2010 Penrith Panthers season

The 2010 Penrith Panthers season was the 44th in the club's history. Coached by Matthew Elliott and captained by Petero Civoniceva, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2010 Telstra Premiership season.

Milestones and achievements

13 March – Round One: Four players made their debuts for the Panthers; Adrian Purtell, Kevin Kingston, Nigel Plum and Travis Burns.20 March – Round Two: Petero Civoniceva played his 250th NRL game.27 March – Round Three: Sam McKendry scored his 1st NRL try.16 May – Round Ten: Michael Jennings scored his 50th NRL try.24 May – Round Eleven: Michael Gordon kicked his 200th NRL goal.9 August – Round Twenty-two: Brad Tighe played his 100th NRL game.20 August – Round Twenty-four: Kevin Kingston played his 100th NRL game.20 August – Round Twenty-four: Petero Civoniceva played his 50th game for the Panthers.20 August – Round Twenty-four: Michael Gordon set a new club record for points in a single game.4 September – Round Twenty-six: Michael Gordon set a new club record for points in a season.7 September: Luke Lewis named Dally M Lock of the Year.18 September – Semi-final Two: Nathan Smith played his 100th NRL game.

Jersey and Sponsors

In 2010 the Panthers jerseys were again made by ISC. They retained their predominantly black home jerseys from 2009, while revealing a new teal and white away strip. The new away strip was designed featuring performance technology and weighed less than half of the previous away design.
Sanyo were again the major sponsor of the Panthers in 2010. Titan Warehousing Solutions replaced ABCOE Distributors as the sleeve sponsor. HOSTPLUS secured the shorts sponsorship while Tony Ferguson retained the rights for the back of the jersey.
The Panthers once again participated in the heritage round, sporting a retro strip. This jersey featured a white V on a predominately brown background, paired with white shorts.

Fixtures

The Panthers again used CUA Stadium as their home ground in 2010, their home ground since they entered the competition in 1967.

Pre-season

The main squad returned to training on 5 November 2009 to start preparing for the 2010 season. Players involved in the 2009 Four Nations and 2009 Pacific Cup returned to training later.

2010 Player Statistics and Coaching Staff

Nat

Name

Pos

App

Pts

sortname|Matthew|Bell|Matthew Bell

Transfers

;Gains

Player	Previous club	Until End of	Notes
David Simmons	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2011
Daine Laurie	Wests Tigers	2011
Nigel Plum	Canberra Raiders	2010
Kevin Kingston	Parramatta Eels	2010
Adrian Purtell	Canberra Raiders	2011
Travis Burns	North Queensland Cowboys	2011
Sandor Earl	Sydney Roosters

;Losses

Player	Club	Until End of	Notes
Adam Woolnough	Retired	N/A
Paul Aiton	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2011
Geoff Daniela	Wests Tigers	2011
Junior Tia-Kilifi	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2011
Keith Peters	Released	N/A
Jarrod Sammut	Crusaders RL	2012
Junior Moors	Wests Tigers	2010
Joel Romelo	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Other Teams

In 2010 the Panthers again compete in the Toyota Cup while senior players who were not required for the first team play with the Windsor Wolves in the NSW Cup.

Trivia

Michael Gordon kicked 82% of his shots at goal in 2010. Gordon's 252 points in the regular season was the highest by any player since Hazem El Masri's 296-point haul in 2006.
Penrith equalled the NRL's sixth biggest comeback, defeating the Knights in round 4 after trailing by 18 points at half time.
In round 25, against the Bulldogs, Petero Civoniceva became the first player sent off for 2010.

Note: As of round 26, trials not included.