| | | St George Dragons Rugby League History
The St George Illawarra Dragons
Rugby League Football Club
Since 1921 Our
Proud History  DRAGONS
FIRST GRADE - RECORDS 1921-2010
St George Dragons 1921 - Illawarra Steelers 1982
Competitions since 1921 - Dragons
TOTAL = 90
Click on one of the target links or simply scroll down to read all statistics
CLUB AND TEAM RECORDS, FIRST
GRADE & LOWER GRADES
NSWRL
/ ARL / NRL
First Grade Premiers TOTAL = 16 |
•St
George
1941 1949 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
1977 1979 2010
•Illawarra
2010
•St George Illawarra
2010 |
NSWRL
/ ARL / NRL
First Grade Runners-Up TOTAL = 14 |
•St
George
1927 1930 1933 1937 1942 1946 1953 1971 1975 1985 1992 1993 1996
1999
• Illawarra
1999
•St George Illawarra
1999 |
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NSWRL
/ ARL / NRL
First Grade Grand Finals appearances TOTAL = 27
To win an Australian Rugby League Grand
Final is widely regarded as the greatest prize of all.... The
Dragons, with 26 grand final appearances are twice that of their
nearest rivals...
more
>>> a brief outline of grand final history - click
here
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•St George
1930 1942 1946 1949 1953 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
1963 1964 1965 1966 1971 1975 1977 1977replay 1979 1985 1992
1993 1996 1999 2010
•Illawarra
1999 2010
•St George Illawarra
1999 2010
NB: St George also contested the following
'Finals' (ie non grand final competitions):
1927 1933 1937
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NSWRL
/ ARL / NRL
First Grade Minor Premiers
TOTAL = 17
(ie most competition points prior to semi-finals)
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•St
George
1928* 1946 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
1979 1985 2009 2010
* Equal minor premiers in 1928 with but with better
for and against record.
NB: Also equal minor premiers with Wests in 1961, Canterbury in
1993 and Parramatta in 2005, but with lower for-and-against record.
(1961 reports show that the NSWRL awarded the prize jointly between
Wests & St George).
•Illawarra
2009 2010
•St George Illawarra
2009 2010 |
NRL
U/20s National Youth Competition Premiers
TOTAL = 0
(Commenced in 2008) |
•St
George Illawarra
Nil |
NRL
U/20s National Youth Competition Runners-up
TOTAL = 0
(Commenced in 2008) |
•St
George Illawarra
Nil |
NSWRL
/ ARL
Club Championships TOTAL = 18
In 1930, the NSWRL introduced a club championship...
St George have won the most club championships...
more
>>> a brief outline on Club Championships- click here |
•St
George
1940 1942 1946 1949 1951 1955 1956
1957 1958 1959 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1971 1984 1985 |
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Biggest
Wins
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•St
George 91 - Canterbury 6
Earl Park 11 May 1935 (Premiership record)
•Illawarra 45 - Canberra Raiders 0
Wollongong 25 April 1982
•St George Illawarra 54 - Warriors 0
WIN Stadium 6 May 2000 |
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Worst
Defeats
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•St
George 0 - Manly Sea Eagles 61
Brookvale Oval 3 July 1994
•Illawarra 0 - Newtown Jets 51
Henson Park 2 May 1982
•St George Illawarra 10 - Melbourne Storm 70
M.C.G. 3 March 2000 |
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Longest
Winning Streak
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•St
George
12 matches 6 June 1958 - 24 May 1959
(St George went through the 1959 season undefeated,
however they drew one game. During this period, the Saints played
an amazing 23 matches without loss).
•Illawarra
4 matches 4 July - 25 July 1993
4 matches 25 June - 17 July 1997
•St George Illawarra
7 matches 22 May - 17 July 1999
7 matches 24 June - 9 July 2006
7 matches 17 May - 5 July 2008 |
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Longest
Losing Streak
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•St
George
8 matches 3 July - 28 August 1926
•Illawarra
11 matches 1988
•St George Illawarra
5 matches 14 July - 13 August 2006
5 matches 23 March - 25 April 2007 |
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Largest
Home Crowds
<last updated 2008 - to be updated>
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•St George Dragons
v South Sydney Rabbitohs 23,582 Kogarah Jubilee Oval
4 May 1975
•St George Illawarra Dragons v Sydney
Roosters 20,578 Aussie (Sydney Football) Stadium 25 April
2002
•St George Illawarra Dragons v Sharks
19,608 WIN Stadium Wollongong 10 September 2005
•St George Illawarra Dragons v Bulldogs
18,932 WIN Stadium Wollongong 18 April 2004
•St George Illawarra Dragons v Bulldogs
18,223 Kogarah Jubilee Oval 14 July 2006
•Illawarra Steelers v St George Dragons
17,527 WIN Stadium Wollongong 21
May 1993
•St George Illawarra Dragons v Eels
17,523 Kogarah Jubilee Oval 21 August 2005
•St George Illawarra Dragons v Sharks
17,113 Kogarah Jubilee Oval 24 July 2005
•St George Illawarra
Dragons v Sharks 16,915 Kogarah Jubilee Oval 20 June
2004
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Largest
Grand Final Crowd
|
•St
George v South Sydney Rabbitohs 78,056 Sydney Cricket Ground
18 September 1965 (Australian Rugby League record at the time)
•St George Illawarra v Melbourne Storm
107,999 Stadium Australia 26 Sept 1999 (World record
Rugby League crowd) |
| Most
consecutive Grand Final Wins |
•St
George Dragons 11, 1956-1966
(World first grade record for any elite team in any sport) |
| Won
three grades in one season |
•St
George Dragons 1963 |
| Undefeated
premiers |
•St
George Dragons 1959 |
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Other
Championships
|
•St George
Night Football Champions, 1933
Winners Cup-Tie, 1944 1959
Pre-season/Tooheys Challenge Cup, 1963 1964 1965 1971
Panasonic (Mid Week) Cup, 1988
•Illawarra:
Pre-season/Tooheys Challenge Cup, 1992
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Charity
Shield
<last updated 2008 - to be updated>
The
Charity Shield is an annual event and trial match between St
George and South Sydney. Proceeds from gate takings are donated
to charity - the original tradition seeing donations being made
to hospitals in the St George and South Sydney districts.
In all, there have been 25 Charity Shields with the honours
going to:
St George 14, Souths 8 and 3 draws.
The Charity Shield match is generally regarded as an indication
that the Rugby League Football season has begun.
Footnote:
SFS: Sydney Football Stadium (Moore Park)
Aussie Stadium: Sydney
Football Stadium (Moore Park)
Telstra Stadium: Olympic Stadium (Homebush)
ANZ Stadium: Olympic
Stadium (Homebush)
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1982
- St George 9-7 at Redfern Oval.
1983 - St George 28-10 at Redfern Oval.
1984 - South Sydney 24-6 at Redfern Oval.
1985 - St George 10-8 at Redfern Oval.
1986 - St George 12-0 at Redfern Oval.
1987 - St George 28-14 at Redfern Oval.
1988 - South Sydney 30-6 at Redfern Oval.
1989 - South Sydney 20-16 at SFS.
1990 - Drawn 10-all at SFS.
1991 - Drawn 16-all at SFS.
1992 - South Sydney 21-20 at SFS.
1993 - St George 10-8 at SFS.
1994 - St George 14-11 at SFS.
1995 - St George 18-10 at SFS.
1996 - St George 30-6 at SFS.
1997 - St George 26-18 at SFS.
1998 - St George 14-4 at SFS.
1999 - South Sydney 16-14 at SFS.
2002 - Drawn 20-all at Aussie Stadium.
2003 - St George 28-10 at Aussie Stadium.
2004 - St George 34-8 at Aussie Stadium.
2005 - Souths 30-6 at Aussie Stadium.
2006 - Souths 14-12 at Telstra Stadium.
2007 - St George 16-14 at Telstra Stadium.
2008 - Souths 24-20 at ANZ Stadium. |
NSWRL
2nd Grade
Second Grade / Reserve Grade / First Division
/ Premier League
Premiers
TOTAL = 7 |
•St George
1938 1962 1963 1964 1976 1985
•St George Illawarra
2001
|
NSWRL
2nd Grade
Second Grade / Reserve Grade / First Division
/ Premier League
Runners-Up
TOTAL = 17
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•St George
1927 1931 1940 1941 1942 1950 1951 1955 1958 1959 1965 1971
1972 1973 1978 1984
•St George Illawarra
2002
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NSWRL
3rd Grade
Third Grade / U23s / Jersey Flegg
Premiers
TOTAL = 16 |
•St
George
1940 1942 1949 1951 1953 1957 1963 1965 1966 1972 1974 1983 1985
1987 1996
•St George Illawarra
2005 |
NSWRL
3rd Grade
Third Grade / U23s / Jersey Flegg
Runners-Up
TOTAL = 11
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•St
George
1930 1943 1958 1964 1971 1978 1979 1984 1990 1992
•St George Illawarra
2002 |
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS, FIRST GRADE
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Most
Tries in a Match
<last updated 2008 - to be updated>
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•St George
Jack Lindwall 6 tries v Manly, Hurstville Oval, 3 May
1947
•Illawarra
Alan McIndoe 5 tries Gold Coast Chargers, Steelers Stadium,
4 May 1991
•St George Illawarra
Matt Cooper 4 tries v Penrith Panthers, WIN Stadium,
18 April 2004
Mark Gasnier 4 tries v Wests Tigers, Kogarah Jubilee
Oval, 29 June 2004
Brett Morris 4 tries v NQ Cowboys, Dairy Farmers Stadium,
Townsville, 9 May 2009
Dragons hat tricks since 1999:
Jamie Ainscough 3 tries v North
Sydney Bears, WIN Stadium, 4 April 1999
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v Canberra Raiders, Kogarah
Jubilee Oval, 18 April 1999
Luke Patten 3 tries v Manly Sea Eagles, WIN Stadium,
28 August 1999
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v Melbourne Storm, Olympic Park,
4 September 1999
Anthony Mundine 3 tries v Cronulla Sharks, Stadium Australia,
19 September 1999
Luke Patten 3 tries v Northern Eagles, NorthPower Stadium,
26 February 2000
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v Auckland Warriors, WIN Stadium,
6 May 2000
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v Wests Tigers, Campbelltown
Stadium, 9 June 2000
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v Canterbury Bulldogs, Sydney
Showground, 20 May 2001
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v Wests
Tigers, Leichhardt Oval, 3 June 2001
Lee Hookey 3 tries v Wests Tigers, WIN Stadium, 18 May
2002
Mark Gasnier 3 tries v Wests Tigers, Campbelltown Stadium,
28 July 2002
Shane Laloata 3 tries v Brisbane Broncos, Aussie Stadium,
26 May 2002
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v South
Sydney Rabbitohs, WIN Stadium, 21 June 2003
Nathan Blacklock 3 tries v Penrith
Panthers, WIN Stadium, 03 August 2003
Ben Hornby 3 tries v Sharks, Toyota Park, 01 May 2004
Josh Morris 3 tries v Bulldogs, ANZ Stadium (Homebush),
28 July 2008
Wendell Sailor 3 tries v Eels, ANZ Stadium (Homebush),
30 August 2008
Brett Morris 3 tries v Sharks, Toyota Park, 23 May 2009
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Most
Goals in a Match
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•St
George
Les Griffin 15 goals v Canterbury, Earl Park
11 May 1935
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 10 goals v Parramatta Eels, Steelers Stadium
16 July 1995
•St George Illawarra
Amos Roberts 9 goals v Auckland Warriors, WIN Stadium 6
May 2000 |
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Most
Points in a Match
|
•St
George
Les Griffin 36 points (2 tries, 15 goals) v Canterbury,
Earl Park 11 May 1935
Jack Lindwall 36 points (6 tries, 9 goals) v Manly, Hurstville
Oval 3 May 1947
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 22 points (1 try, 9 goals) v Western Suburbs,
Steelers Stadium
27 August 1995
Rod Wishart 22 points (3 tries, 5 goals) v Newcastle Knights,
Marathon Stadium
4 August 1996
Rod Wishart 22 points (2 tries, 7 goals) v Penrith Panthers,
Steelers Stadium
25 August 1996
Rod Wishart 22 points (2 tries, 7 goals) v South Sydney
Rabbitohs, WIN Stadium
9 March 1997
•St George Illawarra
Amos Roberts 22 points (1 try, 9 goals) v Auckland Warriors,
WIN Stadium
6 May 2000 (premiership record for points scored on debut) |
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Most
Tries in a Season
|
•St
George
Tommy Ryan 26 tries, Season 1957
•Illawarra
Alan McIndoe 19 tries, Season 1991
•St George Illawarra
Nathan Blacklock 27 tries, Season 2001 |
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Most
Goals in a Season
|
•St
George
Harry Bath 108 goals, Season 1958
•Illawarra
John Dorahy 76 goals, Season 1983
•St George Illawarra
Wayne Bartrim 71 goals, Season 1999 |
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Most
Points in a Season
|
•St
George
Harry Bath 225 points, (3 tries, 108 goals) Season 1958
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 176 points, (11 tries, 66 goals) Season 1995
•St George Illawarra
Wayne Bartrim 162 points, (5 tries, 71 goals) Season 1999 |
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Most
Tries in Club History
<last updated 2008 - to be updated>
The second highest try scorer was
St George Immortal, Reg Gasnier who scored 127 tries in 129
matches (1959-1967)
Nathan Blacklock also scored 20 tries for St George to give
him a total of 120 tries from 137 matches (1997-2004)
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•St
George
Johnny King 143 tries, 1960-1971
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 68 tries, 1989-1998
•St George Illawarra
Nathan Blacklock 100 tries, 1999-2004 (+ 20 for St George
= 120 tries since 1997) |
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Most
Goals in Club History
|
•St
George
Graeme Langlands 648 goals, 1963-1976
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 386 goals, 1989-1998
•St George Illawarra
Wayne Bartrim 79 goals, 1999-2002 |
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Most
Points in Club History
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•St
George
Graeme Langlands 1554 points, (86 tries, 648 goals) 1963-1976
•Illawarra
Rod Wishart 1044 points, (68 tries, 386 goals) 1989-1998
•St George Illawarra
Wayne Bartrim 374 points, (8 tries, 171 goals) 1999-2001 |
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Most
Grand Final Appearances
|
•St
George
Norm Provan 11, 1953, 1956-1965 |
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Top
10 First Grade / NRL Appearances
|
•St
George
Norm Provan 256, Billy Smith 234, Craig Young 234, Graeme Langlands
227, Michael Beattie 210, Mark Coyne 207, Ricky Walford 207, Rod
Reddy 204, Barry Beath 198, Graeme Wynn 195
•Illawarra
Michael Bolt 167, Brett Rodwell 156, Rod Wishart 154, Neil Piccinelli
145, Brian Hetherington 144, John Cross 137, Alan McIndoe 125,
Paul McGregor 124, John Simon 120, David Walsh 114
•St George Illawarra
Shaun Timmins 124 (210 since 1994), Lance Thompson 132 (201 since
1995), Trent Barrett 154 (199 since 1996), Ben Hornby 175*, Matt
Cooper 161*, Jason Ryles 156, Wayne Bartrim 72 (155 since 1995),
Mark Gasnier 141, Nathan Blacklock 114 (137 since 1997), Dean
Young 120, Luke Bailey 119
~2008 |
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Top
10 All Grade Appearances
|
•St
George
Billy Smith 297, Norm Provan 283, Robert Stone 281, Michael Beattie
273, Ricky Walford 246, Graeme Wynn 244, Barry Beath 236, Rod
Reddy 235, Craig Young 234, Graeme Langlands 232, Mark Coyne 232
•Illawarra
Michael Bolt 212, Neil Piccinelli 182, Dean Hanson 175, Brett
Rodwell 170, Dean Callaway 164, Alan McIndoe 163, David Walsh
159, Rod Wishart 157, Ian Russell 155, John Cross 154 |
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Australian
Test Captains
TOTAL = 6
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•St George
Ken Kearney 1956
Reg Gasnier 1962-1967
Ian Walsh 1963-1966
Johnny Raper 1967
Phil Hawthorne 1970
Graeme Langlands 1970-1974
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Australian
World Cup Captains
TOTAL = 3
|
•St
George
Johnny Raper 1968
Billy Smith 1970
Graeme Langlands 1970-1974 |
'Dally
M' Medal Winners TOTAL = 2
Best First Grade
/ NRL player of the year - awarded after votes are tallied for
every First Grade match throughout the season.
|
•St
George
Michael Potter 1991
•St George Illawarra
Trent Barrett 2000 |
'Clive
Churchill' Medal Winners
TOTAL = 2
Best player in the
Grand Final. |
•St
George
Brad Mackay 1993
•St George Illawarra
Darius Boyd 2010 |
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New
South Wales Player of the Year
TOTAL = 7
Defunct awards,
best player in the First Grade / NSWRL
|
•St
George
Ken Kearney 1955, Norm Provan 1957, Reg Gasnier 1959, 1961, 1964,
John Raper 1960, 1964, Ian Walsh 1963, Billy Smith 1966, Graeme
Langlands 1970 |
Sun
Herald Best and Fairest Awards
TOTAL = 4
Defunct awards,
best and fairest First Grade / NSWRL player
|
•St
George
Norm Provan 1954, John Raper 1960, 1963, 1967, Billy Smith 1966,
Graeme Langlands 1970 |
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International
Representatives
<last updated 2008 - to be updated>
St George 48
Illawarra 4
St George Illawarra 11
TOTAL = 63
Australian representatives since 1921 (62)
New Zealand representatives since 1999 (2)
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•St
George
Wayne Bartrim 1995-1996
Barry Beath 1971
Tony Branson 1968, 1971
Bob Bugden 1959-1960
George Carstairs 1921-1922 (first
St George junior international)
Brian Clay 1957, 1959-1960
Mark Coyne 1995-1997
Percy Fairall 1935-1938
Wally Fullerton-Smith 1988
Fred Gardner Snr 1933-1934
Reg Gasnier 1959-1965, 1967-1968
Ted Goodwin 1972-1973
Scott Gourley 1991
Johnny Hawke 1949, 1951
Phil Hawthorne 1970
Jack Holland 1948-1950
Pat Jarvis 1983
Alec 'Rick' Johnston 1921-1922
Brian Johnston 1987
Arthur Justice 1928-1930
Ken Kearney 1952-1958
Johnny King 1966-1968, 1970
Ross Kite 1955
Graeme Langlands 1963-1975
Eddie Lumsden 1959-1963
Brad Mackay 1990, 1992-1994
Matt McCoy 1949
Doug McRitchie 1948-1950
Noel Mulligan 1951
Kevin O'Brien 1956-1957
Michael O'Connor 1986
Bryan Orrock 1956-1957
Noel Pidding 1948, 1950-53
Norm Provan 1954, 1956-1960
Graeme Quinn 1980
Johnny Raper 1959-1960, 1962-1964, 1966-1968
Elton Rasmussen 1962, 1967-1968
Rod Reddy 1977-1980, 1982
John Riley 1959-1960
Ron Roberts 1949-1950
Steve Rogers 1983
Kevin Ryan 1963-1964
Tommy Ryan 1952-1953
Billy Smith 1964-1968, 1970
Ian Walsh 1962-1966
Billy Wilson 1959-1960
John Wittenberg 1968-1970
Graeme Wynn 1980
Craig Young 1978-1982, 1984
•Illawarra
Bob Lindner 1993
Alan McIndoe 1988
Paul McGregor 1994-1995, 1997
Rod Wishart 1991-1992, 1994-1996
•St George Illawarra
Luke Bailey 2003-2004
Trent Barrett 2000-2002, 2004-2005
Nathan Blacklock 2001
Matt Cooper 2004-2006
Ben Creagh 2005
Mark Gasnier 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008
Ben Hornby 2006
Jason Nightingale (NZ) 2008
Jason Ryles 2001-2002, 2004-2005
Craig Smith (NZ) 1999-2001
Shaun Timmins 1999-2000, 2002, 2004 |
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St
George Illawarra Player of the Year
<last updated 2008 - to be updated>
Best First Grader
Sponsored by Intergral Energy 1999-2003, St George Bank 2004-
|
Jamie
Ainscough 1999
Trent Barrett 2000
Jason Ryles 2001
Shaun Timmins 2002
Ben Hornby 2003
Mathew Head 2004
Luke Bailey 2005
Mark Gasnier & Jason Ryles ( jointly) 2006
Ben Creagh 2007
Jason Ryles 2008 |
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St
George Life Memberships
1938-2003
<to be updated>
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Fuesedale,
R.D - 1938
Gilbert, H - 1938
Hall, W.J - 1938
McGraw, J.W - 1938
Yager, A.W - 1938
Burt, J.H - 1939
Moymow, A.V - 1941
Killiby, T - 1942
Brown, R - 1944
Harding, W - 1944
Justice, A.J - 1944
Mogridge, J.R - 1947
Ross, D - 1948
Clarkson, A - 1949
Sadlier, W - 1951
Fahy, C.W - 1952
Kelly, LT - 1953
Wales, B.P - 1954
Tipping, N - 1955
O'Connor, R - 1957
McGrath, J.F - 1958
Proops, J - 1960
Summerell, W - 1961
Mackie, A.I - 1962 ( MBE )
Maher, H.C - 1963
Provan, N - 1963
Brown, A.G - 1964
Facer, F.H - 1964
Black, E.H - 1965 ( OBE )
Price, G - 1965
Dellow, L.C - 1966
Floods, R.S - 1966
Clay, B - 1967
Ellwood, J - 1968
Lumsden, E - 1969
Raper, J - 1971 ( MBE )
Gardner, F.H - 1972
Langlands, G - 1973 ( MBE )
Smith, W - 1973
Palmer, I - 1974
Beath, B - 1976
Fleming, J - 1980
Reddy, R - 1981
Summerell, W - 1982
Ryder, D - 1982
Stone, R - 1984
Jansen, J - 1986
Wynn, G - 1988
Young, C - 1988
Gasnier, R - 1989
Grant, J - 1989
Johnston, B - 1990
Beattie, M - 1990
Kearney, K - 1991
Robbins, A - 1991
Doust, L - 1992
King, J - 1992
Starkey, B - 1993
Carroll, P - 1993
Lindwall, J - 1994
Kite, R - 1995
Kenyon, B - 1996
Walford, R - 1996
McRitchie, D - 1997
McLelland, D - 2000
French, J - 2000
Connelly, R - 2001
Saunders, W - 2001
Lockwood, W - 2002
Kinna, D - 2002
Grosvenor, R - 2003
Robinson, D - 2003 |
| Head
Coach Appointments Since 1921 |
•St
George
Herb Gilbert (1921-24)
? (1925-26) (Possibly captain Arnold Traynor)
Frank Burge (1927-30 & 1937)
Harry Kadwell (1931-32)
Albert Johnston (1933-35)
Eddie Root (1936)
Arthur Justice (1936 & 1947)
Peter Burge (1937)
Norm Pope (1938)
Neville Smith (1939-41 & 1943)
Len Kelly (1942)
Bill Kelly (1944)
Percy Williams (1945)
Herb Narvo (1946)
Charlie Lynch (1947)
Doug McRitchie (1947)
Jim Duckworth (1948-50)
John Hawke (1951-52)
Norm Tipping (1953 & 1956)
Ken Kearney (1954-55 & 1957-61)
Norm Provan (1962-65 & 1968)
Ian Walsh (1966-67)
Johnny Raper (1969)
Jack Gibson (1970-71)
Graeme Langlands (1972-76)
Harry Bath (1977-81)
Roy Masters (1982-87)
Ted Glossop (1988)
Craig Young (1989-90)
Brian Smith (1991-95)
David Waite (1996-98)
•Illawarra
Allan Fitzgibbon (1982-83 & 1995)
Brian Smith (1984-87)
Terry Fearnley (1988)
Ron Hilditch (1989-90)
Graham Murray (1991-95)
Andrew Farrar (1997-98)
•St George Illawarra
David Waite & Andrew Farrar (1999-2000)
Andrew Farrar (2000-02)
Nathan Brown (2003-2008)
Wayne Bennett (2009-) |
Footnotes:
'Premiership' and 'First Grade' refers to the Australian rugby league
competition which began in 1908. Originally known as the New South Wales
Rugby League (NSWRL) first grade competition, or premiership. In the
1990s the competition underwent numerous changes where the Australian
Rugby League (ARL) and then the National Rugby League (NRL), established
in 1998, inherited the history of the NSWRL first grade premiership. |
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Seasons
In Review