List of St. George Illawarra Dragons seasons

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The St. George Illawarra Dragons are a rugby league club jointly based in Kogarah and Wollongong, New South Wales who compete in the National Rugby League. The club was formed on 23 September 1998 by a merger of the St. George Dragons and the Illawarra Steelers and they played their first competitive match in 1999 against the Parramatta Eels, losing 20–10. [1] [2] The club shares home games between Jubilee Oval and Wollongong Showground. [3]

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The club have competed in 25 seasons over their history, winning four trophies. These include one premiership (2010), two minor premierships (2009, 2010) and one World Club Challenge (2011). These achievements are listed below in bold.

Seasons

P=Games played; W=Games won; D=Games drawn; L=Games lost; PF=Points scored; PA=Points against; Pts=Points; F=Finals
SeasonCompetitionP(F)W(F)D(F)L(F)PF(F)PA(F)Ladder positionFinals result World Club Challenge NRL Nines CoachCaptainNameTriesNamePointsSource
Top TryscorerTop Pointscorer
1999 NRL 24(4)15(3)09(1)588(104)416(56)6/17 Runners Up David Waite Paul McGregor Nathan Blacklock 24 Wayne Bartrim 162 [4]
2000 NRL 26120145766569/14 David Waite
Andrew Farrar
Craig Smith Nathan Blacklock 25 Nathan Blacklock 124 [5]
2001 NRL 26(2)12(1)212(1)661(51)573(66)7/14Semi Final Andrew Farrar Nathan Blacklock 27 Mark Riddell 122 [6]
2002 NRL 24(2)9(1)312(1)632(50)546(62)7/15Semi Final Trent Barrett Lee Hookey 18 Mark Riddell 129 [7]
2003 NRL 241101354859310/15 Nathan Brown Nathan Blacklock 14 Mark Riddell 166 [8]
2004 NRL 24(1)14010(1)624(30)415(31)5/15Qualifying Final Matt Cooper 17 Mathew Head 119 [9]
2005 NRL 24(2)16(1)08(1)655(40)510(42)2/15Preliminary Final Colin Best 20 Michael Ennis 108 [10]
2006 NRL 24(3)14(2)010(1)519(58)481(28)6/15Preliminary Final Mark Gasnier 18 Aaron Gorrell 130 [11]
2007 NRL 24901543150913/16Various Matt Cooper 14 Jamie Soward 105 [12]
2008 NRL 24(1)13011(1)489(6)378(38)7/16Qualifying Final Mark Gasnier Josh Morris 14 Jamie Soward 129 [13]
2009 NRL 24(2)1707 (2)548(22)329(49)1/16Semi Final Wayne Bennett Ben Hornby Brett Morris 25 Jamie Soward 234 [14]
2010 NRL 24(3)17(3)07518(73)299(20)1/16 Premiers Brett Morris 20 Jamie Soward 197 [15]
2011 NRL 24(2)1419(2)483(24)341(34)5/16Semi Final Winners Matt Cooper 14 Jamie Soward 157 [16]
2012 NRL 24110134054389/16 Steve Price Brett Morris 14 Jamie Soward 97 [17]
2013 NRL 24701737953014/16 Ben Creagh Brett Morris
Jason Nightingale
Daniel Vidot
9 Jamie Soward 58 [18]
2014 NRL 241101346952811/16 Pool Stage Steve Price Paul McGregor Jason Nightingale 16 Gareth Widdop 137 [19]
2015 NRL 24(1)12012(1)435(10)408(11)8/16Qualifying Final Pool Stage Paul McGregor Gareth Widdop 9 Gareth Widdop 182 [20]
2016 NRL 241001434153811/16 Pool Stage Gareth Widdop Kurt Mann 10 Gareth Widdop 133 [21]
2017 NRL 24120125334509/16 Pool Stage Jason Nightingale 16 Gareth Widdop 191 [22]
2018 NRL 24(2)15(1)09(1)519(60)472(31)7/16Semi Final Matthew Dufty 13 Gareth Widdop 205 [23]
2019 NRL 24801642757515/16 Mikaele Ravalawa 11 Gareth Widdop 64 [24]
2020 NRL 20701337845212/16 Runners Up Paul McGregor Dean Young Cameron McInnes Matthew Dufty
Zac Lomax
Mikaele Ravalawa
13 Zac Lomax 178 [25]
2021 NRL 24801647461611/16 Anthony Griffin Ben Hunt Mikaele Ravalawa 14 Zac Lomax 86 [26]
2022 NRL 241201246956910/16 Mat Feagai 10 Zac Lomax 167 [27]
2023 NRL 24501947467316/17 Anthony Griffin Ryan Carr Mikaele Ravalawa 21 Zac Lomax 142 [28]

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