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2020 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

The 2020 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 22nd in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons' men's team competed in the NRL's 2020 Telstra Premiership season. The women's team, meanwhile will play their third season in the NRLW's 2020 Telstra Women's Premiership season. Both teams competed in the 2020 NRL Nines, with the men's side coming runners-up and the women's side winning the tournament.

2020 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank12th
NRL NinesRunners-Up
2020 recordWins: 7; draws: 0; losses: 13
Points scoredFor: 378; against: 452
Team information
CEORyan Webb
CoachPaul McGregor (Until 15 August)
Dean Young (Interim from 16 August)
Captain
StadiumNetstrata Jubilee Stadium
WIN Stadium
Campbelltown Stadium
Top scorers
TriesMikaele Ravalawa, Matt Dufty & Zac Lomax (13)
GoalsZac Lomax (63)
PointsZac Lomax (178)
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On 13 August, Paul McGregor departed as the head coach of the men's team. Assistant coach Dean Young took over as the interim coach of the first team for the remainder of the season.[1]

Squad edit

St. George Illawarra Dragons 2020 Squad
Top 30 Squad - 2020 Season Development Players Coaching Staff

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (gk) Goal kicker
  •   Injured

Updated: 14 August 2020
Source(s): Dragons Team Profiles


Gains and losses edit

  or   Player 2019 Club 2020 Club Source
  Billy Brittain   South Sydney Rabbitohs   St. George Illawarra Dragons [2][3]
  Kaide Ellis   Penrith Panthers   St. George Illawarra Dragons [4]
  Tyrell Fuimaono   Penrith Panthers   St. George Illawarra Dragons [5]
  Issac Luke   New Zealand Warriors   St. George Illawarra Dragons [6]
  Trent Merrin   Leeds Rhinos (Super League)   St. George Illawarra Dragons [7]
  Brayden Wiliame   Catalans Dragons (Super League)   St. George Illawarra Dragons [8]
  Mitchell Allgood   St. George Illawarra Dragons   London Broncos (RFL Championship) [9]
  James Graham   St. George Illawarra Dragons   St Helens (Super League) [10]
  Patrick Kaufusi   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Townsville Blackhawks (Intrust Super Cup) [11]
  Tim Lafai   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs [12][13]
  Jeremy Latimore   St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement [14]
  Luciano Leilua   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Wests Tigers [7]
  Issac Luke   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Brisbane Broncos [15]
  Lachlan Maranta   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Wynnum Manly Seagulls (Intrust Super Cup) [16]
  Darren Nicholls   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Souths Logan Magpies (Intrust Super Cup) [17]
  Jonus Pearson   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Gold Coast Titans [18]
  Reece Robson   St. George Illawarra Dragons   North Queensland Cowboys [19]
  Gareth Widdop   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Warrington Wolves (Super League) [20]

Ladder edit

NRL Nines edit

Main article: 2020 NRL Nines

Pool stage edit

Pool 2
Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 1 0 1 34 20 +14 2
  Parramatta Eels 2 1 0 1 25 20 +5 2
  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2 1 0 1 30 31 −1 2
  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2 1 0 1 17 35 −18 2
Source: [citation needed]

Finals edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
  Newcastle Knights 7
  Parramatta Eels 14
  Parramatta Eels 6
  St. George Illawarra Dragons 8
  St. George Illawarra Dragons 17
  Penrith Panthers 14
  St. George Illawarra Dragons 14
  North Queensland Cowboys 23
  Gold Coast Titans 24
  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 0
  Gold Coast Titans 10
  North Queensland Cowboys 19
  North Queensland Cowboys 20
  South Sydney Rabbitohs 6

NRL season edit

2020 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Penrith Panthers 20 18 1 1 0 537 238 +299 37
2   Melbourne Storm (P) 20 16 0 4 0 534 276 +258 32
3   Parramatta Eels 20 15 0 5 0 392 288 +104 30
4   Sydney Roosters 20 14 0 6 0 552 322 +230 28
5   Canberra Raiders 20 14 0 6 0 445 317 +128 28
6   South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 12 0 8 0 521 352 +169 24
7   Newcastle Knights 20 11 1 8 0 421 374 +47 23
8   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20 10 0 10 0 480 480 0 20
9   Gold Coast Titans 20 9 0 11 0 346 463 −117 18
10   New Zealand Warriors 20 8 0 12 0 343 458 −115 16
11   Wests Tigers 20 7 0 13 0 440 505 −65 14
12   St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 7 0 13 0 378 452 −74 14
13   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 20 7 0 13 0 375 509 −134 14
14   North Queensland Cowboys 20 5 0 15 0 368 520 −152 10
15   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20 3 0 17 0 282 504 −222 6
16   Brisbane Broncos 20 3 0 17 0 268 624 −356 6

Ladder progression edit

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ladder position 13th 13th 14th 16th 14th 12th 12th 13th 11th 11th 11th 11th 12th 11th 10th 10th 11th 13th 13th 12th
Source:[21]

Season results edit

NRL Nines edit

Round Home Score Away Match information
Date and time (AEDT) Venue Referee Attendance Source
Pool stage   St George Illawarra Dragons 27 – 5   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Friday, 14 February, 8:45 pm HBF Park Chris Butler 10,128 [22]
Pool stage   Parramatta Eels 15 – 7   St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 15 February, 3:25 pm HBF Park 14,739 [23]
Quarter-final   St George Illawarra Dragons 17 – 14   Penrith Panthers Saturday, 15 February, 6:05 pm HBF Park Ben Cummins 14,739 [24]
Semi-final   Parramatta Eels 6 – 8   St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 15 February, 8:20 pm HBF Park Grant Atkins 14,739 [25]
Grand Final   St George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 23   North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 15 February, 10:00 pm HBF Park Grant Atkins 14,739 [26]

Pre-season trials edit

Round Home Score Away Match information
Date and time (AEDT) Venue Referee Attendance Source
1   Newcastle Knights 12 – 38   St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 22 February, 5:30 pm Maitland No.1 Sportsground Matt Cecchin, Jon Stone — [27]
2
(Charity Shield) 		  South Sydney Rabbitohs 26 – 12   St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 29 February, 7:00 pm Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium Ashley Klein, Gavin Badger 9,124 [28]

NRL season edit

Round Home Score Away Match information
Date and time (AEDT) Venue Referee Attendance Source
1   St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 24   Wests Tigers Sunday, 15 March, 6:15 pm WIN Stadium Ashley Klein, Phil Henderson 9,137 [29]
2   St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 32   Penrith Panthers Friday, 20 March, 6:00 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Matt Cecchin, Jon Stone 0a [30]
3   New Zealand Warriors 18 – 0   St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 30 May, 3:00 pm Central Coast Stadium Chris Sutton 0a [31]
4
(Queen's Birthday) 		  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22 – 2   St. George Illawarra Dragons Monday, 8 June, 4:05 pm Bankwest Stadium Henry Perenara 0a [32]
5   St. George Illawarra Dragons 30 – 16   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sunday, 14 June, 6:30 pm Campbelltown Stadium Henry Perenara — [33]
6   Gold Coast Titans 8 – 20   St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 20 June, 3:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Chris Sutton 1,930 [34]
7   Sydney Roosters 26 – 12   St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 26 June, 7:55 pm Bankwest Stadium Grant Atkins — [35]
8   Canberra Raiders 22 – 16   St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 3 July, 6:00 pm GIO Stadium Matt Cecchin 2,500 [36]
9   St. George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 4   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Sunday, 12 July, 6:30 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Matt Cecchin 1,571 [37]
10   St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 22   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Saturday, 18 July, 3:00 pm WIN Stadium Henry Perenara 1,619 [38]
11   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28 – 24   St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 25 July, 5:30 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Grant Atkins 3,179 [39]
12   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 32   South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 30 July, 7:50 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Ashley Klein 2,719 [40]
13   St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 24   Sydney Roosters Thursday, 6 August, 7:50 pm WIN Stadium Ashley Klein — [41]
14   Parramatta Eels 12 – 14   St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 14 August, 7:55 pm Bankwest Stadium Grant Atkins — [42]
15   Brisbane Broncos 24 – 28   St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 21 August, 7:55 pm Suncorp Stadium Henry Perenara — [43]
16   St. George Illawarra Dragons 10 – 14   Gold Coast Titans Friday, 28 August, 6:00 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Henry Perenara 2,097 [44]
17   North Queensland Cowboys 23 – 22   St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 6 September, 6:30 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Adam Gee 6,755 [45]
18   St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 – 37   Canberra Raiders Saturday, 12 September, 3:00 pm WIN Stadium Adam Gee → Matt Cecchinb 2,588 [46]
19   Newcastle Knights 42 – 18   St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 20 September, 4:05 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Grant Atkins 6,659 [47]
20   St. George Illawarra Dragons 30 – 22   Melbourne Storm Sunday, 27 September, 4:05 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Matt Cecchin 2,738 [48]

Notes

a^ Matches in rounds two, three and four were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[49]

b^ Adam Gee was substituted after half time as referee in the round 18 game for Matt Cecchin after receiving a calf injury during the game.[50]

Representative honours edit

Player 2020 All Stars match State of Origin
Josh Kerr Indigenous All Stars Queensland
Tyrell Fuimaono Indigenous All Stars –
Issac Luke Māori All Stars –
Tyson Frizell – New South Wales
Zac Lomax – New South Wales
Cameron McInnes – New South Wales
Ben Hunt – Queensland

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