2000 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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2000 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank9th
2000 recordWins: 12; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 576; against: 656
Team information
Coach David Waite & Andrew Farrar
Captain
Stadium Sydney Football Stadium, Wollongong Showground
Avg. attendance14,922
High attendance62,255 (vs. Cronulla, round 1)
Top scorers
Tries Nathan Blacklock (25)
Goals Wayne Bartrim (50)
Points Nathan Blacklock (124)
  1999 2001  

The 2000 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the second in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2000 premiership season. The team finished ninth in the regular season, missing out on finals for the first time in their history.

Contents

Squad gains and losses

Increase2.svg or Decrease2.svgPlayer1999 Club2000 ClubSource
Increase2.svg Jamie Fitzgerald North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [1]
Increase2.svg Solomon Haumono Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Lee Hookey South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Wes Patten South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Robbie Simpson Broncoscolours.png London Broncos (Super League) St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Decrease2.svg Craig Fitzgibbon St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Decrease2.svg Brad Mackay St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls (Super League)
Decrease2.svg Matthew Rodwell St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Decrease2.svg Warren Carney St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Decrease2.svg Mark Coyne St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease2.svg Paul McGregor St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease2.svg Rod Wishart St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement

Ladder

2000 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (P)261826696388+30838
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2616010601520+8132
3 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2615110686532+15431
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2615011506479+2730
5 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2615011573562+1130
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2614111672529+14329
7 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2614111476456+2029
8 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2613013570463+10726
9 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 26120145766568024
10 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 261121351964212324
11 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 26101154695538421
12 Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles 26901747662815218
13 Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors 26821642666223618
14 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 26701943661217612 [a]
Source: [ citation needed ]
(P) Premiers
Notes:
  1. North Queensland were stripped of 2 competition points due to a breach of the interchange rule in Round 4.

Ladder progression

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Ladder Position14th9th12th12th13th13th12th11th11th8th11th8th10th8th11th11th11th11th10th10th10th10th10th10th9th9th
Source: [2]

Season results

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
DateVenueRefereeAttendanceSource
1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 28 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 5 February Stadium Australia Tim Mander62,255 [3]
2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 6 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 12 February Wollongong Showground Matt Hewitt6,024 [4]
3 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 16 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18 February Sydney Football Stadium Sean Hampstead16,163 [5]
4 Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles 20 – 21 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 February Central Coast Stadium Tim Mander19,092 [6]
5 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 70 – 10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 3 March Melbourne Cricket Ground Bill Harrigan 23,239 [7]
6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 9 – 15 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 12 March Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 12,021 [8]
7 Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors 8 – 36 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 March Mount Smart Stadium Mark Oaten11,129 [9]
8 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 18 – 25 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 March Newcastle International Sports Centre Sean Hampstead12,842 [10]
9 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 18 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2 April Sydney Football Stadium Sean Hampstead9,812 [11]
10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 20 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 9 April Wollongong Showground Steve Clark13,221 [12]
11 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 34 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 April Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Tim Mander22,190 [13]
12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 20 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers 22 April Sydney Football Stadium Sean Hampstead8,949 [14]
13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 50 – 4 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 29 April Willows Sports Complex Mark Oaten13,768 [15]
14 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 54 – 0 Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors 6 May Wollongong Showground Tim Mander7,039 [16]
15 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 30 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 May Parramatta Stadium Bill Harrigan 14,135 [17]
16 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 32 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 May Sydney Football Stadium Sean Hampstead13,285 [18]
17 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 22 Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles 28 May Sydney Football Stadium Mark Oaten7,693 [19]
18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 50 – 4 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 4 June Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 10,141 [20]
19 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 – 36 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 9 June Campbelltown Stadium Tim Mander15,263 [21]
20 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10 – 40 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 June Endeavour Field Steve Clark19,507 [22]
21 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 36 – 24 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 25 June Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 13,270 [23]
22 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 20 – 30 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 July Canberra Stadium Steve Clark14,171 [24]
23 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers 42 – 12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 July Penrith Stadium Bill Harrigan 19,330 [25]
24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 44 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 16 July Wollongong Showground Mark Oaten14,184 [26]
25 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10 – 28 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 23 July Stadium Australia Steve Clark21,609 [27]
26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 32 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 29 July Sydney Football Stadium Tim Mander13,317 [28]

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