2002 St. George Illawarra Dragons season

2002 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
NRL Rank7th
Play-off resultSemi-finals
2002 recordWins: 9; draws: 3; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 632; against: 546
Team information
CoachAndrew Farrar
Captain
StadiumSydney Football Stadium, Wollongong Showground
Avg. attendance12,450
High attendance20,588 (vs. Roosters, round 7)
Top scorers
TriesLee Hookey (18)
PointsMark Riddell (129)
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The 2002 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the fourth in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2002 premiership season. The team finished seventh in the regular season, making finals but getting knocked out in the second week against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, losing 40–24.

Squad gains and losses

Increase or Decrease Player 2001 Club 2002 Club
Increase Leo Clarke No club St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase Luke Felsch Hull F.C. (Super League) St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase Shane Millard London Broncos (Super League) St. George Illawarra Dragons
Increase Nathan Tutt Sydney Roosters St. George Illawarra Dragons
Decrease Jamie Ainscough St. George Illawarra Dragons Wigan Warriors (Super League)
Decrease Wayne Bartrim St. George Illawarra Dragons Castleford Tigers (Super League)
Decrease Jamie Fitzgerald St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney Rabbitohs
Decrease Wade Forrester St. George Illawarra Dragons Northern Eagles
Decrease Andrew Hart St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney Rabbitohs
Decrease Ben Jeffries St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers
Decrease Paul McGregor St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Decrease Craig Smith St. George Illawarra Dragons Wigan Warriors (Super League)
Decrease Darren Treacy St. George Illawarra Dragons Salford City Reds (Super League)
Decrease Colin Ward St. George Illawarra Dragons Penrith Panthers

Ladder

2002 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 New Zealand Warriors 24 17 0 7 2 688 454 +234 38
2 Newcastle Knights 24 17 0 7 2 724 498 +226 38
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 16 1 7 2 672 425 +247 37
4 Sydney Roosters (P) 24 15 1 8 2 621 405 +216 35
5 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 15 0 9 2 653 597 +56 34
6 Parramatta Eels 24 10 2 12 2 531 440 +91 26
7 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 9 3 12 2 632 546 +86 25
8 Canberra Raiders 24 10 1 13 2 471 641 -170 25
9 Northern Eagles 24 10 0 14 2 503 740 -237 24
10 Melbourne Storm 24 9 1 14 2 556 586 -30 23
11 North Queensland Cowboys 24 8 0 16 2 496 803 -307 20
12 Penrith Panthers 24 7 0 17 2 546 654 -108 18
13 Wests Tigers 24 7 0 17 2 498 642 -144 18
14 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 5 0 19 2 385 817 -432 14
15 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 20 1 3 2 707 435 +272 81

1 The Bulldogs were deducted 37 premiership points due to gross salary cap breaches.

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 11th 8th 12th 9th 9th 10th 12th 12th 11th 9th 8th 8th 10th 10th 11th 9th 9th 10th 10th 8th 9th 11th 9th 7th 8th 7th
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Season results

Round Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue Referee Attendance Source
1 St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 24 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 17 March Sydney Football Stadium Paul Simpkins 12,470
2 Penrith Panthers 16 – 24 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 March Penrith Stadium Tony Archer 10,207
3 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 33 – 14 St. George Illawarra Dragons 31 March Stadium Australia Bill Harrigan 37,183
4 BYE
5 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 20 Parramatta Eels 14 April Wollongong Showground Tim Mander 16,321
6 Melbourne Storm 12 – 4 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 April Olympic Park Stadium Sean Hampstead 8,023
7 (ANZAC Day) St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 – 24 Sydney Roosters 25 April Sydney Football Stadium Tony Archer 20,588
8 Northern Eagles 22 – 18 St. George Illawarra Dragons 5 May Brookvale Oval Steve Clark 11,828
9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 21 – 21 Canberra Raiders 12 May Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 8,052
10 St. George Illawarra Dragons 33 – 22 Wests Tigers 18 May Wollongong Showground Shayne Hayne 10,823
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 – 20 Brisbane Broncos 26 May Sydney Football Stadium Shayne Hayne 9,051
12 North Queensland Cowboys 40 – 32 St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 June Willows Sports Complex Matt Cecchin 10,561
13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 34 – 13 St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 June Endeavour Field Shayne Hayne 12,554
14 St. George Illawarra Dragons 30 – 30 Melbourne Storm 15 June Wollongong Showground Sean Hampstead 8,021
15 New Zealand Warriors 22 – 32 St. George Illawarra Dragons 23 June Mount Smart Stadium Matt Cecchin 15,303
16 St. George Illawarra Dragons 45 – 18 North Queensland Cowboys 29 June Wollongong Showground Matt Cecchin 7,987
17 Brisbane Broncos 34 – 22 St. George Illawarra Dragons 7 July Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Shayne Hayne 19,998
18 St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 – 28 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14 July Wollongong Showground Paul Simpkins 18,048
19 South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 – 48 St. George Illawarra Dragons 20 July Sydney Football Stadium Shayne Hayne 15,219
20 Wests Tigers 8 – 42 St. George Illawarra Dragons 28 July Campbelltown Stadium Tim Mander 9,889
21 Newcastle Knights 24 – 16 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 August Newcastle International Sports Centre Paul Simpkins 17,621
22 St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 20 Northern Eagles 11 August Sydney Football Stadium Tim Mander 9,621
23 St. George Illawarra Dragons 58 – 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs 18 August Wollongong Showground Matt Cecchin 12,122
24 BYE
25 Sydney Roosters 26 – 10 St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 September Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 15,629
26 St. George Illawarra Dragons 40 – 22 Newcastle Knights 8 September Sydney Football Stadium Paul Simpkins 16,297
FW1 Newcastle Knights 22 – 26 St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 September Newcastle International Sports Centre Bill Harrigan 21,051
FW2 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 40 – 24 St. George Illawarra Dragons 21 September Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 31,783