2005 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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2005 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank2nd
Play-off resultPreliminary Finals
2005 recordWins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 655; against: 510
Team information
Coach Nathan Brown
Captain
Stadium Jubilee Oval, Wollongong Showground
Avg. attendance15,151
High attendance19,608 (vs. Sharks, finals week 1)
Top scorers
Tries Colin Best (20)
Goals Michael Ennis (44)
Points Michael Ennis (108)
←  2004 2006  →

The 2005 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the seventh in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2005 premiership season. The team finished second in the regular season, making finals but getting knocked out in the preliminary finals against the Wests Tigers, losing 20–12.

Contents

Squad gains and losses

Increase2.svg or Decrease2.svgPlayer2004 Club2005 Club
Increase2.svg Colin Best Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. (Super League) St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Michael Ennis Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Willie Manu South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Shane Marteene South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Chris Sheppard North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Albert Torrens Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Decrease2.svg Nathan Blacklock St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. (Super League)
Decrease2.svg John Carlaw St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease2.svg Brett Firman St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Decrease2.svg Andrew Frew St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease2.svg David Howell St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Decrease2.svg Tony Jensen St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease2.svg Brent Kite St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Decrease2.svg Nathan Long St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease2.svg Henry Perenara St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Decrease2.svg Mark Riddell St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Decrease2.svg Lincoln Withers St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders

Ladder

2005 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2416082704456+24836
2 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 2416082655510+14536
3 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415092597484+11334
4 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers (P)24140102676575+10132
5 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24140102639563+7632
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24130112640462+17830
7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24120122550564-1428
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24120122554632-7828
9 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24110132488487+126
10 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24110132554554026
11 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24100142515528-1324
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2491142472670-19823
13 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2491142482700-21823
14 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2490152465606-14122
15 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2480162467667-20020

Ladder Progression

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Ladder Position14th14th15th15th14th14th13th13th12th9th9th10th9th7th6th7th7th8th6th5th3rd3rd3rd3rd2nd2nd
Source: [1]

Season results

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
DateVenueRefereeAttendanceSource
1 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 46 – 28 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 11 March Stadium Australia Paul Simpkins 33,105 [2]
2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 46 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 19 March Wollongong Showground Tony Archer, Gavin Badger 9,032 [3]
3 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers 18 – 8 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 March Penrith Stadium Russell Smith 17,187 [4]
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 42 – 22 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 April Canberra Stadium Tim Mander15,614 [5]
5 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 – 6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 9 April Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead16,117 [6]
6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 34 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 17 April Wollongong Showground Steve Clark17,287 [7]
7 (ANZAC Day) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 – 26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 25 April Sydney Football Stadium Sean Hampstead32,370 [8]
8 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 32 – 40 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 May Stadium Australia Jason Robinson17,567 [9]
9 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 42 – 10 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 7 May Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead11,624 [10]
10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 12 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers 13 May Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 12,932 [11]
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 16 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 21 May Newcastle International Sports Centre Shayne Hayne 19,018 [12]
12 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 – 16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 29 May Olympic Park Stadium Russell Smith 7,590 [13]
13 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 – 18 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 4 June Wollongong Showground Steve Clark14,479 [14]
14 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 4 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 12 June Jubilee Oval Tim Mander15,260 [15]
15 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 – 28 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 19 June Sydney Cricket Ground Paul Simpkins 18,334 [16]
16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 32 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 26 June Jubilee Oval Shayne Hayne 10,612 [17]
17BYE
18 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 40 – 14 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 July Parramatta Stadium Tim Mander20,199 [18]
19 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 10 – 36 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 17 July Brookvale Oval Steve Clark17,218 [19]
20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 10 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 July Jubilee Oval Tim Mander17,113 [20]
21 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 44 – 6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 29 July Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 19,512 [21]
22 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 16 – 36 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 5 August Willows Sports Complex Tim Mander21,021 [22]
23 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 4 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 August Lang Park Tim Mander48,995 [23]
24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 25 – 22 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 21 August Jubilee Oval Paul Simpkins 17,523 [24]
25BYE
26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 36 – 28 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 4 September Jubilee Oval Tony Archer 15,867 [25]
FW1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 22 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10 September Wollongong Showground Tony Archer 19,608 [26]
FW3 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 20 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 September Sydney Football Stadium Tony Archer 41,260 [27]

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  2. ↑ "Rugby League Tables / Bulldogs 46 v St George Illawarra 28 / Round 1, 2005". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. ↑ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 12 v Melbourne 46 / Round 2, 2005". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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  5. ↑ "Rugby League Tables / Canberra 42 v St George Illawarra 22 / Round 4, 2005". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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  14. ↑ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 32 v New Zealand 18 / Round 13, 2005". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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