2005 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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2005 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank2nd
Play-off resultPreliminary Finals
2005 recordWins: 16; Draws: 0; Losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 655; Against: 510
Team information
CoachNathan Brown
Captain
StadiumJubilee Oval, Wollongong Showground
Avg. attendance15,151
High attendance19,608 (vs. Sharks, finals week 1)
Top scorers
TriesColin Best (20)
GoalsMichael Ennis (44)
PointsMichael Ennis (108)
< 2004 2006 >

The 2005 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the seventh in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2005 premiership season. The team finished second in the regular season, making finals but getting knocked out in the preliminary finals against the Wests Tigers, losing 20–12.

Squad gains and losses[]

Increase or Decrease Player 2004 Club 2005 Club
Increase Colin Best Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. (Super League) St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase Michael Ennis Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase Willie Manu South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase Shane Marteene South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase Chris Sheppard North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase Albert Torrens Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Decrease Nathan Blacklock St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. (Super League)
Decrease John Carlaw St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease Brett Firman St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Decrease Andrew Frew St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease David Howell St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Decrease Tony Jensen St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease Brent Kite St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Decrease Nathan Long St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease Henry Perenara St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Decrease Mark Riddell St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Decrease Lincoln Withers St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders

Ladder[]

2005 NRL season
  • v
  • t
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24 16 0 8 2 704 456 +248 36
2 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 24 16 0 8 2 655 510 +145 36
3 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 15 0 9 2 597 484 +113 34
4 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers (P) 24 14 0 10 2 676 575 +101 32
5 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 0 10 2 639 563 +76 32
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 13 0 11 2 640 462 +178 30
7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 12 0 12 2 550 564 -14 28
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 12 0 12 2 554 632 -78 28
9 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 11 0 13 2 488 487 +1 26
10 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24 11 0 13 2 554 554 0 26
11 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 10 0 14 2 515 528 -13 24
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 9 1 14 2 472 670 -198 23
13 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 1 14 2 482 700 -218 23
14 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24 9 0 15 2 465 606 -141 22
15 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24 8 0 16 2 467 667 -200 20

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 14th 14th 15th 15th 14th 14th 13th 13th 12th 9th 9th 10th 9th 7th 6th 7th 7th 8th 6th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd
Source:[1]

Season results[]

Round Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Referee Attendance Source
1 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 46 – 28 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 11 March Stadium Australia Paul Simpkins 33,105 [2]
2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 46 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 19 March Wollongong Showground Tony Archer, Gavin Badger 9,032 [3]
3 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers 18 – 8 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 March Penrith Stadium Russell Smith 17,187 [4]
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 42 – 22 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 April Canberra Stadium Tim Mander 15,614 [5]
5 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 – 6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 9 April Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead 16,117 [6]
6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 34 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 17 April Wollongong Showground Steve Clark 17,287 [7]
7 (ANZAC Day) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 – 26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 25 April Sydney Football Stadium Sean Hampstead 32,370 [8]
8 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 32 – 40 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 May Stadium Australia Jason Robinson 17,567 [9]
9 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 42 – 10 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 7 May Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead 11,624 [10]
10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 12 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers 13 May Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 12,932 [11]
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 16 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 21 May Newcastle International Sports Centre Shayne Hayne 19,018 [12]
12 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 – 16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 29 May Olympic Park Stadium Russell Smith 7,590 [13]
13 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 – 18 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 4 June Wollongong Showground Steve Clark 14,479 [14]
14 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 4 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 12 June Jubilee Oval Tim Mander 15,260 [15]
15 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 – 28 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 19 June Sydney Cricket Ground Paul Simpkins 18,334 [16]
16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 32 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 26 June Jubilee Oval Shayne Hayne 10,612 [17]
17 BYE
18 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 40 – 14 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 July Parramatta Stadium Tim Mander 20,199 [18]
19 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 10 – 36 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 17 July Brookvale Oval Steve Clark 17,218 [19]
20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 10 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 July Jubilee Oval Tim Mander 17,113 [20]
21 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 44 – 6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 29 July Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 19,512 [21]
22 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 16 – 36 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 5 August Willows Sports Complex Tim Mander 21,021 [22]
23 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 4 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 August Lang Park Tim Mander 48,995 [23]
24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 25 – 22 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 21 August Jubilee Oval Paul Simpkins 17,523 [24]
25 BYE
26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 36 – 28 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 4 September Jubilee Oval Tony Archer 15,867 [25]
FW1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 22 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10 September Wollongong Showground Tony Archer 19,608 [26]
FW3 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 20 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 September Sydney Football Stadium Tony Archer 41,260 [27]

References[]

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