2007 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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2007 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank13th
2007 recordWins: 9; draws: 0; losses: 15
Points scoredFor: 509; against: 431
Team information
Coach Nathan Brown
Captain
Stadium Jubilee Oval, Wollongong Showground
Avg. attendance12,159
High attendance19,051 (vs. Bulldogs, round 20)
Top scorers
Tries Matt Cooper (11)
Goals Jamie Soward (38)
Points Jamie Soward (105)
<  2006 2008  >

The 2007 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the ninth in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2007 premiership season. The team finished thirteenth in the regular season, finishing the lowest they ever had and as a result of that, missing out on finals.

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Squad gains and losses

Increase2.svg or Decrease2.svgPlayer2006 Club2007 Club
Increase2.svg Tony Caine Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Rangi Chase Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Luke MacDougall South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Adam Peek Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Beau Scott Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Jamie Soward Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Simon Woolford Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Decrease2.svg Luke Bailey St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Decrease2.svg Trent Barrett St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors (Super League)
Decrease2.svg Colin Best St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Decrease2.svg Matt Bickerstaff St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Decrease2.svg Aaron Gorrell St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Decrease2.svg Clint Greenshields St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Decrease2.svg Michael Henderson St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Decrease2.svg Daryl Millard St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Decrease2.svg Andrew Price St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease2.svg Reece Simmonds St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Decrease2.svg Lee Te Maari St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Decrease2.svg Shaun Timmins St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2421031627277+35044
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2418061597377+22038
3 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2415091547618−7132
4 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24131101593434+15929
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24130111573481+9228
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24120121575528+4726
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24120121408399+926
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24110131511476+3524
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24110131541561−2024
10 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24101131445610−16523
11 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24100141463403+6022
12 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24100141409559−15022
13 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 2490151431509−7820
14 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2490151522650−12820
15 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2490151418708−29020
16 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2480161539607−6818

Ladder Progression

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
Ladder Position7th10th9th13th15th14th15th13th15th14th15th14th15th16th16th14th13th14th14th15th12th13th14th13th13th
Source: [1]

Season results

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
DateVenueRefereeAttendanceSource
1 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 18 – 20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 March Lang Park Shayne Hayne 42,030 [2]
2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 23 March Jubilee Oval Steve Clark12,326 [3]
3 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 22 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 31 March Wollongong Showground Jared Maxwell10,232 [4]
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 40 – 4 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 9 April Endeavour Field Tony Archer 19,137 [5]
5 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 10 – 24 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 14 April Jubilee Oval Ben Cummins 9,011 [6]
6BYE
7 (ANZAC Day) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 18 – 4 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 25 April Sydney Football Stadium Paul Simpkins 18,240 [7]
8 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 16 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 4 May Jubilee Oval Sean Hampstead9,057 [8]
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 27 – 8 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 13 May Stadium Australia Ben Cummins 13,625 [9]
10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 10 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 18 May Wollongong Showground Tony Archer 12,085 [10]
11 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 30 – 6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 25 May Canberra Stadium Steve Clark13,187 [11]
12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 11 – 4 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 1 June Jubilee Oval Shayne Hayne 10,302 [12]
13 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 20 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 11 June Jubilee Oval Tony Archer 12,455 [13]
14 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 20 – 12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 17 June Parramatta Stadium Sean Hampstead12,658 [14]
15 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 28 – 6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 June Olympic Park Stadium Paul Simpkins 13,545 [15]
16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 – 22 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 1 July Jubilee Oval Tony Archer 11,958 [16]
17 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 58 – 16 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 8 July Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead7,561 [17]
18 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 44 – 16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 15 July Mount Smart Stadium Jared Maxwell10,037 [18]
19 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 20 – 38 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 21 July Penrith Stadium Gavin Badger 9,523 [19]
20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 28 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28 July Wollongong Showground Ben Cummins 19,051 [20]
21 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 4 – 20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 3 August Newcastle International Sports Centre Jared Maxwell12,573 [21]
22 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 24 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 11 August Wollongong Showground Steve Clark18,382 [22]
23 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 – 14 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 August Willows Sports Complex Ben Cummins 18,721 [23]
24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 27 August Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead13,488 [24]
25 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 28 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 September Brookvale Oval Steve Clark18,637 [25]

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