2019 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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2019 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank15th
2019 recordWins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 16
Points scoredFor: 427; against: 575
Team information
CEOBrian Johnston
Coach Paul McGregor
Captain
Stadium Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, WIN Stadium
Avg. attendance9,813
High attendance14,586 (vs. Cronulla, round 11)
Top scorers
Tries Mikaele Ravalawa (11)
Goals Gareth Widdop (30)
Points Gareth Widdop (64)
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The 2019 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 21st in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons' men's team competed in the NRL's 2019 Telstra Premiership season while the women completed their second year in the NRLW's 2019 Holden Women's Premiership season.

Contents

Squad

St. George Illawarra Dragons 2019
First team squadDevelopment playersCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (gk) Goal kicker
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: 24 June 2019
Source(s): Dragons Squad

Gains and Losses

Increase2.svg or Decrease2.svgPlayer2018 Club2019 ClubSource
Increase2.svg Korbin Sims Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [1]
Increase2.svg Patrick Kaufusi Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [2]
Increase2.svg Corey Norman Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [3]
Increase2.svg Lachlan Maranta Queensland Reds (Super Rugby) St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [4]
Decrease2.svg Leeson Ah Mau St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors [5]
Decrease2.svg Nene Macdonald St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys [6]
Decrease2.svg Kurt Mann St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights [7]
Decrease2.svg Jason Nightingale St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement [8]

Ladder

2019 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2420041631300+33142
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2417071627363+26436
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416081521417+10434
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2415091524374+15032
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24140101533473+6030
6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24140101496446+5030
7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24120121514464+5026
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24111121432489−5725
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24110131475486−1124
10 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24110131413474−6124
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24100141485522−3722
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24100141326477−15122
13 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2491141433574−14121
14 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2490151378500−12220
15 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2480161427575−14818
16 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2440201370651−28110

Ladder Progression

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
Ladder Position13th14th11th10th7th6th8th8th10th12th13th13th10th13th10th12th14th14th14th14th14th14th15th15th15th
Source: [9]

Season Results

Pre-Season Trials

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and time (AEDT)VenueRefereeAttendanceSource
1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 10 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Saturday, 23 February, 4:00 pm WIN Stadium Adam Gee, Todd Smith— [10]
2
(Charity Shield)		 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 36 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 2 March, 7:30 pm Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium Ashley Klein, Chris Butler9,027 [11]

NRL Season

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and time (AEDT)VenueRefereeAttendanceSource
1 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 – 12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 16 March, 7:35 pm 1300Smiles Stadium Ben Cummins, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski18,415 [12]
2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 34 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 21 March, 7:55 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Gerard Sutton, Peter Gough10,080 [13]
3 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 – 25 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Thursday, 28 March, 7:55 pm Suncorp Stadium Ben Cummins, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski21,081 [14]
4 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 12 – 13 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 7 April, 6:10 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Matt Cecchin, Adam Cassidy19,105 [15]
5 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 40 – 4 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 14 April, 4:05 pm Netstrata Jubilee Oval Ashley Klein, Gerard Sutton13,409 [16]
6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 10 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Saturday, 20 April, 7:35 pm WIN Stadium David Munro, Liam Kennedy14,268 [17]
7
(ANZAC Day)		 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 20 – 10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Thursday, 25 April, 4:05 pm Sydney Cricket Ground Ben Cummins, Grant Atkins38,414 [18]
8 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 32 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 5 May, 4:05 pm Bankwest Stadium Ashley Klein, Chris Butler25,872 [19]
9
(Magic Round)		 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 26 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 11 May, 5:30 pm Suncorp Stadium Adam Gee, Gavin Badger41,612 [20]
10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 45 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Sunday, 19 May, 2:00 pm Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium Gerard Sutton, Liam Kennedy9,267 [21]
11 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 9 – 22 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sunday, 26 May, 4:05 pm WIN Stadium Adam Gee, Gavin Badger14,586 [22]
12BYE
13
(Queen's Birthday)		 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12 – 36 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Monday, 10 June, 4:05 pm ANZ Stadium Gerard Sutton, Liam Kennedy16,003 [23]
14 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 14 – 34 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 16 June, 2:00 pm Lottoland Chris Sutton, Phil Henderson8,468 [24]
15 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 14 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Friday, 28 June, 6:00 pm WIN Stadium Henry Perenara, Liam Kennedy7,008 [25]
16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 16 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Thursday, 4 July, 7:55 pm WIN Stadium Ben Cummins, David Munro5,578 [26]
17 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 36 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Sunday, 14 July, 6:10 pm WIN Stadium Ashley Klein9,159 [27]
18 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 40 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 19 July, 7:55 pm Panthers Stadium Grant Atkins, Jon Stone13,610 [28]
19 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 – 16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 26 July, 7:55 pm ANZ Stadium Gerard Sutton, Matt Noyen12,318 [29]
20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 4 – 12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Sunday, 4 August, 4:05 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Ashley Klein9,645 [30]
21 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 40 – 28 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 10 August, 3:00 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Henry Perenara, Liam Kennedy6,532 [31]
22 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 18 – 12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 18 August, 4:05 pm Southern Cross Group Stadium Adam Gee, Jon Stone13,652 [32]
23 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 34 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Saturday, 24 August, 7:35 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Chris Sutton, Belinda Sharpe9,087 [33]
24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 42 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Sunday, 1 September, 4:05 pm Sydney Cricket Ground Matt Cecchin, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski9,136 [34]
25 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 16 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 7 September, 7:35 pm Cbus Super Stadium Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Gavin Badger11,274 [35]

Representative Honours

The following players have played a representative match in 2019.

Player 2019 All Stars match State of Origin 1 2019 Oceania Cup and Internationals State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 World Cup 9s Prime Minister's XIII 2019 Oceania Cup, 2019 Great Britain Lions tour and Internationals
Josh Kerr Indigenous All Stars –––––––
Ben Hunt – Queensland – Queensland Queensland Australia Prime Minister's XIII Australia
Paul Vaughan – New South Wales – New South Wales New South Wales –– Australia
Tyson Frizell – New South Wales – New South Wales New South Wales Australia Prime Minister's XIII Australia
Mikaele Ravalawa –– Fiji –––––
Korbin Sims –– Fiji –––––
Steven Marsters –– Cook Islands –– Cook Islands ––
Tariq Sims ––– New South Wales ––––
Corey Norman –––– Queensland –––
James Graham ––––– England – Great Britain
Gareth Widdop ––––– England – Great Britain
Tim Lafai ––––– Samoa – Samoa
Luciano Leilua ––––– Samoa Samoa

NRL Women's

2019 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Women's Rank2nd
2019 recordWins: 2; draws: 0; losses: 1
Points scoredFor: 54; against: 36
Team information
Coach Daniel Lacey
Captain
Top scorers
Tries Jessica Sergis (3)
Goals Maddie Studdon (8)
Points Maddie Studdon (16)

Ladder

2019 NRL Women's season
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 32014214+284
2 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 32015436+184
3 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 32013246−144
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 30032860−320
Source: [ citation needed ]

Ladder Progression

Round123
Ladder Position4th2nd2nd
Source: [36]

Season Results

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and time (AEDT)VenueRefereeAttendanceSource
1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 4 – 14 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Sunday, 15 September, 2:05 pm Bankwest Stadium Adam Cassidy, Martin Jones— 1 [37]
2 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 6 – 26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 22 September, 1:15 pm Mount Smart Stadium Kasey Badger, Ethan Menchin— [38]
3 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 16 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Sunday, 29 September, 1:15 pm Leichhardt Oval Kasey Badger, Daniel Schwass2,293 [39]
Grand Final Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 30 – 6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 6 October, 4:00 pm ANZ Stadium Kasey Badger, Daniel Schwass— 2 [40]

Notes

  • 1: ^ This match was a curtain-raiser to the Parramatta Eels vs Brisbane Broncos finals match, which got a crowd of 29,372.
  • 2: ^ This match was a curtain-raiser to the NRL Grand Final, which got a crowd of 82,922.

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