2018 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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2018 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank1st
2018 recordWins: 15; draws: 0; losses: 9
Points scoredFor: 206; against: 100
Team information
CEOPeter Doust
CoachPaul McGregor
Captain
Stadium WIN Jubilee Oval WIN Stadium
Avg. attendance16,909
High attendance18,589 (vs. Newcastle, round 4)
Top scorers
Tries Nene McDonald (10)
Goals Gareth Widdop (39)
Points Gareth Widdop (82)
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The 2018 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 20th in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership season.

Contents

Gains And Losses of Squad 2018

Players

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Decrease2.svg		Player2017 Club2018 ClubRef(s)
Increase2.svg Mitchell Allgood Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [1]
Increase2.svg Ben Hunt Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [2] [3]
Increase2.svg James Graham Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [4]
Increase2.svg Jeremy Latimore Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [5]
Decrease2.svg Josh Dugan St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks [6] [7]
Decrease2.svg Kalifa Faifai Loa St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks (Intrust Super Cup) [8]
Decrease2.svg Siliva Havili St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Decrease2.svg Jake Marketo St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Timișoara Saracens (Romanian rugby union) [9]
Decrease2.svg Will Matthews St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans [10]
Decrease2.svg Josh McCrone St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack
Decrease2.svg Russell Packer St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers [11]
Decrease2.svg Joel Thompson St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles [12]

Source: [13]

Ladder progression

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St. George Illawarra Dragons BRI
1st		CRO
1st		GCT
1st		NEW
1st		SOU
1st		CRO
1st		NZL
1st		SYD
1st		MELSOUCANPENXCBYMANPARMELWTINQLSYDNZLPARWTICBYNEW

Bold – Opposition's Home game
X – Bye
* – Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin

Season Results

ROUNDHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (AEDT)VenueRefereeAttendance
1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 12 [14] [15] Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Thursday, 8 March, 7:50pmUOW Jubilee OvalMatt Cecchin, Alan Shortall14,457 [16]
2 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16 – 20 [17] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Thursday, 15 March, 7:50pmSouthern Cross Group StadiumGavin Badger, Peter Gough13,517 [18]
3 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 8 – 54 [19] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 25 March, 4:10pmClive Berghofer StadiumHenry Perenara, Chris Butler7,297 [20]
4 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 30 - 12 [21] Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Sunday, 1 April, 4:10pmWIN StadiumGrant Aitkins, Jon Stone18,589 [21]
5 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 16 - 12 [22] South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday 6 April, 7:50pmUOW Jubilee OvalGavin Badger, Peter Gough16,709
6 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 40 - 20 [23] Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Friday 13 April, 7:50pmWIN StadiumAshley Klein, Gavin Badger17,882
7 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 20 - 12 [24] St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Friday 20 April, 8:00pm (NZ)Mt Smart StadiumBen Cummins, Henry Perenara18,295
8 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 24 - 8 [25] Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Wednesday 25 April 4:10PM (AEST)Allianz StadiumAshley Klein, Gavin Badger41,142
9 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 34 - 14 [26] Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Sunday, 6 May 2PM (AEST)UOW Jubilee StadiumMatt Cecchin, Chris Butler19,173
10 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 - 10 [27] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 13 May 2PM (AEST)ANZ StadiumAdam Gee, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski13,062
11 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 25 - 18 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Sunday, 20 May 2PM (AEST)Glen Willow StadiumAshley Klein, Peter Gough8,962
12 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 28 - 2 [28] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 26 7 May:30PPM (AEST)Panthers StadiumGerard Sutton, Chris Sutton21,565
13BYE
14* Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16 - 18 [29] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Monday, 11 June 4PM (AEST)ANZ StadiumMatt Cecchin, Tim Roby21,376
15 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 32 - 8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Saturday, 16 7 June:30PM (AEST)WIN StadiumJon Stone, Alan Shortall13,069
16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 20 - 18 [30] Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Thursday, 28 7 June:50PM (AEST)WIN StadiumBen Cummins, Peter Gough6,933
17 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 52 - 30 [31] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Thursday, 5 7 July:50PM (AEST)AAMI ParkMatt Cecchin, Gavin Reynolds12,167
18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 16 - 20 [32] Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Sunday, 15 4 July:10PM (AEST)UOW Jubilee StadiumBen Cummins, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski15,992
19 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 10 - 24

[33]

St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 21 7 July:30PM (AEST)1300SMILES StadiumAdam Gee, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski18,068
20 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 36 - 18 [34] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 29 4 July:10PM (AEST)Allianz StadiumAshley Klein, Chris Sutton19,878
21 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 12 - 18 [35] Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Saturday, 4 August 3PMWIN StadiumGerard Sutton, Chris Butler13,924
22 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 4 – 40 [36] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 11 7 August:30PMANZ StadiumAdam Gee, Phil Henderson10,541
23 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 10 – 20 [37] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 18 5 August:30PM (AEST)Leichhardt OvalGrant Atkins, Mayy Noyen18,387
24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 0 – 38 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 26 4 August:10PM (AEST)UOW Jubilee StadiumBen Cummins, Henry Perenara12,436
25 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 14 – 24 [38] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 1 SeptemberMcDonald Jones StadiumHenry Perenara, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski24,662
Finals 1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 18 – 48 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 9, 4 September:10pm (AEST)Suncorp StadiumGrant Atkins, Chris Sutton47,296
Finals 2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 13 – 12 [39] St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday 15 SeptemberANZ StadiumGerard Sutton, Ben Cummins48,188
Legend:
  Win  Loss  Bye

Source: [40]

Source: [41]

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