 For the 1994 NSWRL season, Freeman transferred to the Penrith Panthers.For the first game of the 1995 Trans-Tasman Test series, Freeman was replaced as captain of the New Zealand national team by John Lomax, but regained the position for the remaining two games.At the end of that year, he travellled with the Kiwis to the UK for the 1995 World Cup, playing his 45th and final international at against Papua New Guinea.