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2019 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

2019 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank15th
2019 recordWins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 16
Points scoredFor: 427; against: 575
Team information
CEOBrian Johnston
CoachPaul McGregor
Captain
StadiumNetstrata Jubilee Stadium, WIN Stadium
Avg. attendance9,813
High attendance14,586 (vs. Cronulla, round 11)
Top scorers
TriesMikaele Ravalawa (11)
GoalsGareth Widdop (30)
PointsGareth Widdop (64)
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The 2019 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 21st in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons' men's team competed in the NRL's 2019 Telstra Premiership season while the women completed their second year in the NRLW's 2019 Holden Women's Premiership season.

Squad

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St. George Illawarra Dragons 2019
First team squad Development players Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (gk) Goal kicker
  • Injured

Updated: 24 June 2019
Source(s): Dragons Squad

Gains and Losses

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Increase or Decrease Player 2018 Club 2019 Club Source
Increase Korbin Sims Brisbane Broncos St. George Illawarra Dragons [1]
Increase Patrick Kaufusi Melbourne Storm St. George Illawarra Dragons [2]
Increase Corey Norman Parramatta Eels St. George Illawarra Dragons [3]
Increase Lachlan Maranta Queensland Reds (Super Rugby) St. George Illawarra Dragons [4]
Decrease Leeson Ah Mau St. George Illawarra Dragons New Zealand Warriors [5]
Decrease Nene Macdonald St. George Illawarra Dragons North Queensland Cowboys [6]
Decrease Kurt Mann St. George Illawarra Dragons Newcastle Knights [7]
Decrease Jason Nightingale St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement [8]

Ladder

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2019 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 24 20 0 4 1 631 300 +331 42
2 Sydney Roosters 24 17 0 7 1 627 363 +264 36
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 16 0 8 1 521 417 +104 34
4 Canberra Raiders 24 15 0 9 1 524 374 +150 32
5 Parramatta Eels 24 14 0 10 1 533 473 +60 30
6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 1 496 446 +50 30
7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 12 0 12 1 514 464 +50 26
8 Brisbane Broncos 24 11 1 12 1 432 489 −57 25
9 Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 1 475 486 −11 24
10 Penrith Panthers 24 11 0 13 1 413 474 −61 24
11 Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 1 485 522 −37 22
12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 10 0 14 1 326 477 −151 22
13 New Zealand Warriors 24 9 1 14 1 433 574 −141 21
14 North Queensland Cowboys 24 9 0 15 1 378 500 −122 20
15 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 8 0 16 1 427 575 −148 18
16 Gold Coast Titans 24 4 0 20 1 370 651 −281 10

Ladder Progression

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Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Ladder Position 13th 14th 11th 10th 7th 6th 8th 8th 10th 12th 13th 13th 10th 13th 10th 12th 14th 14th 14th 14th 14th 14th 15th 15th 15th
Source: [9]

Season Results

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Pre-Season Trials

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Round Home Score Away Match information
Date and time (AEDT) Venue Referee Attendance Source
1 St George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 10 Newcastle Knights Saturday, 23 February, 4:00 pm WIN Stadium Adam Gee, Todd Smith — [10]
2
(Charity Shield) 		South Sydney Rabbitohs 36 – 24 St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 2 March, 7:30 pm Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium Ashley Klein, Chris Butler 9,027 [11]

NRL Season

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Round Home Score Away Match information
Date and time (AEDT) Venue Referee Attendance Source
1 North Queensland Cowboys 24 – 12 St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 16 March, 7:35 pm 1300Smiles Stadium Ben Cummins, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 18,415 [12]
2 St George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 34 South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 21 March, 7:55 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Gerard Sutton, Peter Gough 10,080 [13]
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 – 25 St George Illawarra Dragons Thursday, 28 March, 7:55 pm Suncorp Stadium Ben Cummins, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 21,081 [14]
4 Newcastle Knights 12 – 13 St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 7 April, 6:10 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Matt Cecchin, Adam Cassidy 19,105 [15]
5 St George Illawarra Dragons 40 – 4 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 14 April, 4:05 pm Netstrata Jubilee Oval Ashley Klein, Gerard Sutton 13,409 [16]
6 St George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 10 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Saturday, 20 April, 7:35 pm WIN Stadium David Munro, Liam Kennedy 14,268 [17]
7
(ANZAC Day) 		Sydney Roosters 20 – 10 St George Illawarra Dragons Thursday, 25 April, 4:05 pm Sydney Cricket Ground Ben Cummins, Grant Atkins 38,414 [18]
8 Parramatta Eels 32 – 18 St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 5 May, 4:05 pm Bankwest Stadium Ashley Klein, Chris Butler 25,872 [19]
9
(Magic Round) 		New Zealand Warriors 26 – 18 St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 11 May, 5:30 pm Suncorp Stadium Adam Gee, Gavin Badger 41,612 [20]
10 St George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 45 Newcastle Knights Sunday, 19 May, 2:00 pm Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium Gerard Sutton, Liam Kennedy 9,267 [21]
11 St George Illawarra Dragons 9 – 22 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sunday, 26 May, 4:05 pm WIN Stadium Adam Gee, Gavin Badger 14,586 [22]
12 BYE
13
(Queen's Birthday) 		Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12 – 36 St George Illawarra Dragons Monday, 10 June, 4:05 pm ANZ Stadium Gerard Sutton, Liam Kennedy 16,003 [23]
14 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 14 – 34 St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 16 June, 2:00 pm Lottoland Chris Sutton, Phil Henderson 8,468 [24]
15 St George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 14 North Queensland Cowboys Friday, 28 June, 6:00 pm WIN Stadium Henry Perenara, Liam Kennedy 7,008 [25]
16 St George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 16 Melbourne Storm Thursday, 4 July, 7:55 pm WIN Stadium Ben Cummins, David Munro 5,578 [26]
17 St George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 36 Canberra Raiders Sunday, 14 July, 6:10 pm WIN Stadium Ashley Klein 9,159 [27]
18 Penrith Panthers 40 – 18 St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 19 July, 7:55 pm Panthers Stadium Grant Atkins, Jon Stone 13,610 [28]
19 South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 – 16 St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 26 July, 7:55 pm ANZ Stadium Gerard Sutton, Matt Noyen 12,318 [29]
20 St George Illawarra Dragons 4 – 12 Parramatta Eels Sunday, 4 August, 4:05 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Ashley Klein 9,645 [30]
21 St George Illawarra Dragons 40 – 28 Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 10 August, 3:00 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Henry Perenara, Liam Kennedy 6,532 [31]
22 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 18 – 12 St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 18 August, 4:05 pm Southern Cross Group Stadium Adam Gee, Jon Stone 13,652 [32]
23 St George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 34 Sydney Roosters Saturday, 24 August, 7:35 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Chris Sutton, Belinda Sharpe 9,087 [33]
24 St George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 42 Wests Tigers Sunday, 1 September, 4:05 pm Sydney Cricket Ground Matt Cecchin, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 9,136 [34]
25 Gold Coast Titans 16 – 24 St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 7 September, 7:35 pm Cbus Super Stadium Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Gavin Badger 11,274 [35]

Representative Honours

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The following players have played a representative match in 2019.

Player 2019 All Stars match State of Origin 1 2019 Oceania Cup and Internationals State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 World Cup 9s Prime Minister's XIII 2019 Oceania Cup, 2019 Great Britain Lions tour and Internationals
Josh Kerr Indigenous All Stars – – – – – – –
Ben Hunt – Queensland – Queensland Queensland Australia Prime Minister's XIII Australia
Paul Vaughan – New South Wales – New South Wales New South Wales – – Australia
Tyson Frizell – New South Wales – New South Wales New South Wales Australia Prime Minister's XIII Australia
Mikaele Ravalawa – – Fiji – – – – –
Korbin Sims – – Fiji – – – – –
Steven Marsters – – Cook Islands – – Cook Islands – –
Tariq Sims – – – New South Wales – – – –
Corey Norman – – – – Queensland – – –
James Graham – – – – – England – Great Britain
Gareth Widdop – – – – – England – Great Britain
Tim Lafai – – – – – Samoa – Samoa
Luciano Leilua – – – – – Samoa Samoa

NRL Women's

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2019 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Women's Rank2nd
2019 recordWins: 2; draws: 0; losses: 1
Points scoredFor: 54; against: 36
Team information
CoachDaniel Lacey
Captain
Top scorers
TriesJessica Sergis (3)
GoalsMaddie Studdon (8)
PointsMaddie Studdon (16)

Ladder

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2019 NRL Women's season
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Brisbane Broncos 3 2 0 1 42 14 +28 4
2 St. George Illawarra Dragons 3 2 0 1 54 36 +18 4
3 New Zealand Warriors 3 2 0 1 32 46 −14 4
4 Sydney Roosters 3 0 0 3 28 60 −32 0
Source: [citation needed]

Ladder Progression

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Round 1 2 3
Ladder Position 4th 2nd 2nd
Source: [36]

Season Results

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Round Home Score Away Match information
Date and time (AEDT) Venue Referee Attendance Source
1 St George Illawarra Dragons 4 – 14 Brisbane Broncos Sunday, 15 September, 2:05 pm Bankwest Stadium Adam Cassidy, Martin Jones —1 [37]
2 New Zealand Warriors 6 – 26 St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 22 September, 1:15 pm Mount Smart Stadium Kasey Badger, Ethan Menchin — [38]
3 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 16 Sydney Roosters Sunday, 29 September, 1:15 pm Leichhardt Oval Kasey Badger, Daniel Schwass 2,293 [39]
Grand Final Brisbane Broncos 30 – 6 St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 6 October, 4:00 pm ANZ Stadium Kasey Badger, Daniel Schwass —2 [40]

Notes

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References

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