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.
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
- Paul Gibson – 1967-1968 (PAR) & 1969-1970 (PEN)
- John Wilson – 1969-1973 & 1975-1976 (PAR) & 1974 (PEN)
- Mal McMartin – 1968-1971 (PEN) & 1974-1975 (PAR)
- Bob O’Reilly – 1967-1975 & 1980-1982 (PAR) & 1976-1977 (PEN)
- Mike Leary – 1968-1972 (PEN) & 1973 (PAR)
- Peter Langmack – 1971-1972 & 1977-1978 (PAR) & 1973-1976 (PEN)
- Jersey Komorowski – 1969 (PAR) & 1972-1975 (PEN)
- Ron Workman – 1959, 1961 & 1964 (PAR) & 1967-1972 (PEN)
- Peter Archibald – 1971-1972 (PAR) & 1973-1974 (PEN)
- Ron Lynch – 1961-1971 (PAR) & 1972-1973 (PEN)
- Dave Irvine – 1966 & 1968-1970 (PAR) & 1972-1973 (PEN)
- Geoff Gerard – 1974-1980 (PAR) & 1985-1989 (PEN)
- Glenn West – 1974-1977 & 1981 (PEN) & 1978-1979 (PAR)
- Mark Levy – 1976-1980 (PAR) & 1981-1985 (PEN)
- Neville Glover – 1975-1981 (PAR) & 1982-1983 (PEN)
- John Moran – 1969-1973 (PEN) & 1974-1977 (PAR)
- Glenn Holton – 1978 (PAR) & 1981 (PEN)
- Greg Moore – 1973-1977 (PAR) & 1978 (PEN)
- Gary Pethybridge – 1970-1972 (PAR) & 1978-1980 (PEN)
- Tim Armitsted – 1976 (PAR) & 1978-1979 (PEN)
- Ken Wolffe – 1979-1986 (PEN) & 1987 (PAR)
- Lew Platz – 1978-1980 (PAR) & 1981-1983 (PEN)
- Ken Hey – 1978 & 1984 (PAR) & 1981 (PEN)
- Paul Taylor – 1981-1989 (PAR) & 1990 (PEN)
- Gary Howell – 1981-1982 (PAR) & 1984-1987 (PEN)
- Geoff Green – 1981-1982 (PAR) & 1984 (PEN)
- Eddie Flahey – 1979 (PAR) & 1982-1983 (PEN)
- Don Price – 1982-1984 (PEN) & 1985 & 1987 (PAR)
- David Liddiard – 1983-1985 & 1988-1989 (PAR) & 1986-1987 (PEN)
- Chris Houghton – 1983 & 1985-1987 (PEN) & 1984 (PAR)
- Paul Younane – 1981 & 1984 (PAR) & 1983 (PEN)
- Matt Goodwin – 1983-1989 (PEN) & 1990-1991 (PAR)
- Craig Izzard – 1983-1987 (PEN) & 1988-1990 (PAR)
- Graham Settree – 1985-1988 (PAR) & 1989 (PEN)
- Mark Robinson – 1985 & 1987 (PEN) & 1988-1989 (PAR)
- Andrew Fitzhenry – 1987 (PEN) & 1989-1992 (PAR)
- David Woods – 1989-1997 (PAR) & 1998-2001 (PEN)
- Andrew Leeds – 1989-1991 (PAR) & 1992 (PEN)
- Glen Liddiard – 1988-1991 (PAR) & 1992 (PEN)
- Paul Dunn – 1991-1992 (PEN) & 1993-1995 (PAR)
- Phil Adamson – 1991-1992 (PAR) & 1993-1998 (PEN)
- Cameron Blair – 1986 (PEN) & 1992-1995 (PAR)
- Paul Quinn – 1991-1992 (PAR) & 1993 (PEN)
- Tulsen Tollett – 1992 (PEN) & 1993-1995 (PAR)
- Gary Freeman – 1994-1995 (PEN) & 1996 (PAR)
- Phil Howlett – 1993 (PEN) & 1994-1995 (PAR)
- Garen Casey – 1994 (PAR) & 1996-1997 (PEN)
- Brad Drew – 1993 & 1996-2000 (PEN) & 2001-2002 (PAR)
- Chris Hicks – 1997-2002 (PEN) & 2011 (PAR)
- Lee Hopkins – 1997-2002 (PEN) & 2003-2004 (PAR)
- Paul Whatuira – 2002-2004 (PAR) & 2011 (PEN)
- Craig Stapleton – 2004 (PAR) & 2006 (PEN)
- Joe Galuvao – 2002-2005 (PEN) & 2008-2009 (PAR)
- Richie Fa’aoso – 2004 (PEN) & 2007 & 2015 (PAR)
- Frank Pritchard – 2003-2010 (PEN) & 2017 (PAR)
- Michael Jennings – 2007-2012 (PEN) & 2016-2020 (PAR)
- Michael Gordon – 2006-2012 (PEN) & 2016 (PAR)
- Joseph Paulo – 2008-2011 (PEN) & 2011-2015 (PAR)
- Jeremy Latimore – 2009 (PAR) & 2013-2016 (PEN)
- Kevin Kingston – 2009 (PAR) & 2010-2014 (PEN)
- Etuate Uaisele – 2009 & 2011 (PAR) & 2012 (PEN)
- Shane Shackleton – 2010-2011 (PAR) & 2012 (PEN)
- Chris Armit – 2003-2004 (PAR) & 2012 (PEN)
- Waqa Blake – 2015-2019 (PEN) & 2019-2020 (PAR)
- Reagan Campbell-Gillard – 2015-2019 (PEN) & 2020 (PAR)
- Suaia Matagi – 2016 (PEN) & 2017-2018 (PAR)
Players to have sin-binned/sent-off in this clash
- Fred Pickup (PAR) & Bob Landers (PEN) both sent-off in round 10, 1967.
- David Cartwright (PEN) & Kevin Webb (PAR) both sent-off in round 18, 1979.
- Royce Simmons (PEN) & Steve Edge (PAR) both sin-binned in round 7, 1981.
- Peter Sterling (PAR) sin-binned in round 18, 1982.
- David Liddiard (PAR) sent-off in round 6, 1985.
- Paul Akkary (PEN) sent-off in round 7, 1986.
- Doug Delaney (PEN) & Peter Sterling/Paul Taylor (both PAR) all sin-binned in round 4, 1988.
- Brett Kenny (PAR) sin-binned in round 3, 1989.
- Shane Flanagan (PAR) & Brad Fittler (PEN) both sin-binned in round 16, 1983.
- Gary Freeman (PEN) sin-binned in round 1, 1995.
- Ryan Girdler (PEN) sin-binned & Adam Peek (PAR) sent-off in round 26, 2003.
- Mitch Moses (PAR) sin-binned in round 1, 2018.
- 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
- Bill Ashurst (PEN) scored three tries in round 19, 1974.
- Mark Levy (PAR) scored three tries in round 18, 1977.
- Michael Cronin (PAR) scored three tries in round 4, 1982.
- Steve Ella (PAR) scored three tries in round 3, 1983.
- Graham Mackay (PEN) scored three tries in round 7, 1994.
- Daniel Wagon (PAR) scored three tries in round 14, 2001.
- David Vaealiki (PAR) scored three tries in round 1, 2002.
- Rhys Wesser (PEN) scored three tries in round 26, 2003.
- Michael Jennings (PEN) scored three tries in round 17, 2009.
- Daniel Mortimer (PAR) scored three tries in round 25, 2009.
- Etuate Uaisele (PEN) scored three tries in round 4, 2012.