EMERGENCY POD: Ivan Cleary to Leave Penrith 2027!
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What shocking announcement did Ivan Cleary make regarding his coaching future?
Wow, news that has rocked the Rugby League world, Matthew. I didn't think we'd be doing an emergency podcast today, but Ivan Cleary, four-time in a row Premiership winner as a coach for the Penrith Panthers, has announced as of 2027 he will no longer be head coach of the Penrith Panthers Rugby League Club. That's pretty big news. It's huge news.
It's been plenty going on this week in the game. This is the biggest news. I'll just say this off the top. As NRL fans, jeez, we're spoiled. Is there a day that goes by when there's just something that happens in the game? Like there is as much happening off the game – off the field, sorry, as there is on. I can't remember.
Every single – Something happened a couple of days ago, and you said the same thing. You went, jeez, a lot of other sports, it's very boring in terms of the drama, but rugby league is so proper.
How do fans and analysts react to Ivan Cleary's decision to leave Penrith?
It was like a Monday or a Tuesday of this week, and some news broke out, and it was just – there's always just something going on. It is reality TV within a sporting environment, isn't it?
Without a doubt.
What impact does Ivan Cleary's departure have on the Penrith Panthers' future?
And as you said before, a lot of people who follow their chosen sport, nothing really happens from Monday to Friday. Then they hit the weekend, it's happening. But in rugby league, it doesn't matter what day it is. There's something to absorb and be entertained by.
Even the scandals, like even bad stuff that happens, it's like there's something always happening. I remember when I was doing the sports news on the Kyle and Jackie O show, and it'd always be, I was looking through all the different sports because I wanted to keep it quite broad because we had Sydney and Melbourne trying to do AFL stories as well. And I can tell you what, sometimes the stuff that made the cutting room floor, just because there was always just rugby league stories out. Yeah. There's always – the rugby league journos do a really good job of constantly providing stories for everyone. I can actually see that now. As a player, I thought, geez, they're very pushy. I always wanted that.
Like, you know, always wanting to get stories out. But I can see now it makes the sport so much better having constant stories throughout it.
What challenges has Ivan Cleary faced during his coaching career?
Without a shadow of a doubt. And I think it was Denny, Denny Weidler, who broke it originally. did a good job there uh did a job because no one saw this coming and when you come up you go you and jack come up the stairs and you said it at first i was i was extremely surprised but the more you sit on it you think about it you go okay i totally get it particularly listen to ivan talk in the press conference you got like um If you talk about why, there's different things. Ivan said that he's coached for such a long time. He had that first year at the Panthers. Yeah. Might have been three years, four years maybe even. Tigers for a couple of years, then back to the Panthers. I mean, when you think about Ivan, it's probably because he's – I played against Ivan –
How has Ivan Cleary transformed the Penrith Panthers and the local community?
and I feel like we're about the same age, I still view him as a young coach. Sounds strange.
You do think, especially when you look at some of the other coaches, he's kind of on that pedestal now, given what he's done, particularly the last five years, of your bellyaches and Wayne Bennett's. When you talk about success and you talk about, he hasn't had as long a career as those guys, so you still see him as a very young coach. But I mean, he's done everything there is in the game now. It started at the Waz.
Yeah. I mean, almost straight out of playing, went in as the coach of the Wows, and then everything's gone from there. He's just – and well done to Ivan, first and foremost. On the decision, must have been a tough one.
What role will Peter Wallace play in the transition after Cleary's departure?
He mentioned the family quite a bit. He mentioned his wife, Bec. And that's it. You don't think about the Wows a lot when it gets to coaching, but the toll it must take on them. If you read Andrew Webster's book on Ivan – You do get a real sense. You only see Ivan, the man who's lifted the trophies and everything, but I tell you what, he went through some very, very difficult and dark times.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What shocking announcement did Ivan Cleary make regarding his coaching future?
0:00–0:52
2
How do fans and analysts react to Ivan Cleary's decision to leave Penrith?
0:52–1:02
3
What impact does Ivan Cleary's departure have on the Penrith Panthers' future?
1:02–1:58
4
What challenges has Ivan Cleary faced during his coaching career?
1:58–2:45
5
How has Ivan Cleary transformed the Penrith Panthers and the local community?
2:45–3:24
6
What role will Peter Wallace play in the transition after Cleary's departure?
3:24–4:17
7
What are the potential implications for off-contract players at Penrith?
4:17–6:02
8
Could Ivan Cleary pursue a coaching role in representative football after 2027?
6:02–20:07