2023 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

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)
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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.

Player movement

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

Gains

Player/Coach Previous Club Length
Zane Musgrove Wests Tigers 2024
Nick Lui-Toso Northern Pride RLFC 2023
Jacob Liddle Wests Tigers 2023
Ben Murdoch-Masila New Zealand Warriors 2024
Paul Turner Gold Coast Titans 2024

Losses

Player/Coach New Club
Jackson Ford New Zealand Warriors
George Burgess Retired
Poasa Faamausili Dolphins
Jack Gosiewski North Queensland Cowboys
Andrew McCullough retired
Tariq Sims Melbourne Storm
Josh McGuire Warrington 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) 24 18 0 6 3 645 312 +333 42
2 Brisbane Broncos 24 18 0 6 3 639 425 +214 42
3 Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 3 627 459 +168 38
4 New Zealand Warriors 24 16 0 8 3 572 448 +124 38
5 Newcastle Knights 24 14 1 9 3 626 451 +175 35
6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 14 0 10 3 619 497 +122 34
7 Sydney Roosters 24 13 0 11 3 472 496 −24 32
8 Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 3 486 623 −137 32
9 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 12 0 12 3 564 505 +59 30
10 Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 3 587 574 +13 30
11 North Queensland Cowboys 24 12 0 12 3 546 542 +4 30
12 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 11 1 12 3 545 539 +6 29
13 Dolphins 24 9 0 15 3 520 631 −111 24
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 3 527 653 −126 24
15 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 7 0 17 3 438 769 −331 20
16 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 5 0 19 3 474 673 −199 16
17 Wests Tigers 24 4 0 20 3 385 675 −290 14

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 27 - 26 Tautau Moga 15'

Jack Bird 33' Tautau Moga 50' Tyrell Sloan 52' Tautau Moga 58'

Zac Lomax (3/5) 40,191
Sunday, 30 April 9 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs WIN Stadium 18 - 16 Mathew Feagai 18'

Toby Couchman 46' Max Feagai 59'

Zac Lomax (2/3) 16,678
Sunday, 7 May 10 Wests Tigers Lang Park 18 - 16 Mikaele Ravalawa 9'

Jayden Sullivan 31' Jayden Sullivan 52'

Jayden Sullivan (2/3) 34,568
Saturday, 13 May 11 North Queensland Cowboys Queensland Country Bank Stadium 42 - 22 Jack De Belin 2'

Jaydn Su'a 55' Mikaele Ravalawa 68' Mosese Suli 78'

Jayden Sullivan (1/1)

Jack Bird (1/1) Moses Mbye (1/1) Tyrell Sloan (0/1)

17,852
Friday, 19 May 12 Sydney Roosters Jubilee Oval 24 - 22 Mosese Suli 7'

Ben Hunt 12' Jaydn Su'a 72' Mathew Feagai 79'

Zac Lomax (3/4)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/1) 		9,007
Thursday, 25 May 13 Dolphins Kayo Stadium 26 - 12 Jack Bird 5'

Toby Couchman 39'

Zac Lomax (1/2)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/1) 		10,047
Sunday, 4 June 14 Penrith Panthers BlueBet Stadium 26 - 18 Mikaele Ravalawa 14'

Mikaele Ravalawa 36' Zac Lomax 65'

Zac Lomax (1/3)
PG: Zac Lomax (2/2) 		16,912
Saturday, 10 June 15 South Sydney Rabbitohs Jubilee Oval 36 - 30 Ben Hunt 15'

Mikaele Ravalawa 19' Jacob Liddle 50' Jaydn Su'a 60' Michael Molo 66' Jaiyden Hunt 72'

Zac Lomax (5/6)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/1) 		17,357
16 BYE
Friday, 25 June 17 New Zealand Warriors WIN Stadium 48 - 18 Tyrell Sloan 13'

Zane Musgrove 45' Francis Molo 66'

Zac Lomax (3/3) 9,275
Thursday, 29 June 18 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks PointsBet Stadium 52 - 16 Mikaele Ravalawa 1'

Tautau Moga 20' Tyrell Sloan 50'

Zac Lomax (2/3) 10,267
Friday, 7 July 19 Canberra Raiders WIN Stadium 36 - 26 Mikaele Ravalawa 33'

Zac Lomax 41' Mikaele Ravalawa 56' Zac Lomax 61' Mikaele Ravalawa 63'

Zac Lomax (3/5) 9,319
20 BYE
Thursday, 20 July 21 Wests Tigers WIN Stadium 18 - 14 Tyrell Sloan 16'

Zac Lomax 22' Mikaele Ravalawa 63

Zac Lomax (3/3) 7,246
Saturday, 29 July 22 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles WIN Stadium 24 - 18 Francis Molo 6'

Billy Burns 57' Tyrell Sloan 69'

Zac Lomax (2/3)
PG: Zac Lomax (1/1) 		14,872
Sunday, 6 August 23 Parramatta Eels CommBank Stadium 26 - 20 Mikaele Ravalawa 19'

Mikaele Ravalawa 25' Mikaele Ravalawa 38' Mikaele Ravalawa 49'

Zac Lomax (2/4) 23,596
Saturday, 12 August 24 South Sydney Rabbitohs Barlow Park 26 - 14 Mikaele Ravalawa 19'

Ben Hunt 44' Tyrell Sloan 65'

Ben Hunt (1/3) 8,378
Saturday, 19 August 25 Melbourne Storm WIN Stadium 38 - 28 Billy Burns 12'

Tyrell Sloan 17' Talatau Amone 24' Billy Burns 43' Mikaele Ravalawa 73'

Ben Hunt (4/5) 8,326
Friday, 25 August 26 New Zealand Warriors Mount Smart Stadium 18 - 6 Zac Lomax 61' Zac Lomax (1/1) 25,095
Saturday, 2 September 27 Newcastle Knights Jubilee Oval 32 - 12 Ben Hunt 17'

Mikaele Ravalawa 66'

Zac Lomax (2/2) 10,137


2023 squad

St. George Illawarra Dragons 2025 squad
Top 30 squad - 2025 NRL season Supplementary list Coaching staff

Extended squad

 Manager

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Managers

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

Updated: 31 March 2024
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.