{"id":172100,"date":"2025-12-07T13:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T13:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/172100\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T13:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T13:52:10","slug":"the-nrls-highest-rated-club-revealed-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/172100\/","title":{"rendered":"The NRL\u2019s highest rated club revealed &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\">They may have fallen short of a historic fifth straight premiership, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/penrith-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penrith Panthers<\/a> have officially been named the No.1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> club in the game, according to the people whose opinions matter most &#8211; the players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">According to the Daily Telegraph, the RLPA&#8217;s annual Players&#8217; Pulse Survey has revealed that the Panthers finished atop the league-wide rankings, which assess clubs across key areas including head coach performance, high-performance staff, facilities, wellbeing, and psychological safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">It is the first time the RLPA has released a public look at the top four clubs based on player feedback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Panthers claimed the No.1 ranking on the men&#8217;s side, edging out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/parramatta-eels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parramatta Eels<\/a>, who stormed into second place following their resurgence under new head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/jason-ryles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Ryles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/melbourne-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne Storm<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/teams\/canterbury-bankstown-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a> rounded out the top four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Panthers coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/ivan-cleary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ivan Cleary<\/a> received top-tier marks from his squad, earning an A rating from his playing group.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164275\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Ivan Cleary\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1119\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ab3i0264_e-copy.jpg.webp.webp\"\/>Ivan Cleary in action at training for the Penrith Panthers. (Photo by Joshua Davis)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Penrith also received an A in wellbeing and education, categories the RLPA places heavy emphasis on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Panthers CEO Matt Cameron said the ranking reflected Cleary&#8217;s long-term leadership and the club&#8217;s commitment to development both on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cThe Panthers are extremely proud to be number one ranked in this year&#8217;s RLPA survey,\u201d Cameron said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cOur position within the league is a direct reflection of Ivan Cleary&#8217;s attitude toward player development off the field, and the relentless work of our wellbeing and education staff.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They may have fallen short of a historic fifth straight premiership, but the Penrith Panthers have officially been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-172100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}