2021 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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2021 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank11th
2021 recordWins: 8; Draws: 0; Losses: 16
Points scoredFor: 474; Against: 616
Team information
CEORyan Webb
CoachAnthony Griffin
Captain
StadiumNetstrata Jubilee Stadium
WIN Stadium
Top scorers
TriesMikaele Ravalawa (14)
GoalsZac Lomax (35)
PointsZac Lomax (86)
< 2020 2022 >

The 2021 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 23rd in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons' men's team competed in the NRL's 2021 Telstra Premiership season. The women's team, was scheduled to play their fourth season in the NRLW's 2021 Telstra Women's Premiership season, however that has since been postponed to 2022.[1]

Squad[]

St. George Illawarra Dragons 2021 Squad
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Top 30 Squad - 2021 Season Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)
  • (gk) Goal kicker
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: 30 September 2020
Source(s): Dragons Team Profiles

Gains and losses[]

Increase or Decrease Player 2020 Club 2021 Club Source
Increase Daniel Alvaro Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [2]
Increase Gerard Beale Retirement St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [3]
Increase Jack Bird Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [4]
Increase Billy Burns Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [5]
Increase Poasa Faamausili Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [6]
Increase Freddy Lussick Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons (loan) [7]
Increase Andrew McCullough Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [8]
Increase Josh McGuire North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons [9]
Increase Jamayne Taunoa-Brown Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons (loan) [10]
Decrease Euan Aitken St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors [11]
Decrease Eddie Blacker St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers [12]
Decrease Tyson Frizell St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights [13]
Decrease Jason Saab St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles [14]
Decrease Korbin Sims St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers (Super League) [15][16]
Decrease Paul Vaughan St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sacked (mid-season) [17]

Ladder[]

2021 NRL season
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Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 21 0 3 1 815 316 +499 44
2 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers (P) 24 21 0 3 1 676 286 +390 44
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 20 0 4 1 775 453 +322 42
4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 16 0 8 1 744 492 +252 34
5 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 16 0 8 1 630 489 +141 34
6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24 15 0 9 1 566 457 +109 32
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24 12 0 12 1 428 571 −143 26
8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24 10 0 14 1 580 583 −3 22
9 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 10 0 14 1 520 556 −36 22
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 1 481 578 −97 22
11 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 8 0 16 1 474 616 −142 18
12 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 8 0 16 1 453 624 −171 18
13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 8 0 16 1 500 714 −214 18
14 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 7 0 17 1 446 695 −249 16
15 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 7 0 17 1 460 748 −288 16
16 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 3 0 21 1 340 710 −370 8


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
Ladder Position 12th 11th 5th 6th 4th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 8th 8th 8th 7th 7th 7th 7th 8th 10th 11th 11th 12th 12th 11th
Source:[18]

Season results[]

Pre-season trials[]

Round Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (AEDT) Venue Referee Attendance Source
1 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 36 – 28 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 12 February, 5:30 pm PointsBet Stadium Todd Smith — [19]
2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 6 – 28 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Thursday, 18 February, 6:00 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Matt Noyen — [20]
3
(Charity Shield) 		St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 48 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday, 27 February, 7:00 pm Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium Peter Gough 6,840 [21]

NRL season[]

Round Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (AEDT round 1–3, AEST round 4–25) Venue Referee Attendance Source
1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 32 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sunday, 14 March, 6:15 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Peter Gough 7,636 [22]
2 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 18 – 25 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 20 March, 7:35 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Ben Cummins 15,120 [23]
3 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 38 – 12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Friday, 26 March, 6:00 pm WIN Stadium Chris Sutton 9,253 [24]
4
(Alex McKinnon Cup) 		Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 13 – 22 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 4 April, 4:05 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Peter Gough 21,770 [25]
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 12 – 26 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 11 April, 6:15 pm Bankwest Stadium Grant Atkins 24,384 [26]
6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 20 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Sunday, 4 April, 2:00 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Chris Sutton 11,222 [27]
7

(ANZAC Day)

Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 34 – 10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 25 April, 4:05 pm Sydney Cricket Ground Ashley Klein 37,620 [28]
8 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 – 16 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Sunday, 2 May, 4:05 pm WIN Stadium Chris Sutton 12,323 [29]
9 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 – 12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 9 May, 4:05 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Ben Cummins 7,253 [30]
10

(Magic Round)

Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 44 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 16 May, 4:05 pm Suncorp Stadium Peter Gough 41,983 [31]
11 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13 – 12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 21 May, 7:55 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Ben Cummins 8,947 [32]
12 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 34 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 28 May, 7:55 pm Bankwest Stadium Adam Gee 9,982 [33]
13 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 52 – 24 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Thursday, 3 June, 7:50 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Matt Cecchin 5,107 [34]
14

(Queen's Birthday)

Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28 – 6 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Monday, 14 June, 4:00 pm Stadium Australia Gerard Sutton 17,382 [35]
15 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 20 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Saturday, 19 June, 5:30 pm WIN Stadium Chris Sutton 9,239 [36]
16 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 19 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 2 July, 6:00 pm Mount Smart Stadium Peter Gough 0 [37]
17 BYE
18 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 32 – 18 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 16 July, 8:05 pm Cbus Super Stadium Adam Gee 15,038 [38]
19 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 10 – 32 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Sunday, 25 July, 2:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Gerard Sutton 4,424 [39]
20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 50 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Sunday, 1 August, 6:25 pm Suncorp Stadium Chris Butler 0 [40]
21 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 20 – 12 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 6 August, 6:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Chris Sutton 0 [41]
22 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 34 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Friday, 13 August, 6:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Ben Cummins 6,653 [42]
23 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 40 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Sunday, 22 August, 2:00 pm Clive Berghofer Stadium Chris Sutton 7,822 [43]
24 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 – 38 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 28 August, 3:00 pm Browne Park Peter Gough 4,487 [44]
25 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 – 16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 4 September, 7:35 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Matt Cecchin 3,295 [45]

Representative honours[]

Player 2021 All Stars match State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3
Tyrell Fuimaono Indigenous All Stars
Josh Kerr Indigenous All Stars
Tariq Sims New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales
Ben Hunt Queensland Queensland Queensland
Andrew McCullough Queensland

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