2003 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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2003 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank10th
2003 recordWins: 11; Draws: 0; Losses: 13
Points scoredFor: 548; Against: 596
Team information
CoachNathan Brown
Captain
StadiumJubilee Oval, Wollongong Showground
Avg. attendance13,061
High attendance16,713 (vs. Cronulla, round 8)
Top scorers
TriesNathan Blacklock (14)
PointsMark Riddell (166)
< 2002 2004 >

The 2003 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the fifth in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2003 premiership season. The team finished tenth in the regular season, missing out on finals for the second time in their history.

Squad gains and losses[]

Increase or Decrease Player 2002 Club 2003 Club
Increase John Cross Penrith Panthers St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase Henry Perenara Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase Quentin Pongia Canberra colours.svg Villeneuve XIII RLLG (Elite One Championship) St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase Hassan Saleh Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Decrease Leo Clarke St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retired
Decrease Luke Felsch St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retired
Decrease Lee Hookey St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Decrease Jason Hooper St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Saintscolours.svg St Helens R.F.C. (Super League)
Decrease Wise Kativerata St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Decrease Jason Kent St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Decrease Shane Millard St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings (Super League)
Decrease Willie Peters St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Decrease Ben Ross St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Penrith Panthers
Decrease Justin Smith St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Decrease Colin Ward St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Penrith Panthers

Ladder[]

2003 NRL season
  • v
  • t
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers (P) 24 18 0 6 2 659 527 +132 40
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 17 0 7 2 680 445 +235 38
3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 16 0 8 2 702 419 +283 36
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24 16 0 8 2 620 463 +157 36
5 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 15 0 9 2 564 486 +78 34
6 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 15 0 9 2 545 510 +35 34
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24 14 0 10 2 632 635 -3 32
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 12 0 12 2 497 464 +33 28
9 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24 11 0 13 2 570 582 -12 26
10 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 24 11 0 13 2 548 593 -45 26
11 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 10 0 14 2 606 629 -23 24
12 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 8 0 16 2 497 704 -207 20
13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 7 0 17 2 470 598 -128 18
14 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 7 0 17 2 557 791 -234 18
15 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 3 0 21 2 457 758 -301 10


Ladder Progression[]

Round 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
Ladder Position 11th 7th 9th 8th 10th 9th 8th 7th 9th 9th 8th 10th 10th 11th 9th 9th 7th 9th 7th 8th 8th 9th 9th 10th 11th 10th
Source:[1]

Season results[]

Round Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Referee Attendance Source
1 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 – 20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 15 March Stadium Australia Sean Hampstead 42,017 [2]
2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 30 – 28 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 23 March Wollongong Showground Tim Mander 13,149 [3]
3 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 18 – 14 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 29 March Canberra Stadium Sean Hampstead 13,744 [4]
4 BYE
5 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 38 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 13 April Wollongong Showground Steve Clark 13,150 [5]
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 19 April Stadium Australia Shayne Hayne 33,397 [6]
7 (ANZAC Day) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 20 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 25 April Sydney Football Stadium Shayne Hayne 26,014 [7]
8 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 12 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 4 May Jubilee Oval Bill Harrigan 16,713 [8]
9 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 30 – 26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 11 May Penrith Stadium Tim Mander 17,862 [9]
10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 18 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 17 May Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 11,555 [10]
11 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 16 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 25 May Sydney Cricket Ground Bill Harrigan 11,104 [11]
12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 36 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 1 June Jubilee Oval Shayne Hayne 13,517 [12]
13 BYE
14 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 32 – 30 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 13 June Newcastle International Sports Centre Sean Hampstead 18,233 [13]
15 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 20 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 21 June Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead 10,220 [14]
16 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 28 – 42 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 June Brookvale Oval Steve Clark 11,161 [15]
17 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 – 16 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 4 July Wollongong Showground Steve Clark 14,153 [16]
18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 19 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 13 July Jubilee Oval Tim Mander 14,204 [17]
19 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 16 – 36 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 19 July Willows Sports Complex Paul Simpkins 16,542 [18]
20 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 36 – 10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 July Parramatta Stadium Shayne Hayne 14,056 [19]
21 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 28 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 3 August Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 15,310 [20]
22 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 30 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 10 August Jubilee Oval Bill Harrigan 12,595 [21]
23 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 25 – 16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 August Endeavour Field Sean Hampstead 15,504 [22]
24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 22 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 22 August Wollongong Showground Tim Mander 11,367 [23]
25 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 – 42 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 31 August Jubilee Oval Steve Clark 10,798 [24]
26 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 25 – 26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 5 September Lang Park Tim Mander 35,597 [25]

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