canberra Raiders
Lancen Joudo	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks