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]
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.
Season | Competition | P(F) | W(F) | D(F) | L(F) | PF(F) | PA(F) | Ladder position | Finals result | World Club Challenge | NRL Nines | Coach | Captain | Name | Tries | Name | Points | Source |
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Top Tryscorer | Top Pointscorer | |||||||||||||||||
1999 | NRL | 24(4) | 15(3) | 0 | 9(1) | 588(104) | 416(56) | 6/17 | Runners Up | David Waite | Paul McGregor | Nathan Blacklock | 24 | Wayne Bartrim | 162 | [4] | ||
2000 | NRL | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 576 | 656 | 9/14 | David Waite → Andrew Farrar | Craig Smith | Nathan Blacklock | 25 | Nathan Blacklock | 124 | [5] | |||
2001 | NRL | 26(2) | 12(1) | 2 | 12(1) | 661(51) | 573(66) | 7/14 | Semi Final | Andrew Farrar | Nathan Blacklock | 27 | Mark Riddell | 122 | [6] | |||
2002 | NRL | 24(2) | 9(1) | 3 | 12(1) | 632(50) | 546(62) | 7/15 | Semi Final | Trent Barrett | Lee Hookey | 18 | Mark Riddell | 129 | [7] | |||
2003 | NRL | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 548 | 593 | 10/15 | Nathan Brown | Nathan Blacklock | 14 | Mark Riddell | 166 | [8] | ||||
2004 | NRL | 24(1) | 14 | 0 | 10(1) | 624(30) | 415(31) | 5/15 | Qualifying Final | Matt Cooper | 17 | Mathew Head | 119 | [9] | ||||
2005 | NRL | 24(2) | 16(1) | 0 | 8(1) | 655(40) | 510(42) | 2/15 | Preliminary Final | Colin Best | 20 | Michael Ennis | 108 | [10] | ||||
2006 | NRL | 24(3) | 14(2) | 0 | 10(1) | 519(58) | 481(28) | 6/15 | Preliminary Final | Mark Gasnier | 18 | Aaron Gorrell | 130 | [11] | ||||
2007 | NRL | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 431 | 509 | 13/16 | Various | Matt Cooper | 14 | Jamie Soward | 105 | [12] | ||||
2008 | NRL | 24(1) | 13 | 0 | 11(1) | 489(6) | 378(38) | 7/16 | Qualifying Final | Mark Gasnier | Josh Morris | 14 | Jamie Soward | 129 | [13] | |||
2009 | NRL | 24(2) | 17 | 0 | 7 (2) | 548(22) | 329(49) | 1/16 | Semi Final | Wayne Bennett | Ben Hornby | Brett Morris | 25 | Jamie Soward | 234 | [14] | ||
2010 | NRL | 24(3) | 17(3) | 0 | 7 | 518(73) | 299(20) | 1/16 | Premiers | Brett Morris | 20 | Jamie Soward | 197 | [15] | ||||
2011 | NRL | 24(2) | 14 | 1 | 9(2) | 483(24) | 341(34) | 5/16 | Semi Final | Winners | Matt Cooper | 14 | Jamie Soward | 157 | [16] | |||
2012 | NRL | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 405 | 438 | 9/16 | Steve Price | Brett Morris | 14 | Jamie Soward | 97 | [17] | ||||
2013 | NRL | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 379 | 530 | 14/16 | Ben Creagh | Brett Morris Jason Nightingale Daniel Vidot | 9 | Jamie Soward | 58 | [18] | ||||
2014 | NRL | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 469 | 528 | 11/16 | Pool Stage | Steve Price → Paul McGregor | Jason Nightingale | 16 | Gareth Widdop | 137 | [19] | |||
2015 | NRL | 24(1) | 12 | 0 | 12(1) | 435(10) | 408(11) | 8/16 | Qualifying Final | Pool Stage | Paul McGregor | Gareth Widdop | 9 | Gareth Widdop | 182 | [20] | ||
2016 | NRL | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 341 | 538 | 11/16 | Pool Stage | Gareth Widdop | Kurt Mann | 10 | Gareth Widdop | 133 | [21] | |||
2017 | NRL | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 533 | 450 | 9/16 | Pool Stage | Jason Nightingale | 16 | Gareth Widdop | 191 | [22] | ||||
2018 | NRL | 24(2) | 15(1) | 0 | 9(1) | 519(60) | 472(31) | 7/16 | Semi Final | Matthew Dufty | 13 | Gareth Widdop | 205 | [23] | ||||
2019 | NRL | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 427 | 575 | 15/16 | Mikaele Ravalawa | 11 | Gareth Widdop | 64 | [24] | |||||
2020 | NRL | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 378 | 452 | 12/16 | Runners Up | Paul McGregor → Dean Young | Cameron McInnes | Matthew Dufty Zac Lomax Mikaele Ravalawa | 13 | Zac Lomax | 178 | [25] | ||
2021 | NRL | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 474 | 616 | 11/16 | Anthony Griffin | Ben Hunt | Mikaele Ravalawa | 14 | Zac Lomax | 86 | [26] | |||
2022 | NRL | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 469 | 569 | 10/16 | Mat Feagai | 10 | Zac Lomax | 167 | [27] | |||||
2023 | NRL | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 474 | 673 | 16/17 | Anthony Griffin → Ryan Carr | Mikaele Ravalawa | 21 | Zac Lomax | 142 | [28] |
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