St George/Illawarra Dragons News
After coaching the St George/Illawarra Dragons to a 60-18 loss against the Sydney Roosters on ANZAC Day, Shane Flanagan was asked about the Dragons next game against the Cronulla Sharks. Things got weird… According to News.com.au Flanagan told reporters. “That’s been marked in the calendar for a while.” Fair enough. It isn’t a surprised that…
So you’re looking for which NRL team has won the most National Rugby League premierships in a row? Well, you’ve come to the right place! The St George Dragons won 11 consecutive premierships in a row between 1956 and 1966. Players like Ken Kearney Norm Provan, Brian Clay, John Raper, Reg Gasnier, Eddie Lumsden, Billy…
So you know the story. Ben Hunt signs a contract extension with the St George/Illawarra Dragons, then Anthony Griffin gets fired mid season, and it is the final straw for Hunt who asks for an immediate release from his contract. The Dragons are standing firm, they are saying they will not release him. Behind the…
Danny Weidler of Channel Nine is reporting that the St George/Illawarra Dragons have secured the signature of Manly Sea Eagles centre Moses Suli on a three year deal. LATEST: Dragons three year $1.7m deal done with Moses Suli. Been told no transfer payment. @9NewsSyd @NRLonNine — Danny Weidler (@Danny_Weidler) September 7, 2021 Apparently there was…
Some bad news for Dragons supporters with confirmation that Ben Hunt suffered a fractured arm on the weekend and is expected to miss a month of football. The news comes just as the Dragons were set to welcome back a humber of players who had been suspended for the most expensive BBQ in Rugby League…
Paul McGregor has been sacked by the St George/Illawarra Dragons effective immediately with Dean Young taking over the interim coaching role. The writing had been on the wall for McGregor for months now and it just felt like a matter of time before he was handed his marching orders. MgGregor coached the Dragons in 150…
It only took 12 years for the Dragons to make their so far only major statement on the NRL. Formed from a joint venture between the St George Dragons and the Illawarra Steelers in 1998, the side from New South Wales, the club stunned many by reaching the Grand Final in their very first season….
English international James Graham has asked for an immediate release from his contract with the St George/Illawarra Dragons as he looked to return home to the UK and continue his career in Super League. Graham will be a loss for the Dragons but at 34 years old it is probably a good move for both…
The Sydney Daily Telegraph is reporting that Issac Luke will join the St George/Illawarra Dragons for the 2020 NRL season. Luke would be a bit of an interesting signing for the club, but it would signal that the club feels that Jack de Belin is unlikely to be available for a large part of the…
St George/Illawarra Dragons supporters have started a petition on Change.org to have coach Paul McGregor fired. Titled Sack Paul McGregor as Coach of St. George Illawarra, the petition has a goal of 2,500 and ha got 1,700 signatures at the tile of writing this article. On the Fergo and The Freak podcast we discussed McGregors…
After started off the season looking very good, and with a lineup that should see the St George/Illawarra Dragons challenging for an NRL Premiership, things have fallen apart badly for the Red V. One the Fergo and The Freak Podcast this week we said its time for the Dragons to sack Paul McGregor. His record…
It was the contract extension that Red V supporters were horrified by, and since Paul McGregor signed on the dotted line, the St George/Illawarra Dragons have looked terrible. Having started the season with 3 wins and 2 losses, the Dragons took it upon themselves to hold onto McGregor, who has less than a 50% winning…
The St George/Illawarra Dragons official Twitter feed has begun the process of unblocking supporters of the club, a fantastic move which will be news to the ears of many Dragons fans. This is fantastic news. A couple of weeks ago I wrote and article questioning Why Have The St George/Illawarra Dragons Blocked So Many Of…
Channel 9 has reported that Josh Dugan has instructed his manager to start shopping him around, including to French Rugby Union clubs, after reportedly being unhappy at the latest offer put forward to him to extend his stay at the St George/Illawarra Dragons. At 26 years of age and with a wealth of representative experience,…
If you support a club in Sydney the chances are even you feel like there are too many NRL clubs based in Sydney. Sydney is the most saturated sporting market in Australia, and for good reason. It is the economic powerhouse of the nation, with the biggest corporate base to draw upon along with having…
Talk is cheap, promises mean nothing, and the only team who will claim to have got the job done in season 2017 will be the one that lifts the premiership trophy over their heads on Grand Final day. A few teams should be looking at this season as being a bit of a turning point….
Over the last number of years social media has become a fantastic platform for clubs to deal directly with their own supporter bases, bypassing the traditional media outlets to speak straight to the paying customers. It took a while for NRL clubs to fully grasp the reach they could have on social media, but now…
Channel 9 is reporting that the St George/Illawarra Dragons have signed Brisbane Broncos halfback Ben Hunt to a 6 year deal worth over $1 million per season starting from 2018. If those are the actual figures on his contract, that is an outrageous amount of money. Good luck to Hunt if it is true, but…
Fairfax Media is reporting that the St George/Illawarra Dragons have offered Benji Marshall a one year contract extension, believed to be worth around $300,000. Marshall joined the Dragons after a very brief stint playing Rugby Union in New Zealand. There has been a few rumours that he would re-join the Wests Tigers next season if…
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that St George/Illawarra Dragons winger Brett Morris has asked the club for a release so that he can join his brother at the Canterbury Bulldogs. Incredibly the Herald suggests that the Dragons told Morris to look around for a new contract at other clubs, feeling that his current contract…
Despite saying previously that he did not want to be a full time head coach, Paul McGregor has expressed his desire to stay on as the coach of the St George/Illawarra Dragons. McGregor made his feelings known after the Dragons 21-12 loss to the Manly Sea Eagles on Monday night. McGregor took over the Dragons…
Both the Sydney Morning Herald and News Limited are reporting that Wayne Bennett will be coaching the St George/Illawarra Dragons in 2015 with a deal expected to be worth $3 million over three years. A mystery private backer is set to give the cash strapped Dragons the ability to pay Bennett (Because that worked so…
News Limited is reporting that the Brisbane Broncos have targeted New South Wales State Of Origin forward Trent Merrin as a perfect replacement for Corey Parker as the club looks towards it’s longer term future. Merrin is not off contract until the end of the 2015 season. That means rival NRL clubs can not even…
As time goes on the whispers are getting louder that Wayne Bennett will head back to the St George/Illawarra Dragons and coach them for a second time in 2015. Bennett has a lot of options to consider when it comes to his coaching future. Some have even suggested that Bennett may look to move into…
Jason Nightingale has told News Limited that he expects some of his team mates to try and get under the skin of Jamie Soward when he runs out for Penrith against the St George/Illawarra Dragons for the first time. While Nightingale said he has no problems at all with Soward, you get the feeling some…
Benji Marshall has given Tim Sheens his backing to take over the coaching role at the St George/Illawarra Dragons. Marshall played the majority of his career under Sheens at the Wests Tigers where the pair won a Premiership together in 2005. A number of names have already been tossed up for the Dragons coaching job….
It would be a staggering move but it is one tossed up by Sydney Morning Herald journalist Brad Walter who claims the St George/Illawarra Dragons will make a play to bring Wayne Bennett back to the Red V in 2015. Wayne Bennett was brought to the Dragons on a massive deal in 2009 and delivered…
It was always going to be hard to take over a St George/Illawarra Dragons team on a downturn after Wayne Bennett left. When Steve Price was appointed the Dragons coach in 2012 many felt that he was already a dead man walking. When Wayne Bennett left he left behind a team that needed a complete…
It is with a very heavy heart that I write that Reg Gasnier has passed away. Words can’t explain what an amazing player Gasnier was. That his impact on the game spans generations, and yet he retired at the age of 28, shows how brightly his star shone on the game of Rugby League and…
He was the young English bloke living is the shadow of Rugby League giants down in Melbourne. Now that Gareth Widdop has a team of his own to run at the St George/Illawarra Dragons, he is showing he might very well be a giant of the game himself. Widdop’s form has been sensational for the…