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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership
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Location: Aus_NZ > National > First Grade
Competition: NRL Telstra Premiership

Club: Penrith Panthers [Club Headlines]

Squad: Preston Campbell, Trent Clayton, Joel Clinton, Matthew Cross, Garrett Crossman, Shannon Donato, Paul Franze, Danny Galea, Joe Galuvao, Craig Gower, Brett Howland, Luke Lewis, David McLean, Ben Pomeroy, Luke Priddis, Frank Pritchard, Frank Puletua, Tony Puletua, Shane Rodney, Ben Rogers, Luke Rooney, Ben Ross, Luke Swain, Peter Wallace, Trent Waterhouse, Rhys Wesser
Gains Paul Franze (Sharks)
Losses: Paul Whatuira (Tigers), Amos Roberts, Richard Fa'aoso (Roosters), Ryan Girdler, Martin Lang (Retired)
Coach: John Lang
Club Season Index: Penrith Panthers [Season Matches Review]

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Round 1 - Mar 11-13
Sat: Sharks 20 d. Panthers 14
Date: Saturday March 12, 2005
Venue: Toyota Park, Woolooware, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 19,562
Table Position: 9
Tries (2): Rhys Wesser (23rd), Luke Priddis (56th)
Goals (3): Preston Campbell (3 from 3)
Round 2 - Mar 18-20
Sun: Panthers 20 l. Roosters 28
Date: Sunday March 20, 2005
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 18,228
Table Position: 13
Tries (0): Trent Clayton (21st), Paul Franze (37th), Trent Waterhouse (46th), Luke Lewis (71st)
Goals (0): Preston Campbell (2 from 4)
Round 3 - Mar 25-27
Sat: Panthers 18 d. Dragons 8
Date: Saturday March 26, 2005
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 17,187
Table Position: 11
Tries (3): Rhys Wesser (34th), Luke Lewis (44th), Preston Campbell (56th)
Goals (3): Preston Campbell (3 from 4)
Round 4 - Apr 1-3
Fri: Eels 26 d. Panthers 16
Date: Friday April 1, 2005
Venue: Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 15,119
Table Position: 12
Tries (3): Rhys Wesser 2 (20th, 56th), Tony Puletua (72nd)
Goals (2): Preston Campbell (2 from 3)
Round 5 - Apr 8-10
Fri: Panthers 36 d. Storm 16
Date: Friday April 8, 2005
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 14,844
Table Position: 9
Tries (6): Rhys Wesser 2 (13th, 72nd), Preston Campbell 2 (43rd 78th), Luke Lewis (59th), Danny Galea (5th)
Goals (6): Preston Campbell (6 from 7)
Round 6 - Apr 15-17
Sat: Souths 6 l. Panthers 36
Date: Saturday April 16, 2005
Venue: Aussie Stadium, Driver Ave, Moore Park, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 11,108
Table Position: 8
Tries (6): Danny Galea 2 (12th, 65th), Luke Rooney (15th), David McLean (35th), Luke Lewis (40th), Rhys Wesser (77th)
Goals (6): Preston Campbell (6 from 6)
Round 7 - Apr 23-25
Sat: Panthers 22 l. Cowboys 36
Date: Saturday April 23, 2005
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 17,998
Table Position: 10
Tries (4): Luke Lewis (34th), Paul Franze (43rd), Luke Rooney (66th), Luke Priddis (74th)
Goals (3): Preston Campbell (3 from 4)
Round 8 - Apr 29-May 1
Sun: Warriors 14 l. Panthers 16
Date: Sunday May 1, 2005
Venue: Ericsson Stadium, Penrose, Auckland (NZ)
Crowd: 10,989
Table Position: 7
Tries (3): Ben Pomeroy (22nd), Rhys Wesser (50th), Luke Priddis (65th)
Goals (2): Preston Campbell (2 from 3)
Round 9 - May 7-8
Sat: Panthers 18 l. Raiders 26
Date: Saturday May 7, 2005
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 14,876
Table Position: 8
Tries (4): Trent Waterhouse (12th), Brett Howland (16th), Rhys Wesser (19th), Ben Rogers (7th)
Goals (1): Trent Waterhouse (1 from 1), Rhys Wesser (0 from 4)
Round 10 - May 13-15
Fri: Dragons 34 d. Panthers 12
Date: Friday May 13, 2005
Venue: WIN Stadium, Wollongong (NSW)
Crowd: 12,932
Table Position: 12
Tries (3): Luke Lewis (2nd), Luke Rooney (37th), Ben Pomeroy (80th)
Goals (0): Preston Campbell (0 from 3)
Round 11 - May 20-22
Sun: Panthers 22 l. Sharks 30
Date: Sunday May 22, 2005
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 15,505
Table Position: 13
Tries (4): Luke Priddis (48th), Rhys Wesser (51st), Joel Clinton (73rd), Preston Campbell (7th)
Goals (3): Preston Campbell (3 from 4)
Round 12 - May 27-29
Sun: Sea Eagles 36 d. Panthers 26
Date: Sunday May 29, 2005
Venue: Brookvale Oval, Brookvale, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 14,047
Table Position: 13
Tries (5): Luke Lewis 2 (7th, 48th), Rhys Wesser (10th), Ben Rogers (32nd), Preston Campbell (43rd)
Goals (3): Preston Campbell (3 from 5)
Round 13 - Jun 3-5
Sun: Panthers 22 l. Eels 32
Date: Sunday June 5, 2005
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 18,519
Table Position: 13
Tries (4): Luke Lewis 2 (20th, 60th), Luke Swain (31st), Danny Galea (80th)
Goals (3): Preston Campbell (3 from 4)
Round 14 - Jun 10-12
Panthers bye
Round 15 - Jun 17-19
Sat: Storm 14 l. Panthers 28
Date: Saturday June 18, 2005
Venue: Olympic Park, Melbourne (VIC)
Crowd: 7,707
Table Position: 13
Tries (5): Luke Lewis (12th), Luke Priddis (44th), Brett Howland (50th), Luke Swain (72nd), Preston Campbell (75th)
Goals (4): Preston Campbell (4 from 5)
Round 16 - Jun 24-26
Sat: Panthers 24 l. Knights 28
Date: Saturday June 25, 2005
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 12,211
Table Position: 13
Tries (5): Danny Galea 2 (11th, 37th), Rhys Wesser (17th), Paul Franze (67th), Luke Priddis (70th)
Goals (2): Preston Campbell (2 from 5)
Round 17 - Jul 1-3
Sun: Raiders 22 d. Panthers 14
Date: Sunday July 3, 2005
Venue: Canberra Stadium, Bruce, Canberra (ACT)
Crowd: 10,206
Table Position: 13
Tries (3): Luke Rooney (19th), Paul Franze (5th), Preston Campbell (75th)
Goals (1): Preston Campbell (1 from 3)
Round 18 - Jul 8-10
Sat: Panthers 16 d. Sea Eagles 12
Date: Saturday July 9, 2005
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 12,083
Table Position: 13
Tries (3): Preston Campbell (34th), Shane Rodney (6th), Luke Priddis (79th)
Goals (2): Preston Campbell (2 from 3)
Round 19 - Jul 15-17
Fri: Panthers 16 l. Bulldogs 18
Date: Friday July 15, 2005
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 16,270
Table Position: 13
Tries (3): Paul Franze (48th), Rhys Wesser (6th), Preston Campbell (70th)
Goals (2): Preston Campbell (2 from 3)
Round 20 - Jul 22-24
Sat: Cowboys 38 d. Panthers 18
Date: Saturday July 23, 2005
Venue: Dairy Farmers Stadium, Kirwan, Townsville (QLD)
Crowd: 18,932
Table Position: 13
Tries (3): Luke Lewis (49th), Luke Priddis (73rd), Preston Campbell (8th)
Goals (3): Preston Campbell (2 from 2), Rhys Wesser (1 from 1)
Round 21 - Jul 29-31
Sat: Panthers 42 d. Warriors 34
Date: Saturday July 30, 2005
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 13,985
Table Position: 13
Tries (7): Luke Rooney 2 (11th, 36th), Luke Priddis (16th), Craig Gower (30th), Paul Franze (62nd), Rhys Wesser (74th), Trent Waterhouse (8th)
Goals (7): Preston Campbell (7 from 8)
Round 22 - Aug 5-7
Sun: Roosters 28 l. Panthers 30
Date: Sunday August 7, 2005
Venue: Aussie Stadium, Driver Ave, Moore Park, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 10,742
Table Position: 13
Tries (5): Shane Rodney (17th), Trent Waterhouse (21st), Frank Pritchard (25th), Danny Galea (39th), Preston Campbell (47th)
Goals (5): Preston Campbell (5 from 6)
Round 23 - Aug 12-14
Panthers bye
Round 24 - Aug 19-21
Sun: Panthers 22 d. Broncos 20
Date: Sunday August 21, 2005
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 15,200
Table Position: 11
Tries (4): Paul Franze 2 (75th, 80th), Matthew Cross (31st), Craig Gower (37th)
Goals (3): Preston Campbell (3 from 6)
Round 25 - Aug 26-28
Sun: Bulldogs 6 l. Panthers 28
Date: Sunday August 28, 2005
Venue: Telstra Stadium, Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 10,599
Table Position: 9
Tries (5): Paul Franze 3 (16th, 51st, 78th), Craig Gower 2 (8th, 23rd)
Goals (4): Preston Campbell (4 from 5)
Round 26 - Sep 2-4
Sun: Tigers 22 l. Panthers 38
Date: Sunday September 4, 2005
Venue: Telstra Stadium, Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)
Crowd: 17,256
Table Position: 10
Tries (7): Brett Howland 2 (27th, 69th), Trent Waterhouse (22nd), Luke Swain (34th), Luke Priddis (48th), Shane Rodney (53rd), Joel Clinton (59th)
Goals (5): Preston Campbell (5 from 7)

Position: 10
Played: 24 (Home 12, Away 12)
Won: 11, Drawn: 0, Lost: 13, Byes: 2
For: 554 (97 tries, 73 goals, 0 fgoals)
Against: 554 (92 tries, 79 goals, 0 fgoals)
Points: 26, Difference: 0

Round 1 [12 Mar 05] L 14-20 v Sharks (A)
Round 2 [20 Mar 05] L 20-28 v Roosters (H)
Round 3 [26 Mar 05] W 18-8 v Dragons (H)
Round 4 [01 Apr 05] L 16-26 v Eels (A)
Round 5 [08 Apr 05] W 36-16 v Storm (H)
Round 6 [16 Apr 05] W 36-6 v Souths (A)
Round 7 [23 Apr 05] L 22-36 v Cowboys (H)
Round 8 [01 May 05] W 16-14 v Warriors (A)
Round 9 [07 May 05] L 18-26 v Raiders (H)
Round 10 [13 May 05] L 12-34 v Dragons (A)
Round 11 [22 May 05] L 22-30 v Sharks (H)
Round 12 [29 May 05] L 26-36 v Sea Eagles (A)
Round 13 [05 Jun 05] L 22-32 v Eels (H)
Round 14 Panthers bye
Round 15 [18 Jun 05] W 28-14 v Storm (A)
Round 16 [25 Jun 05] L 24-28 v Knights (H)
Round 17 [03 Jul 05] L 14-22 v Raiders (A)
Round 18 [09 Jul 05] W 16-12 v Sea Eagles (H)
Round 19 [15 Jul 05] L 16-18 v Bulldogs (H)
Round 20 [23 Jul 05] L 18-38 v Cowboys (A)
Round 21 [30 Jul 05] W 42-34 v Warriors (H)
Round 22 [07 Aug 05] W 30-28 v Roosters (A)
Round 23 Panthers bye
Round 24 [21 Aug 05] W 22-20 v Broncos (H)
Round 25 [28 Aug 05] W 28-6 v Bulldogs (A)
Round 26 [04 Sep 05] W 38-22 v Tigers (A)

Player record for this season. Click player name for player profile

Player	P	T	G	FG	Pts
Preston Campbell	23	11	73	0	190
Trent Clayton	3	1	0	0	4
Joel Clinton	24	2	0	0	8
Matthew Cross	6 (6)	1	0	0	4
Garrett Crossman	19 (18)	0	0	0	0
Shannon Donato	1	0	0	0	0
Paul Franze	21	11	0	0	44
Danny Galea	18	7	0	0	28
Joe Galuvao	17 (7)	0	0	0	0
Craig Gower	23	4	0	0	16
Brett Howland	10	4	0	0	16
Luke Lewis	19	12	0	0	48
David McLean	7 (6)	1	0	0	4
Ben Pomeroy	8 (2)	2	0	0	8
Luke Priddis	23	10	0	0	40
Frank Pritchard	22 (5)	1	0	0	4
Frank Puletua	24 (24)	0	0	0	0
Tony Puletua	5	1	0	0	4
Shane Rodney	17 (4)	3	0	0	12
Ben Rogers	6 (5)	2	0	0	8
Luke Rooney	20	6	0	0	24
Ben Ross	22	0	0	0	0
Luke Swain	24 (19)	3	0	0	12
Peter Wallace	1	0	0	0	0
Trent Waterhouse	24	5	1	0	22
Rhys Wesser	21	14	1	0	58
26 players used

Appearances in brackets denote games off interchange/repl bench

Crowd Information:
Total: Games 24 - 346105 (Average: 14,421)
Home: Games 12 - 186906 (Average: 15,576)
Away: Games 12 - 159199 (Average: 13,267)

Leading Point Scorers:
190: Preston Campbell (23)
58: Rhys Wesser (21)
48: Luke Lewis (19)
44: Paul Franze (21)
40: Luke Priddis (23)

Leading Try Scorers:
14: Rhys Wesser (21)
12: Luke Lewis (19)
11: Preston Campbell (23), Paul Franze (21)
10: Luke Priddis (23)
7: Danny Galea (18)
6: Luke Rooney (20)
5: Trent Waterhouse (24)
4: Craig Gower (23), Brett Howland (10)
3: Shane Rodney (17), Luke Swain (24)
2: Joel Clinton (24), Ben Pomeroy (8), Ben Rogers (6)
1: Trent Clayton (3), Matthew Cross (6), David McLean (7), Frank Pritchard (22), Tony Puletua (5)

Leading Goal Scorers:
73: Preston Campbell (23)
1: Trent Waterhouse (24)
1: Rhys Wesser (21)

Numbers in brackets denote appearances

2005 NRL Telstra Premiership
Penrith Panthers

Draw, results and other info.

2005 NRL Telstra Premiership Penrith Panthers

Draw, results and other info.

2005 NRL Telstra Premiership
Penrith Panthers