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Wb1234

Immortal
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PANTHERS’ DOING NUMBER ON RIVALS

No wonder the Penrith Panthers keep on winning premierships despite losing star players.
Check out these participation numbers in comparison to rivals.
The Panthers had 9770 registered players in their junior nursery this year - compared to Sydney Roosters with just 636. That is not a misprint – just 636.
St George’s junior rugby league has only 1818 and Manly 2914.
Cronulla juniors are No.2 to the Panthers with 6274 participants, but still a long way short of 9770.
Parramatta Eels are third with 5644 registrations.
Penrith’s dominance starts from four-year-olds through to A-Grade.
And the numbers are growing not on the back of the unprecedented interest and excitement from playing in five-straight grand finals.


 
newc18

newc18

Juniors
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Wb1234 said:
PANTHERS’ DOING NUMBER ON RIVALS

No wonder the Penrith Panthers keep on winning premierships despite losing star players.
Check out these participation numbers in comparison to rivals.
The Panthers had 9770 registered players in their junior nursery this year - compared to Sydney Roosters with just 636. That is not a misprint – just 636.
St George’s junior rugby league has only 1818 and Manly 2914.
Cronulla juniors are No.2 to the Panthers with 6274 participants, but still a long way short of 9770.
Parramatta Eels are third with 5644 registrations.
Penrith’s dominance starts from four-year-olds through to A-Grade.
And the numbers are growing not on the back of the unprecedented interest and excitement from playing in five-straight grand finals.


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So basically nothing is going to change anytime soon.

Well there goes my excitement for next year.
 
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Billythekid

First Grade
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newc18 said:
So basically nothing is going to change anytime soon.

Well there goes my excitement for next year.
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Ehhhh we've seen plenty of teams win or perform well without having the juniors to back it up. What this does show is that having a junior nursery can lead to big success if you know how to use it well. Hopefully one day the knights can take advantage of the huge junior nursery they have.
 
Gardenia

Gardenia

Bench
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Wb1234 said:
PANTHERS’ DOING NUMBER ON RIVALS

No wonder the Penrith Panthers keep on winning premierships despite losing star players.
Check out these participation numbers in comparison to rivals.
The Panthers had 9770 registered players in their junior nursery this year - compared to Sydney Roosters with just 636. That is not a misprint – just 636.
St George’s junior rugby league has only 1818 and Manly 2914.
Cronulla juniors are No.2 to the Panthers with 6274 participants, but still a long way short of 9770.
Parramatta Eels are third with 5644 registrations.
Penrith’s dominance starts from four-year-olds through to A-Grade.
And the numbers are growing not on the back of the unprecedented interest and excitement from playing in five-straight grand finals.


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How TF do the Dragons only have 1818?

Did they sell their souls and not even get the Steelers nursery base?
 
Gardenia

Gardenia

Bench
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Wb1234 said:
Just Sydney juniors

Cronulla took over most of that area
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Thanks.

I actually did some research just now and this is the St George Illawarra combined nursery;

1,776 (St George) + 3,247 (Illawarra) + 4,357 (Group 7) = 9,380 juniors registered for 2025 across the full St George Illawarra region’s nursery (St George + Illawarra + South Coast Group 7).
 
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Stinkfinger

Juniors
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Wb1234 said:
PANTHERS’ DOING NUMBER ON RIVALS

No wonder the Penrith Panthers keep on winning premierships despite losing star players.
Check out these participation numbers in comparison to rivals.
The Panthers had 9770 registered players in their junior nursery this year - compared to Sydney Roosters with just 636. That is not a misprint – just 636.
St George’s junior rugby league has only 1818 and Manly 2914.
Cronulla juniors are No.2 to the Panthers with 6274 participants, but still a long way short of 9770.
Parramatta Eels are third with 5644 registrations.
Penrith’s dominance starts from four-year-olds through to A-Grade.
And the numbers are growing not on the back of the unprecedented interest and excitement from playing in five-straight grand finals.


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Of the 17 to play today, 7 came out of the Panthers junior system, 4 were scouted from NSW Country, and the remaining 6 were recruited from other clubs. This is a bit of a shift from 2022 when all 13 starters in the GF debuted at the club, but a fact of life when your developed champions are lured away by the chequebooks of other teams.

Clubs like Roosters have to run a development program outside the club's boundaries. It is not possible to succeed in the NRL on nothing but players lured from other clubs.
 
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