2017 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

2017 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
2017 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank	11
2017 record	Wins: 12; draws: 2; losses: 12
Points scored	For: 341; against: 538
Team information
CEO	Peter Doust
Coach	Paul McGregor
Captain	Gareth Widdop;
Stadium	WIN Jubilee Oval WIN Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Jason Nightingale
Goals	Gareth Widdop
Points	Gareth Widdop

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

Player	2016 Club	2017 Club
Paul Vaughan	Canberra Raiders	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Nene Macdonald	Gold Coast Titans	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tariq Sims	Newcastle Knights	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Cameron McInnes	South Sydney Rabbitohs	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Mike Cooper	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Super League: Warrington Wolves
Ben Creagh	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Dunamis Lui	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Canberra Raiders
Benji Marshall^[1]	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Brisbane Broncos
Tyrone McCarthy	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Super League: Salford Red Devils
Adam Quinlan	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Hull Kingston Rovers
Mitch Rein	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Penrith Panthers

Regular season

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	F1	F2	F3	GF
St. George Illawarra Dragons	PEN 32	PAR 18	CRO 6	NZL 14	WTI 22	MAN 25	NQL 6	SYD 1*	MEL 12	CRO 4	NZL 16	X	WTI 4	CBY 14	PAR 14	NEW 4	GCT 10	X	CAN 4*	MAN 30	NEW 7	SOU 2	GCT 26	BRI 12	PEN 2	CBY 6
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	F1	F2	F3	GF

Season Results

ROUND	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
ROUND	Home	Score	Away	Date and Time (AEDT)	Venue	Referee	Attendance
1	St. George Illawarra Dragons	42-10	Penrith Panthers	Saturday, 4 March 2017 4:30 PM	UOW Jubilee Oval	Henry Perenara, Peter Gough	7,283
2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	16-34	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 12 March, 6:30 PM	WIN Stadium	Dave Munro, Chris Sutton	16,023
3	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	10-16	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Sunday, 19 March 2017 6:30 PM	Southern Cross Group Stadium	Ben Cummins, Adam Gee	14,247
4	St. George Illawarra Dragons	26-12	New Zealand Warriors	Sunday, 26 March, 6:30 PM	UOW Jubilee Oval	David Munro, Chris Sutton	11,608
5	Wests Tigers	6-28	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Sunday, 2 April, 4:00 PM	ANZ Stadium	Henry Perenara, Matt Noyen	13,172
6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	10-35	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Saturday, 8 April, 2:30 PM	Lottoland	Gavin Badger, Chris James	11,654
7	St. George Illawarra Dragons	28-22	North Queensland Cowboys	Saturday, 15 April 2017 7:00 PM	WIN Stadium	H. Perenara, M. Noyen	13,886
8 ANZAC Round	Sydney Roosters	13-12 (gp)	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Tuesday, 25 April 2017	Allianz Stadium	B. Cummins, D. Munro	40,864
9	St. George Illawarra Dragons	22-34	Melbourne Storm	Sunday, 30 April 2017	WIN Stadium	M. Cecchin, C. Butler	12,377
10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	14-18	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Friday, 12 May 2017	UOW Jubilee Oval	Gerard Sutton, Chris Butler	15,927
11 Beanies for Brain Cancer Round	New Zealand Warriors	14-30	St George Illawarra Dragons	Friday, 19 May, 6:00pm	FMG Stadium Waikato	Henry Peranara, Peter Gough	11,108
12	North Queensland Cowboys	7th-5th	St. George Illawarra Dragons	BYE
13	St George Illawarra Dragons	16-12	Wests Tigers	Saturday, 3 June, 3:00 PM	ANZ Stadium	Gavin Badger, Peter Gough	12,983
14	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	16-2^[2]	St George Illawarra Dragons	Monday, 12 June 2017 4:00 PM	ANZ Stadium	Ben Cummins, Gavin Badger	24,083^[3]
15	Parramatta Eels	24-10	St George Illawarra Dragons	Sunday, 18 June, 4:00 PM	ANZ Stadium	Grant Atkins, Chris Sutton	13,559
16	St George Illawarra Dragons	32-28	Newcastle Knights	Sunday, 25 June 2017 2:00 PM	UOW Jubilee Oval	Adam Gee, Gavin Reynolds	10,174
17	Gold Coast Titans	20–10	St George Illawarra Dragons	Friday, 30 June, 6:00pm	Cbus Super Stadium	Grant Atkins, Chris Sutton	13,140
18	St. George Illawarra Dragons		Canberra Raiders	BYE
19	Canberra Raiders	18-14	St George Illawarra Dragons		GIO Stadium		10,977
20 Women in League Round	St George Illawarra Dragons	52-22	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Sunday, 23 July, 2:00pm	WIN Stadium	Ashley Klein, Alan Shortall	16,883
21	Newcastle Knights	21-14	St George Illawarra Dragons	Saturday 29 July, 3:00pm	McDonald Jones Stadium	: Gavin Badger, Zbignew Przeklasa-Adamski	15,031
22 Retro Round	St George Illawarra Dragons	24-26	South Sydney Rabbitohs	18:00	Sydney Cricket Ground	Ben Cummins, David Munro	12, 312
23	St George Illawarra Dragons	42-16	Gold Coast Titans		UOW Jubilee Oval		8,973
24	Brisbane Broncos	24-12^[4]	St George Illawarra Dragons	Friday 18 August, 7:50pm	Suncorp Stadium	Matt Cecchin, Gavin Reynolds	31,832^[5]
25	Penrith Panthers	14–16	St George Illawarra Dragons		Pepper Stadium	Gerard Sutton, Ben Cummins	18,848
26	St George Illawarra Dragons	20 - 26^[6]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		ANZ Stadium	Ashley Klein, Chris Sutton	21,582^[7]
Legend: Win Loss Bye

Source:^[8]

Ladder progression

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
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

References

^ "Five burning questions: Benji Marshall's one-year Brisbane Broncos deal". Fox Sports. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^ Brunsdon, Simon (12 June 2017). "Tale of two Dogs laid bare in Red V rout". Fox Sports. Newscorp. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^ "NRL: Bulldogs v Dragons". Austadiums. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^ Brunsdon, Simon (18 August 2017). "Bulldozing Broncs put Dragons on death row". Fox Sports. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^ "NRL: Broncos v Dragons". Austadiums. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^ Kennedy, Chris (3 September 2017). "Bulldogs end Dragons' finals hopes". NRL.com. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^ "NRL: Dragons v Bulldogs". Austadiums. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^ "2017 NRL player transfers". NRL.com.

[1] "Five burning questions: Benji Marshall's one-year Brisbane Broncos deal". Fox Sports. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

[2] Brunsdon, Simon (12 June 2017). "Tale of two Dogs laid bare in Red V rout". Fox Sports. Newscorp. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

[3] "NRL: Bulldogs v Dragons". Austadiums. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

[4] Brunsdon, Simon (18 August 2017). "Bulldozing Broncs put Dragons on death row". Fox Sports. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

[5] "NRL: Broncos v Dragons". Austadiums. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

[6] Kennedy, Chris (3 September 2017). "Bulldogs end Dragons' finals hopes". NRL.com. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

[7] "NRL: Dragons v Bulldogs". Austadiums. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

[8] "2017 NRL player transfers". NRL.com.

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Est. 1999 in Sydney and Wollongong, New South Wales
Club	History St. George Dragons Illawarra Steelers Seasons Records Head to head record Players Representatives Coaches Honours
Home grounds	Wollongong Showground Jubilee Oval
Culture	Alex McKinnon Cup Charity Shield Anzac Day Cup King's Birthday
League	National Rugby League
Titles	Minor Premiership (2): 2009, 2010 Premiership (1): 2010 World Club Challenge (1): 2011
Seasons (26)	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Other competitions	Current Jersey Flegg Cup New South Wales Cup NRL Women's Premiership NRL Nines Past NRL Under-20s
Affiliations	Shellharbour City Dragons (Shellharbour Sharks) Illawarra RLFC St. George Illawarra Dragons