2021 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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2021 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank11th
2021 recordWins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 16
Points scoredFor: 474; against: 616
Team information
CEORyan Webb
Coach Anthony Griffin
Captain
Stadium Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
WIN Stadium
Top scorers
Tries Mikaele Ravalawa (14)
Goals Zac Lomax (35)
Points Zac Lomax (86)
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The 2021 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 23rd in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons' men's team competed in the NRL's 2021 Telstra Premiership season. The women's team, was scheduled to play their fourth season in the NRLW's 2021 Telstra Women's Premiership season, however that has since been postponed to 2022. [1]

Contents

Squad

St. George Illawarra Dragons 2021 Squad
Top 30 Squad - 2021 SeasonCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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

Updated: 30 September 2020
Source(s): Dragons Team Profiles

Gains and losses

Increase2.svg or Decrease2.svgPlayer2020 Club2021 ClubSource
Increase2.svg Daniel Alvaro Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [2]
Increase2.svg Gerard Beale Retirement St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [3]
Increase2.svg Jack Bird Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [4]
Increase2.svg Billy Burns Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [5]
Increase2.svg Poasa Faamausili Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [6]
Increase2.svg Freddy Lussick Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons (loan) [7]
Increase2.svg Andrew McCullough Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [8]
Increase2.svg Josh McGuire North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [9]
Increase2.svg Jamayne Taunoa-Brown Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons (loan) [10]
Decrease2.svg Euan Aitken St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors [11]
Decrease2.svg Eddie Blacker St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers [12]
Decrease2.svg Tyson Frizell St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights [13]
Decrease2.svg Jason Saab St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles [14]
Decrease2.svg Korbin Sims St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers (Super League) [15] [16]
Decrease2.svg Paul Vaughan St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sacked (mid-season) [17]

Ladder

2021 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2421031815316+49944
2 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers (P)2421031676286+39044
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2420041775453+32242
4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2416081744492+25234
5 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2416081630489+14134
6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2415091566457+10932
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24120121428571−14326
8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24100141580583−322
9 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24100141520556−3622
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100141481578−9722
11 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2480161474616−14218
12 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2480161453624−17118
13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2480161500714−21418
14 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2470171446695−24916
15 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2470171460748−28816
16 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2430211340710−3708

Ladder progression

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
Ladder Position12th11th5th6th4th6th6th6th6th6th7th8th8th8th7th7th7th7th8th10th11th11th12th12th11th
Source: [18]

Season results

Pre-season trials

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (AEDT)VenueRefereeAttendanceSource
1 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 36 – 28 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 12 February, 5:30 pm PointsBet Stadium Todd Smith— [19]
2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 6 – 28 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Thursday, 18 February, 6:00 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Matt Noyen— [20]
3
(Charity Shield)		 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 48 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday, 27 February, 7:00 pm Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium Peter Gough6,840 [21]

NRL season

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (AEDT round 1–3, AEST round 4–25)VenueRefereeAttendanceSource
1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 32 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sunday, 14 March, 6:15 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Peter Gough7,636 [22]
2 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 18 – 25 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 20 March, 7:35 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Ben Cummins 15,120 [23]
3 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 38 – 12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Friday, 26 March, 6:00 pm WIN Stadium Chris Sutton9,253 [24]
4
(Alex McKinnon Cup)		 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 13 – 22 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 4 April, 4:05 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Peter Gough21,770 [25]
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 12 – 26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 11 April, 6:15 pm Bankwest Stadium Grant Atkins24,384 [26]
6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 20 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Sunday, 4 April, 2:00 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Chris Sutton11,222 [27]
7

(ANZAC Day)

 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 34 – 10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 25 April, 4:05 pm Sydney Cricket Ground Ashley Klein 37,620 [28]
8 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 – 16 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Sunday, 2 May, 4:05 pm WIN Stadium Chris Sutton12,323 [29]
9 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 – 12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 9 May, 4:05 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Ben Cummins 7,253 [30]
10

(Magic Round)

 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 44 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 16 May, 4:05 pm Suncorp Stadium Peter Gough41,983 [31]
11 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13 – 12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 21 May, 7:55 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Ben Cummins 8,947 [32]
12 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 34 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 28 May, 7:55 pm Bankwest Stadium Adam Gee 9,982 [33]
13 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 52 – 24 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Thursday, 3 June, 7:50 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Matt Cecchin 5,107 [34]
14

(Queen's Birthday)

 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28 – 6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Monday, 14 June, 4:00 pm Stadium Australia Gerard Sutton 17,382 [35]
15 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 20 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Saturday, 19 June, 5:30 pm WIN Stadium Chris Sutton9,239 [36]
16 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 18 – 19 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 2 July, 6:00 pm Mount Smart Stadium Peter Gough0 [37]
17BYE
18 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 32 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 16 July, 8:05 pm Cbus Super Stadium Adam Gee 15,038 [38]
19 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 10 – 32 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Sunday, 25 July, 2:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Gerard Sutton 4,424 [39]
20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 50 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Sunday, 1 August, 6:25 pm Suncorp Stadium Chris Butler0 [40]
21 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 20 – 12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 6 August, 6:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Chris Sutton0 [41]
22 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 34 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Friday, 13 August, 6:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Ben Cummins 6,653 [42]
23 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 40 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Sunday, 22 August, 2:00 pm Clive Berghofer Stadium Chris Sutton7,822 [43]
24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 – 38 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 28 August, 3:00 pm Browne Park Peter Gough4,487 [44]
25 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 – 16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 4 September, 7:35 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Matt Cecchin 3,295 [45]

Representative honours

Player 2021 All Stars match State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3
Tyrell Fuimaono Indigenous All Stars
Josh Kerr Indigenous All Stars
Tariq Sims New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales
Ben Hunt Queensland Queensland Queensland
Andrew McCullough Queensland

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