1999 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

The 1999 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the first in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 1999 premiership season. The team finished sixth in the regular season, before making and losing the grand final against the Melbourne Storm in front of a record-breaking crowd, with 107,999 people in attendance at the new Stadium Australia.[1]

1999 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank6th
Play-off resultRunners-Up
1999 recordWins: 18; Draws: 0; Losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 692; Against: 472
Team information
CoachDavid Waite
Captain
StadiumJubilee Oval, Wollongong Showground
Avg. Attend.13,259
High. Attend.19,181 (vs. Newcastle, round 24)
Top scorers
TriesNathan Blacklock (24)
GoalsWayne Bartrim (71)
PointsWayne Bartrim (162)
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Squad gains and losses
or Player 1998 Club 1999 Club
Warren Carney N/A St. George Illawarra Dragons
Trent Barrett Illawarra Steelers
Craig Fitzgibbon
Brad Mackay
Paul McGregor
Craig Smith
Shaun Timmins
Andrew Hart
Luke Patten
Chris Leikvoll
Rod Wishart
Jason Hooper
Terry Lamey
Jamie Ainscough St. George Dragons
Wayne Bartrim
Nathan Blacklock
Nathan Brown
Mark Coyne
Anthony Mundine
Lee Murphy
Corey Pearson
Lance Thompson
Darren Treacy
Colin Ward
Matthew Rodwell

Ladder
Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 18 0 6 2 586 332 +254 40
2 Parramatta Eels 24 17 0 7 2 500 294 +206 38
3 Melbourne Storm (P) 24 16 0 8 2 639 392 +247 36
4 Sydney City Roosters 24 16 0 8 2 592 377 +215 36
5 Canterbury Bulldogs 24 15 1 8 2 520 462 +58 35
6 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 15 0 9 2 588 416 +172 34
7 Newcastle Knights 24 14 1 9 2 575 484 +91 33
8 Brisbane Broncos 24 13 2 9 2 510 368 +142 32
9 Canberra Raiders 24 13 1 10 2 618 439 +179 31
10 Penrith Panthers 24 11 1 12 2 492 428 +64 27
11 Auckland Warriors 24 10 0 14 2 538 498 +40 24
12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 10 0 14 2 349 556 -207 24
13 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 9 1 14 2 454 623 -169 23
14 North Sydney Bears 24 8 0 16 2 490 642 -152 20
15 Balmain Tigers 24 8 0 16 2 345 636 -291 20
16 North Queensland Cowboys 24 4 1 19 2 398 588 -190 13
17 Western Suburbs Magpies 24 3 0 21 2 285 944 -659 10

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 26
Ladder Position 13th 15th 13th 13th 13th 9th 6th 9th 6th 10th 11th 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 4th 4th 6th 5th 7th 7th 7th 6th
Source: [2]


Season results
Round Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Referee Attendance Source
1 Parramatta Eels 20 – 10 St. George Illawarra Dragons 6 March Stadium Australia Bill Harrigan 104,583 [3]
2 St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 24 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14 March Jubilee Oval Tim Mander 13,487 [4]
3 Canberra Raiders 14 – 16 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 March Canberra Stadium Sean Hampstead 11,096 [5]
4 South Sydney Rabbitohs 25 – 24 St. George Illawarra Dragons 27 March Sydney Cricket Ground Brian Grant 15,324 [6]
5 St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 – 12 North Sydney Bears 4 April Wollongong Showground Paul McBlane 12,566 [7]
6 Newcastle Knights 12 – 26 St. George Illawarra Dragons 11 April Newcastle International Sports Centre Bill Harrigan 22,532 [8]
7 St. George Illawarra Dragons 44 – 2 Canberra Raiders 18 April Jubilee Oval Steve Clark 12,237 [9]
8 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 18 – 16 St. George Illawarra Dragons 25 April Endeavour Field Sean Hampstead 22,279 [10]
9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 16 Sydney City Roosters 1 May Wollongong Showground Brian Grant 14,731 [11]
10 Penrith Panthers 27 – 6 St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 May Penrith Stadium Tim Mander 19,133 [12]
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 – 20 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14 May Jubilee Oval Steve Clark 16,514 [13]
12 St. George Illawarra Dragons 48 – 8 Balmain Tigers 22 May Wollongong Showground Bill Harrigan 11,120 [14]
13 Melbourne Storm 16 – 28 St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 May Olympic Park Stadium Steve Clark 14,316 [15]
14 BYE
15 St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 18 North Queensland Cowboys 13 June Jubilee Oval Paul McBlane 8,156 [16]
16 St. George Illawarra Dragons 44 – 4 Western Suburbs Magpies 20 June Wollongong Showground Brian Grant 11,117 [17]
17 North Sydney Bears 12 – 20 St. George Illawarra Dragons 27 June North Sydney Oval Sean Hampstead 6,774 [18]
18 BYE
19 St. George Illawarra Dragons 38 – 24 Penrith Panthers 11 July Jubilee Oval Bill Harrigan 11,555 [19]
20 Balmain Tigers 16 – 38 St. George Illawarra Dragons 17 July Leichhardt Oval Moghsheen Jadwat 10,615 [20]
21 Brisbane Broncos 22 – 4 St. George Illawarra Dragons 23 July Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Steve Clark 33,289 [21]
22 St. George Illawarra Dragons 38 – 10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 1 August Wollongong Showground Tim Mander 14,517 [22]
23 Auckland Warriors 18 – 32 St. George Illawarra Dragons 6 August Mount Smart Stadium Tim Mander 9,564 [23]
24 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 22 Newcastle Knights 13 August Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 19,181 [24]
25 Sydney City Roosters 24 – 26 St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 August Sydney Football Stadium Steve Clark 24,271 [25]
26 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 18 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 28 August Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead 13,918 [26]
FW1 Melbourne Storm 10 – 34 St. George Illawarra Dragons 4 September Olympic Park Stadium Bill Harrigan 15,653 [27]
FW2 Sydney City Roosters 18 – 28 St. George Illawarra Dragons 11 September Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 31,506 [28]
FW3 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8 – 24 St. George Illawarra Dragons 19 September Stadium Australia Steve Clark 51,827 [29]
GF Melbourne Storm 20 – 18 St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 September Stadium Australia Bill Harrigan 107,999 [30]

References
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