2013 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

March 2026 February 2024 2013 NRL Challenge Cup 7 17 379 530 CEO AUS Steve Price AUS Ben Creagh WIN Jubilee Oval WIN Stadium 9 Daniel Vidot, Jason Nightingale & Brett Morris 21 Jamie Soward 58 Jamie Soward 2012 2014 The 2013 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 15th in the joint venture club's history. Coached by Steve Price and captained by Ben Creagh, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2013 Telstra Premiership. This season was the worst year performance wise since the joint venture was created. They finished only over the top of Wests Tigers & the Parramatta Eels. The Dragons started the season losing their first 3 games to Melbourne Storm, Brisbane Broncos & Canberra Raiders only to come back and win their next 3 over Cronulla Sharks, Newcastle Knights & Wests Tigers. The Knights win coming at a cost, with the injury of New Zealand international Gerard Beale for the season. Unfortunately for the Dragons those were the only wins they could string together in 2013 losing another 3 to the Sydney Roosters, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Gold Coast Titans. Round 10 saw a glimmering light at the end of the tunnel for the Dragons when they signed former Canberra Raiders superstar Josh Dugan. Dugan was seen as the answer to the fullback spot left by the injured Beale. He kicked off his career at the joint venture scoring 2 tries in the team's 32-12 romp of the Parramatta Eels 32-12.https://www.smh.com.au/sport/dragons-hail-dugan-after-win-over-eels-20130518-2jtiy.html Dragons hail Dugan after win over Eels James MacSmith The Sydney Morning Herald 18 May 2023 23 February 2024 The next week the Dragons were sent back to earth with a thud as they became the first St. George Dragons / St. George Illawarra Dragons team to be kept to nil at Jubilee Oval as the Penrith Panthers ran in 3 unanswered tries to win 19-0. This was followed by a loss to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs by 2 points. This was the last game for the club's all time leading point scorer Jamie Soward for the Dragons as he was dumped out of the side and two weeks later released to join the London Broncos of the Super League. Over the month of June the Dragons 3-1 record with only a solitary win of the Newcastle Knights in Newcastle, Josh Dugan again scoring 2 tries. July started disastrously for the Red V again being kept to nil by the Sydney Roosters, losing 36-0.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jul/06/sydney-roosters-beat-dragons-nrl Sydney Roosters make short work of St George Illawarra The Guardian 6 July 2013 23 February 2024 After this night the Dragons had to win almost every remaining game to stay in the final hunt. Round 17 saw first v 2nd last as the Dragons played the South Sydney Rabbitohs away at ANZ Stadium with the Dragons showing true grit to score twice in 10 mins to bring the game into extra time. Brett Morris getting the winning try in golden point extra time. However the Dragons then went on a streak that was etched in the club's history books, losing their next 6 games, including the 2 teams below them on the points table, an embarrassing loss to Wests Tigers and the Parramatta Eels. Four of those six games were lost by 4 points or less, including a heart-stopping loss to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks where Sharks player Andrew Fifita scored on the buzzer to win the local derby after trailing the whole game. In the last game of the year the Red V said goodbye to some legends of the game including Matt Cooper (rugby league), Nathan Fien and Michael Weyman. The 17 on the field, scoring an impressive 19-10 win over the New Zealand Warriors who needed a win to keep their finals hopes alive. Squad St. George Illawarra Dragons white #b50000 #b50000 white Current NRL premiership squad NZL PR SR Leeson Ah Mau AUS CE Matt Cooper AUS SR Ben Creagh y AUS FB Evander Cummins AUS PR SR Jack De Belin AUS FB Josh Dugan NZL HK Nathan Fien y NZL FB Bronx Goodwin ENG FB CE Gerard Beale AUS CE Nathan Green AUS SR Bronson Harrison AUS PR Dan Hunt AUS SR Damien Cook AUS SR LK Tyson Frizell AUS HK Cameron King AUS HB Josh Drinkwater AUS SR LK Jake Marketo AUS SR Will Matthews AUS PR Trent Merrin AUS FB FE Adam Quinlan AUS FB WG Brett Morris NZL FB WG Jason Nightingale AUS PR SR Matt Prior AUS HK Mitch Rein AUS CE Charly Runciman AUS FE Jamie Soward (gk) NZL CE Chase Stanley AUS FB FE Kyle Stanley AUS PR Jack Stockwell TON SR Atelea Vea AUS CE WG Daniel Vidot AUS CE Michael Weyman AUS HK Craig Garvey Steve Price Steve Folkes - Assistant Coach Paul McGregor - NSW Cup Head Coach Andrew Gray - Performance Director Scott Campbell - Strength & Conditioning Coach Dan Lawson - Physiotherapist Matt Shirvington - Sprint Coach Melanie MacDonald - Sports Science/Dietitian & Nutritionist Rob Leslie - Athletic Development Coach Robert Finch - Operations Manager Joe Grima - Video Analyst (gk) Goal kicker 8px Injured Transfers New Signings Josh Drinkwater from Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Gerard Beale from Brisbane Broncos Bronson Harrison from Canberra Raiders Taioalo Vaivai from Parramatta Eels Tyson Frizell from Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Harry Siejka from New Zealand Warriors Josh Dugan Free Agent from Round 10 Transfers/leaving Jack Buchanan to Wests Tigers David Gower to Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Ben Hornby Retired Denan Kemp to Brisbane Broncos Jeremy Latimore to Penrith Panthers Jake Marketo to Redcliffe Dolphins Josh Miller Retired Dean Young Retired Beau Scott to Newcastle Knights Jamie Soward Released from Round 12 Ladder References 2013 Category:2013 NRL season by club Category:2013 in sport in Sydney