2020 St. George Illawarra Dragons season 2020 St. George rugby league season
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
Top 30 Squad - 2020 Season
Development Players
Coaching Staff
Jacob Host – SR , PR , LK
Ben Hunt (gk) – HB , HK , FE
Josh Kerr – PR , SR
Blake Lawrie – PR , LK
Zac Lomax (gk) – CE , FB
Joe Lovodua – HK , LK , SR , FE
Cameron McInnes (c ) – HK , LK
Trent Merrin – LK , PR , SR
Corey Norman (gk) – FE , FB , HB
Jordan Pereira – WG , CE
Head coach
Legend:
(c) Captain(s)
(vc) Vice-captain(s)
(gk) Goal kicker
Injured
Updated: 14 August 2020 Source(s): Dragons Team Profiles
Gains and losses
Ladder
NRL Nines
Pool stage
Finals
NRL season
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 Dragons
27 – 5
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Friday, 14 February, 8:45 pm
HBF Park
Chris Butler
10,128
[ 22]
Pool stage
Parramatta Eels
15 – 7
St George Illawarra Dragons
Saturday, 15 February, 3:25 pm
HBF Park
14,739
[ 23]
Quarter-final
St George Illawarra Dragons
17 – 14
Penrith Panthers
Saturday, 15 February, 6:05 pm
HBF Park
Ben Cummins
14,739
[ 24]
Semi-final
Parramatta Eels
6 – 8
St George Illawarra Dragons
Saturday, 15 February, 8:20 pm
HBF Park
Grant Atkins
14,739
[ 25]
Grand Final
St George Illawarra Dragons
14 – 23
North Queensland Cowboys
Saturday, 15 February, 10:00 pm
HBF Park
Grant Atkins
14,739
[ 26]
Pre-season trials
NRL season
Round
Home
Score
Away
Match information
Date and time (AEDT)
Venue
Referee
Attendance
Source
1
St. George Illawarra Dragons
14 – 24
Wests Tigers
Sunday, 15 March, 6:15 pm
WIN Stadium
Ashley Klein , Phil Henderson
9,137
[ 29]
2
St. George Illawarra Dragons
28 – 32
Penrith Panthers
Friday, 20 March, 6:00 pm
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Matt Cecchin , Jon Stone
0a
[ 30]
3
New Zealand Warriors
18 – 0
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Saturday, 30 May, 3:00 pm
Central Coast Stadium
Chris Sutton
0a
[ 31]
4 (Queen's Birthday )
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
22 – 2
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Monday, 8 June, 4:05 pm
Bankwest Stadium
Henry Perenara
0a
[ 32]
5
St. George Illawarra Dragons
30 – 16
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Sunday, 14 June, 6:30 pm
Campbelltown Stadium
Henry Perenara
—
[ 33]
6
Gold Coast Titans
8 – 20
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Saturday, 20 June, 3:00 pm
Suncorp Stadium
Chris Sutton
1,930
[ 34]
7
Sydney Roosters
26 – 12
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Friday, 26 June, 7:55 pm
Bankwest Stadium
Grant Atkins
—
[ 35]
8
Canberra Raiders
22 – 16
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Friday, 3 July, 6:00 pm
GIO Stadium
Matt Cecchin
2,500
[ 36]
9
St. George Illawarra Dragons
34 – 4
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Sunday, 12 July, 6:30 pm
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Matt Cecchin
1,571
[ 37]
10
St. George Illawarra Dragons
28 – 22
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Saturday, 18 July, 3:00 pm
WIN Stadium
Henry Perenara
1,619
[ 38]
11
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
28 – 24
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Saturday, 25 July, 5:30 pm
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Grant Atkins
3,179
[ 39]
12
St. George Illawarra Dragons
24 – 32
South Sydney Rabbitohs
Thursday, 30 July, 7:50 pm
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Ashley Klein
2,719
[ 40]
13
St. George Illawarra Dragons
16 – 24
Sydney Roosters
Thursday, 6 August, 7:50 pm
WIN Stadium
Ashley Klein
—
[ 41]
14
Parramatta Eels
12 – 14
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Friday, 14 August, 7:55 pm
Bankwest Stadium
Grant Atkins
—
[ 42]
15
Brisbane Broncos
24 – 28
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Friday, 21 August, 7:55 pm
Suncorp Stadium
Henry Perenara
—
[ 43]
16
St. George Illawarra Dragons
10 – 14
Gold Coast Titans
Friday, 28 August, 6:00 pm
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Henry Perenara
2,097
[ 44]
17
North Queensland Cowboys
23 – 22
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Sunday, 6 September, 6:30 pm
Queensland Country Bank Stadium
Adam Gee
6,755
[ 45]
18
St. George Illawarra Dragons
8 – 37
Canberra Raiders
Saturday, 12 September, 3:00 pm
WIN Stadium
Adam Gee → Matt Cecchin b
2,588
[ 46]
19
Newcastle Knights
42 – 18
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Sunday, 20 September, 4:05 pm
McDonald Jones Stadium
Grant Atkins
6,659
[ 47]
20
St. George Illawarra Dragons
30 – 22
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
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