1999 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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1999 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank6th
Play-off resultRunners-Up
1999 recordWins: 18; draws: 0; losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 692; against: 472
Team information
Coach David Waite
Captain
Stadium Jubilee Oval, Wollongong Showground
Avg. attendance13,259
High attendance19,181 (vs. Newcastle, round 24)
Top scorers
Tries Nathan Blacklock (24)
Goals Wayne Bartrim (71)
Points Wayne Bartrim (162)
2000  

The 1999 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the first in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 1999 premiership season. The team finished sixth in the regular season, before making and losing the grand final against the Melbourne Storm in front of a record-breaking crowd, with 107,999 people in attendance at the new Stadium Australia. [1]

Contents

Squad gains and losses

Increase2.svg or Decrease2.svgPlayer1998 Club1999 Club
Increase2.svg Warren Carney N/A St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Trent Barrett Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra Steelers
Increase2.svg Craig Fitzgibbon
Increase2.svg Brad Mackay
Increase2.svg Paul McGregor
Increase2.svg Craig Smith
Increase2.svg Shaun Timmins
Increase2.svg Andrew Hart
Increase2.svg Luke Patten
Increase2.svg Chris Leikvoll
Increase2.svg Rod Wishart
Increase2.svg Jason Hooper
Increase2.svg Terry Lamey
Increase2.svg Jamie Ainscough St. George colours.svg St. George Dragons
Increase2.svg Wayne Bartrim
Increase2.svg Nathan Blacklock
Increase2.svg Nathan Brown
Increase2.svg Mark Coyne
Increase2.svg Anthony Mundine
Increase2.svg Lee Murphy
Increase2.svg Corey Pearson
Increase2.svg Lance Thompson
Increase2.svg Darren Treacy
Increase2.svg Colin Ward
Increase2.svg Matthew Rodwell

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2418062586332+25440
2 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2417072500294+20638
3 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm (P)2416082639392+24736
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City Roosters 2416082592377+21536
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2415182520462+5835
6 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2415092588416+17234
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2414192575484+9133
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2413292510368+14232
9 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24131102618439+17931
10 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24111122492428+6427
11 Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors 24100142538498+4024
12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24100142349556-20724
13 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2491142454623-16923
14 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears 2480162490642-15220
15 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers 2480162345636-29120
16 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2441192398588-19013
17 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 2430212285944-65910

Ladder progression

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Ladder Position13th15th13th13th13th9th6th9th6th10th11th10th9th8th7th6th5th4th4th4th6th5th7th7th7th6th
Source: [2]

Season results

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
DateVenueRefereeAttendanceSource
1 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 20 – 10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 6 March Stadium Australia Bill Harrigan 104,583 [3]
2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 24 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14 March Jubilee Oval Tim Mander13,487 [4]
3 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 14 – 16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 March Canberra Stadium Sean Hampstead11,096 [5]
4 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 25 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 27 March Sydney Cricket Ground Brian Grant15,324 [6]
5 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 – 12 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears 4 April Wollongong Showground Paul McBlane 12,566 [7]
6 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 12 – 26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 11 April Newcastle International Sports Centre Bill Harrigan 22,532 [8]
7 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 44 – 2 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 18 April Jubilee Oval Steve Clark12,237 [9]
8 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 18 – 16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 25 April Endeavour Field Sean Hampstead22,279 [10]
9 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 16 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City Roosters 1 May Wollongong Showground Brian Grant14,731 [11]
10 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 27 – 6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 May Penrith Stadium Tim Mander19,133 [12]
11 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 20 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14 May Jubilee Oval Steve Clark16,514 [13]
12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 48 – 8 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers 22 May Wollongong Showground Bill Harrigan 11,120 [14]
13 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 16 – 28 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 May Olympic Park Stadium Steve Clark14,316 [15]
14BYE
15 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 18 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 13 June Jubilee Oval Paul McBlane 8,156 [16]
16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 44 – 4 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 20 June Wollongong Showground Brian Grant11,117 [17]
17 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears 12 – 20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 27 June North Sydney Oval Sean Hampstead6,774 [18]
18BYE
19 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 38 – 24 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 11 July Jubilee Oval Bill Harrigan 11,555 [19]
20 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers 16 – 38 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 17 July Leichhardt Oval Moghsheen Jadwat10,615 [20]
21 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 22 – 4 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 23 July Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Steve Clark33,289 [21]
22 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 38 – 10 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 1 August Wollongong Showground Tim Mander14,517 [22]
23 Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors 18 – 32 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 6 August Mount Smart Stadium Tim Mander9,564 [23]
24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 22 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 13 August Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 19,181 [24]
25 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City Roosters 24 – 26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 August Sydney Football Stadium Steve Clark24,271 [25]
26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 18 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 28 August Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead13,918 [26]
FW1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 10 – 34 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 4 September Olympic Park Stadium Bill Harrigan 15,653 [27]
FW2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City Roosters 18 – 28 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 11 September Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 31,506 [28]
FW3 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 19 September Stadium Australia Steve Clark51,827 [29]
GF Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 20 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 September Stadium Australia Bill Harrigan 107,999 [30]

References

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  8. "Rugby League Tables / Newcastle 12 v St George Illawarra 26 / Round 6, 1999". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  9. "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 44 v Canberra 2 / Round 7, 1999". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
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  13. "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 12 v Cronulla 20 / Round 11, 1999". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  14. "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 48 v Balmain 8 / Round 12, 1999". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
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  16. "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 22 v North Queensland 18 / Round 15, 1999". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
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  25. "Rugby League Tables / Sydney City 24 v St George Illawarra 26 / Round 25, 1999". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  26. "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 20 v Manly 18 / Round 26, 1999". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
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  28. "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 28 v Sydney City 18 / Semi Final, 1999". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
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