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2001 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

The 2001 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the third in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2001 premiership season. The team finished seventh in the regular season, making finals but getting knocked out in the second week against the Brisbane Broncos, losing 44–28.

2001 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank7th
Play-off resultSemi-finals
2001 recordWins: 12; draws: 2; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 661; against: 573
Team information
CoachAndrew Farrar
Captain
StadiumSydney Football Stadium, Wollongong Showground
Avg. attendance11,829
High attendance20,123 (vs. Bulldogs, round 26)
Top scorers
TriesNathan Blacklock (27)
PointsNathan Blacklock (122)
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Squad gains and losses

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  or   Player 2000 Club 2001 Club
  Wade Forrester   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks   St. George Illawarra Dragons
  Paul McGregor Retirement   St. George Illawarra Dragons
  Willie Peters   Wigan Warriors (Super League)   St. George Illawarra Dragons
  Luke Branighan   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
  Daniel Heckenberg   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Parramatta Eels
  Junior Langi   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Melbourne Storm
  Lee Murphy   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Wests Tigers
  Luke Patten   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
  Corey Pearson   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Wests Tigers
  Nathan Brown   St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
  Wes Patten   St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
  Anthony Mundine   St. George Illawarra Dragons Boxing

Ladder

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2001 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Parramatta Eels 26 20 2 4 839 406 +433 42
2   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 26 17 3 6 617 568 +49 37
3   Newcastle Knights (P) 26 16 1 9 782 639 +143 33
4   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 26 15 2 9 594 513 +81 32
5   Brisbane Broncos 26 14 1 11 696 511 +185 29
6   Sydney Roosters 26 13 1 12 647 589 +58 27
7   St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 12 2 12 661 573 +88 26
8   New Zealand Warriors 26 12 2 12 638 629 +9 26
9   Melbourne Storm 26 11 1 14 704 725 -21 23
10   Northern Eagles 26 11 1 14 603 750 -147 23
11   Canberra Raiders 26 9 1 16 600 623 -23 19
12   Wests Tigers 26 9 1 16 474 746 -272 19
13   North Queensland Cowboys 26 6 2 18 514 771 -257 14
14   Penrith Panthers 26 7 0 19 521 847 -326 14

Ladder progression

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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 2nd 4th 9th 12th 12th 11th 8th 7th 8th 9th 9th 10th 9th 10th 8th 10th 7th 8th 7th 7th 6th 7th 7th 6th 7th 7th
Source: [1]

Season results

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Round Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Referee Attendance Source
1   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6 – 30   St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 February Endeavour Field Tony Archer 18,119 [2]
2   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 26   Wests Tigers 25 February Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 12,842 [3]
3   St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 20   Melbourne Storm 3 March Wollongong Showground Tony Archer 9,480 [4]
4   New Zealand Warriors 34 – 6   St. George Illawarra Dragons 9 March Mount Smart Stadium Bill Harrigan 8,738 [5]
5   Canberra Raiders 32 – 22   St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 March Canberra Stadium Sean Hampstead 10,187 [6]
6   St. George Illawarra Dragons 48 – 18   Northern Eagles 23 March Sydney Football Stadium Paul Simpkins 10,429 [7]
7   St. George Illawarra Dragons 48 – 12   North Queensland Cowboys 1 April Wollongong Showground Tim Mander 9,583 [8]
8   Penrith Panthers 14 – 42   St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 April Penrith Stadium Bill Harrigan 12,744 [9]
9   St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 16   Parramatta Eels 14 April Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead 13,404 [10]
10   Brisbane Broncos 40 – 16   St. George Illawarra Dragons 21 April Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Mark Oaten 19,768 [11]
11   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 – 32   Newcastle Knights 28 April Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 13,567 [12]
12   St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 20   Sydney Roosters 13 May Wollongong Showground Steve Clark 9,792 [13]
13   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14 – 26   St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 May Sydney Showground Stadium Paul Simpkins 15,173 [14]
14   St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 – 26   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 25 May Sydney Football Stadium Paul Simpkins 15,226 [15]
15   Wests Tigers 22 – 27   St. George Illawarra Dragons 3 June Leichhardt Oval Sean Hampstead 13,152 [16]
16   Melbourne Storm 34 – 28   St. George Illawarra Dragons 17 June Docklands Stadium Tony Archer 11,530 [17]
17   St. George Illawarra Dragons 38 – 18   New Zealand Warriors 24 June Wollongong Showground Tim Mander 9,013 [18]
18   St. George Illawarra Dragons 44 – 12   Canberra Raiders 7 July Wollongong Showground Bill Harrigan 10,108 [19]
19   Northern Eagles 18 – 28   St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 July Brookvale Oval Paul Simpkins 7,017 [20]
20   North Queensland Cowboys 34 – 10   St. George Illawarra Dragons 21 July Willows Sports Complex Shayne Hayne 14,293 [21]
21   St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 6   Penrith Panthers 28 July Sydney Football Stadium Shayne Hayne 7,147 [22]
22   Parramatta Eels 32 – 12   St. George Illawarra Dragons 3 August Parramatta Stadium Paul Simpkins 23,061 [23]
23   St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 18   Brisbane Broncos 12 August Wollongong Showground Tim Mander 13,058 [24]
24   Newcastle Knights 12 – 38   St. George Illawarra Dragons 17 August Newcastle International Sports Centre Bill Harrigan 20,234 [25]
25   Sydney Roosters 12 – 25   St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 August Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 20,117 [26]
26   St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 24   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 31 August Sydney Football Stadium Paul Simpkins 20,123 [27]
FW1   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22 – 23   St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 September Sydney Showground Stadium Paul Simpkins 17,975 [28]
FW2   Brisbane Broncos 44 – 28   St. George Illawarra Dragons 15 September Sydney Football Stadium Paul Simpkins 19,259 [29]

References

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  1. ^ "Ladder". National Rugby League. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  2. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Sharks 6 v St George Illawarra 30 / Round 1, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 24 v Wests Tigers 26 / Round 2, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  4. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 16 v Melbourne 20 / Round 3, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  5. ^ "Rugby League Tables / New Zealand 34 v St George Illawarra 6 / Round 4, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  6. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Canberra 32 v St George Illawarra 22 / Round 5, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  7. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 48 v Northern Eagles 18 / Round 6, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  8. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 48 v North Queensland 12 / Round 7, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  9. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Penrith 14 v St George Illawarra 42 / Round 8, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  10. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 6 v Parramatta 24 / Round 9, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  11. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Brisbane 40 v St George Illawarra 16 / Round 10, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  12. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 24 v Newcastle 32 / Round 11, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  13. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 20 v Sydney Roosters 20 / Round 12, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  14. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Bulldogs 14 v St George Illawarra 26 / Round 13, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  15. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 26 v Sharks 26 / Round 14, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  16. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Wests Tigers 22 v St George Illawarra 27 / Round 15, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  17. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Melbourne 34 v St George Illawarra 28 / Round 16, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  18. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 38 v New Zealand 18 / Round 17, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  19. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 44 v Canberra 12 / Round 18, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  20. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Northern Eagles 18 v St George Illawarra 28 / Round 19, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  21. ^ "Rugby League Tables / North Queensland 34 v St George Illawarra 10 / Round 20, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  22. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 28 v Penrith 6 / Round 21, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  23. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Parramatta 32 v St George Illawarra 12 / Round 22, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  24. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 20 v Brisbane 18 / Round 23, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  25. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Newcastle 12 v St George Illawarra 38 / Round 24, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  26. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Sydney Roosters 25 v St George Illawarra 12 / Round 25, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  27. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 22 v Bulldogs 24 / Round 26, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  28. ^ "Rugby League Tables / St George Illawarra 23 v Bulldogs 22 / Qualifying Final, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  29. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Brisbane 44 v St George Illawarra 28 / Semi-final, 2001". afltables.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
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