2018 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

The 2018 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 20th in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership season.

2018 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank1st
2018 recordWins: 15; draws: 0; losses: 9
Points scoredFor: 206; against: 100
Team information
CEOPeter Doust
CoachPaul McGregor
Captain
StadiumWIN Jubilee Oval WIN Stadium
Avg. attendance16,909
High attendance18,589 (vs. Newcastle, round 4)
Top scorers
TriesNene McDonald (10)
GoalsGareth Widdop (39)
PointsGareth Widdop (82)
< 2017 2019 >

Gains And Losses of Squad 2018

Players
Increase
or
Decrease		 Player 2017 Club 2018 Club Ref(s)
Increase Mitchell Allgood Super League: Wakefield Trinity St. George Illawarra Dragons [1]
Increase Ben Hunt Brisbane Broncos St. George Illawarra Dragons [2][3]
Increase James Graham Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs St. George Illawarra Dragons [4]
Increase Jeremy Latimore Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks St. George Illawarra Dragons [5]
Decrease Josh Dugan St. George Illawarra Dragons Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks [6][7]
Decrease Kalifa Faifai Loa St. George Illawarra Dragons Townsville Blackhawks (Intrust Super Cup) [8]
Decrease Siliva Havili St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra Raiders
Decrease Jake Marketo St. George Illawarra Dragons Timișoara Saracens (Romanian rugby union) [9]
Decrease Will Matthews St. George Illawarra Dragons Gold Coast Titans [10]
Decrease Josh McCrone St. George Illawarra Dragons Toronto Wolfpack
Decrease Russell Packer St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers [11]
Decrease Joel Thompson St. George Illawarra Dragons Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles [12]

Source:[13]

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 F1 F2 F3 GF
St. George Illawarra Dragons BRI
1st		 CRO
1st		 GCT
1st		 NEW
1st		 SOU
1st		 CRO
1st		 NZL
1st		 SYD
1st		 MEL SOU CAN PEN X CBY MAN PAR MEL WTI NQL SYD NZL PAR WTI CBY NEW

Bold – Opposition's Home game
X – Bye
* – Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin

Season Results
ROUND Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (AEDT) Venue Referee Attendance
1 St George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 12 [14][15] Brisbane Broncos Thursday, 8 March, 7:50pm UOW Jubilee Oval Matt Cecchin, Alan Shortall 14,457[16]
2 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16 – 20 [17] St George Illawarra Dragons Thursday, 15 March, 7:50pm Southern Cross Group Stadium Gavin Badger, Peter Gough 13,517[18]
3 Gold Coast Titans 8 – 54[19] St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 25 March, 4:10pm Clive Berghofer Stadium Henry Perenara, Chris Butler 7,297[20]
4 St George Illawarra Dragons 30 - 12[21] Newcastle Knights Sunday, 1 April, 4:10pm WIN Stadium Grant Aitkins, Jon Stone 18,589[21]
5 St George Illawarra Dragons 16 - 12[22] South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday 6 April, 7:50pm UOW Jubilee Oval Gavin Badger, Peter Gough 16,709
6 St George Illawarra Dragons 40 - 20[23] Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Friday 13 April, 7:50pm WIN Stadium Ashley Klein, Gavin Badger 17,882
7 New Zealand Warriors 20 - 12[24] St George Illawarra Dragons Friday 20 April, 8:00pm (NZ) Mt Smart Stadium Ben Cummins, Henry Perenara 18,295
8 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 - 8[25] Sydney Roosters Wednesday 25 April 4:10PM (AEST) Allianz Stadium Ashley Klein, Gavin Badger 41,142
9 St George Illawarra Dragons 34 - 14[26] Melbourne Storm Sunday, 6 May 2PM (AEST) UOW Jubilee Stadium Matt Cecchin, Chris Butler 19,173
10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 - 10[27] St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 13 May 2PM (AEST) ANZ Stadium Adam Gee, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 13,062
11 St George Illawarra Dragons 25 - 18 Canberra Raiders Sunday, 20 May 2PM (AEST) Glen Willow Stadium Ashley Klein, Peter Gough 8,962
12 Penrith Panthers 28 - 2[28] St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 26 7 May:30PPM (AEST) Panthers Stadium Gerard Sutton, Chris Sutton 21,565
13 BYE
14* Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16 - 18[29] St George Illawarra Dragons Monday, 11 June 4PM (AEST) ANZ Stadium Matt Cecchin, Tim Roby 21,376
15 St George Illawarra Dragons 32 - 8 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Saturday, 16 7 June:30PM (AEST) WIN Stadium Jon Stone, Alan Shortall 13,069
16 St George Illawarra Dragons 20 - 18[30] Parramatta Eels Thursday, 28 7 June:50PM (AEST) WIN Stadium Ben Cummins, Peter Gough 6,933
17 Melbourne Storm 52 - 30[31] St George Illawarra Dragons Thursday, 5 7 July:50PM (AEST) AAMI Park Matt Cecchin, Gavin Reynolds 12,167
18 St George Illawarra Dragons 16 - 20[32] Wests Tigers Sunday, 15 4 July:10PM (AEST) UOW Jubilee Stadium Ben Cummins, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 15,992
19 North Queensland Cowboys 10 - 24

[33]

 St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 21 7 July:30PM (AEST) 1300SMILES Stadium Adam Gee, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 18,068
20 Sydney Roosters 36 - 18[34] St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 29 4 July:10PM (AEST) Allianz Stadium Ashley Klein, Chris Sutton 19,878
21 St George Illawarra Dragons 12 - 18[35] New Zealand Warriors Saturday, 4 August 3PM WIN Stadium Gerard Sutton, Chris Butler 13,924
22 Parramatta Eels 4 – 40[36] St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 11 7 August:30PM ANZ Stadium Adam Gee, Phil Henderson 10,541
23 Wests Tigers 10 – 20[37] St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 18 5 August:30PM (AEST) Leichhardt Oval Grant Atkins, Mayy Noyen 18,387
24 St George Illawarra Dragons 0 – 38 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 26 4 August:10PM (AEST) UOW Jubilee Stadium Ben Cummins, Henry Perenara 12,436
25 Newcastle Knights 14 – 24[38] St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 1 September McDonald Jones Stadium Henry Perenara, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 24,662
Finals 1 Brisbane Broncos 18 – 48 St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 9, 4 September:10pm (AEST) Suncorp Stadium Grant Atkins, Chris Sutton 47,296
Finals 2 South Sydney Rabbitohs 13 – 12[39] St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday 15 September ANZ Stadium Gerard Sutton, Ben Cummins 48,188
Legend:
  Win  Loss  Bye

Source:[40]

Source:[41]

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