Overview

• The comments were posted during the club’s awards night on Penrith’s official Instagram stories, using sexualised nicknames that referenced several players’ partners.
• Posts included calling Nathan Cleary “the Fowler slayer” in reference to Mary Fowler, with similar labels applied to Tom Jenkins, Matt Eisenhuth and Scott Sorensen.
• The stories have since disappeared due to Instagram’s 24‑hour limit, though media outlets reported on screenshots and user reactions.
• To’o told the club the remarks were intended as a joke, said he was sober at the time, and has apologised for comments officials described as in poor taste.
• Penrith declined public comment as the team travelled to Auckland for a sudden‑death final against the Warriors, and media reports say club sanctions are possible.