NRL Telstra Premiership 2022 Draw

[SteveTidball]

Penrith Panthers 2022 Draw

Round	Match	Date	Time
R1	Panthers v Sea Eagles	Thursday 10/3 8:05pm	BlueBet Stadium (H)
R2	Panthers v Dragons	Friday 18 March 6:00pm	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium (A)
R3	Panthers v Knights	Saturday 26 March 3:00pm	Carrington Park (N)
R4	Panthers v Rabbitohs	Friday 1 April 8:05pm	BlueBet Stadium (H)
R5	Panthers v Bulldogs	Sunday 10 April 6:15pm	CommBank Stadium (A)
R6	Panthers v Broncos	Friday 15 April 7:55pm	BlueBet Stadium (H)
R7	Panthers v Raiders	Sunday 24 April 4:05pm	BlueBet Stadium (H)
R8	Panthers v Titans	Friday 29 April 6:00pm	CBUS Super Stadium (A)
R9	Panthers v Eels	Friday 6 May 7:55pm	BlueBet Stadium (H)
R10	Panthers v Storm	Saturday 14 May 7:45pm	Suncorp Stadium (N)
R11	Panthers v Roosters	Saturday 21 May 7:35pm	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)
R12	Panthers v Cowboys	Friday 27 May 6:00pm	BlueBet Stadium (H)
R13	Panthers v Bulldogs	Friday 3 June 7:55pm	BlueBet Stadium (H)
R14	Panthers v Knights	Sunday 12 June 4:05pm	McDonald Jones Stadium (A)
R15	Panthers v Warriors	Saturday 18 June 5:30pm (AEST)	Mt Smart Stadium (A)
R16	Panthers v Roosters	Friday 1 July 7:55pm	BlueBet Stadium (H)
R17	BYE
R18	Panthers v Tigers	Sunday 17 July 2:00pm	CommBank Stadium (A)
R19	Panthers v Sharks	Saturday 23 July 5:30pm	BlueBet Stadium (H)
R20	Panthers v Eels	Friday 29 July 7:55pm	CommBank Stadium (A)
R21	Panthers v Raiders	Saturday 6 August 5:30pm	GIO Stadium (A)
R22	Panthers v Storm	Thursday 11 August 7:50pm	BlueBet Stadium (H)
R23	Panthers v Rabbitohs	Thursday 18 August 7:50pm	Oz Stadium (A)
R24	Panthers v Warriors	Friday 26 August 6:00pm	BlueBet Stadium (H)
R25	Panthers v Cowboys	Saturday 3 September 7:35pm	QLD Country Bank Stadium (A)

Time Slot Breakdown

Time Slot	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Thursday 8:00pm	3	2	1	0
Friday 6:00pm	4	2	2	0
Friday 8:00pm	6	5	1	0
Saturday 3:00pm	1	0	0	1
Saturday 5:30pm	3	1	2	0
Saturday 7:30pm	3	0	2	1
Sunday 2:00pm	1	0	1	0
Sunday 4:00pm	2	1	1	0
Sunday 6:00pm	1	0	1	0
TOTAL	24	11	11	2

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Friday night lights headline Panthers homecoming

[Kevin]

The NRL Pin up Boys - Cleary (Clive Churchill) v Turbo (Dallly M)

This is a media decision leading up to season kick off !

[Mutley]

It looks like the draw will be released tomorrow. Can’t wait to start planning my year out.

[SteveTidball]

First 6 rounds have been leaked for Penrith, with dates and venues firm for the first 4.

The Bathurst game will be on Saturday 26th March at 3pm at Carrington Park.

[Mutley]

Looks like I’ll be in Bathurst for my Birthday next year.

Mostly happy with the draw, only thing I don’t like is the teams we play in Weeks 1 & 2 we don’t play again. Personally I think the games against teams you only play once should all be mid-season.

[SteveTidball]

Here is a breakdown of the time slots. Sadly not many Saturday 7:30 matches, but for those a fan of Friday Night Football will be happy with 10 matches (7 Home & 3 Away) being played on Friday Nights.

The majority of hame games are on Thursday and Friday (9 from 11). Only 3 games on the weekends (one is at Bathurst).

Thoughts?

Time Slot Breakdown

Time Slot	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Thursday 8:00pm	3	2	1	0
Friday 6:00pm	4	2	2	0
Friday 8:00pm	6	5	1	0
Saturday 3:00pm	1	0	0	1
Saturday 5:30pm	3	1	2	0
Saturday 7:30pm	3	0	2	1
Sunday 2:00pm	1	0	1	0
Sunday 4:00pm	2	1	1	0
Sunday 6:00pm	1	0	1	0
TOTAL	24	11	11	2

[SouthernHillFan]

Pre covid I was not a fan of Thursday or Friday games, but now working from home it’s ok.

I much rather night games in the warmer months and daytime in winter.

The lack of Saturday and Sunday afternoon games is a disgrace In my opinion.

I will still be there though, my kids are older now so can go to 7:30 games.

[AlbertRoss]

I don’t go to games nor do I subscribe to pay TV so, next season I will be able to watch the Panthers 11 times during the regular season and 3 times in the finals.

[FaulcoPete]

So, the NRL, in its infinite wisdom, awards only 11 free-to-air games to the defending premiers. Pre-season hasn’t even started, and already my Penrith persecution complex is activated.

Looking further ahead, I wonder what the 2020 bye system will be like. We should never forget the last time that a bye system was instigated. At that time the conventional wisdom was that the team that had just enjoyed a bye would be at an advantage because of the week off. That shouldn’t be a problem, should it, if the allocation was balanced. But it wasn’t. Every team played a bye-freshened team ONCE - except Penrith. We played the bye-freshened team THIRTEEN times. I think that the appropriate advice to a Penrith fan was to lay on your back and think of England.