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Looking back at photos of Penrith’s squad ahead of the 2020 grand final , it is easy to forget just how many players have walked out the door in the four years.
“I just feel like as a club, as a whole, Matty Cameron and Ivan have set the culture there for us and it just allows the players to grow.”looks at all the players that have left the foot of the mountains since the 2020 grand final and the shrewd moves made along the way that have kept Penrith at the top.Penrith was able to keep most of the important players from its grand final squad, although plenty of experience walked out the door after the 26-20 loss to the Storm.
As for Tetevano and Tamou, the leadership void prompted Penrith to announce two new co-captains in Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo. That was also proven by the fact Penrith finished the 2021 season with the youngest squad on paper, while also averaging 62.7 games of experience per player — 15th only to the Bulldogs.
Of course, the fact he was an extra ball-playing and kicking option only made Penrith’s left edge attack all the more threatening that year. Elsewhere, Sean O’Sullivan was the perfect understudy to Nathan Cleary and executed his role to perfection, with Penrith learning from its mistake the year prior in 2021.
More specifically, he lacked the playmaking and guile that made Koroisau one of the best in the business. Kikau, meanwhile, was the kind of player where the Panthers just needed to feed him early ball and he would thrive in space, swatting away defenders and popping late offloads to turn Penrith’s left edge into one of the most lethal in the league.The loss of Hopgood was another hard one to take given the obvious potential he had as both a workhorse in the middle of the field and ball-playing option that could open up the attack.
Tyrone Peachey was one of the surprise unsung heroes to emerge in Penrith’s 2023 premiership campaign, winding back the clock to prove a reliable option in the centres after a pectoral injury wiped Tago out for a good chunk of the season.
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