Penrith Panthers legend Ryan Girdler

Penrith Panthers v New Zealand Warriors Breakdown

The Penrith Panthers and New Zealand Warriors have played each other on 44 occasions; the Panthers have won 25 times, the Warriors have won 18 times and there has been one draw.

The Penrith Panthers have won 11 of the last fifteen games between the two sides.

The first clash between the two sides was a 34-16 win for the Penrith Panthers in round 12, 1995.

Biggest Wins

The Penrith Panthers biggest win over the New Zealand Warriors was a 62-6 demolition in round 10, 2013.

The New Zealand Warriors biggest win over the Penrith Panthers was a 52-8 drubbing in round 9, 2001.

New Zealand Warriors winger Manu ‘The Beast’ Vatuvei

Leading Try Scorer

Manu Vatuvei (WAR) – 11
Rhys Wesser (PEN) – 10
Luke Rooney (PEN) – 10
Ryan Girdler (PEN) – 9
David Fusitu’a (WAR) – 8
Josh Mansour (PEN) – 7
Craig Gower (PEN) – 6
Simon Mannering (WAR) – 6

Leading Point Scorer

Ryan Girdler (PEN) – 9 tries, 38 goals & 1 field goal (113 pts)
Preston Campbell (PEN) – 4 tries & 32 goals (80 pts)
Michael Gordon (PEN) – 4 tries & 30 goals (76 pts)
Shaun Johnson (WAR) – 4 tries & 26 goals (68 pts)
James Maloney (WAR/PEN) – 3 tries, 24 goals & 2 field goals (62 pts)

Players to have played for both sides in this clash

  1. Scott Pethybridge – 1994-1996 (PEN) & 2000 (WAR)
  2. Greg Alexander – 1984-1994 & 1997-1999 (PEN) & 1995-1996 (WAR)
  3. Joe Galuvao – 1998-2000 (WAR) & 2002-2005 (PEN)
  4. Paul Whatuira – 2000 (WAR) & 2002-2004 (PEN)
  5. Lewis Brown – 2009-2012 (WAR) & 2013-2015 (PEN)
  6. Isaac John – 2009-2011 (WAR) & 2013-2015 (PEN)
  7. Jeremy Latimore – 2010-2011 (WAR) & 2013-2016 (PEN)
  8. James Maloney – 2010-2012 (WAR) & 2018-2019 (PEN)
  9. Suaia Matagi – 2013-2015 (WAR) & 2016 (PEN)
  10. Peta Hiku – 2016-2017 (PEN) & 2018-2020 (WAR)
  11. Wayde Egan – 2018-2019 (PEN) & 2020 (WAR)

Players to have sin-binned/sent-off in this clash

  1. Clinton Toopi (WAR) sin-binned in round 3, 2004.
  2. Richard Villasanti (WAR) sin-binned in round 21, 2005.

Head coaching records

Cameron Ciraldo (PEN) – 1/1 (100%)
Anthony Griffin (PEN) – 4/5 (80%)
John Lang (PEN) – 7/9 (77.8%)
Ivan Cleary (PEN) – 6/9 (66.7%)
John Monie (WAR) – 2/3 (66.7%)
Ivan Cleary (WAR) – 7/11 (63.6%) (1 draw)
Royce Simmons (PEN) – 5/10 (50%)
Frank Endacott (PEN) – 1/2 (50%)
Brian McClennan (WAR) – 1/2 (50%)
Daniel Anderson (WAR) – 3/7 (42.9%)
Andrew McFadden (WAR) – 2/5 (40%)
Stephen Kearney (WAR) – 2/7 (28.6%)
Matthew Elliott (PEN) – 2/8 (25%) (1 draw)
Steven Georgallis (PEN) – 0/1 (0%)
Anthony Kemp (WAR) – 0/2 (0%)
Matthew Elliott (WAR) – 0/2 (0%)
Mark Graham (PEN) – 0/3 (0%)

Players to have scored three tries or more in one game

  1. Amos Roberts (PEN) scored four tries in round 3, 2004.
  2. Joel Moon (WAR) scored four tries in round 21, 2009.
  3. Rhys Wesser (PEN) scored three tries in round 7, 2003.
  4. Preston Campbell (PEN) scored three tries in round 12, 2003.
  5. Rhys Wesser (PEN) scored three tries in round 21, 2006.
  6. Luke Rooney (PEN) scored three tries in round 25, 2008.
  7. Isaac John (PEN) scored three tries in round 10, 2013.
  8. Tyrone Peachey (PEN) scored three tries in round 10, 2016.
  9. Nathan Cleary (PEN) scored three tries in round 19, 2017.
  10. David Fusitu’a (WAR) scored three tries in round 24, 2018.

 

By ricky

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