Parramatta Eels club legend Michael ‘The Crow’ Cronin

Parramatta Eels v Penrith Panthers Breakdown

The Parramatta Eels and the Penrith Panthers have played each other on 98 occasions; the Eels have won 56 games, the Panthers have won 41 games and there has been one draw.

The first clash between the two sides was a 25-2 victory for the Penrith Panthers in round 10, 1967.

Biggest Wins

The Parramatta Eels biggest win over the Penrith Panthers was a 64-6 shellacking in round 1, 2002.

The Penrith Panthers biggest win over the Parramatta Eels was an easy 39-6 win round 4, 2012.

Former Penrith Panthers fullback Rhys Wesser

Leading Try Scorer

Rhys Wesser (PEN) – 12
David Simmons (PEN) – 12
Michael Cronin (PAR) – 11
Brett Kenny (PAR) – 10
Luke Burt (PAR) – 9
Steve Ella (PAR) – 8
Michael Jennings (PEN/PAR) – 8

Leading Point Scorer

Michael Cronin (PAR) – 11 tries & 73 goals (181 pts)*
Luke Burt (PAR) – 9 tries & 56 goals (150 pts)
Ryan Girdler (PEN) – 7 tries, 29 goals & 1 field goal (87 pts)
Clinton Schifcofske (PAR) – 3 tries & 22 goals (56 pts)
Preston Campbell (PEN) – 2 tries & 23 goals (54 pts)

Players to have played for both sides in this clash

  1. Paul Gibson – 1967-1968 (PAR) & 1969-1970 (PEN)
  2. John Wilson – 1969-1973 & 1975-1976 (PAR) & 1974 (PEN)
  3. Mal McMartin – 1968-1971 (PEN) & 1974-1975 (PAR)
  4. Bob O’Reilly – 1967-1975 & 1980-1982 (PAR) & 1976-1977 (PEN)
  5. Mike Leary – 1968-1972 (PEN) & 1973 (PAR)
  6. Peter Langmack – 1971-1972 & 1977-1978 (PAR) & 1973-1976 (PEN)
  7. Jersey Komorowski – 1969 (PAR) & 1972-1975 (PEN)
  8. Ron Workman – 1959, 1961 & 1964 (PAR) & 1967-1972 (PEN)
  9. Peter Archibald – 1971-1972 (PAR) & 1973-1974 (PEN)
  10. Ron Lynch – 1961-1971 (PAR) & 1972-1973 (PEN)
  11. Dave Irvine – 1966 & 1968-1970 (PAR) & 1972-1973 (PEN)
  12. Geoff Gerard – 1974-1980 (PAR) & 1985-1989 (PEN)
  13. Glenn West – 1974-1977 & 1981 (PEN) & 1978-1979 (PAR)
  14. Mark Levy – 1976-1980 (PAR) & 1981-1985 (PEN)
  15. Neville Glover – 1975-1981 (PAR) & 1982-1983 (PEN)
  16. John Moran – 1969-1973 (PEN) & 1974-1977 (PAR)
  17. Glenn Holton – 1978 (PAR) & 1981 (PEN)
  18. Greg Moore – 1973-1977 (PAR) & 1978 (PEN)
  19. Gary Pethybridge – 1970-1972 (PAR) & 1978-1980 (PEN)
  20. Tim Armitsted – 1976 (PAR) & 1978-1979 (PEN)
  21. Ken Wolffe – 1979-1986 (PEN) & 1987 (PAR)
  22. Lew Platz – 1978-1980 (PAR) & 1981-1983 (PEN)
  23. Ken Hey – 1978 & 1984 (PAR) & 1981 (PEN)
  24. Paul Taylor – 1981-1989 (PAR) & 1990 (PEN)
  25. Gary Howell – 1981-1982 (PAR) & 1984-1987 (PEN)
  26. Geoff Green – 1981-1982 (PAR) & 1984 (PEN)
  27. Eddie Flahey – 1979 (PAR) & 1982-1983 (PEN)
  28. Don Price – 1982-1984 (PEN) & 1985 & 1987 (PAR)
  29. David Liddiard – 1983-1985 & 1988-1989 (PAR) & 1986-1987 (PEN)
  30. Chris Houghton – 1983 & 1985-1987 (PEN) & 1984 (PAR)
  31. Paul Younane – 1981 & 1984 (PAR) & 1983 (PEN)
  32. Matt Goodwin – 1983-1989 (PEN) & 1990-1991 (PAR)
  33. Craig Izzard – 1983-1987 (PEN) & 1988-1990 (PAR)
  34. Graham Settree – 1985-1988 (PAR) & 1989 (PEN)
  35. Mark Robinson – 1985 & 1987 (PEN) & 1988-1989 (PAR)
  36. Andrew Fitzhenry – 1987 (PEN) & 1989-1992 (PAR)
  37. David Woods – 1989-1997 (PAR) & 1998-2001 (PEN)
  38. Andrew Leeds – 1989-1991 (PAR) & 1992 (PEN)
  39. Glen Liddiard – 1988-1991 (PAR) & 1992 (PEN)
  40. Paul Dunn – 1991-1992 (PEN) & 1993-1995 (PAR)
  41. Phil Adamson – 1991-1992 (PAR) & 1993-1998 (PEN)
  42. Cameron Blair – 1986 (PEN) & 1992-1995 (PAR)
  43. Paul Quinn – 1991-1992 (PAR) & 1993 (PEN)
  44. Tulsen Tollett – 1992 (PEN) & 1993-1995 (PAR)
  45. Gary Freeman – 1994-1995 (PEN) & 1996 (PAR)
  46. Phil Howlett – 1993 (PEN) & 1994-1995 (PAR)
  47. Garen Casey – 1994 (PAR) & 1996-1997 (PEN)
  48. Brad Drew – 1993 & 1996-2000 (PEN) & 2001-2002 (PAR)
  49. Chris Hicks – 1997-2002 (PEN) & 2011 (PAR)
  50. Lee Hopkins – 1997-2002 (PEN) & 2003-2004 (PAR)
  51. Paul Whatuira – 2002-2004 (PAR) & 2011 (PEN)
  52. Craig Stapleton – 2004 (PAR) & 2006 (PEN)
  53. Joe Galuvao – 2002-2005 (PEN) & 2008-2009 (PAR)
  54. Richie Fa’aoso – 2004 (PEN) & 2007 & 2015 (PAR)
  55. Frank Pritchard – 2003-2010 (PEN) & 2017 (PAR)
  56. Michael Jennings – 2007-2012 (PEN) & 2016-2020 (PAR)
  57. Michael Gordon – 2006-2012 (PEN) & 2016 (PAR)
  58. Joseph Paulo – 2008-2011 (PEN) & 2011-2015 (PAR)
  59. Jeremy Latimore – 2009 (PAR) & 2013-2016 (PEN)
  60. Kevin Kingston – 2009 (PAR) & 2010-2014 (PEN)
  61. Etuate Uaisele – 2009 & 2011 (PAR) & 2012 (PEN)
  62. Shane Shackleton – 2010-2011 (PAR) & 2012 (PEN)
  63. Chris Armit – 2003-2004 (PAR) & 2012 (PEN)
  64. Waqa Blake – 2015-2019 (PEN) & 2019-2020 (PAR)
  65. Reagan Campbell-Gillard – 2015-2019 (PEN) & 2020 (PAR)
  66. Suaia Matagi – 2016 (PEN) & 2017-2018 (PAR)

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

  1. Fred Pickup (PAR) & Bob Landers (PEN) both sent-off in round 10, 1967.
  2. David Cartwright (PEN) & Kevin Webb (PAR) both sent-off in round 18, 1979.
  3. Royce Simmons (PEN) & Steve Edge (PAR) both sin-binned in round 7, 1981.
  4. Peter Sterling (PAR) sin-binned in round 18, 1982.
  5. David Liddiard (PAR) sent-off in round 6, 1985.
  6. Paul Akkary (PEN) sent-off in round 7, 1986.
  7. Doug Delaney (PEN) & Peter Sterling/Paul Taylor (both PAR) all sin-binned in round 4, 1988.
  8. Brett Kenny (PAR) sin-binned in round 3, 1989.
  9. Shane Flanagan (PAR) & Brad Fittler (PEN) both sin-binned in round 16, 1983.
  10. Gary Freeman (PEN) sin-binned in round 1, 1995.
  11. Ryan Girdler (PEN) sin-binned & Adam Peek (PAR) sent-off in round 26, 2003.
  12. Mitch Moses (PAR) sin-binned in round 1, 2018.
  13. Tim Mannah (PAR) & Trent Merrin (PEN) both sin-binned in round 5, 2018.

Head coaching records

Terrrence Fearnley (PAR) – 8/8 (100%)
Jack Gibson (PAR) – 6/6 (100%)
Brian Hambly (PAR) – 2/2 (100%)
Norm Provan (PAR) – 2/2 (100%)
Steve Georgallis (PAR) – 1/1 (100%)
Anthony Griffin (PEN) – 4/5 (80%)
Michael Hagan (PAR) – 2/3 (66.7%)
Daniel Anderson (PAR) – 2/3 (66.7%)
Brian Smith (PAR) – 10/16 (62.5%)
John Monie (PAR) – 8/13 (61.5%)
Bob Boland (PEN) – 6/10 (60%)
Phil Gould (PEN) – 4/7 (57.1%)
Ivan Cleary (PEN) – 5/10 (50%)
Michael Cronin (PAR) 3/6 (50%)
Ian Johnston (PAR) – 2/4 (50%)
Ian Walsh (PAR) – 2/4 (50%)
Stephen Kearney (PAR) – 2/4 (50%)
Ronald Willey (PEN) – 2/4 (50%)
John Peard (PAR) – 1/2 (50%) (1 draw)
Jack Clare (PEN) – 1/2 (50%)
Brad Arthur (PAR) – 5/11 (45.6%)
Matthew Elliott (PEN) – 3/7 (43.9%)
Royce Simmons (PEN) – 5/13 (38.5%)
Tim Sheens (PEN) – 3/9 (33.3%)
Leo Trevena (PEN) – 1/4 (25%)
Ron Hilditch (PAR) – 1/5 (20%)
Jason Taylor (PAR) – 0/1 (0%)
Mike Stephenson (PEN) – 0/1 (0%)
Ron Lynch (PAR) – 0/2 (0%)
Ricky Stuart (PAR) – 0/2 (0%)
Barry Harris (PEN) – 0/3 (0%)
Dave Bolton (PAR) – 0/4 (0%)
Don Parish (PEN) – 0/4 (0%)
John Peard (PEN) – 0/4 (0%)
Len Stacker (PEN) – 0/6 (0%) (1 draw)

Players to have scored three tries or more in one game

  1. Bill Ashurst (PEN) scored three tries in round 19, 1974.
  2. Mark Levy (PAR) scored three tries in round 18, 1977.
  3. Michael Cronin (PAR) scored three tries in round 4, 1982.
  4. Steve Ella (PAR) scored three tries in round 3, 1983.
  5. Graham Mackay (PEN) scored three tries in round 7, 1994.
  6. Daniel Wagon (PAR) scored three tries in round 14, 2001.
  7. David Vaealiki (PAR) scored three tries in round 1, 2002.
  8. Rhys Wesser (PEN) scored three tries in round 26, 2003.
  9. Michael Jennings (PEN) scored three tries in round 17, 2009.
  10. Daniel Mortimer (PAR) scored three tries in round 25, 2009.
  11. Etuate Uaisele (PEN) scored three tries in round 4, 2012.

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