2003 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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2003 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank10th
2003 recordWins: 11; draws: 0; losses: 13
Points scoredFor: 548; against: 596
Team information
Coach Nathan Brown
Captain
Stadium Jubilee Oval, Wollongong Showground
Avg. attendance13,061
High attendance16,713 (vs. Cronulla, round 8)
Top scorers
Tries Nathan Blacklock (14)
Points Mark Riddell (166)
<  2002 2004  >

The 2003 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the fifth in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2003 premiership season. The team finished tenth in the regular season, missing out on finals for the second time in their history.

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Squad gains and losses

Increase2.svg or Decrease2.svgPlayer2002 Club2003 Club
Increase2.svg John Cross Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Henry Perenara Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Quentin Pongia Canberra colours.svg Villeneuve XIII RLLG (Elite One Championship) St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Hassan Saleh Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Decrease2.svg Leo Clarke St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retired
Decrease2.svg Luke Felsch St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retired
Decrease2.svg Lee Hookey St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Decrease2.svg Jason Hooper St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Saintscolours.svg St Helens R.F.C. (Super League)
Decrease2.svg Wise Kativerata St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Decrease2.svg Jason Kent St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Decrease2.svg Shane Millard St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings (Super League)
Decrease2.svg Willie Peters St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Decrease2.svg Ben Ross St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Decrease2.svg Justin Smith St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Decrease2.svg Colin Ward St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers (P)2418062659527+13240
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2417072680445+23538
3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2416082702419+28336
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2416082620463+15736
5 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2415092564486+7834
6 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2415092545510+3534
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24140102632635-332
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24120122497464+3328
9 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24110132570582-1226
10 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 24110132548593-4526
11 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24100142606629-2324
12 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2480162497704-20720
13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2470172470598-12818
14 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2470172557791-23418
15 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2430212457758-30110

Ladder Progression

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Ladder Position11th7th9th8th10th9th8th7th9th9th8th10th10th11th9th9th7th9th7th8th8th9th9th10th11th10th
Source: [1]

Season results

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
DateVenueRefereeAttendanceSource
1 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 – 20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 15 March Stadium Australia Sean Hampstead42,017 [2]
2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 30 – 28 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 23 March Wollongong Showground Tim Mander13,149 [3]
3 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 18 – 14 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 29 March Canberra Stadium Sean Hampstead13,744 [4]
4BYE
5 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 38 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 13 April Wollongong Showground Steve Clark13,150 [5]
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 19 April Stadium Australia Shayne Hayne 33,397 [6]
7 (ANZAC Day) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 20 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 25 April Sydney Football Stadium Shayne Hayne 26,014 [7]
8 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 12 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 4 May Jubilee Oval Bill Harrigan 16,713 [8]
9 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 30 – 26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 11 May Penrith Stadium Tim Mander17,862 [9]
10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 18 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 17 May Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 11,555 [10]
11 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 16 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 25 May Sydney Cricket Ground Bill Harrigan 11,104 [11]
12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 36 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 1 June Jubilee Oval Shayne Hayne 13,517 [12]
13BYE
14 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 32 – 30 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 13 June Newcastle International Sports Centre Sean Hampstead18,233 [13]
15 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 20 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 21 June Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead10,220 [14]
16 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 28 – 42 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 June Brookvale Oval Steve Clark11,161 [15]
17 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 – 16 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 4 July Wollongong Showground Steve Clark14,153 [16]
18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 19 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 13 July Jubilee Oval Tim Mander14,204 [17]
19 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 16 – 36 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 19 July Willows Sports Complex Paul Simpkins 16,542 [18]
20 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 36 – 10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 July Parramatta Stadium Shayne Hayne 14,056 [19]
21 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 28 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 3 August Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 15,310 [20]
22 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 30 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 10 August Jubilee Oval Bill Harrigan 12,595 [21]
23 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 25 – 16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 August Endeavour Field Sean Hampstead15,504 [22]
24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 22 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 22 August Wollongong Showground Tim Mander11,367 [23]
25 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 – 42 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 31 August Jubilee Oval Steve Clark10,798 [24]
26 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 25 – 26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 5 September Lang Park Tim Mander35,597 [25]

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