2020 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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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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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.

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 gains and losses[]

Increase or Decrease Player 2019 Club 2020 Club Source
Increase Billy Brittain South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [2][3]
Increase Kaide Ellis Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [4]
Increase Tyrell Fuimaono Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [5]
Increase Issac Luke Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [6]
Increase Trent Merrin Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos (Super League) St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [7]
Increase Brayden Wiliame Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons (Super League) St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [8]
Decrease Mitchell Allgood St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Broncoscolours.png London Broncos (RFL Championship) [9]
Decrease James Graham St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Saintscolours.svg St Helens (Super League) [10]
Decrease Patrick Kaufusi St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks (Intrust Super Cup) [11]
Decrease Tim Lafai St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs [12][13]
Decrease Jeremy Latimore St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement [14]
Decrease Luciano Leilua St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers [7]
Decrease Issac Luke St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos [15]
Decrease Lachlan Maranta St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls (Intrust Super Cup) [16]
Decrease Darren Nicholls St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies (Intrust Super Cup) [17]
Decrease Jonus Pearson St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans [18]
Decrease Reece Robson St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys [19]
Decrease Gareth Widdop St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves (Super League) [20]

Ladder[]

NRL Nines[]

Pool stage[]

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

Finals[]

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
         
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 7
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 14
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 6
St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra 8
St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra 17
Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 14
St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra 14
North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 23
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 0
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 10
North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 19
North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 20
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 6

NRL season[]

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 20 18 1 1 0 537 238 +299 37
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm (P) 20 16 0 4 0 534 276 +258 32
3 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 20 15 0 5 0 392 288 +104 30
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 20 14 0 6 0 552 322 +230 28
5 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 20 14 0 6 0 445 317 +128 28
6 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 12 0 8 0 521 352 +169 24
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 20 11 1 8 0 421 374 +47 23
8 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20 10 0 10 0 480 480 0 20
9 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 20 9 0 11 0 346 463 −117 18
10 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 20 8 0 12 0 343 458 −115 16
11 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 20 7 0 13 0 440 505 −65 14
12 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 7 0 13 0 378 452 −74 14
13 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 20 7 0 13 0 375 509 −134 14
14 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 20 5 0 15 0 368 520 −152 10
15 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20 3 0 17 0 282 504 −222 6
16 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 20 3 0 17 0 268 624 −356 6


Ladder progression[]

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[]

NRL Nines[]

Round Home Score Away Match information
Date and time (AEDT) Venue Referee Attendance Source
Pool stage St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 27 – 5 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Friday, 14 February, 8:45 pm HBF Park Chris Butler 10,128 [22]
Pool stage Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 15 – 7 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 15 February, 3:25 pm HBF Park 14,739 [23]
Quarter Final St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 17 – 14 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Saturday, 15 February, 6:05 pm HBF Park Ben Cummins 14,739 [24]
Semi Final Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 6 – 8 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 15 February, 8:20 pm HBF Park Grant Atkins 14,739 [25]
Grand Final St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 23 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 15 February, 10:00 pm HBF Park Grant Atkins 14,739 [26]

Pre-season trials[]

Round Home Score Away Match information
Date and time (AEDT) Venue Referee Attendance Source
1 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 12 – 38 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 22 February, 5:30 pm Matt Cecchin, Jon Stone — [27]
2
(Charity Shield) 		South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 26 – 12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 29 February, 7:00 pm Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium Ashley Klein, Gavin Badger 9,124 [28]

NRL season[]

Round Home Score Away Match information
Date and time (AEDT) Venue Referee Attendance Source
1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 24 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Sunday, 15 March, 6:15 pm WIN Stadium Ashley Klein, Phil Henderson 9,137 [29]
2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 32 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Friday, 20 March, 6:00 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Matt Cecchin, Jon Stone 0a [30]
3 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 18 – 0 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 30 May, 3:00 pm Central Coast Stadium Chris Sutton 0a [31]
4
(Queen's Birthday) 		Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22 – 2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Monday, 8 June, 4:05 pm Bankwest Stadium Henry Perenara 0a [32]
5 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 30 – 16 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sunday, 14 June, 6:30 pm Campbelltown Stadium Henry Perenara — [33]
6 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 8 – 20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 20 June, 3:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Chris Sutton 1,930 [34]
7 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 26 – 12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 26 June, 7:55 pm Bankwest Stadium Grant Atkins — [35]
8 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 22 – 16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 3 July, 6:00 pm GIO Stadium Matt Cecchin 2,500 [36]
9 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 34 – 4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Sunday, 12 July, 6:30 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Matt Cecchin 1,571 [37]
10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 22 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Saturday, 18 July, 3:00 pm WIN Stadium Henry Perenara 1,619 [38]
11 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28 – 24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 25 July, 5:30 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Grant Atkins 3,179 [39]
12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 32 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 30 July, 7:50 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Ashley Klein 2,719 [40]
13 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 24 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Thursday, 6 August, 7:50 pm WIN Stadium Ashley Klein — [41]
14 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 12 – 14 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 14 August, 7:55 pm Bankwest Stadium Grant Atkins — [42]
15 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 – 28 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 21 August, 7:55 pm Suncorp Stadium Henry Perenara — [43]
16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 10 – 14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Friday, 28 August, 6:00 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Henry Perenara 2,097 [44]
17 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 23 – 22 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 6 September, 6:30 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Adam Gee 6,755 [45]
18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 – 37 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Saturday, 12 September, 3:00 pm WIN Stadium Adam Gee → Matt Cecchinb 2,588 [46]
19 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 42 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 20 September, 4:05 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Grant Atkins 6,659 [47]
20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 30 – 22 Melbourne colours.svg 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[]

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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