2017 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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2017 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank11
2017 recordWins: 12; draws: 2; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 341; against: 538
Team information
CEOPeter Doust
CoachPaul McGregor
Captain
Stadium WIN Jubilee Oval WIN Stadium
Top scorers
Tries Jason Nightingale
Goals Gareth Widdop
Points Gareth Widdop
<  2016 2018  >

The 2017 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 19th in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2017 Telstra Premiership season.

Contents

Gains And Losses of Squad

Players

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or
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Player2016 Club2017 Club
Increase2.svg Paul Vaughan Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Nene Macdonald Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Tariq Sims Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase2.svg Cameron McInnes South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Decrease2.svg Mike Cooper St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Decrease2.svg Ben Creagh St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease2.svg Dunamis Lui St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Decrease2.svg Benji Marshall [1] St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Decrease2.svg Tyrone McCarthy St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford Red Devils
Decrease2.svg Adam Quinlan St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
Decrease2.svg Mitch Rein St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers

Regular season

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St. George Illawarra Dragons PEN
32
PAR
18
CRO
6
NZL
14
WTI
22
MAN
25
NQL
6
SYD
1*
MEL
12
CRO
4
NZL
16
XWTI
4
CBY
14
PAR
14
NEW
4
GCT
10
XCAN
4*
MAN
30
NEW
7
SOU
2
GCT
26
BRI
12
PEN
2
CBY
6
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Season Results

ROUNDHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (AEDT)VenueRefereeAttendance
1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 42-10 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Saturday, 4 March 2017 4:30 PM UOW Jubilee Oval Henry Perenara, Peter Gough7,283
2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16-34 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Sunday, 12 March, 6:30 PM WIN Stadium Dave Munro, Chris Sutton16,023
3 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10-16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 19 March 2017 6:30 PM Southern Cross Group Stadium Ben Cummins, Adam Gee14,247
4 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 26-12 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Sunday, 26 March, 6:30 PM UOW Jubilee Oval David Munro, Chris Sutton11,608
5 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 6-28 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 2 April, 4:00 PM ANZ Stadium Henry Perenara, Matt Noyen13,172
6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 10-35 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 8 April, 2:30 PM Lottoland Gavin Badger, Chris James11,654
7 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28-22 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 15 April 2017 7:00 PMWIN StadiumH. Perenara, M. Noyen13,886
8
ANZAC Round
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 13-12 (gp) St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Tuesday, 25 April 2017Allianz StadiumB. Cummins, D. Munro40,864
9 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 22-34 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Sunday, 30 April 2017WIN StadiumM. Cecchin, C. Butler12,377
10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14-18 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Friday, 12 May 2017UOW Jubilee OvalGerard Sutton, Chris Butler15,927
11
Beanies for Brain Cancer Round
Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 14-30 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 19 May, 6:00pm FMG Stadium Waikato Henry Peranara, Peter Gough11,108
12 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 7th-5th St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons BYE
13 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 16-12 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Saturday, 3 June, 3:00 PMANZ StadiumGavin Badger, Peter Gough12,983
14 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-2 [2] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Monday, 12 June 2017 4:00 PMANZ StadiumBen Cummins, Gavin Badger24,083 [3]
15 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24-10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 18 June, 4:00 PMANZ StadiumGrant Atkins, Chris Sutton13,559
16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 32-28 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Sunday, 25 June 2017 2:00 PMUOW Jubilee OvalAdam Gee, Gavin Reynolds10,174
17 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 20–10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 30 June, 6:00pmCbus Super StadiumGrant Atkins, Chris Sutton13,140
18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders BYE
19 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 18-14 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons GIO Stadium10,977
20
Women in League Round
St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 52-22 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sunday, 23 July, 2:00pmWIN StadiumAshley Klein, Alan Shortall16,883
21 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 21-14 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday 29 July, 3:00pmMcDonald Jones Stadium: Gavin Badger, Zbignew Przeklasa-Adamski15,031
22
Retro Round
St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 24-26 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 18:00Sydney Cricket GroundBen Cummins, David Munro12, 312
23 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 42-16 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans UOW Jubilee Oval8,973
24 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24-12 [4] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Friday 18 August, 7:50pmSuncorp StadiumMatt Cecchin, Gavin Reynolds31,832 [5]
25 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 14–16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Pepper StadiumGerard Sutton, Ben Cummins18,848
26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 20 - 26 [6] Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ StadiumAshley Klein, Chris Sutton21,582 [7]
Legend:   Win  Loss  Bye

Source: [8]

Ladder progression

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