2023 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

The 2023 St. George Illawarra Dragons season is the 25th in the club's history. They will compete in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership. The Captain Ben Hunt and Head Coach Anthony Griffin retain their club roles for the 3rd consecutive season before being sacked before round 8 of the 2023 season being replaced by Ryan Carr.

2023 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank16th
Play-off resultDNQ
2023 recordWins: 5; draws: 0; losses: 19
Points scoredFor: 474; against: 673
Team information
CEORyan Webb
Head coach
Captain
Stadium
Avg. attendance11,863
High attendance17,357 (Round 15 – South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Low attendance7,246 (Round 21 – Wests Tigers)
Top scorers
TriesMikaele Ravalawa (21)
GoalsZac Lomax (57)
PointsZac Lomax (142)
< 2022 List of seasons 2024 >

Player movement

These movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season.[1]

Gains
Player/CoachPrevious ClubLength
Zane MusgroveWests Tigers2024
Nick Lui-TosoNorthern Pride RLFC2023
Jacob LiddleWests Tigers2023
Ben Murdoch-MasilaNew Zealand Warriors2024
Paul TurnerGold Coast Titans2024

Losses
Player/CoachNew Club
Jackson FordNew Zealand Warriors
George BurgessRetired
Poasa FaamausiliDolphins
Jack GosiewskiNorth Queensland Cowboys
Andrew McCulloughretired
Tariq SimsMelbourne Storm
Josh McGuireWarrington Wolves

Pre-Season Challenge
Date[2] Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 11 February Trial 1 St Helens WIN Stadium 18 – 30 Zac Lomax 18'
Treigh Stewart 21'
Savelio Tamale 72'		 Zac Lomax (2/2)
Alexander Lobb (1/1)		 6,463
Saturday, 18 February Trial 2 South Sydney Rabbitohs Glen Willow Oval 24 – 42 Moses Mbye 49'
Jayden Sullivan 58'
Mathew Feagai 65'
Jacob Liddle 76'		 Zac Lomax (4/4) 8,317

Regular season

Source:[3]

Ladder
2023 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Penrith Panthers (P) 2418063645312+33342
2 Brisbane Broncos 2418063639425+21442
3 Melbourne Storm 2416083627459+16838
4 New Zealand Warriors 2416083572448+12438
5 Newcastle Knights 2414193626451+17535
6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24140103619497+12234
7 Sydney Roosters 24130113472496−2432
8 Canberra Raiders 24130113486623−13732
9 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24120123564505+5930
10 Parramatta Eels 24120123587574+1330
11 North Queensland Cowboys 24120123546542+430
12 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24111123545539+629
13 Dolphins 2490153520631−11124
14 Gold Coast Titans 2490153527653−12624
15 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2470173438769−33120
16 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2450193474673−19916
17 Wests Tigers 2440203385675−29014

FG = Field Goal
PG = Penalty Goal

Matches
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
1 BYE
Sunday, 12 March 2 Gold Coast Titans Jubilee Oval 32 - 18 Jacob Liddle 31'
Ben Hunt 36'
Mikaele Ravalawa 39'
Tyrell Sloan 45'
Blake Lawrie 66'		 Zac Lomax (3/5)
PG: Zac Lomax (3/3)		 8,538
Saturday, 18 March 3 Brisbane Broncos Lang Park

40 - 18

 Mathew Feagai 6'
Tyrell Sloan 27'
Jayden Sullivan 33'
Zac Lomax (2/3)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/2)		 26,612
Sunday, 26 March 4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Jubilee Oval

08 - 40

 Ben Hunt 19'
Jaydn Su'a 24'		 Zac Lomax (0/2)
15,126
Saturday, 1 April 5 Dolphins WIN Stadium 38 - 12 Jacob Liddle 18'
Blake Lawrie 26'
Zac Lomax 41'
Ben Hunt 53'
Mikaele Ravalawa 61'
Mikaele Ravalawa 67'
Tyrell Sloan 74'		 Zac Lomax (5/7) 16,472
Sunday, 9 April 6 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 20 - 18 Zac Lomax 17'
Mikaele Ravalawa 42'
Ben Hunt 73'
Zac Lomax (2/3)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/1)		 12,452
Sunday, 16 April 7 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 20 - 14 Tautau Moga 38'
Mathew Feagai 53'
Tautau Moga 77'
Zac Lomax (0/3)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/1)		 13,817
Tuesday, 25 April 8 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium
Sunday, 30 April 9 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs WIN Stadium
Sunday, 7 May 10 Wests Tigers Lang Park
Saturday, 13 May 11 North Queensland Cowboys Queensland Country Bank Stadium
Friday, 19 May 12 Sydney Roosters Jubilee Oval
Thursday, 25 May 13 Dolphins Kayo Stadium
Sunday, 4 June 14 Penrith Panthers BlueBet Stadium
Saturday, 10 June 15 South Sydney Rabbitohs Jubilee Oval
16 BYE
Friday, 25 June 17 New Zealand Warriors WIN Stadium
Thursday, 29 June 18 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks PointsBet Stadium
Friday, 7 July 19 Canberra Raiders WIN Stadium
20 BYE
Thursday, 20 July 21 Wests Tigers WIN Stadium
Saturday, 29 July 22 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles WIN Stadium
Sunday, 6 August 23 Parramatta Eels CommBank Stadium
Saturday, 12 August 24 South Sydney Rabbitohs Barlow Park
Saturday, 19 August 25 Melbourne Storm WIN Stadium
Friday, 25 August 26 New Zealand Warriors Mount Smart Stadium
Saturday, 2 September 27 Newcastle Knights Jubilee Oval

2023 squad
St. George Illawarra Dragons 2024 squad
Top 30 squad - 2024 NRL season Development list Coaching staff
  • Josh Coric – PR
  • Dylan Egan – SR
  • Finau Latu – LK
  • Hamish Stewart – LK

Extended squad

  • Nick Tsougranis – SR
Manager
  • Ben Haran (General Manager of Football)

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Managers

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Updated: 7 September 2023
Source(s): Dragons team profiles

Notes
  1. Following Round 11.
  2. Following Round 11 and continued until the conclusion of the season.

References
  1. "2023 Dragons Signings". NRL.com. 4 March 2023.
  2. "2023 NRL Pre-Season Challenge". NRL.com. 4 March 2023.
  3. "2023 NRL Regular Season/Telstra Premiership". NRL.com. 4 March 2023.
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