2023 St. George Illawarra Dragons season explained

Year:2023
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League:NRL
League Rank:16th
League Wins:5
League Draws:0
League Losses:19
Points For:474
Points Against:673
Playoff Result:DNQ
Ceo Title:CEO
Ceo:Ryan Webb
Coach Title:Head coach
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Avg Attendance:11,863
High Attendance:17,357 (Round 15 – South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Low Attendance:7,246 (Round 21 – Wests Tigers)
Top Tries:Mikaele Ravalawa (21)
Top Goals:Zac Lomax (57)
Top Points:Zac Lomax (142)
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List Link:St. George Illawarra Dragons#Season summaries

The 2023 St. George Illawarra Dragons season is the 25th in the club's history. They will compete in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership. The Captain Ben Hunt and Head Coach Anthony Griffin retain their club roles for the 3rd consecutive season before being sacked before round 8 of the 2023 season being replaced by Ryan Carr.

Player movement

These movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season.[1]

Gains

Player/Coach Previous Club Length
Zane MusgroveWests Tigers2024
Nick Lui-TosoNorthern Pride RLFC2023
Jacob LiddleWests Tigers2023
Ben Murdoch-MasilaNew Zealand Warriors2024
Paul TurnerGold Coast Titans2024

Losses

Player/Coach New Club
Jackson FordNew Zealand Warriors
George BurgessRetired
Poasa FaamausiliDolphins
Jack GosiewskiNorth Queensland Cowboys
Andrew McCulloughretired
Tariq SimsMelbourne Storm
Josh McGuireWarrington Wolves

Pre-Season Challenge

Date[2] RoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Saturday, 11 FebruaryTrial 1 St HelensWIN Stadium18 – 30Zac Lomax 18'
Treigh Stewart 21'
Savelio Tamale 72'		Zac Lomax (2/2)
Alexander Lobb (1/1)		6,463
Saturday, 18 FebruaryTrial 2 South Sydney RabbitohsGlen Willow Oval24 – 42Moses Mbye 49'
Jayden Sullivan 58'
Mathew Feagai 65'
Jacob Liddle 76'		Zac Lomax (4/4)8,317

Regular season

Source:[3]

Ladder

FG = Field Goal
PG = Penalty Goal

Matches

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
1BYE
Sunday, 12 March2 Gold Coast TitansJubilee Oval32 - 18Jacob Liddle 31'
Ben Hunt 36'
Mikaele Ravalawa 39'
Tyrell Sloan 45'
Blake Lawrie 66'		Zac Lomax (3/5)
PG: Zac Lomax (3/3)		8,538
Saturday, 18 March3 Brisbane BroncosLang Park40 - 18Mathew Feagai 6'
Tyrell Sloan 27'
Jayden Sullivan 33'
Zac Lomax (2/3)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/2)		26,612
Sunday, 26 March4 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksJubilee Oval08 - 40Ben Hunt 19'
Jaydn Su'a 24'		Zac Lomax (0/2)
15,126
Saturday, 1 April5 DolphinsWIN Stadium38 - 12Jacob Liddle 18'
Blake Lawrie 26'
Zac Lomax 41'
Ben Hunt 53'
Mikaele Ravalawa 61'
Mikaele Ravalawa 67'
Tyrell Sloan 74'		Zac Lomax (5/7)16,472
Sunday, 9 April6 Gold Coast TitansCbus Super Stadium20 - 18Zac Lomax 17'
Mikaele Ravalawa 42'
Ben Hunt 73'
Zac Lomax (2/3)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/1)		12,452
Sunday, 16 April7 Canberra RaidersGIO Stadium20 - 14Tautau Moga 38'
Mathew Feagai 53'
Tautau Moga 77'
Zac Lomax (0/3)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/1)		13,817
Tuesday, 25 April8 Sydney RoostersAllianz Stadium27 - 26Tautau Moga 15'Jack Bird 33'Tautau Moga 50'Tyrell Sloan 52'Tautau Moga 58'Zac Lomax (3/5)40,191
Sunday, 30 April9 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsWIN Stadium18 - 16Mathew Feagai 18'Toby Couchman 46'Max Feagai 59'Zac Lomax (2/3)16,678
Sunday, 7 May10 Wests TigersLang Park18 - 16Mikaele Ravalawa 9'Jayden Sullivan 31'Jayden Sullivan 52'Jayden Sullivan (2/3)34,568
Saturday, 13 May11 North Queensland CowboysQueensland Country Bank Stadium42 - 22Jack De Belin 2'Jaydn Su'a 55'Mikaele Ravalawa 68'Mosese Suli 78'Jayden Sullivan (1/1)Jack Bird (1/1)Moses Mbye (1/1)Tyrell Sloan (0/1)17,852
Friday, 19 May12 Sydney RoostersJubilee Oval24 - 22Mosese Suli 7'Ben Hunt 12'Jaydn Su'a 72'Mathew Feagai 79'Zac Lomax (3/4)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/1)		9,007
Thursday, 25 May13 DolphinsKayo Stadium26 - 12Jack Bird 5'Toby Couchman 39'Zac Lomax (1/2)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/1)		10,047
Sunday, 4 June14 Penrith PanthersBlueBet Stadium26 - 18Mikaele Ravalawa 14'Mikaele Ravalawa 36'Zac Lomax 65'Zac Lomax (1/3)
PG: Zac Lomax (2/2)		16,912
Saturday, 10 June15 South Sydney RabbitohsJubilee Oval36 - 30Ben Hunt 15'Mikaele Ravalawa 19'Jacob Liddle 50'Jaydn Su'a 60'Michael Molo 66'Jaiyden Hunt 72'Zac Lomax (5/6)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/1)		17,357
16BYE
Friday, 25 June17 New Zealand WarriorsWIN Stadium48 - 18Tyrell Sloan 13'Zane Musgrove 45'Francis Molo 66'Zac Lomax (3/3)9,275
Thursday, 29 June18 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksPointsBet Stadium52 - 16Mikaele Ravalawa 1'Tautau Moga 20'Tyrell Sloan 50'Zac Lomax (2/3)10,267
Friday, 7 July19 Canberra RaidersWIN Stadium36 - 26Mikaele Ravalawa 33'Zac Lomax 41'Mikaele Ravalawa 56'Zac Lomax 61'Mikaele Ravalawa 63'Zac Lomax (3/5)9,319
20BYE
Thursday, 20 July21 Wests TigersWIN Stadium18 - 14Tyrell Sloan 16'Zac Lomax 22'Mikaele Ravalawa 63Zac Lomax (3/3)7,246
Saturday, 29 July22 Manly Warringah Sea EaglesWIN Stadium24 - 18Francis Molo 6'Billy Burns 57'Tyrell Sloan 69'Zac Lomax (2/3)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/1)		14,872
Sunday, 6 August23 Parramatta EelsCommBank Stadium26 - 20Mikaele Ravalawa 19'Mikaele Ravalawa 25'Mikaele Ravalawa 38'Mikaele Ravalawa 49'Zac Lomax (2/4)23,596
Saturday, 12 August24 South Sydney RabbitohsBarlow Park26 - 14Mikaele Ravalawa 19'Ben Hunt 44'Tyrell Sloan 65'Ben Hunt (1/3)8,378
Saturday, 19 August25 Melbourne StormWIN Stadium38 - 28Billy Burns 12'Tyrell Sloan 17'Talatau Amone 24'Billy Burns 43'Mikaele Ravalawa 73'Ben Hunt (4/5)8,326
Friday, 25 August26 New Zealand WarriorsMount Smart Stadium18 - 6Zac Lomax 61'Zac Lomax (1/1)25,095
Saturday, 2 September27 Newcastle KnightsJubilee Oval32 - 12Ben Hunt 17'Mikaele Ravalawa 66'Zac Lomax (2/2)10,137

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 Dragons Signings. 4 March 2023. NRL.com.
  2. Web site: 2023 NRL Pre-Season Challenge. 4 March 2023. NRL.com.
  3. Web site: 2023 NRL Regular Season/Telstra Premiership. 4 March 2023. NRL.com.

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