2017 St. George Illawarra Dragons season explained

Year:2017
League:NRL
League Rank:11
Cup:Challenge Cup
League Wins:12
League Draws:2
League Losses:12
Points For:341
Points Against:538
Ceo Title:CEO
Ceo:Peter Doust
Coach:Paul McGregor
Captain:Gareth Widdop
Stadium:WIN Jubilee OvalWIN Stadium
Top Tries:Jason Nightingale
Top Goals:Gareth Widdop
Top Points:Gareth Widdop
Prev Season:2016
Next Season:2018

The 2017 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 19th in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2017 Telstra Premiership season.

Gains And Losses of Squad

Players


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Player2016 Club2017 Club
data-sort-value="Vaughan, Paul"Paul Vaughan Canberra Raiders St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="Macdonald, Nene"Nene Macdonald Gold Coast Titans St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="Sims, Tariq"Tariq Sims Newcastle Knights St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="McInnes, Cameron"Cameron McInnes South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George Illawarra Dragons
data-sort-value="Cooper, Michael"Mike Cooper St. George Illawarra Dragons Super League: Warrington Wolves
data-sort-value="Creagh, Ben"Ben Creagh St. George Illawarra DragonsRetirement
data-sort-value="Lui, Dunamis"Dunamis Lui St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra Raiders
data-sort-value="Marshall, Benji"Benji Marshall[1] St. George Illawarra Dragons Brisbane Broncos
data-sort-value="McCarthy, Tyrone"Tyrone McCarthy St. George Illawarra Dragons Super League: Salford Red Devils
data-sort-value="Quinlan, Adam"Adam Quinlan St. George Illawarra Dragons Hull Kingston Rovers
data-sort-value="Rein, Mitch"Mitch Rein St. George Illawarra Dragons Penrith Panthers

Regular season

See also: 2017 NRL season results.

Season Results

ROUNDHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=17%Date and Time (AEDT)width=22%Venuewidth=50%Refereewidth=7%Attendance
1 St. George Illawarra Dragons42-10 Penrith PanthersSaturday, 4 March 2017 4:30 PMUOW Jubilee OvalHenry Perenara, Peter Gough7,283
2 St. George Illawarra Dragons16-34 Parramatta EelsSunday, 12 March, 6:30 PMWIN StadiumDave Munro, Chris Sutton16,023
3 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks10-16 St. George Illawarra DragonsSunday, 19 March 2017 6:30 PM Southern Cross Group StadiumBen Cummins, Adam Gee14,247
4 St. George Illawarra Dragons26-12 New Zealand WarriorsSunday, 26 March, 6:30 PM UOW Jubilee OvalDavid Munro, Chris Sutton11,608
5 Wests Tigers6-28 St. George Illawarra DragonsSunday, 2 April, 4:00 PM Henry Perenara, Matt Noyen13,172
6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles10-35 St. George Illawarra DragonsSaturday, 8 April, 2:30 PMGavin Badger, Chris James11,654
7 St. George Illawarra Dragons28-22 North Queensland CowboysSaturday, 15 April 2017 7:00 PMWIN Stadium H. Perenara, M. Noyen13,886
8
ANZAC Round
Sydney Roosters13-12 (gp) St. George Illawarra DragonsTuesday, 25 April 2017Allianz StadiumB. Cummins, D. Munro40,864
9 St. George Illawarra Dragons22-34 Melbourne StormSunday, 30 April 2017WIN StadiumM. Cecchin, C. Butler12,377
10 St. George Illawarra Dragons14-18 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksFriday, 12 May 2017UOW Jubilee OvalGerard Sutton, Chris Butler15,927
11
Beanies for Brain Cancer Round
New Zealand Warriors14-30Friday, 19 May, 6:00pmFMG Stadium WaikatoHenry Peranara, Peter Gough11,108
12 North Queensland Cowboys7th-5th St. George Illawarra DragonsBYE
1316-12Saturday, 3 June, 3:00 PMANZ StadiumGavin Badger, Peter Gough12,983
1416-2[2] Monday, 12 June 2017 4:00 PMANZ StadiumBen Cummins, Gavin Badger 24,083[3]
1524-10Sunday, 18 June, 4:00 PMANZ StadiumGrant Atkins, Chris Sutton13,559
16 St George Illawarra Dragons32-28 Newcastle KnightsSunday, 25 June 2017 2:00 PMUOW Jubilee OvalAdam Gee, Gavin Reynolds10,174
17 Gold Coast Titans20–10 St George Illawarra DragonsFriday, 30 June, 6:00pmCbus Super StadiumGrant Atkins, Chris Sutton13,140
18 St. George Illawarra DragonsBYE
19 Canberra Raiders18-14 St George Illawarra DragonsGIO Stadium10,977
20
Women in League Round
St George Illawarra Dragons52-22 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesSunday, 23 July, 2:00pmWIN StadiumAshley Klein, Alan Shortall16,883
21 Newcastle Knights21-14 St George Illawarra DragonsSaturday 29 July, 3:00pmMcDonald Jones Stadium

Gavin Badger, Zbignew Przeklasa-Adamski

15,031
22
Retro Round
St George Illawarra Dragons24-26 South Sydney Rabbitohs18:00Sydney Cricket GroundBen Cummins, David Munro12, 312
23 St George Illawarra Dragons42-16 Gold Coast TitansUOW Jubilee Oval8,973
24 Brisbane Broncos24-12[4] St George Illawarra DragonsFriday 18 August, 7:50pmSuncorp StadiumMatt Cecchin, Gavin Reynolds31,832[5]
25 Penrith Panthers14–16 St George Illawarra DragonsPepper StadiumGerard Sutton, Ben Cummins18,848
26 St George Illawarra Dragons20 - 26[6] Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsANZ StadiumAshley Klein, Chris Sutton21,582[7]
Legend:

Source:[8]

Ladder progression

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9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 0 0 2 4 4 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 14 16 18 18 20 20 20 20 20 22 22 22 24

Notes and References

  1. News: Five burning questions: Benji Marshall’s one-year Brisbane Broncos deal. 25 December 2017. Fox Sports. 21 October 2016.
  2. News: Brunsdon. Simon. Tale of two Dogs laid bare in Red V rout. 25 December 2017. Fox Sports. Newscorp. 12 June 2017.
  3. Web site: NRL: Bulldogs v Dragons. Austadiums. 25 December 2017.
  4. News: Brunsdon. Simon. Bulldozing Broncs put Dragons on death row. 25 December 2017. Fox Sports. 18 August 2017.
  5. Web site: NRL: Broncos v Dragons. Austadiums. 25 December 2017.
  6. News: Kennedy. Chris. Bulldogs end Dragons' finals hopes. 25 December 2017. NRL.com. 3 September 2017.
  7. Web site: NRL: Dragons v Bulldogs. Austadiums. 25 December 2017.
  8. News: 2017 NRL player transfers. NRL.com.