2010 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
2010 St. George Illawarra Dragons season | ||||
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Steve Price | ||||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | WIN Jubilee Oval WIN Stadium | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Brett Morris (20) | |||
Goals | Jamie Soward (84) | |||
Points | Jamie Soward (197) | |||
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The 2010
Season summary
Restarting their ambitions of a maiden Premiership, the Dragons began the 2010 season without dual international Wendell Sailor after the winger announced his retirement during the pre-season.[1] The Dragons had been competition favourites since day one of the 2010 season, and for all but three rounds of the entire regular season were on top of the ladder (the Sydney Roosters were on top after rounds 1 and 2 and the Melbourne Storm were on top after round 4, when they defeated the Dragons 17-4).
In the regular season of 2010, the Dragons lost only seven matches, against
A major coup for the club was the re-signing of former captain and star centre Mark Gasnier following his stint in French rugby union.
Pre-season
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Attendance | Report | ||||
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14 February | Trial | Parramatta Eels | Perth |
34 – 20 | 9,450 | [1] | ||||
20 February | Mercury Challenge | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | WIN Stadium, Wollongong |
16 – 14 | [2] | |||||
27 February | Charity Shield |
South Sydney Rabbitohs | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 26 – 26 | 27,221 | [3] | ||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw |
Regular season
Finals
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Attendance | Report | ||||
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12 September | Qualifying Final | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah | 28 – 0 | 15,574 | [28] | ||||
25 September | Preliminary Final | Wests Tigers | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 13 – 12 | 71,212 | [29] | ||||
3 October | Grand Final | Sydney Roosters | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 32 – 8 | 82,334 | [30] | ||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw |
2010 NRL Ladder
Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | St. George Illawarra Dragons (P) | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 518 | 299 | +219 | 38 |
2 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 645 | 489 | +156 | 34 |
3 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 537 | 503 | +34 | 34 |
4 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 520 | 498 | +22 | 34 |
5 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 539 | 486 | +53 | 32 |
6 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 559 | 510 | +49 | 32 |
7 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 499 | 493 | +6 | 30 |
8 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 545 | 510 | +35 | 28 |
9 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 584 | 567 | +17 | 26 |
10 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 508 | 535 | −27 | 26 |
11 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 499 | 569 | −70 | 24 |
12 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 413 | 491 | −78 | 24 |
13 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 494 | 539 | −45 | 22 |
14 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 354 | 609 | −255 | 18 |
15 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 425 | 667 | −242 | 14 |
16 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 489 | 363 | +126 | 01 |
1 Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to gross long-term salary cap breaches.[2]
Squad
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*VC - Vice Captain *GK - Goal Kicker
Transfers
Gains
Player | Gained From |
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Michael Greenfield | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
Peni Tagive | Wests Tigers |
Junior Paulo |
Parramatta Eels |
Mark Gasnier | Stade Français |
Losses
Player | Lost To |
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Mickey Paea | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
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Justin Poore | Parramatta Eels |
Wendell Sailor | Retirement |
Chase Stanley | Melbourne Storm |
Dean Whare | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
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References
- ^ Warren, Adrian (12 November 2009). "Wendell Sailor announces his retirement from rugby league". Fox Sports. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- ^ Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian